Dropped Frames Episode 487

The Indie Guy - Rami Ismail, on the eve of the launch of his brand new game: Australia Did It, joins us to scare us about the future of video games... Again! What are the pros/cons of AI decompiling, how will this affect future games, especially in the indie space? What are the ramifications of Unity being bought out? Then we get into the games, including Ocarina of Time remake, Ace Combat 8, Phantom Blade 0, Journey and all the wild announcements coming out of ExileCon!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:00 - The Indie Guy
00:02:50 - Australia Did It
00:19:00 - Pricing games
00:24:30 - AI decompiling
01:02:00 - The dangers of copycat games
01:10:00 - Unity getting bought out?
01:15:30 - Remedy doing well
01:16:00 - Elder Scrolls: Sentinel
01:17:00 - World of Warcraft Forever
01:23:00 - God of War Laufey delayed
01:24:30 - Queen's Domain
01:27:30 - Rumors of Arkane being bought by Ubisoft?
01:30:20 - BitReactor hit with layoffs
01:31:20 - ExileCon 2026 announcements
01:35:20 - The Legend of Zelda: OOT Remake
01:38:00 - Control Resonant
01:45:00 - Remedyverse
01:48:00 - Walk
01:50:00 - Ace Combat 8
01:55:30 - Phantom Blade 0
02:00:00 - Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
02:08:00 - The Farmer Was Replaced
02:19:10 - Zeke played Journey for the first time
02:27:20 - GOTY category deliberations 
02:38:00 - Shoutouts

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