Dropped Frames Episode 457

We're joined by Will Powers - Marketing Director for Pearl Abyss this week to chat about the challenges of creating a game as large and varied as Crimson Desert. Then we get into the mass layoffs of the devs behind Highguard as well as 2XKO. Chat about cats and then all the announcements from the recent Sony Playstation State of Play! 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Fixing audio 6:30 - Will Powers from Pearl Abyss is here 14:00 - What is Crimson Desert? 1:48:00 - Highguard devs have mass layoffs 2:01:00 - The Ashes of Creation situation is crazy 2:11:20 - Mewgenics 2:18:50 - 2XKO layoffs 2:22:20 - Sony State of Play 2:55:50 - Shoutouts

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Dropped Frames Episode 457 is an episode from DroppedFrames by itmeJP.

This episode is 177:54 long.

This episode was published on Feb 15, 2026.

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