The Crossplay Cooperative Ep002 - Backside Disasters

In this episode we talk about Nvidia's controversial DLSS5 announcement, angry Nintendo, angry Jeff Kaplan, an angry Helldivers 2 community (seriously, chill-out), and happy Division 2 players. We also dive into what we've been playing over the last two weeks, including a look into the a few games from the Computer Worlds showcase and have a quick update on our Fantasy Critic standings. As per: Extremely important stuff.

Time Stamps

(00:02:06) - Intro

NEWS

(00:04:16) - Nvidia’s DLSS5

(00:21:22) - Playstation stops supporting PC ports

(00:32:06) - 2026: Banger year for gaming!

(00:35:00) - Helldiver 2 dox devs after charity challenge

(00:40:23) - Nintendo sues the US government over tariffs

(00:45:56) - Jeff Caplan sounds off on Fridman’s podcast

(00:50:19) - Layoff/potential closure news (Battlefield studios + Nagoshi studio)

(00:53:40) - Division 2 players return for anniversary event. Break records.

(01:02:23) - What is the new Xbox!?

(01:11:20) - Slay The Spire 2 open access is killing it.

(01:15:40) - Asha Sharma’s Xbox gaming cred/Len is a COD fiend.

PLAYING

(01:19:23) - Spider-Man 2 (PS5)

(01:20:55) - Darkest Dungeon 2 (PS5)

(01:23:34) - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (PS5)

(01:30:06) - Unicorn Overlord (PS5)

(01:35:49) - Esoteric Ebb (PC)

(01:41:08) - Replaced (PC)

(01:45:23) - Lootbound (PC)

(01:48:47) - Vholume (PC)

(01:51:47) - Queen’s Domain (PC)

(01:54:40) - Ultimate Drummer (PC)

(01:58:12) - Loading… (PC)

(02:02:51) - Goblin America (PC)

(02:07:04) - Division 2 (PC/PS5)

(02:10:27) - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC)

(02:17:04) - Nate almost gets raptured!

(02:19:19) - Command and Conquer Collection (PC)

(02:25:24) - Gloomhaven (Boardgame)

 

(02:35:30) - Fantasy Critic Update

(02:41:53) - Credits


Links

Computer Worlds Showcase - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og6_t5eiz_s