AdamNovice

Can't wait for Naughty Dog's gritty retelling where Charlie Brown travels across America with Snoopy in his quest to win a ball game.

I think Push Square should do there own awards, I mean how hard can it be?

Does Jason (I block everyone on Twitter who has a different opinion) Schreier write about anything other than studio crunch? If he thinks it's bad at ND he wants to look at Japan and especially China.

Starfield is the ultimate example of Phil Spencer's hubris. He acted all coy in interviews when it came to exclusivity (case by case) and other such BS. But we all know what he really wanted was to outspend the competition, keep all the IPs they bought for themselves, dump them all on Game Pass and change consumer's buying habits forever.
And now one Activision purchase later his platform has seen hardware rapidly decline, game pass price increases while the sub base has stagnated and not one of their games had looked like a GOTY contender.
It's a wonder how he's still in the job.

When it comes to awards for best "indie" game it should be games that are self published. Because they self financed everything so you can't get more independent than that.

It's not surprising we're getting to the point now where all the people who started up these old studios are looking to retire either because they feel they've done all they can or there's no way further up the corporate ladder.

Love the Mariah Carey/Dave the diver one.

That probably explains why Saros was pushed back. Sony not wanting to stack their releases so close to each other.

I'm glad to see the more sassy Lara back. The survivor trilogy was great in it's own way but going back to it's roots makes it feel fresh again.

It was a very "now in development and we're recruiting" trailer so we'll see. If it has good producers and management then yeah I can see it coming out before then.

@Zaczumba Total Warhammer was their game I think.

Felt the reveals was very lacking, especially the last game, Tomb Raider, Control or Divinity would have been more fitting for that position.

@HonestHick I keep an open mind on any game till it comes out.

I love how these creators leave a studio they've been with for years, only to basically go and make what the same things they were known for.

Control's good but I'm more excited for their Max Payne remakes.

@HonestHick I'm referring to @oram77 first comment but then you got all judgemental. If you didn't want so called "defenders" come after you then maybe stop judging a game before it's even come out.

Tbh I'm a bit disappointed that there going back to Divinity, was hoping they'd make a new IP.

@PuppetMaster I agree about the parroting but I do feel some of the views are valid. Still it's a long way out so plenty of time to tweak things.

@Fighting_Game_Loser This is my thought as well.

Right now Tokon needs a bit more time, quite a lot in the community aren't happy with the gameplay. Auto combos are too good, defensive mechanics are a bit undercooked, tagging doesn't give much reward like the game doesn't know if it wants to be a 4v4 or 1v1.

It's so bitterly disappointing that the remake didn't do well enough because it was so good.

Though, according to Dusk Golem, what was being worked on at Deviation Games hasn't been turned into something else; it's now died completely as a "full-on cancelled game".
So that would imply that Dark Outlaw Games (which is made up of a fair amount of the talent that were at Deviation) isn't making something similar.

I just hope Sony don't skimp on battery because it's been getting out of hand with gaming devices. 2 hours battery for a handheld is unacceptable, at that point your just watching a percentage counting down rather than gaming.

@Boxmonkey There will be more then you think. The sports games for a start.

Would love for mod support for consoles to come. Just like with Witcher 3.

Unfortunately this is going to be a common occurrence going forward.

@DennisReynolds I can hazard a guess.
GoW = Angrboda is black
TLOU = Ellie is gay plus trans character
Spider-Man = side quest involving a gay character
Ghost of Yotei = Female lead and the actress's politics.
Not my opinions of course.

I can understand the comment about lack of new IP but we need to remember what the PS4 era established. Horizon, Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima were completely new IPs so they were always getting sequels. While God of War and Spider-Man were new continuities so pretty much a same situation.
I also don't get this "more of the same" or "glorified DLC" argument, all those games were well received so the studios were hardly going to fix what wasn't broken.

Played Lego Horizon last year. It was fine but I found that it got repetitive very quickly.

I liked Lies of P but I hope their next game (Wishes of D or whatever they call it) the story has more a direct connection to its source martial. There was so much in Lies of P's story that had almost nothing to do with Pinocchio that it might as well have been an original story.

@ShadowRJ I would also add that most of those unlockables were just palette swaps of the base roster.

Great, great and 2028.

@get2sammyb There was that Climate station earlier this year...not much granted.
I remember Shuhei Yoshida was asked about what happened to PSVR2 and he was pretty coy about it.
It's just pure guesswork but I got the impression that Sony were planning more 1st party support but that all got cancelled early on because live service took greater priority.

@MrPeanutbutterz How would you know it's "tedious" if you're not giving it a chance in the first place.

I hope it does well but if it badly flops then I hope it leads to Sony completely restructuring Bungie so that become a great studio again because the talent is there.

Wouldn't be surprised if most of that revenue came from Helldivers and Destiny 2.

Sony have been pretty good these last few years at when they say a game is coming in a certain year then they stick to it. So the fact that Intergalactic hasn't had a 2026 attached to it was telling.

Sony's outlook for 2026 so far is:
Saros
MLB The Show 26
Marathon
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
Marvel's Wolverine

Plus there are some that are rumoured or educated guesses like
2D God of War
Horizon Online
Firesprite's horror... possibly Until Dawn.

@get2sammyb So it would be the first time that CoD loses to an actual competitor that go for the same demographics.
As for next year I still have severe doubts about GTA launching next year.

Would this be the first year since CoD 4: Modern Warfare turned the franchise into a juggernaut that it isn't the best selling game of the year? Apart from when Rockstar launched GTA 4 and Red Dead 2 of course.

@j2c Was going to say the categories are better then TGA. Best remaster, expansion, supporting performance, early access game. If it had them it broaden out the awards as well as preventing them for backing themselves into a corner by having games in categories they shouldn't be in.

@janineking I'm like that with wildlife programmes, just reminds me of Sunday evening knowing there's bloody school the next day.

@TicklefistCP Ever heard of the concept of a joke?

It would never happen but could you imagine the chaos if they added Donald Trump?

Dare I say it but could BF6 beat CoD this year?

@AndyKazama I think Sony will wait till the PS6 launch at the earliest.

@RoomWithaMoose I think many still struggle with playing as characters who aren't completely likable since we've been conditioned to play the hero since the arcade days. Now a lot more games have more nuanced stories.

I still reckon one of the reasons why Horizon gets this weird hate is from people's thinly veiled sexism. Horizon is the only really successful AAA IP to come out over the last ten years that's female led. And more importantly Aloy is a character who isn't sexualised for either cheap marketing or to "appeal to the boys" and that rankles with some.

So since The Game Awards started. PlayStation Studios have had a GOTY contender in all but one year.
2013: The Last of Us
2015: Bloodborne
2016: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2017: Horizon Zero Dawn
2018: God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man
2019: Death Stranding
2020: The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima
2021: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2022: God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West
2023: Marvel's Spider-Man 2
2024: Astro Bot
2025: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Shame that Ghost of Yotei was snubbed for GOTY, still DS2 keeps PlayStation Studio's run going.
Also Twisted Metal not been in the best adaptation category is wild.

Licenced game adaption for PS5 should be announced anyday now.

@Leinad7 That many users, so why hasn't Steam Deck become a Nintendo Switch like mainstream product?
Steam Machine will find it's audience but I can't see any scenario where it's a legitimate competitor to PlayStation.

@Anthony_Daniels Oh I know that, it still sucks though.