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@SodaPop6548 same with me, and I love the Left 4 Dead games. Back 4 Blood just didn't have the same magic.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one. Here's hoping it turns out as a nice surprise! 🤞🏻

10/15, not too bad! Some tricky questions towards the end there!

Lol @ my time though, an extra two mins cuz I had to step away to make sure dinner wasn't burning mid quiz! 😂
(spoiler, dinner is cooking up nicely!).

A pretty safe and predictable list of nominees tbh... E33 was always going to be nominated (and likely win) in a variety of the categories.

I'm kinda surprised to see Ghost of Yōtei pop up considering it's been such a strong year and GoY didn't really bring anything new to the table. I'm not knocking it, but in a year that brought us E33, KCD2, Death Stranding 2, Donkey Kong Bananza and so on, it'd be easy to see Yōtei not making the finalists.

Why can't we vote on the VR category? (boo!)

You might want to edit the text in the article, that reduction is anything but "dramatic".

@rjejr it was complete at launch. Everything added since then has been free bonus content (levels and challenges) added in version updates, not dlc.

While I get you may want a physical copy with everything on the disc, it's highly unlikely they'll release a Game of the Year edition as everything is already avaliable to everyone (with Internet access) for free when the game updates to the current version.

I've been a fan of Lumines since the orignal on the PSP... Can't wait for Lumines Arise, especially to play on the PSVR 2. Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite are epic in VR, so I already know this is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

That sucks. The Just Cause games were over the top mayhem... I always wished they had co-op though, like Mercenaries did. That would have been chefs kiss

It sounds like the current team are (understandably) pretty disheartened after Contraband's cancellation. Hopefully they're able to find the motivation and enthusiasm for a new project, and that this isn't the end of yet another studio.

Nightdive Studios... Just by seeing their name attached to a project you already know it'll be a top tier quality remake or remaster.

If it happens, Sony should absolutely follow suit and remove the pay wall for online play. Hell, in an ideal word we shouldn't be paying for online access anyway!

Besides, Sony can keep the Playstation Plus Extra and Premium tiers for those who want access to the games on offer, with the subscription prices adjusted accordingly of course.

@RoomWithaMoose lol, you're not wrong there about the adverts. If they weren't so cheesy perhaps I'd feel different.

Maybe switch it on its head, this sounds better imo: "Everything plays XBox...so everyone can play XBox"... Follow it with something like "your games, your way". It'd fit in nicely with the "everybody's got choices" ad doing the rounds atm too.

@LunarRabbit that comment was actually very clever, I'm not gonna search for it to quote verbatim, but Phil diplomatically stated "only 4 games to announce... at this time". That's the part people overlooked. That whole interview was damage control to stop XBox gamers panicking, but you could read between the lines, more were coming, to be announced later...namely once the dust had settled 😉

"We’re going to be everywhere, on every platform. We want to make sure, whether it's consoles, whether it’s the PC, whether it’s mobile, whether it’s cloud gaming, or the TV, so we just want to make sure the games are being enjoyed by gamers everywhere.”

And there it is, the truth behind the whole "everything is an XBox" nonsense they've been trying to get their consumers to buy into. They should have gone with something more along the lines of "you can play our games here (phone), here (handheld), here (PC / laptop)...and everything XBox first party is included in Game Pass" etc. It would have made much more sense, been clearer for the casual consumers, and more to the point, honest.
There's nothing bad with what they're doing, in the sense they're pursuing the publisher angle and want everyone to be able to play their games on their chosen platform, but the "everything is an XBox" marketing push is so cringe inducing.

Nah, been there, done that, read the books yada yada. It was a great game 24 years ago (minus that damn Library level!), but much like Gears of War it's showing its age now.
Also much like the Gears of War release should have been the Gears Trilogy, this release should have been an updated Master Chief Collection (Halo 2 and 3 are long overdue an upgrade, and Reach is an often overlooked gem).

I'm interested to see what the modern quality of life updates will be though, but other than streamlining the aforementioned Library level, I can't see them changing too much for fear of pissing off the fan base (just look at the backlash over the change in art style for the CE Anniversary Edition remaster!).

In fact, other than the novelty of playing Halo on a Playstation, I'm not really sure who the target audience for this release is (again, much like the second remastered release of Gears of War Reloaded)... Although that's never stopped Sony from knocking out remaster after remake ad nauseum, so perhaps it'll be perfectly at home on Playstation after all.

Well that looks delightfully fun! 🔥🔥

I played the first demo through a bunch of times, it's so much fun and super addictive! But then I've always loved Lumines since it debuted on the PSP. In all my years of gaming, it's the only game I've ever played on the go that ever made me miss my train stop as I was so in the zone 😂

Can't wait for Lumines Arise to get here. Gonna be settling in to my PSVR 2 for that one 😎

"we’re not expecting a Concord-style catastrophe here"

Really? That's exactly what I'm expecting. I'm actually surprised Sony haven't already pulled the plug on this one (and Fairgames) already.

Admittedly Marathon doesn't have the "it's woke!" crowd screaming at it like Concord did, but it's genuinely less interesting as a concept (and from what I played earlier this year). The art style was the biggest thing going for it, but that turned out to be largely ahem "borrowed" from another artist.

Seriously, for anyone interested in an extraction looter shooter, try ARC Raiders instead. I played both earlier this year and ARC Raiders was infinitely better.

Can't say I even knew this spin off site existed.
Looking at the prices (and all excluding VAT too 🤯) it's not that hard to see why it's being closed down 🫠

I've been meaning to revisit Control... Sounds like now could be the time!

Shame, this always looked interesting if nothing else.
I couldn't shake the feeling that the art style made this look like a Dreams project that got fully published though... Not that that's a bad thing, the style just has that floaty Dreams aesthetic.

@Midnyte-Monkey Alan Wake...s up next Tuesday (first Tuesday of the month).

@Flaming_Kaiser I'm 100% here for both! ❤️ After all, if the sticks don't start drifting we'll have longer lasting pads to make the best use of that removable battery... 😎

Bummer. I held some hope that we might actually get the fix while it was in Bloober Team's hands... Konami on the other hand, I doubt they really care (if they did they'd have worked on the fix for Silent Hill 2 as a priority so the optimisation could be present at launch for MGS & Silent Hill F).

What a big ol bag of meh 😓

I'd rather they revised the controller with TMR or Hall Effect sticks tbh, but it's always good to give the customer options.
Now we just have to wait to see what sort of pricing they'll be slapping on this new controller and the battery pack.

Fantastic month what with Alan Wake 2 and Cocoon, and Goat Simulator is quirky enough to play for a laugh. Not something I'd want to buy, but it's entertaining to cause utter mayhem now and again.

I hope this is true! Alan Wake 2 has been on my wishlist since launch (working my way through the backlog), and very nearly picked it up in the last sale for £20 for the Deluxe Edition.

This would be an awesome addition for PS Plus for Halloween 👻

@kmtrain83 100%! Ever since the reveal I thought this looked like "Seth Rogan Simulator" the game. My opinion still stands, especially with the humour they went with.

I'm glad it's not just me 😂