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Pretty strong month to be fair. Looking forward to all three.

That is mental, even for the internet. I hope he doesn't but even if he did choose to go there, with the way Sony seem determined to lose this generation could you blame him?

Sony being anti-consumer and allowing Microsoft to embarrass them on a monthly basis since launch. In other news, water is still wet.

@BoldAndBrash it's great isn't it. So excited for this one. They have yet to drop the ball with casting so let's not jinx it!

Review numbers are by and large irrelevant, and completely arbitrary, but my god this game is great. Innovative, fast, gorgeous. The music and sound design are fantastic as well.

To be fair Abby is one of the best heroes with the best arc of the last generation. Knocked it out of the park.

How can you even tell if its working at 120 or 60?

This gen has been a con from Sony so far hasn't it.

@Sho101 not many. More than 80% never completed the campaign.

@get2sammyb I fully expect EA to cash in on this within 18 months or so with a current-gen upgrade tier, whenever there are enough games out to warrant it. £3.99 a month I think for EA Play? £6.99 a month to include current gen upgrades etc. I think they'd be daft not to.

@AgentGuapo see I'm the other way, I notice a huge difference between HD and UHD (although to be fair mine's a 55" LG B9), but can't tell the difference between 30fps and 60fps

Can't really blame Dice for sticking to multiplayer only. After people pretending to be outraged about no campaign in Battlefront they gave in and put a decent one in Battlefront 2, where just over a quarter of people completed it. Same with Battlefield V, less than 20% of players completed the campaign there. Stick to what they're good at. Can't wait!

@redd214 haha it's terrible isn't it. As if their MO was to have the game blend in to every other shooter like wallpaper.

Cover art aside though, dead excited for this one!

"svelte" love it

Why would someone want to drop back down to 30fps? Isn't the smoother experience the best one? Unless you can only this one at 4k on 30fps?

How long have you been sitting on that sub-header? Bravo haha 👏

Kinda pointless with the dualsense. The light bars are so small and thin you'd hardly notice it. Would've been much better implemented with the dualshock 4, where in a dark room it helps make a difference. The obvious (and only?) two examples of it being well done are Firewatch and GTA V.

Can we have a Yes/No column for 4k AND 60fps? The vast vast majority are either 4K OR 60fps. Struggling to think of a game where you can have both.

@fluggy you mean that's a PLAYSTATION PLUS finger guns

It would be an INCREDIBLE opportunity for PES to step in and stake a next-gen claim. If proper licenses aren't the be all end all and they missed a year out to create a new game then good luck to them.

@thefourfoldroot whether they reamin in the domestic league or league, either way the domestic league dies.

@ralphdibny Switch Rumble HD is the benchmark. Astro's Playroom did a great job with the DualSense, although with so few native PS5 releases it's really gone ignored. I've had to turn off the vibrations on the dualsesne if I'm gonna play longer than an hour due to that grabby hands stiff feeling it gives you.

Great job mentioning Lopes and the music! Such an important part of the gaming experience yet hardly anyone mentions it in reviews and the like. Sonic Mania would've been a lot less fun without that banger of a soundtrack.

@Zombiesfeelpain and it's SO LOUD whenever it does, too!

What are the framerate drops like now after the patches?

Jim Ryan's a geordie??

As always from Robert - it's a great article and I'm glad the writer's aren't too fanboyish to publish articles like these. Although as usual the options could've been distilled into three options The obvious answer is yes of course. Why can't I play my games on my phone like Xbox players can? The only reason is stubbornness. Why can't I play older games that I can prove I've bought? Stubbornness.

Gonna pretend I'm escaping Midgar

"and while it’s not strictly PlayStation news – well, we figured a fair few of you would be eager to learn about it"

To be clear - thank you!

Watch Dogs 2 was so, so good and in spite of the active player base seems sort of harshly looked upon I reckon.

Excellent news. As good as the game currebtly is, it will be fun to go around the ridiculous open world in more than 20fps and with higher textures.

@GigaGaia the height of satire. Great post!

I don't get the pretending not to get it for comedic purposes ala some of the horrendous coverage of FFXV from certain outlets when it's various updates and dlc came out. "Aren't those Japanese developers SO wacky! Those idiots with their vastly culturally different viewpoints to game development on a mass market scale ahahahaha!" This will clearly be more of the same of what Final Fantasy 15 Mobile was.

Nier Automata was my 2nd or 3rd game of the generation so looking forward to this!

@get2sammyb to be honest I (mis)read it as that at first anyway! The game is already in my head.

She showed in His Dark Materials that she's got it all. Excellent choice.

You mean Trial and Terror AMIRITE

It's a great controller and well designed but after a 2 hour session my hands are starting to ache from it, they never have before. Maybe it's the rough texture mixed with the haptics.

@themightyant the figure of active PS5 users with PS Plus is misleading, but only in the sense that it's much higher than 87%. There are thousands and thousands of PS5s across the world that just sitting there not being bought because people are pricing them at £900+ but they still count as being sold.

Still not given this one a proper chance yet. Gave it the first hour while I was greedily trying everything in the ps plus collection.

Makes sense for Horizon Zero Dawn to be now or next month. Just enough time to help get people back on the hype train but at a safe enough distance from the sequel's launch that it will help sales of the new one rather than hinder them.

There are probably unofficial ones floating around ebay etc in the meantime

Why does it need servers? Isn't it a solo game?

That horror thing where the baddie that you're avoiding has a nice, glowing smile rather than some ugly deformed meathead is really unnerving. I bet she has a sweet voice, too.

Killzone 2 is still up there with the best shooters of all time.

Great article, completely passed me by that Doscp Elysium is coming to PlayStation!

Looking forward to an article on your most looked forward to features of the PS5, if there's one in the pipeline that is. Personally I'm looking forward to more of the in-screen screen of friends' ps5 feed and the social aspects that are yet to come.

That GPU jungle song is a genuine banger that's a heartfelt, deep love letter to the players whilst also being sort of ignorable and throwaway if you want it to be. A little work of genius.

@God_of_Nowt ah, cheers! They don't half make if difficult to find! Especially ps5 upgrades. New store is the worst part of this new grn by a mile.
Thanks again, you're doing God's work son

Has this gone live for anyone yet?

If a PS5 upgrade is announced, with it being so cheap in the sale right now, watch it shoot back to the top of the charts.