Deadlyblack

With how much Xbox is gutting their studios, I'm not surprised Sony will be doing the same, it's the current state of the industry that's pretty rough.

@Vertere What part of "integrate them into Valve" don't you get? Valve doesn't do external contracts or interns, they only hire full-time employees, and according to Linkedin, they have about 200-500 employees. Also Valve employees make more money then employees at Microsoft and Google. They're treated very well for their talents.

Also bruhhhhhhhhh Epic Games is owned by Tim Sweeney, who is the prime example of a greedy corpo.

@Vertere Valve actually integrated the dev team from Firewatch into their own team to work on Half-Life Alyx, and they even hired the solo dev of a Alyx mod to work for them. Valve doesn't buy developers, they hire them to work for them like any other developer, and their success with Steam and their first-party games shows they won't close studios down.

Also Gaben uses his money and yacht to invest in ocean research and how we can preserve the life in them, which is a very smart thing to do with how things are going nowadays on our planet.

I don't really remember the Hellblade games being big sellers so I guess it shouldn't be too big of a surprise, but I guess we'll see whether they're bought or go indie.

@Dan12836666 I'd be down for Sony to help publish their future games, but not outright buy them.

Hopefully Double Fine can get something negotiated and avoid being closed, I do enjoy their games.

Kinda crazy that Xbox bought them years ago to help publish their games and now years later they're at risk of being closed.

I have noticed it as of late. Nothing wrong with it as long as the news being reported won't change.

Feel bad for those that will be without a job. I have the game on my wishlist on Steam so I'll have to buy it sometime soon.

I've been dividing my own GotY in my head between major release and indie release.

So for me so far in a top 3, it would be

Major:
Pragmata
RE9
Death Stranding 2 (on PC)

Indie:
Motorslice
Mina the Hollower
Escape from Ever After

Definitely have that early ps4 to ps5 graphic jump in the model quality. But it's crazy that the game is going on 10 years now.

I'm curious to see what the new sale price will be cause I'd like to pick the game up. I remember my tattoo artist recommending I play it for the longest time lol.

I didn't play a ton of FF16 when it released before dropping it, but I do remember a lot of the side quests being pretty terrible.

If I ever get around to playing the game again, I would definitely skip them.

I remember pre-ordering the game back on the ps3 and enjoying it. I have it installed on my PC and I want to give it another playthrough sometime again.

I do use my Dualsense on pc but I have it plugged in via USB. I didn't know dsx allowed everything to function on Bluetooth, so I'll have to check it out.

Hey if they want to add gadgets and gizmos to make their racer more unique, I say go for it. If people want a realistic sim racer where every vehicle handles like it does irl, there's Forza for that.

I'm glad Sammy pointed out that not every Xbox game that released on PS5 sold a bajillion copies.
The argument of porting a game to ps5 will instantly shoot the game to the top of the sales charts is not a guarantee with every game.

Good to see Yotei sell well, Sucker Punch deserves the success.

But those numbers for Saros are pretty bad for a AAA release and I'm curious to see what plans Housemarque have going forward.

Nothing wrong with delaying and taking a bit more time.

I really enjoyed the demo that released last year.

I'm pretty excited to see how RGG can advance the formula they have with Yakuza in this game.

I miss when devs would make fun little sites like this for games, they're definitely a relic of the past.

@MrPeanutbutterz Okay then, where's your hard nosed proof that my random little thought on my comment is wrong?

It's just a little tidbit that I tossed onto my comment, it's not me putting on a tinfoil hat to theorize, calm down.

What a rough time in the industry. Hopefully everyone that's laid off can find employment.

@SMJ Y'know in the NFL world, they call people that watch the game and yell at the TV an armchair quarterback or armchair coach lol.

It's par for the course in the industry in the last few years. Almost every company in the gaming space have had layoffs and studio closures.

Third person Halo looks really cool. I swear I remember there being a command you could put into the console for the original pc release of 1 that would let you play in a janky third person.

But I may be remembering wrong.

Chun-Li, Mai and Tifa all in the same fighting game is pretty crazy, but I'm all for it.

This game needs to release already so people can touch grass.

It's also reported that the team is mainly comprised of devs from RE2R and RE4R so that's really exciting.

I have to give Sharma credit for having a plan to try and improve the trajectory of the company, It'll be interesting to see down the line. Saying that though, I was a pretty big critic of Phil Spencer lol.

Kind of a dumb change in my eyes, why stagger the release of your PS Plus games when the game that someone is interested in won't be playable until the end of the month.
It feels like it's a sneaky way for Sony to get people to keep their subs going by making them wait for the game they want to play.

I still need to give the demo a try, I've been hooked on the Mortal Shell 2 Open Beta.

That's pretty disappointing in all honesty.

Thanks Sony.

I do remember some of the minigames being a bit tedious and not super fun, but it sounds like they're already looking to improve them, which is good.

I really want to play Deltarune but I want to wait until the entire game is out before diving in.

On a side note it makes sense for the trailer to garner such a boost in views cause Toby Fox made one of the biggest indie games of all time.

@Fizza Yeah, I saw some other people point out the weird parts of the art, so if it's ai generated it's a shame cause Nomura is a great artist, why ai generate replicate his art.

I thought it was a pretty good direct all things considered.

Definitely excited for Splatoon Raiders to release next month.

This looks really cool and the pixel sprites in a 3d world looks great.

I get a feeling if it doesn't release in the next few months, it'll probably be pushed to late 2026/early 2027.

@GravyThief It's confusing as all hell lmao, but 1.5 and 2.5 are essentially HD re-releases of 1 and 2 that were originally on the PS2 but with extra content.

2.8 is essentially a standalone short game that served as a prologue for 3.

365/7 was another game that released on DS.

The numbering system is so whatever lol.

The artwork is legit really good and I think it looks a lot better then the grid style they did when it was released on Steam last year.

Granted it was already playable on the go with the PC port on Steam Deck.

Definitely wasn't expecting seeing KH4 but I'll gladly take any new info.

A friend of mine was telling me I need to give DD2 a shot a long time ago, so I feel this is a good time.

I've always wanted to try the vr mod for Valheim, I heard it had full hand tracking.

But cool that it's entering 1.0.

I'm happy to see Spyro back and with Toys for Bob, I have confidence they'll do a great job.

I finished the game a few nights ago and it's fantastic. Glad to hear it's a financial success for the devs.

Feel bad for the intern that runs the Youtube channel.

Makes sense since Atlus wants to have the spotlight on P4.

Lol Sony angered

That's funny.

With context, it's funny sounding but I'm sure they had to scramble to fill in the spot.

Looks like something I'd play on Newgrounds in 2003.