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Not sure I'm looking forward to playing as Grace. I prefer the game to have action all the way through, and I just find running and hiding to get boring very quickly. Really hope that element of the game is very much in the minority, and that Grace ends up shooting enemies in the face like a pro...

I have the Deluxe Edition of Code Vein 2 pre-ordered and I am very much looking forward to it...

I'm currently playing through King Arthur: Knight's Tale, which is a little bit like an XCOM game. I am currently in Act 3 of 4, and am undertaking my 34th mission right now. I'm really enjoying the game...

Excellent game. Deserves every success...

Really, really enjoyed the first game, so this will be a day one purchase for me. Cannot wait...!

I made a number of predictions about when certain Xbox games would release, and I was correct (or at least seemingly so) when I suggested FH6 would arrive on the Xbox in May of this year.

Rumours is that the only reason the game is not arriving day and date on the PlayStation is because work on the port began on it too late in development for it to arrive at the same time. Thus, the second part of my prediction is that FH6 will arrive on PlayStation at the end of this year, somewhere between September and November, though my money is on November because that way Microsoft can spin it to their Xbox gamers that it has a period of exclusivity of 6 months (when the truth is that they just need that extra time in order to get the port ready).

As for all the other games that Microsoft are releasing this year, I think all of them will be day and date on PlayStation, with the possible exception of Fable, on which the port may also have begun later in development...

Question is, are they in hiding because they don't want the roasting to continue, or are they in hiding because they have something to hide...?

Ideal. Thank you, @Oram77. Does it have returning characters? Characters that are in both games...?

Do you need to have played the first game in order to understand and enjoy the second? Do they follow on from one another..?

Baldur's Gate 3 is my number one game of all time, @16BitHero, and I've been gaming since 1979...! 😂

Really liked the look of this game before it released, but I simply had too much to play that I had already bought, and so did not pick it up until now. Really pleased that is has done well...

I kick-started Divinity Original Sin 2, and played it in Early Access on Steam, before then also getting it on Xbox when it first released there. I then bought it again when the new version released, but this time on PlayStation. So in all, I bought the game 3 times.

I also bought Baldur's Gate 3 in Early Access, and remember well it taking an absolute age to download because everyone else was trying to do the same. I put well over a 1000 hours into BG3 before then doing the same again when it released on consoles.

I then bought the Collector's Edition of Baldur's Gate 3 on both the Xbox and on the PS5, but because I did not want to open them, I bought the game again when it released on the Xbox, thus in all, I bought the game 4 times...!

On it being a day one purchase, we can entirely agree, @Oram77. I am very much looking forward to the sequel...

And having it be like RE7 is precisely why I am concerned for Requiem, @Oram77. I did not enjoy all the creeping about in RE7, and whereas I have played through pretty much all the others multiple times, I have never felt inclined to play through RE7 in the same way because it is pretty dull in places...

Excellent! Thank you, @LiamCroft. I'm particularly keen to see how the Grace part of the game is done because I'm not sure I want to be running and hiding all the time. I'd far rather be blasting them in the face! I'm just worried that half the game is going to be somewhat dull (and maybe a little stressful!), and the other half much more entertaining. It is precisely because I am uncertain how the Grace part will be handled that I have put off pre-ordering the game, so the fact that your review will be out before the game releases is fantastic as far as I am concerned...

Do you happen to know whether you will be undertaking a review of Requiem, @LiamCroft, and whether it will be out before the game releases.? Thanks...

One way to prevent lots of negative talk immediately prior to the games release, and following more of the game being shown, would be to not show any of the game prior to its release! Just shadow-dropping the game would mean that people would not see that negativity, and thus potentially buy the game without knowing much about it...

I think 6 months later, @get2sammyb. So November, and thus in time for the Holiday period...

On an article on Pure Xbox, I predicted that Forza 6 will release in May on the Xbox, and then release in November on PlayStation. Thus far it looks like I am half right...!

I really enjoyed the first game, and so did not hesitate to pre-order the sequel. For some reason the Deluxe Edition was the same price as the Standard Edition on the Xbox Store, so it seemed only right to take advantage of what may have been a pricing error...! 😂

Really, really looking forward to this. It's right up there in my most anticipated titles for 2026.

For the life of me, I cannot remember what happened to Jesse Faden. I never played the DLC, this something unfortunate befall her...?

Will Push be doing a review, @get2sammyb? And if so, will be getting a review prior to the release of the game? Or are there review embargoes in place...?

I'll be amazed if GTA 6 isn't delayed into 2027. Probably late 2027 at that...

I've been playing King Arthur: Knight's Tale on my Series X. I have had it in my library for well over a year, but not played it, and where I had been playing Warhammer: Chaos Gate in order to scratch my XCOM itch without actually playing XCOM, the bugs eventually wore me down, so I opted for Knight's Tale instead, and have to say I am really enjoying it.

I'm currently on my 11th mission, some of which take an hour or more, and it amazes me the level of replayability the game has, which is down to those Knight's that you can recruit, which is dependant on the decisions you make. No bugs, which is nice, and challenging combat that tests your strategic capabilities on the harder difficulties. Thus far, I would recommend it...

Usually these shows have the games presented by the Developers talking about their game, @rjejr. They do tend to feature quite a lot of gameplay, and not too much talking. The technical aspects don't really get much of a mention, at least not in any real depth. The might tell you the FPS, etc, but not much more than a passing mention. In this particular showcase, not all games are first-party...

I love the Wolfenstein games, and they absolutely sing on the hardest difficulties where dying is a given.

Just have to hope that Beavis and Butthead don't make another appearance, ever..! Man, they were so irritating in Youngblood...

That's so cool, @MasterChiefWiggum. I haven't seen the film in years, and did look earlier to see if it is available on blu-ray (which it is). I just worry about how the film holds up by today's standards. It's such a long time since I last saw it, that I worry that it would be very dated now...

Wow, yes, @1970sGamer, I forgot about him in Misery. Such a good book and film. I'm a massive Stephen King fan, and have every book he has written, even his non-fiction stuff. Having your limbs amputated by some crazed fan is literally the stuff of nightmares...

I remember watching Alita (great film, by the way!), @Matthewnh, and saying to my eldest son that Motorball reminded my of Rollerball.

I haven't seen the remake of Rollerball that released in 2002, but I think a super violent remake with todays levels of CGi would be really something worth seeing...

Yes, @lazarus11. It was James Caan. You don't see him talked about all that much these days even though he only died relatively recently, but he was a great actor...

It looks like a version of the film Rollerball which was a cult hit back in 1975. The film was super violent, for the time, and I really enjoyed it when I got to see it some years later as a teenager in the about 1980.

Curious to see how this pans out, and whether it is closer to Rollerball or Space Jam... 😂

Those you mention, were precisely who I was going to say, @graymamba. I think I recognise Heffernan too, though cannot think from where.

Some of the younger among us will recognise Celia Imrie following her farting exploits in the recent UK series of Traitors! It would be so funny if they had her do it again in Tomb Raider...😂

I have 3 gaming resolutions, which are pretty straightforward in saying, but less so in achieving. They are also the same resolutions as I set last year;

1. Buy fewer games than I did in 2025.

I bought 39 games in 2024, and 37 games (plus 2 DLC's) in 2025. So basically 39 in each year. I must buy fewer games as I played fewer than half the games I bought in both 2024 and 2025. One of the games that I bought in 2025, is Code Vein 2, which does not release until later this month, so I guess technically, I bought 38 games in 2025. Technically...! 😉

2. Spend less money on games, and gaming accessories.

In 2024 I spent £1300.44 on games alone.
In 2025 I spent £1566.37 on games alone (of which £462.00 was on the PlayStation)
I also bought 3 different Collector's Xbox Elite 2 controllers, and one standard Collector's Xbox controller.
Basically, I would quite like to spend less on gaming this year!

3. Clear down at least some of my games backlog.

I buy an awful lot of games, and have around 1600 digital games in my Series X library, and a fair few on the PlayStation too. I know I have probably played fewer than a third of them. Frankly it's pretty ridiculous, and speaks to my impulsive spending behaviour. In 2026, I need to be better...

Sorry, @Weebleman. Although I bought Silent Hill f, and 2 for that matter, I have not played either of them. Cronos was my game of the year for 2025. I absolutely loved it...

Glad to see Cronos: The New Dawn in the top 20. I highly recommend people give it a go as it is a truly great game...

Let no one make the mistake of thinking that Microsoft are putting their games on the PlayStation out of the goodness of their heart. They are doing so out of necessity. They are doing so because their own platform is not affording them the required profits, profits that are unmatched when they are then put on the PlayStation. These profits are now being demanded by Nadella who is pulling the Xbox strings. This is a direct response to the acquisition of ABK...

I'd like to wish everyone else that frequents these forums, a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Have a good day, one and all...

I really enjoyed going through Days Gone: Remastered once again, though honestly I couldn't really tell you what the improvements were.

As for Gears of War: Reloaded, I was bitterly disappointed with the 'effort' put into the remaster, as I felt it to be a poor showcase for what is supposedly a flagship Xbox title. I only went through the campaign, which I have done numerous times over the years since it was first released, but for this remaster the AI was utterly broken when playing it solo. A truly abysmal effort that was just a cash grab for the PlayStation audience...

It's really pleasing to see so many people sing the praises of this game as it really is very, very good. I would encourage as many people as possible to have a go. I found the game to be very rewarding. It's a bit like Resident Evil when it comes to inventory management and exploration, and has elements of Dead Space in it too. So very good...

I saw your comment to me after I had posted my comment (at 4), @Oram77. I absolutely loved the game. Definitely my Game of the Year...

This was my game of the year. I got every single achievement in it, including playing through it on the hardest difficulty, and loved it so much that I bought it again on the PlayStation so that I could pop that Platinum Trophy.

So very much hope that we see a sequel because the game is simple awesome. Don't sit on it, people, go buy it...

I am partaking in some Warhammer: Chaos Gate.

I will also be undertaking couple of Master Hordes in Gears 5 as a trio (with two bots), which are exceptionally challenging because not only is this the hardest level, but the Horde is designed for 5 players. It feels really good when you beat a map, and so far we have managed 9 out of the 37 maps...

It's a fantastic game that deserves to do well. My second favourite game of the year, right behind Cronos: The New Dawn though there was not much in it for me...

It does make you wonder just how far a company can go in preventing another company from making a similar game. In other words, if a developer wishes to make a game with a female protagonist, with robotic animals set in a post-apocalyptic world, would that be acceptable, or does Sony have the setting a complete monopoly on each of those elements?

I get that this particular setting and the protagonist were basically rip-offs, but females protagonist's in a post-apocalyptic world has been done before in film and games, as has robotic dinosaurs, long before the Horizon games.

Like I say, I get that this is a case where it was basically a clone, but I do have to wonder how close is too close in the eyes of Sony...?

FIFA will probably charge us £3000 to buy the game too, although they will make 400 copies available at £45... 😉🤣

In reference to the upcoming World Cup, I wonder how empty the stadiums will be, and how many of the £3000 tickets they will sell...?

I just rewatched the above video, having watched it live when it was first shown at the Game Awards show, and it struck me that they should have ended the show with this reveal instead of Highgaurd, which fell totally flat. There's a lot more buzz around Divinity, and it would have ended the show on something completely spectacular...

In Larian I trust! Larian are the best developers on the planet, and Swen Vincke is probably the most charismatic head of any studio.

I absolutely loved Baldur's Gate 3, and played it in Early Access on PC, before then playing the full game for over a 1000 hours on PC, and then buying it on Xbox for a second time, and putting another 1000 hours into it.

I kick-started Divinity Original Sin 2 way back when, and then played it in Early Access when that released before then playing it to death on the PC and then buying it once more on the Xbox and playing it for hundreds of hours. I actually managed to unlock every achievement in the game, including the one for playing it in Honour mode, which meant not dying throughout the entire game whilst playing on the hardest difficulty, which is no mean feat. I also did it entirely solo too.

Personally, I cannot wait to play the new game, and will undoubtedly be buying it in Early Access on PC before then buying it again on console, though this time I might get it on my PS6 as the timelines would allow that. Honestly though, I think we can trust Larian to deliver on the statements because they are simply brilliant...

I will be pre-ordering Pragmata within a month of its release. This is one of my most anticipated games of 2026...

Fantastic news. Personally cannot wait. For all its developmental troubles Dead Island 2 was still a superb game...

Thank you for your kind words, @PerpetualBoredom...