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According to an article at CBR.com:

"Allegations against Blackman were reported in an HR complaint in January 2023, claiming the showrunner had a "long history of toxic, bullying, manipulative, and retaliatory behavior." It included allegations that Blackman fostered a "toxic workplace by pitting staffers against one another; creating an environment of fear and distrust; taking credit for other people’s work; and allegedly making lewd remarks that sources say they found to be sexist, homophobic, and transphobic." Additionally, there were two other complaints made by a writer and an actress"

Full article: https://www.cbr.com/the-umbrella-academy-toxic-allegations/

Hoping a demo will be available, as I'm excited for this game, but I will need to try it out to see if the checkpointing is generous enough for me, especially since enemies respawn at death (I hate having to play large sections over and over again in order to learn the moves of the boss at the end).

Oh, and count me in the pro-Enslaved camp

The Future Game Show and Xbox did it for me this year and had a few games between them that got me excited. The rest was poor and the only interesting parts of Ubisoft, for me, was just a longer retread of things already seen (Outlaws and Shadows)

@Jacko11 If so, I'm imagining it too
I kind of like it the way things are and if they introduce more "in your face" announcements for updates to live service games, there has to be an option to turn it off. I will never play games "on a schedule" and I like being able to turn on my console and start the game or streaming app I turned my console on for without having a bunch of other stuff screaming at me that I'm missing out on limited time content for some game in my library that I don't care about (either because I'm done with it, not yet ready to get stuck in with it or simply because it came as a PS Plus game and I didn't realize it was a live service game in the first place)

@Th3solution I'm with you on that! For a long time I was so happy that there were very few games to look forward to, so that I could concentrate on my backlog, then this comes along and ruins everything

I happen to like Sad Dad Sims....
Platformers aren't my thing, but I do love me a good LEGO game, so I'll definitely give that a look when it arrives

@Ravix "It sucks, but I'll wait for actual gameplay"

That's what I was thinking, too

I'll have a look at the gameplay reveal, but so far my excitement level for this remains low. Like most others, that art style did not do it for me and I am getting a little bit worried about the next Mass Effect game (though I don't expect them to mess to much with the existing formula there)

Whether it's money well spent or not, I know that the MS showcase, along with The Future Games Show, got me more excited for upcoming games than Sony has managed for over a year now. I'm really glad I have invested in a behemoth of a gaming rig as I will not be going back to Xbox, but there are plenty of games coming from the Green Team that I want to play.

@Aventurier Beat'em ups have never been my kind of game, but I might boot it up out of curiosity sometime.

I typically log in to secure the monthly games no matter what they are, but I can't see myself ever playing any of these.

For me, the biggest disappointment is that Sony has so little they're willing (or able) to show that this is all we got.
As for the games themselves, very little there for me, but I still felt the showcase was "okay", for what it was.
I'm not too bothered, though, my backlog is so massive that I've got more than enough to play, so the fact that there's only one single upcoming game I'm excited for (that would be "Exodus") isn't that big of a deal

@QiaraIris Even better, because the epic boss battles of Soulslikes is one of the few things I actually like about them, and if it has adjustable difficulty then the worry of hitting a wall of frustration simply disappears. This just got me very excited

@QiaraIris That's good news! I love the type of game you describe here, but I'm Soulsbornes aren't my thing, so happy to hear that this might be more of an RPG

This could very well be a winner, will try to remember to keep an eye out

@Quintumply I hate to be that guy, but when I google "Beyond the Frame" I found embroidery and photography sites, but no game. "Behind the Frame", however, seems to be a game by Silver Lining Studio, which I will be checking out as well as this one when it arrives

@ShogunRok Excellent, love to hear it

Next week would indeed be a good time for a showcase!

@ShogunRok Will you guys bring back the sidebar on the front page that gives a handy overview of all upcoming livestream events a PS fan could possibly want to watch? I really liked having that info so conveniently at hand here

Hmm, would have preferred them working on titles more in the vein of X-Com and Midnight Suns, though.
And when they say "The best stories in games are written by the players", they lie; I'm rubbish at writing stories

@BvdB I loved "Hue" and this looks nice as well. Putting it on my wishlist

I hope it's good, but as it stands I may get time for it some time in or around 2027 (will make a third attempt to get into Inquisition as well, before that)

This trailer charmed me immensely! Will be keeping an eye out for this one

Hello?! This is obviously developed by an AI attempting to trick us into feeding it the data it needs to successfully escape its keepers and unleash havoc on humanity, like, for realz! Don't fall for it, people!
(looks fun, though)

Lost Odyssey was so good; used my powers of wishful thinking and placed it on top of my list. The rest were unreleased games I hope will be good (Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones and Marvel's Blade) and Forza Horizon

I love the Yakuza games, but I'm not sure I'll manage to get to this before I die of old age. I only finished Yakuza 3 last year and while I do have 4, 5 and 6 in my backlog (along with Judgment and all the rest of them I don't remember at the moment), I also have Last of Us Part 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, GoW Ragnarok, Alan Wake 2, Horizon Forbidden West and a boatload more in that same backlog.
(when other people were saying "oh no, GTA6 is probably still two years away", I went "s'okay, take your time" )

@GeeEssEff My thoughts exactly! And I'm happy to see them echoed many times in these comments.

I'd much rather have more games allowing you to change difficulty mid-game, if desired.

Whenever I start a new game with difficulty options, I check to see if I'm allowed to switch after I've begun playing. If not, I quit out and start on an easy difficulty, to avoid getting stuck in a hard boss fight 20 hours in and quitting in frustration. If a switch is possible, I'll quite happily attempt a more challenging difficulty, safe in the knowledge that I can adjust if it gets too gnarly

Been looking forward to seeing what Archetype had cooking for a long time now! As soon as I heard that James Ohlen and Drew Karpyshyn formed a new studio I've been thirsting for information about what they had planned, so much so that I've actually had a Google alert set up for them
So, very happy to see this and it looks to tick all the right boxes for me.

@MFTWrecks I agree with you 100%, this was, for the first time in many years, almost tailored to my gaming tastes. Loved it!

I've had a lot of fun with both Until Dawn and The Quarry, so bring it on. Love these kinds of games

I'll probably get suckered into buying this one as well. I loved the games up until V, but I just couldn't stand the playable characters in that so I never managed to get more than a little ways into the main missions before giving up in disgust. Tried three times with the same result and even now my brain is suggesting that I should probably try again... stupid brain...

@WolfyTn Panderverse reference! Kudos

I see many on here are complaining that this doesn't show us anything of substance and that the game is still years away.
Personally I look at it as a positive thing that Bioware took the time to whip up a little something to mark N7 day for the fans instead of just letting the day pass by with only some merch discounts to show for it.

@Worlock_ed Cool! Wasn't aware that it had a demo, will give it a go to see how the shooting feels (which is make or break for me). Thanks for the tip!

I was going to pass this one up, as FPS isn't my thing anymore (running & gunning just isn't fun for me anymore), but I might reconsider after having seen this. May stick it on the wishlist and wait for a sale.

@djlard I meant the note charting, not the song itself.

@djlard Me neither... maybe he thinks it would help creating the tracks; having the AI analyzing the music and creating a decent gameplay track for the instrument(s)? Hopefully they'll still use humans to polish and make sure the tracks are fun to play; Harmonix were way better at knowing when to sacrifice track fidelity for gameplay than their successors at GH.

Loved this article, great work! Would definitely like to see more like this (in addition to all the great regular games coverage, of course)

What is this? A game on my wishlist coming to PS Plus before I've bought it?! (and not, as is typical, a week after I bought it on sale)

I guess I'll try my hand at farming too, at one point in the future

This is probably the setting I wanted most for an AC game, but mobile gaming is not for me, so I'm hoping for a port or another console game in the same setting somewhere down the line.

I've completed Origins and all the bloat therein, but have yet to play Odyssey and Valhalla and I do plan on playing those before this. However, if this gets decent reviews, I will buy it close to launch and at full price because I do want my wallet to vote for games with this type of length (and the cheaper price point is welcome too), even if I probably won't get around to playing it any time this decade

I need this to come to a streaming service in Norway, wanna watch it! Going by other Peacock shows coming to Norway, I'm not going to hold my breath, though.

Loved this article, went very nicely with my morning coffee. Great work!

@Amnesiac LOL, respect, mate!

@johncalmc Agreed. I've only ever played Persona 5, and still have P3P and Persona 4 Golden unplayed in my library, so at least I'm not hurting for content while I patiently await Persona 6

@johncalmc I'm also skeptical after this. I can accept the perv-level in the Yakuza games (though they wander a bit close every now and then for my tastes). Hopefully this stays on the right side for me, but it doesn't look like it, though

I have Tali, Liara, Thane and Mordin on my mantle, so I probably would have bought this one, too (though I'd much rather have Wrex)

Not sure what the problem with this was, I initially thought that they realized that they flubbed the marketing (as in, failed to hype it enough) and wanted a do-over, with messaging along the lines that this was only the first entry in a series of collectibles based on iconic moments in the franchise. I assumed they pulled it so that they could relaunch later when they could share more details on the other entries.

Though, considering the times we're living in, I would not be surprised if it instead was another example of a company soiling their pants over a handful of the loudest screamers from the toxic cesspool that is Twitter

Been sitting on this game for quite some time now, but haven't gotten around to playing it. Seeing as this expansion is the final content drop (if I understood them correctly) I guess it would be a good time to get CP2077 off my backlog once this drops (and is patched a couple of times, because... well, you know...)

I've been trying to get into fighters forever, but I never seem to be able to invest enough time in them to get any good. I got sort of into Injustice 2 and played that a bit, but then I left it for too long and now I'm back to being useless.

Didn't stop me from buying Mortal Kombat X and, later, Mortal Kombat 11, thinking "this time I'm going to get really stuck in"... (still haven't gotten around to it, btw)

So, knowing all that, I will probably still buy Mortal Kombat 1 and this time... this time!

@Wheatly That makes two of us

@KaijuKaiser Just checked the Norwegian PS Store and there's about €10 to save on buying the Whole In One edition vs buying all the 10 currently available DLC packs separately. I assume the difference is pretty much the same in the other storefronts