Futureshark

It's not early access, the game is ready for release then. It's just late access for everyone who's not prepared to pay more.

Greedy from the publishers, I wish people don't fall for it. Just wait that 2 weeks, or maybe even 2 months and get it on sale.

Lots of other previews have suggested it looks really good, GTA in Space is one of the quotes I've read.
Eurogamer come across often as elitist to me, similar to EDGE, quite happy to turn their noses up at something popular but then champion the smallest of new indie games to death. Although there's nothing wrong with small new indie games, just a lack of journalistic balance sometimes, probably to keep the clicks up and maintain the self indulgent impression that they are one of the go to sites for news and opinion (we all know that title belongs to PushSquare

Token comment about waiting for the 'royale/golden/etc ' version...

This is how it's always been and how I like it.
Sony - under promise and over deliver.
MS - over promise and under deliver.

MS need the hype, Sony doesn't as it's already dominant and it's brand prestige allows it some faith that it's exclusives will be very good.

You (the public) only want more announcements so you can feel more excited and have more to talk about which is fair enough as present and future customers. But please don't be greedy.

Ragnarok next for the PC gamers isn't it.
Wouldn't want to spoil them with too many games at once.

A chance for Sony to move all those old M2 memory cards they've got stacked up!

I jest of course, lets hope if it's real then standard SD cards are the norm at least.

I just watched 'Ringu' for the first time in over 20 years this weekend and he's in it!!
Weird he looks just the same as in Shogun but a little less wrinkles maybe, was a right surprise as just finished Shogun last week too.

Porn gateway opens

Wish SEGA would do an arcade collection similar to Atari 50 but with all the games emulated in the Yakuza games (and maybe a few more).

Sloppy seconds...

I always thought Gibs was short got Giblets anyway!

I heard that next year there's going to be an Assassins Creed game where you are a Zulu warrior in the 1870's fighting against the British.
However in the good sense of diversity and inclusion, your character will be a Japanese Zulu.

Nice for PC gamers to enjoy the high quality gaming of (former) Playstation exclusives.
GoT is a great game, built with real love for the subject matter.

Another Stellar Blade burger shot!
Roll on photo mode!

I was expecting this to get a really low score...

Nun!!! (none)

I'll get my wimple.

Yep, I wanted X-com 2 with Marvel characters, the cards and the friendship stuff put me right off.

@Neverwild
Indeed, you are right on it.
After seeing how many patches and DLC Valhalla went through, 3 years is actually a pretty safe bet for a complete version.

I'm pretty sure that the demo had alot more blood in it though, particularly on Eve after chopping up various Naytiba.

I have absolutely no problem with PS games appearing on PC, quite happy for those guys to enjoy premium console games too.

Apart from the recent cry-babyness, I think having Helldivers 2 on both PC & PS has been pretty good IMHO, certainly meant the player numbers have been consistently high (too high on release of course).

"This is all getting dictated by [Microsoft CEO] Satya [Nadella] and [Microsoft CFO] Amy Hood, and it all stems from the Activision acquisition."

Well Phil asked Papa Nadella for a $70 billion cheque to buy a new toy, once that happened the future of Xbox went into the accounts departments pocket.

To put into context, the US government only recently decided to give Ukraine $60 billion dollars to help with the war with Russia.

So it's not small potatoes and leaves a huge mark on the ledger (especially after the $7.5 billion for Bethesda) so Xbox was always going to be controlled from the top afterwards, for better or for worse. Hence why we're seeing all the MS exclusives coming to Playstation.

(In case you missed it, we're talking about BILLIONS of Dollars).

Xbox is no longer about creativity, it's solely about balancing the books, and that is why their games have no soul anymore.

Here's a good one
"Microsoft reportedly told staff that the company needs smaller games for the added prestige, one day after it closed down the studio that made them a smaller, prestigious game."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24152137/xbox-hi-fi-rush-tango-gameworks-matt-booty

That Matt Booty, what a *****!

'Like peanut butter on bread'
Well there's a man surely earning his multi million dollar salary, what a joker.

So the dev studios are the bread? And the dev studios resources are the peanut butter...wait no that's not right.

Xbox president Matt Booty said that the company's studios were spread too thin, like "peanut butter on bread", and that leaders across the division felt understaffed.

So the studios are the bread, and the peanut butter is the staff? So the answer is to cut the amount of peanut butter as leaders already felt understaffed? What??!!!

Or by having smaller bread the peanut butter can be spread more thickly, ah I'm beginning to see now, so drop the studios to reduce the bread which means dropping staff that reduces the peanut butter too though....

@makk_zucc
Out in 2 weeks??!!! Really!!!

I didn't know, I have seen ZERO marketing for it.
If this was a Playstation tentpole release there'd by posters all over the underground and on London buses, with perhaps a Senua statue appearing somewhere overnight for example.

If they'd 'jumped ship' to MS, they would be closed down by now.

So Lords of the Fallen (new one) is now £30 and is version 1.5!!
I think there won't be any more updates now as the roadmap is complete with the latest 'Master of Fate' release.

Performance fixed on PS5 now, worth a punt?

'Darwinist jungle', I like this guy and kudos to him for speaking up.

Wow!

Re Tango in particular, what a message to send to all those other Japanese game studios that might have been considering partnerships,
"Come closer, come to MS, come closer so I can shut you down."
Shinji Mikami saw it coming alright, I hope all those now-ex Tango guys get invited by him to join his studio and carry on the good work (backed by Sony for the win).

Feb 2023
https://twitter.com/bethesda/status/1628751694258479104

"We wish Mikami-san well in the future and are excited by what lies ahead for the talented developers at Tango.
—Bethesda"

@Smash41

Exactly what I was thinking, Sony tried the stick, now to try the carrot...

I'll give her 1!!!

@BusyOlf

Got to add, 'Indiana Jones and the Great Circle' has to be the most dull, uninspiring and insipid title they could have thought of.

What's next 'Indiana Jones and the Queue at the Pharmacy'?

Back on topic, I guess this means Sony will have first dibs on the Star Trek licence too.

I thought this was coming anyway for all Sony PC games, starting with Ghost of Tsushima, to get trophies, matchmaking etc.?

@Ralizah
I would imagine you'd play the great leader as he uses god-like powers to kill lots of South Koreans, Americans and Japanese people before nuking the rest of the world.
All while on horseback.

@DennisReynolds
Its like when Sonic appeared on Nintendo consoles!!!

What has been done before will be done again.

Quite like to play through Gears 1 again imho.

Well that's a lot of Super Credits!!

I think it sold a boatload because it's quite different to the rote MP shooters (sick of Battle Royale etc.) and its just plain fun.

Helldivers 2 is more my multiplayer bag

Gears 1-3 would be nice as have fond memories on the 360 especially of the first one.

Looking forward to the new costumes too, in particular
1. Sexy Nurse
2. Sexy Air Hostess
3. Sexy Traffic Warden
4. Full Burqa

Now everyone can try it for 5 minutes, sigh and go back to Stellar Blade etc instead.

Excellent game, is now fullfilling my (lite) souls itch post elden ring burnout.
Really love the music too, I think Sony owe Upshift a contract as this is now a massive hit and shows their ability as a great dev studio.
First PS5 game, really??!! Great work!!!

Awesome game, a great PS5 showcase.

Could it be the return of Returnal?

Returnalal?

Sony will still insist of having Eve's ankles covered though, certainly nothing above the knee otherwise the sky will fall in!!!!

God, don't you just hate 'beige people pleasers'...

Anyway, in the demo I went for the 'easier parry' skill and it made the boss much more fun (a little easier but still not a cakewalk), so I'm going down that skill path.

Btw, I enjoyed climbing the ladders too ;op

"The update builds upon 30 previous updates and patches delivered after release, which added new questlines, armour sets, and quality-of-life improvements."

Maybe time for a little re-review then? I'm feeling tempted as it's on sale on PSN currently.

We're just not allowed to enjoy boobies anymore.

Hoping NG+ will let us play through as Tachy, I thought she was awesome in the demo.

PSVR2 port of RE7 would be nice.

Android
SUYU
Snapdragon Gen 3
BOTW, TOTK, SMBW

I've said too much...

PS6 games to be £100 by 2030 for the base version!