@Ellie-Moo I'll echo the sentiments of Contimaloris, Rich33 and Oram77; 007 First Light is, in my opinion, a fantastic game that marries the freeform stealth of Hitman: World of Assassination - albeit in a toned down manner - with the shooting and bombastic set-pieces of Uncharted. Also, yes, the driving sections are pretty bad... with the exception of one.

I don't think I've ever been less surprised by anything ever.

I'd ordinarily say "Ubisoft? Yuck!" but are there any good options out of the potential candidates?

Ubisoft doesn't seem to know its arse from its elbow these days, plus do we really want any studio in the hands of a company that spends close to two decades trying to develop a game with nothing to show for it except a CG trailer, a canned "gameplay trailer" and a Joseph Gordon-Levitt flavoured "Beyond Good & Evil 2 was totally supposed to be riddled with NFTs before we realised that was a lost cause" stink in the air?

EA has little to no interest in big budget single player games. As soon as Iron Man is finished and shipped (if it ever actually ships), EA will probably kick EA Motive to the curb. They already cancelled a Black Panther game and closed Cliffhanger Games, and cancelled Mass Effect 5 and shut down Bioware.

Embracer Group is probably the poster child for throwing money around with little to show for it, so God help us all if they end up with Arkane.

The more I go on, the more depressing it becomes, so I'll stop here.

@nomither6 @Fiendish-Beaver Marathon is already in a Humble Bundle on PC. Pay £22.48 and you'll get Marathon, Xenonauts 2, Crysis Remastered, Crysis 2 Remastered, Crysis 3 Remastered, Ghostrunner, Ghostrunner 2, RoboCop: Rogue City and RoboCop: Rogue City Unfinished Business. That's more than 40% off the RRP and you get 8 other games with it. I feel Iike this doesn't bode well for Marathon.

Once gen-AI models can do hands properly it'll all be worth it.

Oh, this is funny.

@Oram77 I scrolled the comments just to check someone hasn't posted the meme before I did. You're doing God's work.

@Czar_Khastik That's just crazy enough to work!

@Warioware Battlefield 6: Fun Run Participant Edition?

@Northern_munkey But someone left this perfectly good stick outside my house and I need something to poke with it.

@dskatter Balaam is coming, sit tight.

@asdfghjklz I'm not defending anything.

Stupid liars? Or misleading geniuses?

@Drago201 Hopefully he beats me to death so I never have to be reminded of him again.

What in the name of all that is holy is that? I'm never going to sleep again.

@Titntin it's different playing a game full of places or landmarks you've been to a lot. It's a whole different vibe. I assume Mexican and Japanese natives feel the same way about Horizon 5 and 6 respectively.

Or it could just be us 🤣

@UnfishedPlate29 Exactly.

Xbox fans: We want exclusives!

Asha: Gears E-Day is exclusive!

Xbox fans: Yay! We're not going to actually buy the game, but yay!

@get2sammyb You're a Brit, right? Try out Forza Horizon 4 if you have the means. Being from the UK, that game hits different.

EA didn't play a part

They didn't play a part in the furloughs, but they also didn't play any part in preventing it from happening. It's wild that a company making a game based on one of the largest entertainment IPs ever - published by one of the largest publishers in the industry - can run out of money and have to furlough its staff in the first place.

Oh dear. Well that's that then.

I haven't played Wolverine and likely never will (unless somebody drops a PS5 in my lap) but I have this inkling that most - if not all - of the discourse surrounding the game is massively overblown because

1. The loudest people on the internet are also the stupidest
2. Outlets won't stop reporting on the already overblown discourse and its causes

@Balaam_

Am I missing something?

Yes.

Supply of the PS5 Pro is light, and demand is increasing ahead of the release of GTA 6.

A recent spate of jailbreaks have also led to a run on PS5 hardware running on a specific firmware. That may also be contributing to the increase here.

@Mr-Cage @ShadowRJ Yep. At the launch of the Series X and PS5, CEX was offering to buy them off of customers at cost and then marking up the prices.

I've not been interested in the Genshin Impacts and Wuthering Waveses and ZZZZZZZZZZZZes because the gacha mechanics put me off, but putting a Marvel skin on it is probably the way to get me to at least try out a game like them.

All these gooner incel idiots need to learn their place. Nobody but other gooner incel idiots cares what you think. If you spend this much time complaining about the appearance of a fictional character in a game, then:

1. No wonder you can't get a woman.
2. It's a good job you can't get a woman, because there's absolutely no way in hell you'd treat her with the respect she deserves.

Sega did this with the Mega Drive Sonic games and now anyone looking to buy them is stuck with the inferior Sonic Origins versions. 🤮

The quiz also includes text boxes for you to share your overall impressions on the console and its games.

Sony. Guys. You could've toughed this out. But this is like leaving your front door open during a hurricane.

I wondered how long Turn 10 would be allowed to go on, considering the tepid reception around the last Forza Motorsport and the culling of staff the studio subsequently underwent.

@SMJ The Xbox logo is green. We did it!

@SMJ Oh, I agree that the blood red Xbox logo is typical Push Square worm on a hook tactics, but the article itself and its contents? No. As I said, it's worth reporting on. In fact, I'm also surprised and happy to see how much the article doesn't incite console wars bulls**t. It's actually very unbiased and sensibly delivered, considering the topic and where it is.

@SMJ I'm all for calling out Push Square rage bait articles, but this ain't it. It's updated reports and information on a developing situation. It's worth reporting on.

@Ninerguy1608 I'm confused. Did you mean to reply to me? Because going by your reply we seem to be on opposite sides when it comes to opinions on the matter.

@somnambulance Oh definitely, but only if the price is right*.

*very bloody low

NOOOO! The internal and external saboteurs won!!!

@ShadowRJ The ones that spring to mind immediately for me are:

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
MindsEye
Balan Wonderworld
Babylon's Fall
Skull Island: Rise of Kong
The Walking Dead: Destinies

@belmont Hang on, so your entire argument is based on what you've heard?

Wow.

@belmont 1. From what I understand, this game is set before those two characters are - or could potentially become - mortal enemies
2. Insomniac isn't telling stories in any pre-existing continuity other than its own, so is free to do as it pleases, including putting new spins on existing characters, relationships, etc; it has no effect on any versions of the characters other than Insomniac's own, which leads me to...
3. Who cares?
4. Your claims on the relationship between the two characters seem to be completely unfounded anyway 🤣

Also, I have to agree with @ShadowRJ: Don't follow Critical Drinker, everyone. He's an absolute waste of oxygen and a poor excuse for a human being

@belmont

romantic connections between male characters

Males? Having romantic connections with other males?!?! How dare they?!?!

It does suck that Sony's putting a stop to this, but when deciding to develop a mod for a game without the IP holder's consent you have to go into it knowing this could happen, especially if you're also asking for money.

@GilaMonster eating an orange is a lot like a successful marriage.

Imagine reporting this leak as news and then having to pretend you didn't. Embarrassing doesn't come close.

I can't say I'm not disappointed to see Infinite Rush not reviewing better than it is. It doesn't sound terrible but what I'm getting from reading/watching the various reviews is that Infinite Rush doesn't really build upon - and is in some ways a step down from - the Unleashed games, both of which I loved.

@Dalamar

Sony and Microsoft are locked in "Who can f**k-up more" race.

And it's going to be a photo finish.

@HonestHick @PSGamer69420 Have I been transported back to 2003? I'm waiting for you to say "Sony Pony" and "Xbot". Jesus H Christ 🤣

@Bionic-Spencer Never going to be announced is right. We'll get Grand Theft Auto VII before we get Destiny 3, sadly.

@RoomWithaMoose I don't understand the animosity directed towards Double Fine either. While under Microsoft, they made the sorts of quirky passion projects they've always made. It's not their fault that a trillion-dollar corporation bought them, made absolutely no changes to their output and then got bent out of shape when no multi-million selling games miraculously appeared.

Man, 1047 Games really flubbed it with the FPSs, huh?

Having more options is always good.

@Lavishturtle shush.

Insomniac does very well with accessibility settings. Can't fault them.

"That's a wrap-tor"

That's worth several tips of several hats.

I'm keeping my mouth shut.