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Nightreign and Helldivers again this weekend. Just a few runs each. I'll spend most of my time snoozing and watching telly I think.

This might be the first fighting game I have legit hype for. And TGS is shaping up to be a cracker too.

Checkout the live tab on the PlayStation Japan YouTube channel. Tokon, Resi, Battlefield 6, Onimusha, Nioh 3, Sonic Racing, Ghost of Yotei and Lumines are all getting live stream time next weekend at TGS.

@MrPeanutbutterz I've been lucky enough to upgrade my internet recently. (My house was one of the last places in my town to get fibre. It was an annoying wait.)
Since I've gotten it Portal runs like it's playing local. I love it.
Before fibre though it wasn't great. I was still getting broadband through the old copper wire.

I played a lot of Golden Axe in my formative years, so I absolutely crave games like this.
I'm very excited to get going with Absolum. I've been hyped for a while, but that new trailer has me legit giddy.
Feels like it would be perfect for the Portal too.

So Ted and Dougal didn't have to change the music after all?

@Oram77 No, you never apologise for wanting anything related to Bloodborne or for shouting about it! NEVER!
(Sorry, feeling emotional. Watching Neveverending Story while I work.)

@Dogbreath I haven't looked at many gameplay videos. Is the open world part really that bad?

I definitely want the option to not play against PC players with mouse aiming etc, but I'm not fussy about being limited to just the players on PSN.
It'd be nice to be able to exclude PC and keep any potential XBL friendos in there, but as long as there's a healthy player count I won't mind.
'tis grand.

@Dogbreath Nintendo is a must-buy for me because of MK and Zelda, but, I haven't taken the leap yet on Switch 2 because of what you just said - MK seems kind of underwhelming this time around.
I've been playing it since the SNES days, but something is making me hesitate this time.

And there's too much to play on PS5 and Steam Deck right now too.

@SeaDaVie Good memory. And wasn't there a full X-Men game to come at some point after those three? Or did I just dream that part?

Nightreign and Helldivers.
Been having a lot of fun playing the campaign for the latest Modern Warfare trilogy too. Got the second two games on sale the other day.

@Ricky-Spanish The last I remember hearing about it was they wouldn't do The Last of Us Part III for the sake of doing it, and would only begin when they had a story they were happy with.
Nobody is stopping them from doing it, they're just waiting until they're ready.
(And for all we know they may have already started.)

🙏🙏🙏Golden Axe, come on...

@springer17 Sounds very nice. Okay then, it might be one for the weekend.
Cheers!

@springer17
I had been holding back on Hell is Us because it looked a little stressful, and I tend to save those experiences for FromSoftware games.
It's not frustrating to play then?

@Rodster Welcome to the party!

But yes, your last point about sub burnout is one I've been thinking about a lot lately. That and social media burnout.

I recently deleted all of my social media accounts, and you know what? Nothing happened. The sky didn't turn purple and the far left/right/up/down/woke/anti-woke crowds didn't come for me while I wasn't watching.
Currently I'm subbing to PSN, Crunchyroll, Prime, Netflix, Disney Plus, Sky TV... I can't see myself ever getting rid of PSN or Crunchyroll, but, as with my social media accounts I don't imagine the world will end when I eventually let the rest of them expire without resubbing.
There are too many subs now. The bubble needs to burst.

Just Helldivers this weekend. Although my friend has been trying to convince me for years to play Hollow Knight, and since the sequel came out she's in Hollow Knight overdrive, so I might give the first game a go.

@BearsEatBeets Such a good show. I remember they used to walk us through Meatloaf's stunts on his music videos even.
You can still find them on YouTube btw.

Very often I'm glad I come from a time where we exclusively got our gaming news from magazines or shows like Movies, Games and Videos, when anyone who wanted to comment on something had to write out a letter, think about what they were writing, send it, then wait for a month to maaaaaybe see it in the back of the mag or at the end of the show, and that's if what they wrote was even deemed to be worth posting by the eds.

Is PS5 overpriced atm? Yup. All of the consoles are.
Does this sound like an excuse for the shareholders? Also yep.

@TrollOfWar tbh I think the main reason Sony wanted Haven was because they had some patented online development tech. I remember they seemed more excited about that than the actual game.
So if Fairgames is dead, I reckon Haven is dead.

The last thing Sony needs is another flop, and whether this game is good or not you get the feeling nobody is interested.
I was all for them trying out a few different gaas titles of their own, but they nailed it at the start with Helldivers, MLB and GT7. All pre-existing franchises. Nothing else has been able to stick.

Helldivers is the way. If they're still adamant they need more live service wins then build on Helldivers, fix Bungie and Destiny, maybe revisit the Kadokawa decision and go from there.

Edit: Obligatory "maybe give Factions to Haven" comment.

Wow. I wasn't expecting a 9.
I had cancelled my pre-order (wanted to see what Lost Soul Aside came out like), but I'll order again now.

Taking it easy this weekend. Some Nightreign on PS5 and maybe a little Bulwark (Falconeer Chronicles) on Steam Deck.

I watched the launch trailer earlier and thought the dialogue sounded pretty uninspired.
Access are streaming it right now. I'll give it a look but so far I'm not feeling this one. It never really felt like a Day1 buy for me.
If the combat is fun though I'll pick it up later on sale.

@Oram77 The Baker House and House Beneviento from RE8.
Every time I think to myself I might give 8 another play through, I remember the effin dollhouse.

I've installed it along with the 1.001.001 patch, but after reading this I think I'll just move it over to my external drive and play it in a month or two.

Added it out of curiosity. Be interesting to see if they revoke it.

2027 / 2028 is plenty of time. I'll be a Day 1 buyer, but yeah we still have a lot left to see this gen yet.

Doing a bit of a detox this weekend. At most I'll do a few rounds on Nightreign with my usual group, but other than that I think I'll take a few weeks off games before going back to chasing the plat in FF VII Rebirth.

@carlos82 I remember one occasion before when buying PS1 games on PS5 (that I had previously bought on PS3), a few days later I received an email telling me I had paid for something I already owned and would be getting a refund.

I had to buy Resi 2 this morning, which I thought I already owned. Maybe I'm wrong but it'll be interesting to see if I get the email again.

Resi 3 was just available for download though. I even looked for an option to pay for it but there was nothing 🤷‍♂️

@Titntin Exactly this.
It's hindsight presented as a revelation.
We all know they went a bit nuts during the GAAS charge, but there's been a significant course correction since then.

Edit: That's not to say Sony didn't blunder massively during that period btw. I'm just wondering if these analysts are any more qualified than the likes of us in a comments section.

As Sammy asks, did Sony "get rid" of all of those people like Pachter is saying here?
Or did those people leave?

And haven't we already had a course correction + multiple GAAS projects shelved? It was a messy and wasteful period, but this feels like the "analyst" equivalent of trying to cash in on Peloton a few years after Covid.

I just read the update. This is gross.

Death Stranding 2 still for me. Roads, roads and more roads.
Going to take some breaks for BF6 though. Having a great time with that.

Still looks great, but the camera during combat feels like it's too high or something. Hopefully there's a slider for that.

@Nakatomi_Uk I'm counting on this too. Expecting both games to show up in my library like RE1 did.

RE2 and RE3, been waiting all summer for those two. Haven't played them in decades.

Also Unicorn Overlord, one of my favourite games from last year.
If you like fantasy based strategy games give it a look. Or if, like me, you just love everything Vanillaware does then definitely give it a look.

I was hoping for this and I'm relieved tbh. I'm still playing Death Stranding 2 and Nightreign, I have to play Khazan and Crosscode, Ghost of Yotei and Battlefield 6 aren't far off, and Resident Evil won't be long coming after them.
It feels like the gaming schedule has been packed for years now.

Massive nostalgia hit from that theme at the end. Loved ODST.

@DrVenture69 I'd had my eye on Crosscode for a while without really knowing much about it. Then the other day I read someone describing it as the spiritual successor to Alundra.
I bought it there and then.

Still Nightreign and Death Stranding 2.
I'm thinking about starting Crosscode at some point too, and I'll have to go back to Khazan eventually. You'd think there'd be enough time between now and Christmas to be finished with them all...

August Bank Holiday!

Lions Vs Australia Test 3 right now, then BBQ in my cousin's house up in the hills, and games all day Sunday and Monday.

Death Stranding 2 and Nightreign I'd say. Need to do those last two dark bosses in Nightreign and build more roads in DS.

I gave Witchfire (early access) a go on Steam Deck last night too, but the longer I played the muddier the textures got. Got the refund and decided to wait for a console release instead.

Gimme Jean, Cyclops and Logan and I'll play this game for years.

@Oram77 I believe Phil Spencer has said something along the lines of PS4/XBOX One gen being the one that needed to be won, because relatively few people will be shifted from those libraries.

I don't see why it would be any different than their PC approach.
Sony values the PlayStation brand too much and still wants it to be their main pillar for games.
I could definitely see first party games going to X-Box, but not before they go to PC.

@Oram77 Was just going to say - After PS4 and how big my digital library became that gen, there's no way I'd switch to another primary platform.

@Czar_Khastik Ah now, give them some credit...
Fattle Bield, surely.

I'm not one for these kinds of legal cases. When Nintendo tried to sue Palworld I thought that it was like Star Wars suing Space Balls.

But in this case I think I get it. It just looks so similar it's bordering on shameless.

@Titntin
Right? The second one was the last LotR game that I loved. Now I can't make it run on my PC without installing plugins and jumping through hoops first. Thankfully the XBOX version still runs on my old 360.
Bloody great game.

I was hoping Tales of the Shire would turn out to be something fun at least. Stardew Valley in the Shire, it sounds like an easy win.

It felt almost inevitable, but it's still disappointing.
Someone just do a spiritual successor to the Battle for Middle-Earth games at this point. Who do I have to beg or bribe to make that happen?