The one live service game that wasn't Helldivers 2 that actually looked fun and ofc they're pulling the plug on it. Given the state of their live service plan and the rumors of them bringing back dormant IPs, I wouldn't be surprised if they're already regretting their decision on shifting for the live service approach. I think the only live servic egames they got upcoming are that project gummy bear game, horizon mmo, gairgame$ (sorry I mean Expresso), and 4loop. Not a good sign.

@wildcat_kickz that reminds me....does anyone still remember Playstation Talents? It's supposed to do the same like China Hero Project but with spanish developers but somehow I see less people, even among fans, talk about it. Although the quality of the games are more all over the place compared to China Hero Project. Quanity over quality feels like an issue but not sure. Been too long since I read anything about Talents that my memory is rusty 💀

@PuppetMaster "Sony also helping with technical support, marketing, and publishing." Pretty cool but it does make me wonder how In Nightmare launched with a lot of technical hiccups and why Evotinction (underrated imo) was released with little marketing, both of which are from china hero project. Speaking of which, I'm also curious how well Lost Soul sold since it's one of the few they put the most money on. All i know is that it sold pretty poor at launch on PC over in China, which is disheartening....

@Torque I don't think that one is from China Hero last I checked but who knows lol I do know that the devs of that game were supposed to be making a sequel (or prequel) to Dying Reborn but I wouldn't be surprised if it got cancelled in favor for Showa Story. Probably for the best.

@Fishmasterflex96 by shooter you mean Convalleria? I don't think that game is gonna be released anytime soon, and if it will, it'll probably be self published as Sony have already taken the game out from their website after some issues that came out between the devs and one of CHP's project head manager that was assigned to them early this year I think. Not like it's gonna be missed tho. I was excited for the game until I found out they turned it from a co-op action rpg shooter into a pvpve extraction shooter. And considering what happened with Concord and the current state of Marathon, it was probably for the best to just drop the game entirely. I'd rathe rhave them focus on giving us single player games over live service games. Just look at what happened with Boundary.

After FBC not performing that well commercially, nice to see them bounce back thanks to positive word of mouth as I heard a lot of good things about the game. Gameplay wise, might be the closest we'll get for a Gravity Rush successor.

@Fishmasterflex96 this. I'd say $40 would have been a great choice. Heck, $30 is a steal especially after the patches. Guess they chose $60 because they really wanted to capture the same success as Stellar Blade (even though the game reportedly had a lower budget than Stellar Blade and Black Myth)

Great to hear but nothing really surprising as they always bump up the budget for every new batch. What matters to me is how they use the budget, and I really do hope Sony learned their mistakes with Lost Soul Aside's messy launch and development history as it does seem they have a bit more hope for Daba.

More developers should collaborate with fans, similar to what happened with Sonic Mania.

Recommending this game to the "balls and guns" gamers

"There are no block or parry mechanics and attacking just once uses up your entire stamina bar."

This does bring a smile on my face.

Brilliant pic choice by the way lol Still sad to see this series go...

Already looks more like my cup of tea compared to Stellar Blade or even Wukong. Definitely getting this when I can cause I'm too busy with wotk atm lol

The fact that their latest projects were the weakest Mass Effect title and the most forgettable Dragon Age title makes this all the more depressing.....

I onky want to know how the much the story will do justice to Cliff, Damiane, and Oongka given how bland Cliff was in the base game and how underused the latter two were, and hopefully they'll give Oongka more armor sets.

First ever jrpg protagonist to be allowed to be chubby.

Sad to see how their most ambitious title came and went. Even Lost Soul Aside, despite getting lower scores, had its support last longer than 2 months.

My only gripe here is Venom, feels like a very predictable pick and I'd have much preferred someone like Agent Venom. Though considering the entire pass includes a different version of Cyclops, Thor's wife, and a rather lesser known X-Men character, I guess chose him as their "big guns" to convince more people to buy the pass.

He looks so ugly. I love it.

It's settled. Make Kento Kinoshita the head of the Dragon's Dogma IP pronto.

Time to add the PSVR2 into the list, then...

Hot take but they should remake the first Watch Dogs first before Legions. Watch Dogs 2 is as good as it is now though.

Was really insane to see a literal Xbox 360 emulator running on a PS5

Was excited until I heard it's taking on the genshin impact/wuthering waves steucture....

To quote from that one Spongebob character, "That's what we've been waiting for!"

Still waiting for my Soul Sacrifice Delta remaster though.

@RBMango Ngl, I'd kill for an ape escape game made by the Bugsnax studio.

People saw the air juggles followed by air combos and immediately locked in.

The fact it was those two that got the bbigest jump but not for RE3 remake 💀

A journey mention?

In the big 2026?

Man, I feel old...

Sad that only Ace Combat is doing something like this. I remember when Sony did something similar with Lost Legacy by offering the Jak trilogy as a pre-order bonus.

Saw gameplay of the bow. Seeing an air juggle followed up eith an air combo brought a tear to my eye. Definitely feels like a testing ground for the remakes. Just wished they ditched the over the shoulder camera but ah well.

Great that they're doing this but it does show how extraxtion shooters are tough to maintain nowadays. No wonder Marathon and Arc raiders are already getting PvE content, and it was probably a good thing Sony decided to drop Convalleria since from the looks of it, the game transformed froma co-op shooter rpg to an extraction shooter (ugh)

"I hope your favorite game franchise dies" is bland, boring, generic. "I hope your favorite game franchise is picked up by greedier and scummier developers" is real, terrifying, it could happen to yours, it's already happening to Halo.

Just when Microsoft have finally gained some good will, they inmeadietally pull this move...

Honestly, I thought the easier option would have been a button to toggle the scent trails. Kinda like what Wolverine Origins on the ps3/x360 had. I know people joke about "Use the X vision" mechanic in games but I think it could work better here.

Kinda ironic for someone who worked on uncharted and the last of us calling out modern games looking to same-y.

I'm a sucker for anything that's SCP/X-Files-inspired and the gameplay looks right up my alley. Closest we'll get for a Gravity Rush successor.

A $40 game with the content of a higher priced game? In this day and age? These devs must have gone MAD!

"It's not Game-as-a-Service."

That alone already sold me on it. About time Sony getting their own AC equivalent.

I genuinely didn't know it wa salready getting a sequel lol didn't we already get Nioh 3 recently? 😭

If sony is going to pull the plug on this, what makes them think Fairgames will turn out any better? It's a damn shame too because I really dig the style and lore of Marathon. The downside is that the damage was already done before its launch.

Really sad to hear. The moss games were some of the PSVR's killer apps. I do hope the devs find a job soon because they were some of the best VR games I have played. Also, I love Quill, she's so adorable lol

@somnambulance If I'm being honest, I'd rather have them polish up Concord over Fairgames. I actually dig the aesthetic of Concord, it just needed a more focused vision. Not to mention the lack of ults made the gameplay feel rather simple and repetitive. Still, I'd rather take it over another Payday clone. Still ticked off that they killed both the game and the studio but gave the upcoming Horizon spinoff another chance. Definitely fair move, Sony...

@GamingGod Ain't no way you're calling Helldivers a "failure" especially when you compare it to Sony's other recent live service attempts like Concord.

Hell, hot take but even Concord looked better than this. Atleast that game tried to have a distinctive visual style with a focus on retro-futirism (good idea, just poorly executed). This game just looks like a heist mode for a CoD game lmao

Unsurprisingly, everyone here are now turning their backs against Kojima the moment Sony cut their ties with him lol Don't get me wrong, as someone who isn't a hardcore Kojima fan, I do believe Kojima has an issue with going very over budget with his projects, but I would have expected Sony to know who they're dealing with already given their contribution on both Death Stranding games. Not to mention this wouldn't have been much of an issue if they didn't spend hundreds of million of dollars for their live service plans no one asked for.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, weren't people here blaming Sony for doing Kojima dirty a day ago? Why is everyone now saying they always knew how pretentious Kojima was after this? Atleast be consistent, you don't gotta be a fake fan just to be part of a crowd. I get this is a playstation-focused site but come on guys 😭

So all that love they gave for Death Stranding was all a fluke because they weren't satisfied with their sales performance? Damn.

I only hope that even with Xbox taking over, we could still get a playstation port.

@Haruki_NLI Media Molecule or Sony Bend studio shut down.

Oh crap, I'm jinxing it aren't I?

@Czar_Khastik might be the best comment in the entire article.

Sony's PR has been on a roll it seems...

Someone said that Sony would make an announcement that will have "everyone forget about Nintendo's direct."

Well, looks like they were right on the target. Just that it wasn't what we really wanted to hear. I'm crossing my fingers that it gets a Playstation release but regardless, it feels like Sony has been on a roll on making mistakes, and somehow, this ticks me off more than lowering the physical production...

I'm prefectly fine with a Killzone remake because arguably, the first game absolutely did not age well.