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Nixxes will be delighted to hear this, I’m sure.

I’d really like to have seen what VR experiences Bluepoint, Pixelopus, London Studio or Japan Studio could have made for the headset. Maybe even Neon Koi or Firewalk Studios!

Good! Bluepoint was yesterday’s reason not to choose PS in the future. Having SB2 available elsewhere is today’s reason.

If making games sustainably is the problem…maybe making games sustainably should be the solution - smaller ones, with less of a focus on pristine visuals.

I am speechless. VGC is also including in its reporting that Firesprite was closed - is that true?

I think this sentiment is driven by a feeling that the PS5 hasn’t been utilised to its fullest potential yet relative to the prices of the machines. I also think that’s strongly linked to perceptions about how Sony has itself utilised PS5 for first-party software, and possibly a frustration that not “enough” of those games have been released.

Seeing “first-person” wasn’t what I initially hoped for but that trailer is superb and I’m always willing to give any Silent Hill game a go. Indiana Jones turned out great and convinced me (despite my initial reservations on the perspective).

I cannot wait! And I’m in Japan for the launch, so buying myself a physical copy here to take home as a souvenir of my trip! Nioh and Nioh 2 were some of the very best games on PS4. Hoping for a patch that’ll make the most of the Pro in time.

It’s such a weird one. I have a Series X and while I had Game Pass I got a load of use out of it - and enjoyed many Xbox Studios games. But the price of GP is too high for me now and Xbox games are appearing elsewhere. I don’t really know what to use the X for anymore. One thing I’d like Sony to emulate, though, is Quick Resume - it is still very impressive in 2025.

Cronos is my shout. Sad to see it isn’t getting any love in end-of-year lists!

However you play it, easy or hard, just play it - it’s so, so good.

Here’s to hoping that the new game can be the Uncharted game we’ve all been waiting for!

Fair play. Wo Long is awesome - I look forward to seeing how it runs on Pro!

Avatar - it’s a totally new game after the update, and much more enjoyable in third person for me.

All you had to say was Housemarque(ish)!

Such a great game! I enjoyed this so much.

At the outset, one of the drivers for releasing older PS Studios games on PCs must have been a hope that people who bought and loved those games would choose to buy a PS5 to play the sequels rather than pick them up on Steam… It’d be interesting to know if Sony’s sales goals for the sequels were lower than the originals.

GTA at fourth in Europe (in 2025!) is wild.

Could it be for a PS5 native version and a streaming version - linked to the PS Portal update?

@ErrantRob I’m also on Cronos and loving it! I think I’m in the second half of the game now. Halloween might be gone, but I’m keeping the pumpkin costume.

Returnal is the best game on PS5 - can’t wait to see what Housemarque are cooking!

I don’t know what this Fatal Frame you speak of is, but I’m a big Project ZERO fan (and clearly old)!

Dire. Utterly dire.

I mean this with love: LSA is the best PS3 game I have played in years!

I’m quite enjoying this so far (and having a chuckle at some of the jank along the way). I never thought I’d get to play Final Fantasy XIII Versus - but the time has finally come!

Thanks for this! My copy should arrive tomorrow and these impressions have left me even more curious!

I’ll answer my own question - TPR is scheduled for 2028, so it’s got a way to go before trailers and bigger marketing efforts.

It’s a bit disappointing that there aren’t even video trailers for most of these on the PS Blog. Is it that they’re really early in development? I’d really like to see what The Perfect Run looks like.

For the sake of the people who have worked there for a few years now, I hope it’s good. And if it is coming together, I’d not be surprised if released across PS5, PC and Xbox simultaneously. That status alone could give it some impact! And why not - is anyone realistically going to buy a PS5 solely for this game if it is an exclusive?

@ThroughTheIris56 Breath of the Wild at 240FPS on PS7 is gonna look amazing!

It was relentlessly miserable and dour. I finished it because it played very well but I was glad when it was over. If a Part 3 ever emerges, I hope there’s some more optimism in it.

Looks like it’s being published by KT this time, and not SIE. Maybe it’ll be on Switch 2!

@DiscoI76 - I agree, a bit of that first-party magic would be great to see! Killzone Tactics VR, please! Or a top-down Sly Raccoon infiltration game!

The list of games I want to play on my PS VR2 just keeps growing!

I’d love a dramatic climbing game like this on PS5. Climbing parts of Horizon were the best!

Folklore! MediEvil!

Did we ever find out whether the reporting that BM had been acquired by Sony was accurate?

Is Brendan M the chap who worked on The Getaway?

But can the rice cooker play Doom?

It’s not worth £700…but the performance bump on FFXVI (unpatched, too!) really is superb. It has changed the game for me.

Returnal is the best game on PS5 so the stream at least ended on a promising note!

Judas, please! Replayed Infinite on my Portal recently and I really enjoyed it, so something new from Ken would be fun! And….something, anything…for PSVR2?

I feel really sad for the developers at London, Pixelopus and elsewhere that could have created single-player games that probably wouldn’t have cost the world to make and generated more revenue than these cancelled projects will clearly ever do. But I am hopeful that recent noises about looking at older IP are a sign that this type of internal analysis has already been underway. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll start to see some smaller, maybe innovative, titles that diversify Sony’s output. All of this might also explain why there have been so few showcases State of Play presentations - maybe there is just little for them to show that’s even close to releasing.

Argos had them in the UK a few days ago too - though I think they quickly sold out!

Sony, please just take my money and give this game to me now. Stoked!

Does anyone know if a disc drive purchased in Europe will be compatible with a PS5 Pro purchased in the UK?

And Neon Koi! Did they ever release a game?

Just picked up a copy of this issue as a souvenir before my trip to Japan ends - can’t wait to play SH2 now! Roll on Tuesday!

This looks intriguing. Sign me up to play on PS VR2!

As a PS VR2 owner, I wonder how many smaller VR games London Studio could have made with the money it cost to make Concord!