There's the move the Sony Army has been waiting for.

And it's a dumb one.

Yeah, not seeing the benefit here since bungie literally only makes destiny, and yhey just said it wouldn't go exclusive. I guess their new ip could be exclusive.

I think down the road when Call of Duty goes bye-bye to Xbox Sony will give Bungie a call and tell them to get cracking on a new shooter just for PlayStation. I read an article that PlayStation got 3 more Call of Duty games per contracts.

According to TPWW testimonials, Destiny 2 is one of the if not thee best shooter around. Imagine if Sony gets an exclusive of that caliber.

For now, let's see how this plays out.

That is not the move they have been waiting on. Not even close. They'll need to pick up Square or Ubisoft to make those kind of waves.

Google ditching Stadia...... kinda. Instead of focusing on gaming, they are essentially going to be creating//hosting content for "experiences" like Peloton and the like.


Nothing new with Google ditching yet another product.

Destiny Witch Queen looking pretty stuffed.

But how much grindy is grindy gun game grind?

Well we'll be grinding to literally build some guns now so... grindy.

In other video game news, I finally banged Miranda in the Engine room. Feeling good.

Pfft. Miranda?

So much for the secret relationship in Mass Effect 3. Sucker.

Watched the ViDoc that the got released and have been thinking for a little while of dusting off my Hunter and getting back in the fight.

But, I'd probably be totally lost on most of the new stuff. I left off at Curse of Osiris and had access to the Warmind add-on. And since that stuff and Forsaken just got locked in the "vault", I'd probably be starting at Shadowkeep and working through Beyond Light and into The Witch Queen.

I would suggest starting at Witch Queen from the jump. Right now you'd be bombarded with quests and people to talk to the moment you log in. A lot of stuff went down storywise but the jist is there's a Hive goddess that wants to kill us.

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Nintendo Direct today KILLED it.

TIME 2 SPORTS!

ALLEGEDLY


Mario Kart is porting in shit from the free to play game. Not the tracks themselves, as they come from previous games in the series.... but the graphics and layout look like a "downgrade". Some people are upset, some don't care. Others are all "oh, this is why they can do 48 tracks so easily".

I find it odd when people complain about Nintendo graphics. I never bought a Nintendo game because of the graphics. It does not even register in my mind.

Nintendo's simplistic, expressive aesthetics is why Wind Waker still looks better than 80% of the hyper real ray traced shit now.

Next Gen cyberpunk upgrade happening on my Series X right now.

There's like 5 fucking challenges in Avengers that require playing with a person which is not happening in this dead game. Anybody wanna assemble for a few missions on Xbox?

The audacity of such a quest questline in this state.

Capcom announces Street Fighter 6.

Sounds like it's going to use the RE engine. Should be pretty wild.

Multiplatform according to a leak.

People are going to pay.

The official Xbox Bluetooth headset for $99 is a helluva deal. Had them for about two weeks and they are by far the best headset I've owned. Easy to use, charges really fast and everything is crystal freakin clear.


Work for PC too, naturally.

I'll look into it.

Forspoken gets delayed from May 25th to October 11th. Luminous Productions needs extra time for spit and polish.

Welp, there goes my big game for the summer.

Sony is buying Jade Raymond's studio Haven Entertainment.

odds purchase. studio has nothing. talented people there though. this says to me they showed sony whatever this game theyve got in the oven is and sony sees huge potential.

Well, Sony put up the starter investment money to Jade Raymond to get the studio off the ground.

And I bet the purchase price isn't much either. Low risk, potentially high reward I suppose.

Sony has announced it version of the Xbox Game Pass. It's called....................Playstation Plus. BUT WITH TIERS!

Here's the details.

PlayStation Plus Essential
Essential is the same PlayStation Plus service that currently exists, with no changes to the current pricing. It includes two monthly downloadable games, discounts, saved game cloud storage, and access to online multiplayer for most games.

PlayStation Plus Extra
The Extra tier includes all Essential benefits, and adds a catalog of around 400 PS4 and PS5 games that can be downloaded at any time while you're a member. It includes first-party and third-party games, but no new exclusives will launch into the service. In the US, it will cost $14.99 monthly / $39.99 quarterly / $99.99 yearly, and in the UK it will cost £10.99 monthly / £31.99 quarterly / £83.99 yearly. No Australian prices have been announced at time of writing.

PlayStation Plus Premium
Premium includes all the Essential and Extra benefits, and adds 340 extra games to the catalog, including PS1, PS2 and PSP games for streaming and download. PS3 games will also be available, but only to stream. Streaming can be carried out on PS4, PS5, and PC. Premium members will also receive time-limited trials of some games. In the US, it will cost $17.99 monthly / $49.99 quarterly / $119.99 yearly, and in the UK it will cost £13.49 monthly / £39.99 quarterly / £99.99 yearly.

Full article here. https://www.ign.com/articles/playsta...s-release-date

Sounds like Xbox Game Pass still has a leg up but this is a start. Will be picking up a new system in the next couple months. This may sway me to the PS side.

E3 officially cancelled. No physical or digital show. Gonna try in '23.

They have a LOT to do to try to catch game pass. They will need to start revamping and updating their cloud technology if they want to make it better. Stream-only will hurt quite a bit.

Only reason, IMO, to go PS5, is for exclusives.

This just brings us back to the point that its smarter to just have a PC and PS5. Do not see any point whatsoever in having an Xbox console ever again.

Nah, if you want to take advantage of the game pass but don't want to shell out to buy a rig and keep it updated, Series x is still a good buy. This is a step in the right direction for sony, but as drave said, game pass still has a few advantages going off that presser.

Isn't there only limited games from Xbox game pass on the pc though? Feel like having an Xbox gets you the better games.

Gonna havta press X for doubt here buddy. This whole argument about having to update PCs to keep them on top is overblown. I have a PC I built 6 years ago thats more powerful than the Series X (which will be around another 5 or 6 years) is ever going to be. They might catch the power of my newer PC in 2 more console generations. Maybe.

I'd say 90% or more of the games on console are on PC on gamespass. Console does have a few exclusives, but they are all niche games, and PC has its on set of games that aren't on the console version as well to make up for it.

and Im not saying Gamespass is bad. It is a far superior service. I love it to death. But it doesn't make the Series X a smart purchase imo. There is a distinct reason why Sony still kills them in hardware sales even though they have the best deal in the business in Gamespass.

The upkeep of PC's is much more than financial. When Little Jimmie wants to see a Little Tittie and fucks up his PC, it's all over.




Seriously though, its updates and technical knowledge that stop most people, on top of a ridiculous price tag if you want to run things "well". This is something I'm learning as my son has his first rig. He knows fuckall about computer updates, security 101, internet basics (I have this sorted for now), etc.


That's strictly the software portion of the issue. Don't even start with hardware.

Name and brand recognition will do this, especially in other markets, especially Japan.


Current gen hardware is honestly pretty even. I'm interested to see what late-gen games look like with the playground devs have been given combined with things we've already seen. gonna be amazing.

Another massive update to No Man's Sky. Guess how much it costs.

Man I got sucked into that for about a month and then something else grabbed my attention.


Gotta admit though, the update sounds badass

Embracer Group acquires Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal for $300 million.

WWE has signed a deal to make a wrestling RPG. God I hope this works out because that could end up being a dream game.

WB Montreal has cancelled Gotham Knights for last gen consoles. PS5, Xbox Series X/S, or PC only.

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Yeah right dude. It will be "MyCareer" mode from 2k with new fancy bells and whistles.

if you listened to the conference call vince said "a deal in the role playing gaming space." could be mobile. could be table top. no clue

All the Bioshock games are free on PC via Epic Games store right now.


(Never played them, and going to take this new Macbook for a spin for funsies)

NEVERMIND




Windows only. lol.

Starfield literally looking like Bethesda No Man's Sky.

i expected starfield to sell me an xbox...i did not. not saying it doesnt look worthwhile but its def a game that I'll play when i get around to it not day 1.

It's like No Man's Sky, Destiny, and Elite: Dangerous got thrown into a blender and this is what came out.

Not sold on it yet and I'm not going to run out and buy a Xbox when I can just back into either of those games whenever I feel the itch.

Tell me what I can "really" do, then I may change my mind.

Lots of cool looking new ips in xbox's showcase though. Pumped for a lot of those.

in 3-5 years theyll have a very impressive library

out of this showcase The Last Case of Benedict Fox and Ara: History Untold both looked really good

They said everything shown is releasing within the next 12 months.

Obviously, that doesn't count for delays, but if even half of those titles hit that mark, theres gonna be a lot of cool stuff to play within the year.

my comment is geared toward the 30 or so studios working on titles not yet announced. in 5 years time most of those games will have come to market. the bulk of the microsoft owned studios recently aquired are just getting going on thwir projects. by the mid point of this console cycle theyll have a very impressive library.

out of this showcase though the mentioned titles im really liking forward to checking out. both are hitting PC so ill check it out on the steamdeck

WOOOO Hollow Knight 2 finally getting close.

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:O

If Starfield is as moddable as previous Bethesda games, its going to have a lifespan longer than skyrim.

Finally playing cyberpunk. If the game had released like this, I think it would have been considered for game of the year.

Still the occasional bug, but no more than you'd find in any game of this scale. World is gorgeous and fun to explore.

Combat feels good. Started with a blade build and was iffy on it at first, but after getting the mantis blades and double jump it got really fun.

Story is pretty good so far. Im into it. Side quests are alright. Nothing even close to the witcher 3 though.

For real tho.......


Go "cold blood" stealth build with throwing knives and blades. The last big patch made any knife automatically respawn in your hand, with the delay based on the quality of the knife.


That, with a few hacks to take out surveillance, makes for a reeeeeeealy fun "cyber ninja" build.


I still need to do one more play through. I've used the mantis blades and the wire (also really fucking cool), but haven't used the mini-launcher that you can implant in your arm. That shit should be fun. Just go in and blow shit up instead of being sneaky.


If you stick with it (because good LORD it's a great game after they fixed their shit), up the difficulty, as enemies get kinda dumb.

I've actually started putting all my points into quick hacking. Got a legendary hack that straight up instakills an enemy, and I've got a cyberdeck that will spread it to an additional enemy. I can level up the radius and amount of enemies it spreads to, so I could potentially take down 6 people with one hack if they're close enough.

That was my first go too. It makes the game EZ mode because you can scan all your targets for an entire area via remote cams, and hack them from there.


You can take out entire objective areas barely even entering them. Enjoy it, it's a blast for a bit, but found myself wanting more "action" after a while.

Yeah Im still gonna bust out the mantis blades and katana.

Also want to level up that giant dildo.

Skull & Bones. Ubisoft's pirate game spun off of AC 4: Black Flag, and known for being in development hell for a good 5+ years since being revealed back in 2017 at E3, could be finally coming to consoles soon. As you may know, it's been broken down and restarted more than once.

ESRB has given it a M rating. Usually that means the Board has been submitted a near or completed game for ratting approval.

Word going around the net is that Ubisoft will schedule a re-reveal of the game next week.

https://www.playstationtrophies.org/...next-week.html

Im hoping the long delay was because they were making it a full on pirate game, ala Sea of Theives, rather than the ship combat game it started out as. Id be down for a black flag mmo.

That'd be amazing. Black Flag was VERY fun.

Set some time aside this Thursday.

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God of War: Ragnarok. November 9th.

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Meanwhile, Forspoken still needs more time and has been pushed into January 24th 2023.

Well shit I guess I need to get a PS5 before November.

Mario Rabbids 2 coming out very hypeddd

If you have a switch the first one is free to play for a week.

So, I watched it yesterday. Not digging it yet. I'm hoping that as time goes by, Ubisoft will slowly reveal stuff that they're still keeping under wraps. Maybe one you will think differently.

Launch is November 8th, 2022. Not the best day since G.o.D Ragnarok launches the next day. So, the Playstation players will probably skip this. They're taking reservations for beta testing. But's only available through the PC. Now.

Here's the full show if anyone is interested.

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Eh, looks like its almost all at sea, outside of docking in towns to buy shit, and small islands with chests.

I like ubisofts ship combat, but not enough to play a game thats just that.

yeah, that'd get very tiresome very quick. :(

Fignuts here with your regularly scheduled news of No Man's Sky coming out with another huge update.

Completely free.

Again.

duuuuuuuuude, i read about that and holy schnikes batman!!


I played it for a couple months, had a ship and don't remember exactly where I left off. Not a bad game, felt very time consuming, but overall enjoyable.

Report going around the internet says the Knights of the Old Republic remake for Sony and PC has been put on indefinite hold.

Aspyr's internal demo on how the game was coming along was shown to some Lucasfilm and Sony big shots and they were not happy at all. This has led to the firing of the design and art director.

https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wa...d-indefinitely


Damn. And I was really stoked about this.

Careful who you hire to write your RPG.

A Wild Kalyx was spotted!

OUch though, release moved back to 2025 - IF at all.

Wow, SNK announces a new Fatal Fury game after 23 years. Never thought I'd hear that name again.

Not Terry Garou pls

Whaaaaaaat

Garou is arguably(not really) the best Fatal Fury game ever made.

Also, the picture showed Rock Howard so its most likely Garou 2.

Just didn't like it. Much prefer Fatal Fury OG and Geese.

I just hope they choose a different art style for it. Maybe something like the new Samurai Showdown. The recent KOF games just look so mobile gameish

Fair. That's my issue with Garou, is it just looks all same same as other fighters, really. The new Samurai Showdown art is SICK and I'd love it, but I'm not heavy into fighters to pay $70 for it.


I'm hoping for a GamePass or deeply discounted special GOTY or something, I dunno.

Fyi SNK is 96% owned by the Saudi royal family. It's a pet project of prince MBS. This makes their games prime targets for a little free range bootleggery as far as I am concerned. Better that than directly contributing to the Blood Money In The Bank Slush Fund and Trust.

Masahiro Sakurai (created Kirby and Smash Bros) is creating an ad-free Youtube channel to talk about the game development industry, how things work and maybe small how-to's. Very cool.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1...hunuw/featured

Assassins' Creed: Mirage announced today by Ubisoft after it was leaked early today.

September 10th will have a Ubisoft Forward show to tell all about it.

https://www.ign.com/articles/assassi...veal-next-week

Octopath 2 WOOOO. Zelda out next may as well. Nice.

Im outrageously amped for Octopath 2

Was all like "pfffffffft" over the final fantasy rhythm game.

Then they said it would have 385 songs.

Then they said dlc would be music from Saga, Neir, Octopath and Live A Live.

God damn it.

Also lol at like 5,000 new farming games.

A few of them looking meaty though. Harvestella looks to have some pretty solid action