Bethesda Title Dishonored 2 Leaving PS Now on 1st June

Oh, I was planning on playing this soon. Oh well, I guess I’ll play it as part of Game Pass instead.

I'm playing this at the moment, such an amazing game.
Immersive sims really are something else.

Oh and if you're interested, NoClip recently posted their 1-hour documentary about the series, and it even details The Clockwork Mansion and A Crack In The Slab, such memorable levels.
Ok I'll stop gushing now 😛

I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the other games pulled as soon as contracts expire so Microsoft can bolster the value proposition of their own services. Fortunately i have most of the bethesda stuff as physical releases.

Should probably check if i still have dishonored 2 somewhere as i never got round to playing it

@Rob_230 There’s no chance MS will pull these games from the store, just from PS Now.

@nessisonett Sorry, i meant the ones listed in the article (aka the games on PS Now and Fallout 4 on PS+ collection)

They wont pull the titles from sale on PSN or store shelves, i agree. But i have both Now and Plus, so i am glad i have physical copies as back up if they are removed from those services

The actual obvious link here is that these contracts all have renew cycles. Bethesda games likely didn’t have any temporary flags due to continually getting renewed.

It should be obvious Bethesda won’t be renewing any of their PSNow contracts as they expire.

Im not sure how removing dishonoured 2 from PSNOW "bolsters its gamepass offerings" as the article makes out as its already on gamepass. It does however reduce the offerings of PSNOW

What of the original RAGE? Is its fate also pending?

@Vacuumator It was a horrible game i wont miss it. 😅

@Flaming_Kaiser

I know it’s no masterpiece, but it’s one of those games that clicked with me. The term “open world” is really to be applied very loosely here - it feels like a large hub connecting more linear interior “levels”. The megatexture tech makes for a wholly unique aesthetic and it’s the overall look of the world that is part of its biggest draw. Whilst the sequel bettered it in terms of gunplay and combat, it failed to introduce a proper open world that wasn’t just full of nothing. The original still remains one of my favourite games, if only because I find the visuals and the world design so well realised.

The ending though.

@TeapotBuddha yeah, it's mind boggling.
I had to pick up my brain with a spoon after the Mansion's level designer explained the system they came up with for NPCs' pathfinding through modular rooms.

Btw I also really like the Victorian/late 19th century time period (and thus steampunk as well), I tend to prefer it to high fantasy but unfortunately the latter is way more prevalent in games.
That's one of the main things that drew me to Dishonored, other than I really like stealth games and immersive sims 😃

To be fair to Bethesda the Retail Digital copy has been discounted heavily......Anyone with any interest would of took the bait by now But I agree with Liam Xbox Game Pass does need a bolster.
Funnily enough I'm playing the original on my PS3 right now a Gem of a Game.

Erm, this is not the first Bethesda game to be removed with short notice. Evil Within was removed without notice and Evil Within 2 was removed shortly after. Wolfenstein II was an ongoing access game at one point, but again, that has gone. It does also say on the PS Now website "Games included in PS Now are subject to change at any time". I think it has happened to other games in the past but cannot remember off the top of my head.
I know that site does not show the kill date for the game but it also had FF15 on the list over a month after it was removed.

Another reason to simply buy games (physically or digitally) instead of streaming games, no deadline.

I doubt it was pulled specifically and I doubt MS will pull any game from platforms they were released on either. Of course there are licenses and 'agreements' that expire and I doubt Sony themselves would want to negotiate renewals that would see them paying MS to keep those games on their service. Its not as if they have pulled the game from the console entirely!

The game is $20 new at most retailers. Just buy the physical copy. They can't pull the game updates from PlayStation for games you own.

The disc version is very cheap thankfully.

Sony Should Focus On Putting More Of Their Own Games On The Service.

"retroactively making Dishonored 2 an exclusive to PC and Xbox platform"
Well not really, you can still buy a physical copy. And it's been about a fiver for years, as well.

It looks like current contract for Dishonored 2 on PS Now includes clause that game can't be on Game Pass (game currently isn't on Game Pass) and this contract will end soon which means that Microsoft will probably pull game from PS Now and give it for Game Pass subscribers

This is why I have a PC, anygame I miss on PS I get on PC. Dishourned 2 has been on PC gamepass for over a year. You are going to need a Xbox or PC more and more in the next couple of years as this war heats up games will start coming out on team green or blue only instead of both like they do which means we all lose in the end. Personally I would rather play a game on ps5 over my PC even though the graphics are usually worse just for the better control and lack of crashes and other annoyances.

@trev666 When it becomes available only on the Xbox Game Pass among subscription services, it starts to add even more value, the obvious here is that Microsoft will not renew contracts with Sony, and games slowly moved out of Sony's services, not the platform, but serviceservices.

Amazing game!!! The whole franchise in fact!! I Hope to see a new entry one day!!

@Denni5m
better control? controller over M+K ?
no thanks

@palmab I never use kB and nouse you can use a Xbox controller on PC, windows 10 on a powerful PC isn't like xp and the old days, it's pretty much a Xbox but with much better graphics generally for every game. Also you need to learn to read, I did say I prefer playing on PS5...