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I would love a Raven prequel DLC... won't say anymore cos of spoilers.

Shame, was hoping on it been Mad Max themed.

@AK4tywill Which sadly that's what happened with Starship troopers. The satire was so in your face and many still couldn't see the wood for the trees.

If your going to close studios, at least have decency to own up to it.

Sony are obviously looking at making some games for a younger demographic but sadly games like Sackboy a big adventure didn't sell and Astro's Playroom, while free has a very low completion percentage judging by the trophies which makes me worried that a full game will just not sell.
So the best bet for Sony is take one of their biggest IPs and pair it with another popular brand...hence Lego.

Hopefully this isn't the start of the showcase's lineup getting spoiled.

@americansamurai1 The remake might come this year, possibly the Lego one if it's a smaller game but the others are years away.

I'd be shocked if more Xbox games weren't deep in development for PlayStation at this point. 343 Industries were already said to have PS5 dev kits so watch this space I guess.

@Godot25 Putting all their games on PC day one is asking for trouble, it hasn't helped Xbox and it won't help PlayStation. Sony just need to get the costs of there games under control.

Really intrigued by this one. Seems like it'll have a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe to it. And hopefully with ex Bungie Devs on the team, they can bring a high quality shooter without Destiny 2's bloat.

To my knowledge, this has never been done before in the industry, a platform holder...having two CEOs. I wonder if Sony looked at the overall business and felt that things needed tightening up a bit. With how many studios they have along with the platform business, I reckon they felt it was too much responsibility for one person to deal with.
It does now make Herman Hulst the definitive face of this era of PlayStation from the company side as I can't imagine Hideaki Nishino will be appearing in various SoPs, interviews and showcases outside of hardware announcements.
I'm also glad that someone like Herman Hulst who has a game development background has such a prominent position within the company.

If Sucker Punch do have a second game in development it will be in all likelihood a standalone GoT Legends game.

"Sony has been happy to feature PC news during its conferences as of late, with Fairgame$, Marathon, and Helldivers 2 all sporting the phrase "coming to PS5 and PC" at the end of their trailers"
I don't mind the live service day and date announcements but I'm not a fan of of Sony potentially wasting air time on a showcase to announce a PC only port...Sony's audience watch those shows expecting to hear only about PS5 releases. Save it for the PS Blog.

Considering how many countries PSN isn't available it seems even more impressive in just how big PlayStation actually is.

Well with the way it's going only AI will be able to make the games.

It sucks when Sony close studios down and it's the same here.

Heard it'll be a live service game too...which to be fair LBP was pretty much like that back in the day.

Imagine a new Parappa game where he disses them both.

You lot never learn do you? Why would Housemarque randomly announce a game or even tease one outside a Sony event. Heck even the teaser yesterday made it look obvious it was a comic book if you actually spent 5 seconds looking at it.

That's great to see...I know it's been a lightning rod for rather strange discourses but nonetheless it's a new IP with a sizable budget behind it so it's good to see it off to a good start.

@CaptD We talking about the same Sony that have published Helldivers, Rise of the Ronin, MLB The Show 24 and just last week Stellar Blade?
VR ports I'd agree with.

VR mode would be immense but I would also love a Returnal spin off that's like Housemarque's old school arcade games. Would make for a good fillet game before their next big one.

Sadly there was no option for "Yes I've got the game but I'm moving house this weekend."

"Geordie accents" where's my Teesside representation?

Hopefully it'll lead to all out war on Cyberstan.

So Cyberpunk's two biggest supporting characters now voice Sonic characters. There's a joke in there about how both Sonic film and Cyberpunk both needed fixing to come good.

I agree it's not needed, this isn't an RPG. Besides the stats aren't that important anyway. Arrowhead have said previously that you just pick what you want. Weapons and Stratagems are more vital.

It's rather sad because Rebirth is by far the best game Square Enix has made arguably since the Squaresoft days. Was really surprised that they were capable of making something as good as Rebirth.

@Bentleyma I doubt it. Development would take a year or two longer to get things up to speed. It's why they decided not to use it for Rebirth.

Here's hoping that media outlets don't spoil what's in Sony's next event unlike the last SoP.

I'm more worried about the almost invisible ships in the sky

@Czar_Khastik Honestly the one monster in Final Fantasy I fear lol.

A master chef returns to the kitchen.

I have a label too Sony and that is "skint"

@ear_wig @KonstantTrouble Ah that's good to know, was going to give it a second go on story mode with the Korean dub so thanks for letting me know.

It's a very meaty demo, wasn't expecting it to be as long as it was.
Graphics: Characters and enemies look great and well detailed. Environments are decent, nothing amazing but hardly bad either.
Combat: It's a weird mix of Sekiro's parrying with Star Wars Jedi's special abilities. Some have said about input delay but I wonder if that's improved through upgraded skills.
Boss fights: easily the best parts of the demo, I found it easier to read their attacks as well as making use of my beta abilities.
My only real criticism would be that I wish the UI stood out a bit more visually. I didn't check in the settings but I hope you can make the UI bigger too.
Also having to pick up resources is a bit of an odd choice, hopefully there's an upgrade later that does it automatically.

Photo mode = the real hard mode.

I respect that they wanted to encourage emergent gameplay but every time I see someone get randomly jumped on by a giant monster I just know I would find it annoying very quickly.

Not surprising there going big on it. MHW is the biggest Capcom game ever.

After the movies I'm hungry for a Dune game and with Spice Wars not yet on PS5, Awakening hopefully scratches the itch.

@LifeGirl It certainly seems easier to just hate all live service games then having an open mind.

Not fussed on the level design but if the gameplay is fun and the business model doesn't take the p*** then I'll give it a go.

@Northern_munkey I shudder to think what Helldiver difficulty is like... presumably you land and immediately get nuked.

me and my nephew were on level 4 difficulty on a bot world and we barely escaped with our lives.

@darthvirgin Arrowhead earned the right to earn that kind of marketing.

A Marvel, Overwatch style game could be pretty good and there aren't that many hero shooters out there...despite popular belief there's only really Team Fortress 2, OW and Valorant.

I greatly respect FFXIV as a game but I know I can never play it. It's too big of a game for me to give it the time.

If PC players want to play a newly released action RPG that's well optimized, is fully featured and not a single MTX in sight...then I recommend Horizon Forbidden West.

I'm glad people are starting to point fingers at Geoff Keighley. He's one of the biggest spokesman in the industry but rarely if ever talks up about the layoffs, he allows himself to be too tied up in sponsors and publishers that shows like The Game Awards become 90% trailer reel then the actual show that's supposed to celebrate the actual developers.

Are people even playing the game properly at that point? Like who cares if it adds a few frames...just play it.
There's too many people who judge a game on its resolution or frame rate that it's reducing the art form into just arbitrary numbers.
Some of the greatest games of all time have technical problems but most don't care cos the games were great.