Eadgar

Excellent news. Excellent game from an excellent studio. Future member of the PlayStation Studios family I dare reckon.

Pre-ordered and ready to go. Cannot wait!

It's probably super-hero fatigue, just my thought.

This is the year lads, this is the year I also join the PlayStation 5 family.

@AndyKazama

I am the same. I usually always only pre-order Vanillaware games, and this will be no exception. In fact, I have the Grimgrimmoire remake that will be released April already pre-ordered.

Great developers!

@nomither6

Valid argument no doubt, and if compared to some other fighters, particularly the ones you mentioned in your previous comments, it definitely is. However, I do not think that is necessarily a bad thing.

Sometimes, certain fighters can be too fast. If I would suggest a great paced fighter I would like this sequel to emulate, it would be DNF Duel. They should try and match the pace of that game, great game also by the way.

Great news. As the article stated, the original Grandblue versus is a great fighter, and I recommend it to people.

Besides the net code, the fact that it was released just before the pandemic, really destroyed unfortunately any momentum this game was going to have in the competitive scene.

The developers have a solid base to build upon, however, and I expect this to be an even better game than its predecessor.

Pre-ordered and ready to confront the challenge this game will have. I went with the digital deluxe edition, which includes the season pass.

I will be playing it on the PS4, however, since I am yet to be an owner of the PS5. Maybe this year I can finally remedy that fact.

https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/games/theatrhythm-final-bar-line

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line releases the 16th of February here in the states, not sure about europe but it should not be far behind.

However, this game is not on the list, thought you might want to add it.

I have this game pre-ordered, along with Wo Long Fallen Dynasty and GrimGrimmorie Once More.

Good luck to Square on the launch of this new IP. I will not be buying it (no PS5) but they will be getting money from me with another game that will be released within the month of this one, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line.

I will not be buying it, but I hope it does well because it seems to be a good, well made game from Bamco.

I am familiar with the property and its immense popularity world wide, at least everywhere bar the States, thus, I think it will be a massive hit for Bamco.

It will be an enticing option for me. Have not upgraded to the PS5 but the vast majority of my PS4 catalog is on disc, thus, a PS5 with a hard drive is the only option for me. This PS5 revision will be a great option once I upgrade from the PS4.

Pre-ordered it over the weekend. Looking forward to the challenge it will have.

I will be boring and contribute to the industry trend, by predicting an acquisition from Sony. One of either Square Enix, Koei Tecmo, Capcom, or FromSoftware will join the PlayStation Studios family this year.

Bold prediction, PlayStation 5 will surpass the 50 million mark this year.

Love the Nioh franchise, however, one of the reasons I fell so enamored by that franchise is it's setting, Japan and the Sengoku Jidai period, but also because I am a huge fan of souls-like games.

This game, on the contrary, I have little to no interest in the setting. Might just buy the game however to demonstrate to Koei Tecmo where it's core, and most important audience is located 😄

Well done and congratulations to both. Onwards and upwards for them going forward, and Playstation.

Sony had a huge presence in this years game awards as well, so good for them since many eyeballs saw Sony games in abundance. 😀

Great console. Still have mine till this day and I still play on it (e.g. currently playing Final Fantasy XIII-2). This entire generation of console gaming was amazing, very memorable.

Book looks gorgeous and I hope it is a success.

Definitely interested. I liked the anime (when I watched it, been a couple of years since the last season I saw,) but wayforward is a quality developer so I am hopeful their expertise can show and deliver a quality 2D game.

Read an article about the state of Tri-Ace. Sadden me to read about the situation, and how the state of gaming currently is, with the rise of development cost and live service games ecc.

Bought it just now from the PS store. I grew up loving these games and would be sad to see a developer that contributed to them cease to exist. I wish the developers well and I hope the game does good for them to keep going forward.

@ApostateMage

Really? What a great detail, I never knew this. One of my favorite games ever.

My absolute favorite new franchise from the amazing PS4 generation. I am so ecstatic to hear this great news, truly well deserved for the developer and publisher.

This was actually the series that finally had be understand how "souls-type" games work and why they are intricate, demanding, and so much fun at the same time. It made me a fan of the genre and I have been playing as many "souls-type" games as I can since.

Prior to Nioh the only game in this genre I played was Demon's Souls on PS3 and I could not get into it or understand it at the time. Since Nioh, I went back to it and beat it, one of my great recent memories.

But Nioh is great, yes, oh and Sony and Koei Tecmo, if you are reading this, make Nioh 3. Please and thank you.

F.

Not sure for the change but all I can hope for is that Capcom had a good reasons, maybe simply an artistic diversion that they felt would better serve this entry.

@Shepard93n7

Brilliant picture to describe the situation. Has given me a great laugh. Thank you very much good sir.

Does the PS4 version support mouse and keyboard? Would love to get the PlayStation version , but I think this game is best with mouse and keyboard as opposed to controller.

Thank you in advance for the response.

@nessisonett His corner kicks alone are worth 10 million pounds XD.

Well deserved. Beautiful game, beautiful franchise. Hoping there will be many more outing with Aloy in the future. Amazing developer, amazing publisher.

@Snake_V5 Your comment gave me a great laugh and put a smile on my face. Thank you for that.

To contribute to the topic at hand, I think the reason this is such a big deal is because if the deal goes through (I think it will and I could care less honestly, I only play Overwatch from Activision-Blizzard) it is going to have major repercussions for the industry going forward that we are not yet aware of, or oblivious to at the moment. Think about it for a second here, when in the history of gaming has a third-party publisher ever been bought outright before?

I can think of no event of that magnitude ever happening before thus, this is going to have major implications for everyone in the industry involved, both consumers and developers. Anything will be possible now, and it will be interesting how the industry develops going forward.

I do not like where it is going personally, but I have developed a great amount of games in my backlog from the PS4 era all the way to the SNES era. I can comfortably play these games for the rest of my life and not play anything new and be happy with that in all honestly.

Have not made the transition to this generation of modern consoles and it looks like I will not be doing it for a very long time, and you know what, that is no issue. I have a great library and backlog of both PS3 and PS4 games to still play, and a very nice gaming laptop to take advantage of when I want to play on GOG and Steam.

I am sure me and the PS5 will finally meet, maybe three years from now. I have a sneaky suspicion this generation of hardware will last a lot longer than any in the past.

Tempted to give this game a try. It will be my very first battle royal game ever if indeed I do decide to take the plunge. If I do, however, I will be playing it on PC and not the PS V for the simple reason of not yet owning a PS V and more importantly, for me, I have become a believer of the mouse and keyboard as a superior input method.

I do hope mouse and keyboard support can be supported by Sony and developers going forward for many more games on the PS V.

Has the second game ever been released on a Playstation platform? I know the first game has, as I own it on Playstation III but cannot seem to remember if the second ever made it to a Playstation.

Would absolutely be delighted if every shooter released on the fiver has mouse and keyboard support. It is just so much more intuitive and immersive as opposed to just the controller, for this genre of course. It is like when I play fighters, I always use an arcade stick because that is the "proper" way to play fighters. Just like mouse and keyboard is the "proper" way to play fps.

Of course I mean proper only as an opinion and not a fact, but until this happens, I will be avoiding the genre on console and instead purchase exclusively on PC.

Received an email informing me that I will indeed be in this tier automatically since I subscribe to both services. PS Now is a great service regardless, shame it was overlooked for many years but hopefully these new options bring Sony much success.

@Voltan Understood. Thanks for that information. With Evo around the corner I wonder what platform of choice will be used by the players. Without a doubt it has to be the PC if they do not improve the input lag then.

Great news for everyone involved. It is well known that the PC version of the game is the best because of the low input delay in that version. Has ArcSys done anything to improve the input delay on the PS versions, especially the PS5 since it was the worse of the bunch?

Same thing has happen with the KOF XV PS version which also has quite a high input delay.

Not sure if it is a developer thing or a Sony thing in the reasoning for this high input numbers but I hope Sony can work with them in reducing the input delay with future patches of the game if it is indeed a Sony thing.

@Dr-M

My main is Ivy. She has been my main since the days of Soul Calibur II.

I do like Hilde as well, especially her VI iteration so I main her has well.

I was actually going to compete in the Soul Calibur VI event in the year 2020 but the pandemic happened and you know the rest of the story.

Unfortunately Soul Calibur VI will not be a main event game but I hope it is a side tournament. If so I will still go and compete in it even though it is a side tournament.

Looking forward to this year's EVO and it is great to have it back as an event people can attend.

I will be picking up Ghostrunner thank you very much, but I will have to do it through the PS app since I have yet to own the fiver.

I will be adding to that number in about three weeks as well .

@get2sammyb If I am correct, Gamestop, or its parent company, owns Game Informer, which explains the perks previously alluded to in a previous comment.

The winter wonderland event of Overwatch started, so I will be playing said game over the weekend to get into the Christmas festivities.

Looking forward to playing this game. I do love the Borderlands franchise and am yet to get tired of it, no Borderlands fatigue whatsoever and more is always welcomed.

I actually just signed up for this service for the first time ever yesterday. It has been good fun so far, no noticeable input lag so far but I have only been playing one game, the Sly Cooper Collection. I hope for the good fun to continue. After Sly I will play FF VIII, my favorite FF from the PS I era.

Great news for Bamco. I have the game on both PS4 and steam, and will be working toward the platinum sometime in the near future. I enjoyed the game and am hopeful of a sequel eventually. Fun souls like for those still unsure about it and like the souls genre.

Would kindly like to mention Strider as well. Great game, part of this genre as well.

I actually will buy it on GOG this Friday, and then later on the PSN store. Seems like a game I will enjoy.

Cannot wait to get my hands on one in the near future. Will finally upgrade my 2014 32 inch 1080p tv to a more modern one, and then I will be in the hunt for the fiver. In the meantime, I am glad the DualSense is a resounding success and most everyone seems to praise it.

@ApostateMage I will probably buy it on GOG by the end of the summer. Think that is probably the wisest place to play the game......maybe.

@Shepard93n7 This comment should have more likes. Well done sir.

@Quintumply

It is digital only in the west for the PSN. In the states, the Switch is getting a physical release of this game. Not sure if Europe will also have this physical option only on Switch as well.

But yes, if you are buying this on PSN your only option for the time being will be a digital version.