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Great video sum-up that whets the appetite. My anticipated list is:

1. Kingdom Come 2 - The first game was really special to me in that it realised a historic time perfectly and offered deep, immersive game play. Give it a try! The next game looks like more of the same and I'm a day one player.

2. Alien Incursion VR - I have a VR headset, so this will be a real t(h)reat for me.

3. Metro VR - I kinda liked Exodus, but I never tried the older games with sewer scenery. This game looks graphically stunning and might be irresistible for me.

4. Baby Steps - a fun, laugh out loud game. Got a good showing a while back where I fell in love with the silly humour.

5. Star Wars Outlaws - cautionally optimistic about this one. I am fearing that the gameplay is going to be a bit too simplistic for me. I am bigger on RPG elements, and this seems to put emphasis on the action. If that is the case, I'd rather pick up Jedi Survivor because I really liked the first. Together with Spider-Man 2 and GOW: Ragnarok, Survivor makes up a golden wish list with many quality hours of gaming. Cheers.

@reek

Is it unrealistic to assume that hardware will be supported by first-party software?

I mean, evidence is mounting to suggest "yes", but we look at it isolated, I don't think it is on the consumer. I have that "fool me once-mentality" where I am now very skeptical of the company that has my library of games.

How they handle this will be determine how much faith I have in the company going forward - and that will transfer into how and when I spend money. Mind you, I've been mostly against the business decisions of Sony ever since summer 2020.

At this point, PS5, PSVR2 and Gran Turismo 7 might be the last Sony products I ever buy. I was there from the start with PS1.

Yeah - reports like this have me worried about the output of games, but I am a slow burner of a gamer, meaning I take my time and are easily distracted over into normal flatscreen games. So, I'll probably never run out of games.

I have put a decent amount of time into GT7 only. Dabbled with Resi 8+4 but got stuck on puzzles/backtracking.

If Sony admits that they by and large killed off the platform, I'll sell eventually. Maybe I can get some of the value back. Or maybe it will become a PC-thing I use.

We were warned by those who stated that Sony sends out hardware and then kills it soon after. The evidence for this mounting up and it might be that I learn something as a consumer.

Will it possible to play Asgard's Wrath with a PSVR2, I wonder....

We should stop tuning into *****/underwhelming 'state of plays' if we want Sony to be present at real and cool world events.

Right now, Sony is content with this fake presence through their channels.
It wouldn't survive if the number of viewers were pathetically low.

The last state of play felt like a show that Sony made money off of allowing commercials of gachas and mindless mobas from China.

I finally circled back to Baldur's Gate 3 and the combat is great, and the story is great too - it is a very big game with more than binary options for every situation.

I didn't get to X-COM 2 but I feel the urge!

Where is Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?

The shows' collective output of games were equal to many shows of the past and surpassed quite a few if not most years.

To think that all it took for Xbox was a measly 70-100 billion dollars. It is a shock no one has done it before.

They have lost the console war, but in the process they've effectively shifted battlefields and have become a massive publisher. Poor Microsoft. They will have to lose against themselves only now.

And losing to oneself brings me to the LEAST interesting "show" namely Pony Slaytation. They should've sent an email instead of what they phoned in. Sure, PlayStation Bot is real, but no true adult with respect for themselves play Kidd's games let's be real. And it just so happens I'm scheduled for true adulthood come this autumn.

If this year's showing is indicative of anything it'll be that Sony is done with games and Microsoft has just graduated into publisher.

Of course, Nintendo has been both for quite some time, so maybe the stories of tomorrow will be who wins the publishing wars.

@Th3solution

That's perfectly funny and perfectly indicative of the wonderful writing of the game at the same time.

If you are awarded with a smelly hat + 1 all stats there is some form of justice in the universe

I hope the suits are hit with a carmic punishment befit of their crime.

We are talking about greedy idiots who would go up against geniuses that were able to create magic.

It would be nice with a disclaimer: these are the people who are accountable (so we can boycut them, (I would gladly beat them to death but somehow THAT is a crime)) and conversely: let us know when and if the original creators find a home.

If only the ressources that Jade Raymond unfairly and undeservedly were given could be transferred to these developers who ACTUALLY need a haven.

This world, man...

I think 'Bloodborne' is held back for several strategic reasons:

• Launch of hardware (evidence: see Demon Souls). Most vocal, terminally online gamers would immediately validate the launch lineup were it to include a dumb game about dying.
• Full rework to claim all the money.
  As others suggest, there is no data to suggest this will sell extremely well, even though most would agree it has the potential to do so.
  FromSoft will most likely not be the developer on this project, and since their latest games are such thunderous successes they won't make too much of a fuss. (It could also be a contractual obligation they have to wait out.)
• Bloodborne's reputation alone is an asset for Sony.
  This one is brutal - but if there's one thing I know from reading news online, it is the terminally online commenters all want one thing, and it is ***** disgus... Eemm.. I mean it's Bloodborne. When they get it, they'll just want new things so in a sense, Sony can leverage and benefit from 'potential'. It is almost human-like behaviour from corporate Sony. I play RPGs and I never break out my most powerful spell, because I might need it later.

This looks promising. I would have preferred a more tactical game, maybe even turn based, but overall it was pretty captivating!

@naruball

You were bold enough to suggest there were more games than 1, but uncooperative enough to not enumerate them and when called out you responded with arrogance. I have to congratulate this level of obstinacy👏👏👏

Let me help you: Horizon Lego game and that dress up game.

Go watch the shows if you want more than just two cute platformers.

I'm calling off my scheduled eulogy, still waiting to see what gameplay there is besides walking.

I really liked For Honor and Siege some years ago, so nice to see there's new content should I resub to Plus.

I think the musical acts for Shadows and Outlaw were fantastic and set the tone for some awesome reveals of gameplay. Even though they did look a bit janky, there's plenty of time to perfect the formulas and flesh out the games proper.

With Summer Game Fest, Xbox and Forward I have felt the joy hit old E3 levels of hype and excitement.

PlayStation: Horizon and Astro Bot sounds great, maybe not for me, but excited to read the joy people found in seeing those titles.

SGF:
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: One of my most anticipated games of all time. They way story, action RPG, duelling mechanics, history of eastern Europe and immersive world building goes together in a superb souffle.

XBOX:
Indiana Jones and the giant circle around Earth:
Wow! This was the perfect blend of nostalgic cinema meets gaming. This showcase was the most cinematic game I've ever seen nailing everything it did from Indiana's voice actor to the cartoonish German villain in a scene which was genuinely hilarious to me. I want to watch (read: play) this movie (read: game)!!!

Fable:
I repeat: Wow! Everything about this reveal screams quality and good fun to me. I don't know about the earlier games, so it was this presentation alone that pulled me in.

Perfect Dark:
So cool and Deus Esque in its presentation. It absolutely reeked of tripple-A. Well done👏👏👏

I don't know if I'd even see these conferences if it wasn't for the fact that Sony sort of getting out of their way, leaving me interested to see what else is up, essentially letting Ubi and Xbox have their moment.

With all the, to me, crazy decisions Sony has made ever since .... the release of TLOU2 I have been very wary with the wallet. The last game I bought was probably Baldur's Gate III and I'm nowhere near being done with that (Cyberpunk and Fallout 4 swooped in and demanded new playthroughs), so I'm good on content.

It is the most effortless boycut you could imagine. Plus, the games I would have wanted Days Gone 2 and Factions 2 have both been axed. Spider-Man 2 and GoW: Ragnarok are the two main victims here. I could buy those, still.

But with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 coming in soon - I would not expect myself to shell out for those titles. I am going to be all over KCD2.

I've played all Dragon Age games, twice actually in the case of Inquisition, but I have no memory of any 'Harding'. I wonder why people are so happy to see her😁

I think the article forgets that PushSquare also reported that the gameplay would be very different and removed from Inquisition. It also suggests that Inquisition itself was an evolution of what came before, and I remember struggling at first with falling in love with it. But I did find in much to love in its RPG elements. The Veilguard, however, needs to show me that it fundamentally is a story-focused and deeply strategic party-RPG or I am out and will at best consider it a not-for-me spinoff and hope that the real game will come at some point in the future. At worst, it means that the games Bioware makes are simply not for me.

And I would consider that to be a real loss. It would mean that the effort, to lovingly bring the Mass Effect Trilogy up to date, wasn't an educational exercise for its new developers to learn the ropes of a game that tells brilliant stories through its many characters with strong arcs for party members and meaningful choices for the protagonist to shape his/her/their journey through the game, but rather a cash grab that was quite easy to do.

So, it would be a loss for me, a loss of a really great studio.

I really appreciate the people who tale their time to comment on other comments and say: "Hey, guys, let's see the gameplay before we start a riot!" If not for Game Informers articles (whom I've not read btw) I'd say 'you're right'. I await tomorrow with trepidation.

What the actual HELL is this polished turd!?

This is NOT the game people who love Dragon Age want to see.

I'm shocked because this announcement kills my hopes of seeing where the story was going and it effectively kills everything Bioware was to consumers like me.

Wow. It is immensely

The graphics and color of the hotdog guy blew me away.

It was like looking at a hotdog and for the first time really seeing it🫣

Ever since the ending of the DLC I have been hyped for the continuation of the story - I want to like this game. Fingers crossed

I hear they cancelled it because nobody likes the story.

Instead, they want to dedicate themselves to a new, secret multiplayer game involving different factions at war.

The ironic thing is the man that made the decision to change course perished in a golf accident.

I find it a bit dumb to defend Microsoft. They purposely created a last-gen console to complement their new-gen X-model.

Of course it will hold back game development. The proof of that are developers at conventions admitting this. People saying 'where is the evidence' are reading the evidence (article). It's bizarre.

I feel like I cursed this lousy machine way back when this abomination was revealed and now Microsoft is a vassal state in Sony's gaming kingdom, in that they provide software to Sony's hardware.

Might Microsoft kill it off? Or is this about maintaining a world in where their developers are able to output games? Like, do Microsoft developers, as a whole, lack the know-how to create new-gen quality games?

I tend at the moment to look positively at my hobby. I therefore took the most enthusiastic of the options, and I don't really know what I want to see.

I would like, this I do know, to see Kingdom Come II be the game that runs away with the headlines. Maybe a musical number and stage talk + gameplay previews. It deserves to shine in the spotlight in my humble opinion. Being the highlight of a show outta drag new people in. Let's see... what else ...

I'd like to see a new fallout. I /fell/ into Fallout 4 and have been doing a comprehensive playthrough picking at the newly formed seams of the so-far definitive experience of the game. It kinda makes me excited for Starfall to come to PlayStation. Although, as I hear it, updates and expansions are sorely needed.

Very interesting article 🤔 Some important questions are raised. I wonder how committed Google would be to root out this low integrity behaviour.

Since you bring up the so-called "lead balloon" that is Sony's last state of play...

It is quite predictable that people don't want to rate it highly and it plays well into the journalistic angle of sensation and conflict.

There was one comment though that stood out in the boring criticism: There was a lot of gambling-games from Chinese predatory companies. Maybe someone in the staff might try their hand at journalism and produce some articles that answers

• How much is Sony paid to promote this gambling den of a game that is Chinese
• How many are afflicted with an addiction towards gambling in these games?
• What are some of the individual stories about exploitation of gaming individuals? Like how does it adversely affect those who fall into these gambling dens?
• How do these products masquerade and trick users into believing the product is the game (not the transaction)
• How much economic gain do sites like Pushsquare earn from giving these products attention?

it seems off-topic but who knows how many gambling products are present at Keighley's shin dig

What I really want:

A showcase of FairGame$ that are widely criticized by everyone.

What I'll likely get:

Some boring, super exciting game announcement.

Imagine if Fairgame$ looked super great, and I would have to walk back two years of critizising Haven and Jade Raymond.... the horror...

I am guessing they go for flatscreen version first to make sure this is an economic success and then it'll be ported to VR2 to fill out a window of releases.

No thanks, a lot of good games out there minus the pretentiousness.

I might play his next shameless self-promotion documentary though, that is some good fiction

This might become one of my favorites games ever.

I have such an admiration for the first game which was fun and educational. It immersed me in a believable universe and helped shape my understanding of life in Bohemia.

It is a day one purchase for me + all eventual DLC. So stoked!

I tried Greedfall for free, and I even finished it I think. Or got quite far. It was rough. I like to hear about the improvement to combat, but I think the developer will need to restart a new IP on the basis of everything the studio have learned and honed further for me to be interested.

I am one of those who was put off by the cards mechanic.

I love X-COM 2 and jumped into the demo excited, quickly left with the feeling this isn't for me. I'd rather play more X-COM 2.

I think Sony is going to deploy more games day 1 on multiple platforms.

Arrowhead has shown a way forward in terms of interactive storytelling that has been fun following from a distance.

I didn't do my part for democracy, but it IS an eye-catching title that would be prime material for a subscription -based service the moment the sales have declined.

I bet there'll be an idea to try and develop this game into something people want to throw additional money after. Like expansions or season passes.

@Weez
Yeah, that is the real issue, you're right.
Did they give them money back? Can people just use another country's storefront? Or will it somehow geolock!?

Yes, I support a man who supports his community's best interests. Although, not signing up for PSN is the smallest hill imaginable that you can die on (which he did).

Geez, I don't know if a man that incites his community for such a small thing, that might help the developer keep a clean game without consequences for ingame bullying, deserves his job!?

I am still convinced that people were upset to sign up for PSN because of stubbornness... "PC master race and all that jazz".

Am I mistaken?

Yeah, I think that MS as a console seller are through. They are transitioning to publishing and will cut down everything and move to AI instead.

As primarily an RPG-gamer I have the luxury of a having such a rich backlog coming out of a historically good year in 2023.

Not only that, but there are loads of games I haven't picked up yet, that I can't justify buying just yet.

I haven't even mentioned the replay values of currently owned games, but right now Fallout 4 is getting my attention in what could be my third playthrough.

The trolls are out in full force for this piece of news, and it shows exactly WHY I celebrate Xbox's transition to publisher. Every piece of news doesn't have to mired in polarising discussion.

The need for registration is because of moderation, the Arrowhead announcement declares. The good kind where trolls are handed a ban on playing for ruining others' experience.

I am surprised that so many people frequented a game review site to spend 5 minutes bombing the game they enjoy instead of... registering for 5 minutes.

I think these people are tip-toeing around the real issue. It isn't about the minor inconvenience or that select countries like Russia are banned. It is about their identities as non-playstaytion players. Sony should not reconsider, them rage it out for a week.

@Jay767

Yes! Basically, PlayStation won the console wars, proclaimed Microsoft recently. The moderation in here acts like it is a novel and dangerous thought, but the proof is that all the trolls are gone and that is a great thing. Less strife, less negative engagement.

And is it illegal in here to say "No thanks" to the boat simulator and Toy Story knockoff?

@Godot25

I think there are plenty of different folks who might be interested in some titles and not others. My previous post indicated that Microsoft is a publisher now, 'meeting players where they are'. And are awarded shiny stickers of recommendation from salesmen all over. 😂 That doesn't make them any better than the multitudes of quality games out there.

I had to see for myself. I am very fond of this game and it is the definitive experience locked on a Sony console for sure.

Here are my observations:

• It feels like playing fallout 4 the way it was intended. It runs smoothly and loads quickly. Little things like a barrel or two rolling down stream near sanctuary I never noticed before because the game couldn't do it on PS4!
• Because of the extra horsepower I was blown away by a radiation storm hitting my shelter in Sanctuary. I noticed a crackle of thunder and the grass legit MOVED in the wind and the skies and surrounding became distorted. Very impressive. Again, it is like how it was meant to be in the first place.
• Facial animations are way better. I feel like I saw Preston Garvey and Mama Murphy for the first time and their acting was actually great!
• Gunplay is better, but aiming is hard!

Lars Lossgefors more like...

Wow, this is maybe my most anticipated game ever😍😍😍😍

And choosing to built faithfully on what made the original great and polish on that is just an amazing decision.

I can't wait to get to buy it. Definitely preorder or day 1 purchase. I would be a sucker for gear as reward for early opt-in.

Thanks to Warhorse🎉🎉

This game has to be good to justify having a 'season pass'. Obviously, games can be ongoing even if they focus on single player content and most games are not finished at the time of publishment. Most games also offer paid DLC pretty regularly which lessens the controversy.

I will rely on video games journalists to tell me if this is a positive or a negative.

I got onboard the fallout franchise by trying and really loving Fallout 4.

I was not coloured by earlier experiences, but I felt encouraged to try New Vegas and Fallout 3, and eventually Fallout 76.

My favourite is still the fourth one, so for old times sake, I'll maybe start it up to see if I can spot a single improvement.

That makes a lot of sense. Those titles would have been regarded highly by platform users. I wish I was as interested in gaming and having a portable console like Vita back then when it needed my support.

I am absolutely thrilled for this!

I predict an absolute riot when we get our first look at

• Hiroki Totoki's literature club
• PS5 Pro Remake of the Last of Us 2
  An extended look at an externally made CGI trailer for Fairgame$
• Marathon-Verb Concord

Oh man, if we get all of that, we'd be feasting!

This is a great little article, thanks!
The estimate that 60 per cent of live service gaming is going to older titles tells me a few things.

Firstly, it would seem that the "window" for when to release a live service game is difficult to get right. But the games are getting older, so with the right timing you might migrate an audience from one title to a new one that offers 'a newer and better experience'.

Secondly, and in fact to the contrary, it might show us that live services have a unique sticking power which has been evident with Rocket League, Counterstrike, Fortnite and Siege.

@__jamiie

First, thanks for providing the link.
Second, I think you just state a fact, whereas others want to start a debate on which is better. I cannot fault you for that, so my comment to you is now obsolete and also misleading. Sorry for that.

It is, however, an interesting question: who is stronger Sony or Nintendo. Their "specs" are as different as their consoles.

But yeah, we're done here.