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Sorry, best I can do is a 40 minute long in-depth look at Fairgame$.

Ninja Theory is the only interesting studio under XBox's umbrella they haven't ruined yet.

Bring it. I got 100% the other day after three full playthroughs and I'm still ready to play this game some more.

An improvement, if a minor one. "Business Unit" is not the kind of term I like seeing associated to devs who actually create good games. Sounds more like something used to describe a group of bean counters.

I just find it absolutely hilarious that the PlayStation Blog article title cites Crime Boss, of all things, as one of the highlights. That's how you know this month's going to be a stinker even before reading the full list.

Multiplatform is better for game companies and players both, when it comes to big franchises the funds provided by a single platform holder hardly make up for being able to sell their games to up to 4 different, big playerbases.

If they're including spin-off titles in that, and have enough staff/teams to handle them, I don't see why not.

I'm not keeping count, but it already feels like there are Persona releases fairly often anyway. P3 Reload came out a few months ago, P5 Tactica came out last November, before that there was that remaster for the Persona fighting game as well as Persona 5 going multiplatform + getting a PS5 version, etc.

95% chance Media Molecule would have been shut down by now if they were owned by Microsoft.

Microsoft really looked at the one and only team creating interesting works for their paltry portfolio and said "hmm, it doesn't make us millions though, what's the point?"

Yet another step towards total creative bankruptcy.

What a slap in the face to Tango developers after dishing out a hit like Hi-Fi Rush. Microsoft has just gotten rid of one of the very few teams under their wing whose releases I was interested in.

Great news. I'm interested in everything by Kodaka or Too Kyo Games, but I'd much rather play their stuff on my currently active system than dust off my Switch. I'll be getting it.

I wouldn't change FFXVI, Rebirth and Stellar Blade for anything that PlayStation Studios are likely to produce. So as far as I'm concerned they more than made up for it.

Quite enjoyed The Rising Tide myself. The new area is beautiful, the Motes of Water are an interesting and pleasant people (stark contrast to Valisthea in general), the boss battles were pretty great, and the sidequests mostly worked for me as they either expanded upon the lore of the tribe or the surrounding fauna.

All that's left to do today is the Kairos Gate mode, which I'm looking forward to.

Both Ghostrunner 2 and Tunic work for me.

@matekomlosi I don't approve of any type of censorship, so you're preaching to the choir here.

The tweet specifically mentioning the Japanese version implies that this is about addressing violence/gore censorship more so than about sexual content.

I definitely expected Japan to get some level of gore censorship after I saw that chopped off arm in the first section of the game, given how strict their guidelines are for this kind of stuff in games. On the other hand Japan has zero issue with just having characters wearing skimpy outfits, so this is obviously not about that.

@colonelkilgore Ironically, this quest worked just fine at release, then they botched it in a subsequent patch somehow. I and many others got the platinum weeks ago because we cleared the quest before they did.

Funny how they're now pretending their own, far bigger clusterf*ck never happened and that they're still in a position to farm goodwill from a high horse with these kinds of statements.

You're down in the gutter just like everyone else, CDPR. You've proved that extensively.

I had a good time with it, parries in particular are really satisfying.

To be honest I could see myself getting one month of GTA+ just to 100% this one game. After all, my intention was to buy it once it was going for 20€ (which still seems a way off), and a monthly subscription costs 6€.

Something to consider in the near future I guess - plenty more on my plate right now.

I'll give Immortals of Aveum its fair shot. Maybe Skul, too.

@breakneck Because successful doesn't equal evergreen. Sales slow down after the initial launch window for most games and a discount always helps flatten the curve.

Capcom's Notes: "Push microtransactions a week after release"

Sweet, I'll give it a go.

Didn't expect it quite so soon, I suppose the leak might have moved their plans forward a tad.

It's a good thing you need to manually 'Start' these objectives in the PS Stars list. That means I won't earn this abomination even by accident.

I guess you can add Bend to the big pile of PlayStation studios whose releases I no longer care about.

All of the D&D, with none of the talent. Clearly a winner recipe.

Apparently I'm getting it as a birthday gift in a few days, so I held off on buying it. Looking forward to playing it then.

As for the second question, big Nioh fan - Nioh 2 especially. Haven't gotten around to Wo Long yet.

As expected, it's Leviathan time. Trailer was pretty great, looking forward to this.

I thought the first one was just okay as far as metroidvania games go, but great news for its more enthusiastic fans.

Reminds of RE4's upgrade tickets and the like. Crappy microtransactions that are there expressly to rip off people who would rather waste money than actually play the game.

Capcom execs are garbage for enforcing this and buyers are garbage for showing them it works. Good ol' vicious cycle.

@LiamCroft That is very misleading.

I was a bit sad when I realized I'd beaten all the QB content in the game, so yeah, I'd take more.

Like others, I'm happy to see Unicorn Overlord doing decently. I plan on getting it later this month myself, just need to 100% Rebirth first.

Currently on Chapter 12 with most of the secondary stuff done. It's an easy 9/10 for me, and a massive improvement over Remake in just about every way.

The outfits look alright and it's nice that there's 30+ of them to choose from - most games today either don't bother all that much with cosmetic clothes, or nickle and dime you for them.

I'd be interested in seeing the hair customization options in detail as well (some of which showed up in the trailers) because I'm not super fond of Eve's default ponytail look.

Looking forward to the actual release of the demo then. Interesting goof.

I thought they looked fine until I saw a post comparing them to the weird taxidermized fox from memes - now I always laugh when I visit the moogles.

Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is that gambling with terrible odds on a bunch of projects like these is a drop in the ocean for big companies.

What really burns out with every failed live service isn't their money reserves, it's the motivation of every developer unfortunate enough to have spent years of their life assigned to working on soulless garbage.

I just completed the original GR2 a few weeks back and that's enough for me, but the game could definitely benefit from a remaster in terms of performance, so I guess this release makes some sense.

Still there in my country, which is nice since I plan to buy it sooner or later. Looks like a lot of fun indeed.

Hooray for Sifu, the opposite for everything else in there. One good game per month is all I ask for from Essential, so I'm content.

And I usually redeem every game even if I have zero intention of ever playing them, but I might pass on even doing that for Hello Neighbor 2 out of sheer spite. That's just how much I hated the first game.

I get the complaints about the headline from people not familiar with that player's username, but to be honest it reads just fine if you are.

Anyway, it'd be neat if the DLC had a new boss that convinced this guy to switch targets and start a whole new saga. Even better if the boss happens to be female as well, that way he won't even need a name change.

This is great for anyone who wants their copy of these games around 2026.

Great news, hope the performance improvements will be substantial.

"(like the identity of Luke Skywalker's father)"

Wait, what? We get a father reveal for Luke? I'm only on the first movie, how could you do this to me??

But yeah, I think at this point FF7 spoilers are fair game. If there was a statute of limitations for spoilers, it would have expired a while ago. Besides, since the new trilogy has been introducing variations on the fates of characters and such, it's not like prior knowledge of the original sets anything in stone.

Korean rating leaks pretty much always lead to an actual release, so this is pretty good news. I've always been interested in this game but would much rather experience it in better hardware than my Switch.

They're just begging to get meme'd to death with that AAAA comment, especially considering this game's trajectory.

I don't care much about their games being ported, other than Hi-Fi Rush which admittedly I would really like to play. Good for other people interested in their library, but it won't change what I play in the future a whole lot.

I'd love it if this move also put the brakes on their acquisition spree, though. It was only a matter of time until they bought out a studio I actually cared about. Maybe they will continue doing that, but this entire thing feels like downsizing their aggressive strategy.

@LifeGirl The "technical exercise" was having to look up a guide for every little interaction if you wanted to have a snowball's chance in hell to get the date you wanted - Barrett's especially so.

This is just playing the game, which is what it should have been from the start.