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@UnlimitedSevens

Dude, I have quite a broad range when it comes to humour, but I think religion (any religion) is probably something to steer clear of, especially in a public forum.

@UnlimitedSevens

Just a heads up, Saudi Arabia =/= Islam.

In my opinion, Saudia Arabia is probably the worse culture/country/nation that is linked to Islam.

They follow an extremely harsh and strict interpretation of Islam, which many people outside of Saudi Arabia do not agree with.

@JustMyOpinion, thank you for that post.

Anyone in the EU time zone want to join up to complete the Co-Op Challenges and Trophies, please add me on the PSN (ID on my Profile Page).

@Striker21

Are you an LLM AI Bot?

@TurboTom

Since it was a major acquisition by Sony of a Subsidiary - Bungie - Bungie will always remain part of Sony's Consolidated Financial Statements as long as Sony owns Bungie.

Also, when an Impairment Loss like this occurs, it has to be specifically disclosed in the Financial Statements, so it would be easy for anyone reading these statements to pick up on anything related to Bungie.

Just to give a bit more information about Sony's Impairment Loss.

This basically means that whatever Sony can realistically sell Bungie for in the market (so-called Recoverable Amount) is lower than the value of Bungie in Sony's accounting records (so-called Book Value or Carrying Amount).

It's an international Accounting Principle (IFRS or IAS can't remember) that an Asset has to be measured at the lower of its Carrying Amount and Recoverable Amount.

Sony would have employed a team of Appraisers to check Bungie - as an Accounting Asset - for indicators for possible Impairments and to determine it's Fair Value/Recoverable Amount.

IMO, not only did Sony overpay for Bungie, on the face of it, it's been a terrible acquisition.

I really hope Marathon and a potential Destiny 3 can help Bungie get back to what they were in the past.

I was hyped for GTA VI before reading this.

After reading this, I'm never supporting Rockstar in the future. That part about the person fired via phone call and having a panic attack is extremely cruel.

Screw this company.

Alternative Headline:

EA Believes AI will Empower EA to Put "Rampant-Late Stage Capitalism" First

Looking forward to this AI Bubble being popped soon.

@get2sammyb

Let me please preface this by saying I'm not gunning for you or have an agenda regarding the Review Score.

Here's an example of a possible technical issue regarding the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection on PS5:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1oli8rc/the_mortal_kombat_legacy_kollection_is_rough_and/

Having input delay for the offline modes seems like a major concern.

@get2sammyb

I'm referring to the technical issues that seem to be hindering the game, rather than the difficulty setting.

I think - maybe unintentionally - Push Square's review of this title was a bit inflated. Nostalgia may have had an influence on the review score.

...and Push Square still gave this a 9/10 in their review...

@Medic_alert

There's a user on PushSquare that appears to be quite upset that PushSquare has been covering the latest Halo to PS5 news, and they're claiming that PushSquare is obsessed with Xbox/Microsoft as a result.

PushSquare at it again with its Xbox/Microsoft obsession! /s

Date noted - not that I will watch - for We-Have-E3-At-Home.

Absolutely loved ModNation Racers on the PS3.

The only downside about the game was the atrociously long load times, but other than that, probably the best Kart Racer I've ever played.

Another dormant IP that Sony seems content to just ignore.

R.I.P United Front Games

@PuppetMaster

It's probably a legal nightmare to sort out and deal with all the various license holders of past Simpsons games to get a The Simpsons Games Collection going.

Glad the game is doing well, hopefully this might encourage Bandai Namco to maybe consider a remake of Digimon World 1 or a new entry in the series similar to that.

I've been playing this new version of Skate, and it's decent but it pales in comparison to the Skate 2 and Skate 3.

It just seems so bland, dull and lifeless. There's just no personality to the game and the art style is definitely a downgrade compared to the two earlier titles - both of whom are more than a decade old now.

I think the best part of this new Skate was seeing the snippets of the Intro Videos from Skate 2 and Skate 3 during the Introductory Sequence.

The gameplay is solid, but it's just such a downgrade when viewed in context of the rest of the series.

I haven't played GoT, and I'm not going to be able to play GoY anytime soon.

I'll definitely get around to playing both games - not consecutively - in the future when I'm in a better situation compared to the present.

It would be cool to get a sequel to Bully and a new entry to the Midnight Club series, but sadly this won't happen.

A man can dream though...

I don't have PS+ but I just wanted to say that this is an excellent month in terms of offerings for PS+ (besides Goat Simulator 3).

For once, I'm kind of glad my territory is ignored (yet again) for this type of warped idea of a Rewards Program.

From the moment I saw that it looked worse than Everybody's Golf (2017) and that Clap Hanz wasn't involved, I didn't have much confidence in it.

I swear this game looks only slightly better than Everybody's Golf on the PS Vita.

@themightyant

I had a chat involving Padel (just got addicted to it) with someone that's doing their Honours at University, and this guy believed that when Demand increases, Prices go down.

It's very clear that this dude didn't complete or failed a first year Economics course.

I'm sure there's many people like him out there that won't be able to understand the underlying causes of price increases.

@nicc83

Don't know how to quote a comment

Paying the same and getting less... That is a price increase

This has basically been life ever since the COVID-19 Pandemic started.

@LetterTrackHighlight

I can't speak for the earlier games, but Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends are probably the best 2D platformers I've played on the PS Vita, and they should look even better on PS3 (Origins) and PS4 (Legends).

We're long overdue for a new game in the franchise.

Great gameplay and graphics, but the story was all over the place, lacking and criminally incomplete.

It was a bit of a disappointment for me, and it was one of the first PS4 games I played (bought the MGS V Phantom Pain Edition PS4, so I was hyped for the PS4 and the game).

Thanks for making me feel old PushSquare, can't believe it's a decade since MGS V was released...

Will wait until it's on a deep sale. I completed MGS 3 on the PS2 and PS3 multiple times, so I'm not in a rush to get this ASAP.

I'm actually looking forward to this (never thought I would say that about any Lego game).

I just hope the combat is similar to or the same as the combat in Arkham Knight (adjusted for the Lego aesthetic of course).

I've found the Lego games to be quite easy and not really all that challenging (I know they're primarily aimed at children ).

I wonder what @Anti-Matter thinks of this title, as he's obsessed with these type of games?

Really enjoyed the demo, and it's very different from Stardew Valley. I don't think it's actually fair to compare it to Stardew Valley, as the gameplay and mechanics are, IMO, quite different.

Looking forward to picking this up at the end of the year.

@Haruki_NLI

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare

I'm pretty sure I read an article a while back where Embracer purchased the license to make LotR games from the Tolkien Estate after Christopher Tolkien (JRR Tolkien's son and executor/manager/owner of the Tolkien Estate) passed away, and I seem to recall Christopher Tolkien being quite strict on selling licenses based on
the LotR IP.

I think Christopher Tolkien had the right of it though. With something like the Gollum game, it only dilutes the LotR IP and devalues the IP as a whole since it was such a shockingly bad game.

I can't speak for this title or Rings of Power as I haven't played or watched either.

So, IIRC, the Embracer Group doesn't own the IP rights to make games on the LotR IP but they've obtained the license to do so. Ownership of the LotR IP still remains with the Tolkien Estate, they're just far less strict in licensing the IP out since Christoper Tolkien's passing.

@Jammer

I don't think Christopher Tolkien would have even read through Amazon's proposal in what ended being the Rings of Power series. He would have rejected it immediately despite any amount Amazon would have offered.

@SeaDaVie

I think the Tolkien Estate is under "new management" so to speak, so they're happy to license the IP out to anyone and everyone.

That's why we're afflicted with this and that atrocious Gollum game.

I'm actually going to add Star Wars Outlaws to my wishlist as it seems to be an interesting title in the Star Wars universe where you're not a Jedi.

Sad to hear it won't have a sequle, but perhaps it could become a Cult Classic in the future?

Sadly, Obsidian will probably have to brace themselves for layoffs soon after this is released as I don't think they'll earn enough in revenue to break-even on release.

Let's hope Microsoft will absorb the potential losses on release and not carry out any layoffs as I don't think many people are going to buy this game at such a high price.

As a big fan of Stardew Valley, this looks really interesting.

I'll definitely keep an eye on this.

The game looks like a bit of visual downgrade compared to Everybody's Golf on the PS4.

Still excited for it, though I was hoping it would improve on the PS4 version's visuals.

I've had No Man's Sky in my backlog since September 2020.

I think this Winter (or Summer if you want to get all Northern Hemisphere about it said in Simon Miller's voice) I'm going to actually start playing it.

With all the added content, I better delete stuff off my PS5 and install No Man's Sky before then though.

@Jrs1

DriveClub was the first game I ever saw in-person on a PS4.

I remember playing one of the Chile Sprint Races on a demo PS4 kiosk, I was just blown away by the jump from the PS3 to the PS4.

The weather effects were phenomenal, and I don't think they've been bettered since.

I really hoped Sony would see the DriveClub IP as their answer to Microsoft's Forza Horizon series.

My only regret with DriveClub was not buying the Bikes DLC.

@Jrs1

Love interacting with other people that enjoyed DriveClub...

@PaperAlien

I would just be happy with a PS4 Pro/PS5 patch that allows DriveClub to be played at 60 FPS.

@naruball

You've officially felt old by an article you've recently seen online?

I'm sort of glad I grew up during a period (1992 - 2006) where stuff like Roblox, Fortnite and Call of Duty (what it has become since 2014) didn't really exist.

I feel really old reading articles like these, thanks Push Square! (/s)

@Jrs1

That's a good shout!

For me, Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 2 is the best F1 game of all the times!

F1 Championship Edition and F1 2012 on the PS3 are still, IMO, the best F1 games we've had in the past 18 years.

I've never been tempted to get any of the F1 games post F1 2012, and I think that's going to continue for the foreseeable future.

What really pisses me off nowadays is that even if a game is released in a Steelbook edition, it seems like most of the time, it's an empty Steelbook without the game on a physical disc.

You literally just get a digital code to download the game, while having an empty Steelbook (which is kind of pointless).

@AhmadSumadi

It will take something truly special to replace Knack 2 right?

@themightyant

Thank you for that, I didn't realise I was so ignorant.

@Icey664

You have a very valid point. Great work should be commended in all its form.

Trailers are now being the recipients of awards and accolades?!

These are strange times we're living in.

Edit: I actually watched the trailer a few moments ago, and it was excellent. I can see why it's so highly acclaimed.

If Lionel Messi was included as a guest character instead of the clearly inferior (and World Cup lacking) Cristiano Ronaldo, this game would be celebrating being awarded multiple GoTY titles and accolades, despite the fact that it's still May 2025 as I write this.

Am I the only one that, whenever I see Henry, all I can then see is Newcastle United's current manager (and legend) Eddie Howe?