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They renamed all of their internal studios from “Creative Business Unit” to “Creative Studio.” Not just CBU3

@Sacrosanctus so many good releases during that timeframe that I forgot some of the best ones!

The game was fairly poorly received, seemingly because it was unoptimized on consoles and they released it in the middle of a year with Metroid Prime Remastered, Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Hogwarts Legacy, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI, Baldur’s Gate 3, Starfield, and a massive dlc for Horizon Forbidden West. How could an unknown game from an unknown studio with technical issues possibly fail??

@Moonmonkey 4 and 5 were still pretty good fun, but aside from a few new weapons they feel like more of the same. IMO still worth playing, but I wouldn’t buy them at $70 if they were released today.

@Leechmonger_DeS Phil will come out and say it isn’t happening just to shut everyone up, then it will happen a few months later and he’ll just say the plans changed.

Wondering if there will be a performance mode. Based on this trailer and previous footage/streams they’ve shown it looks like 30fps,

Not to be confused with the capcom game “Flock!”. This looks like good fun!

Here’s the original “Flock!” for comparison:
https://youtu.be/ZPlo5q7B5oM?feature=shared

@sword_9mm 😅 it’s more like 25-30 hours, but still jam packed and very good

Free events usually means if you’re not there from day one and keep playing forever then you’re bound to miss something. My solution: don’t buy the game in the first place.

Looking for deep-ish discounts on Diablo IV, Theatrythm Final Bar Line, and Red Dead 1. Not expecting much though.

I’m in! Been looking for a reason to jump back into GT

As far as I’m concerned, COD is dead to me. They will sorely miss my $20 every other year! 😅

Wow, 500 weekends! Looking forward to the next 500!

After going on and on about not picking Alan Wake 2 right away and waiting for the DLC to be out, I was forced to work 60 hours of overtime, so I decided to treat myself to AW2 and Spidey 2. Starting AW2 tonight!

Very much looking forward to it, but since they’ve already announced paid DLC as well as free updates that include new narrative elements (along with things like NG+), I’ll be waiting a bit. Which is fine! I’m happy to replay AW Remastered, Control, and Quantum Break in the meantime

Very interested to see how this one turns out. Found some preview footage that seemed to be captured on PS5, clearly 30fps but very graphically impressive. I was leaning toward the PC version, but the requirements are unusually demanding, so I might go with PS5. Looking forward to reviews and technical analysis!

@Mikey856 pretty sure it’s the biggest MMO right now in terms of players/subscribers. It surpassed WoW a few years ago.

Pretty obvious MS isn’t going to stop, so they might as well try to lockdown some IP before they’re gone for good. There are a handful I can think of that I would really miss and that i think could be massive if they had the PlayStation quality standards applied to them.

Expect them to try (and most likely succeed) to buy everyone else now.

@Kidfunkadelic83 it does run at 60fps on ps5 already, so that’s something!

@theMEGAniggle I think you might’ve replied to the wrong person 😅. I wonder if we’ll ever get a Steam Deck-like device in the PS ecosystem. That seems like the best option these days. But you’re probably right, the Portal is most likely the only handheld device we’ll see from PS for a long time 😞

@theMEGAniggle Good point. Wages went up, but inflation outpaced wages. So consumer purchasing power, at least in terms of this specific market (gaming hardware) is actually lower.

@theMEGAniggle 50 more in 2012 money. In today's money its more like 130 difference.

As always, people are surprised to learn that reviews are subjective. XD

Personally, I can't wait to jump in tomorrow night and start blasting!

If it gets a 60fps update AND goes on sale for $20 or cheaper, then I’ll probably pick it up. Until then, no deal for me. Rather play the great games that are already out than playing this stupid money game with Rockstar.

So glad they made the choice of whether or not to buy Red Dead easy for me 🤣.

@KaijuKaiser agreed. I’m thinking this is them saying they hoped it would be that big 10m in one month game that they need. Personally I don’t see that ever happening with Final Fantasy unless something drastically changes. Not sure what that thing could possibly even be though.

@tatsumi or the kids when I’m trying to get some gaming in before work.

@Total_Weirdo it’s the worst best console of all time! .

Kind of feel bad about so many people skipping the side quests based off the first couple in the game, which really aren’t good. The endgame side quests are some of the most impactful I’ve seen. Design-wise they’re nothing special, but the writing and overall emotional impact is great.

Hoping sales bounce back at some point and they can call 16 a success.

Good to see the patches keep coming. Anyone know of other major issues that would make you want to wait to play this? Is this in a good playable state at the moment?

Crazy that in a normal year I could see almost any of these winning major GOTY awards

Enough money to fund 5 or 6 new Spider-man games most likely. And that’s from 1 year of revenue. Crazy money.

Turns out the copies were obtained illegally. Not exactly sure if that means retailers sold them early of if they were stolen.

@Judal27 Same here. The features are cool and all, but boy do those triggers hurt my hands! I’ve had a few long sessions where I wasn’t able to play anything for a few days after because I used the triggers too much. The button placement for the right thumb hits me just so that the joint on my right thumb is perpetually sore.

Is this a sign of things to come? Is Killzone the next first party series to release consecutively on PS+ like Siphon Filter was??

If I understand correctly, and I probably don’t, the idea here is that the injunction would be long enough to prevent MS from closing the deal prior to the deal’s expiration dated. Meaning that if MS try to close without the CMA’s approval, this injunction would block it and cause the deal to expire at which point MS would have to pay ABK the $3B. MS could then either drop the deal or choose to start the process over again.

Seeing some outlets reporting confirmation that the rumored massive updates are dropping with the expansion as well. Looks like complete overhauls of skills, the police system, cyberware, and adding car combat options along with AI reworks. Sounds it’ll be worth starting a new playthrough

Personally not into 2D platformers all that much, mostly because I’m bad at the majority of them I play, and I also think the art style is super generic. I dont really understand people being mad about it though. If you don’t like it, don’t play it. Simple as that.

As always, I’ll try to be open-minded about it and hopefully it’ll be a surprise hit that I can’t ignore, even if I typically stay away from the genre.

3 days after Alan Wake 2 😢

Bought it on day one to support the devs, but haven’t gotten to it yet. Definitely a high priority backlog game

The deluge of games has started and Zelda is the clear winner for me, taking up basically all of my gaming time at the moment. Then it’s on to FFXVI, which I’ll likely be playing until sometime in August when I decide what to play next. I typically allow myself one new game a month and August is looking like a toss-up between Diablo, Street Fighter, Armored Core, and possibly Altus Fallen, which looks surprisingly good to me. Too many options and not nearly enough time…

@GamingFan4Lyf Hoping this does not mean those characters won't be playable, but more like Sonen in Intergrade...

Sounds like a recap video or maybe some sort of in-game journal that details the events of the first game. Not a great replacement for playing one of the best PS4/PS5 games, but it’s better than nothing!

Wondering how they will handle Peter getting and losing the symbiote in terms of the skill trees, moves, etc. and how long we’ll have access to the suit. Should be interesting.

@Jaz007 I think they said somewhere the demo will be the opening 4-ish hours of the game and progress will carry over to the main game.

@Korgon for me I think there wasn’t enough new stuff shown off. It looked like more of the same Spider-Man to me, although I don’t know what I was expecting 😅. I’m sure it will still be fun and an overall great game, and I’m definitely playing it on day one, but I’m not as excited about it as I was expecting to be. Not sure this helps anyone, just my thoughts…

Glad they dropped the PS4 version. It sounds like they might’ve had trouble with performance even on the ps5. I’ve seen multiple people that did the hands-on preview say the game ran in 30 fps when roaming around the world and jumped to 60 when combat started, which is strange and really not ideal. Hoping the frame rate weirdness is rectified in the final version.

The indies all looked good, MGS was there, and Phantom Blade 0 was pretty cool (seen some sources confirming it as a PS exclusive), but there were also too many CG trailers and Spider-man - while obviously a great game - is the third game in a series that’s released completely in the last 5 years. Personally, I’m going to play SM2, but I’m having trouble getting excited about it, so it was a major dud to end the showcase with imo.

@shafedog247 People must be confused about Marathon or something, right? This does not seem like a remake of the original, more of an entirely new concept with the same name. Don’t worry, people will become more and more disappointed as we get closer to release 😅

Edit: seems like Concord might be in the same vein as well 😢

Seems like a big day-one flop for the PushSquare readers, myself included. I hope Sony can at least make their money back before shutting the studio down.