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@Nem I'd say they're favouring the Soul Reaver games because they were a lot more popular. And if I would venture a guess, I'd say they'll move forward with that timeline if they develop further games in the series.

I'm very excited for this game, however I find Matthew McConaughey's voice grating and unappealing. Interested in what the trailer has to say but turned it off before it got to halfway. I sincerely hope he's not narrating things in the game.

@Bagwag82 Same here. A bit hard to accept new terms and conditions when the feature isn't even available at the moment. And no explanation given on top of the already mentioned nerfing.

Long live PlayStation's cinematic "schtick".

It's very simple: avoid spoilers and places where they could be, don't read anything related to the game. I'm planning on buying it when it's fully released and couldn't care less about these leaks. I do feel for the developer though. Not so much for Square Enix. Their delusion is ongoing.

@get2sammyb You don't get to call it crap trilogy when The Last Revelation exists. 5 and AoD? Yes, milking and bad. But 4 is peak original Tomb Raider.

This is such a huge W for Dragon and BioWare! Have already listened to the main theme quite a few times and enjoyed kit immensely. Fingers crossed for the whole game to be a banger as well. Going by the previews that recently came out, we're in for a great ride.

I have it pre-ordered and ready to be scared *****!

Yes. Us single player gamers are just going to evaporate into thin air, as if Thanos himself snapped us into nothingness. Greedy game creators like Tim Sweeney that want to feel like all-knowing deities really need to fall back down to earth.

So a 2026 sequel as in the 3rd game right? Are we just completely ignoring the actual first entry in the series that came out on the PS4?

Strong Uncharted Lost Legacy vibes!

I do find that Sucker Punch has had very repetitive games in the past, namely the inFamous series. I couldn't even bring myself to finish Second Son, despite having completed 1 and 2. It was probably the least repetitive out of the 3, but by that point I had had enough of the series, I suppose.

Now Ghost of Tsushima I absolutely loved and it was a lot less repetitive than inFamous, but still had a bit of it, which is just about the only criticism I have about that game. If Sucker Punch is improving that further in Ghost of Yotei, then I'm ready to fall in love with another "Ghost of" masterpiece.

I have bought and played to completion the first 2 Horizon games but will not be buying Horizon Online. I have no interest in multiplayer games on consoles. There's only two I play and they're on the PC. I don't wish them a lack of success with this venture, but using existing single player IPs for multiplayer projects disgusts me entirely, to be quite honest.

This is an entirely stupid decision, likely spurred on by Square Enix's new president. While his business strategy is sound for what is a third party company, which is to expand their portfolio to other consoles and PC more consistently, avoiding character cameos in a single Sony game that attracts an audience of all ages does not and would not endanger that. For all its creativity, the business side of Square Enix keeps making unnecessary mistakes. Unrealistic sales expectations and poor business strategy has been historic, but we can now add marketing fumbles to that as well.

Law of offer and demand. Most people seem to live in la la land, where a business must exist to provide charity rather than make a profit. Obviously if something is in demand, a business will charge more for it, the opposite happens when demand drops. As a consumer you have the option of simply not buying and letting that be your message to the seller. It's not like we're talking about the price of bread or water. Gaming is a luxury, not essential to life.

No it's not? The graphics and art style look very unappealing and the game seems very unserious to be compared to a horror game like Siren.

Just like with Lunar Remastered Collection, I can't not buy this. Take my money Sony!

Opened Spotify right after reading this and... listening to Find the Flame as I type this. Still incredible!

I'm only surprised it took this long. Nintendo must have been preparing for this lawsuit very thoroughly.

It's poor strategy on Sony's part and a fair criticism. Announcing a 800€ console with only improved versions of games that came out on the PS4 is baffling. But to see the year out without announcing any big hitters is rather stupid. As a long time Sony fan I am quite disappointed at the moment.

Well, that's a rather click bait-y headline. I remember having fun with this game when it came out on the PSP. Do better Sammy.

Looking forward to the Welcome hub!

Sony is giving you a full refund for your purchase, so the question in the article about why you should trust Sony with your money is ridiculous in that context. Sony isn't stealing your money. They do need to have a serious post-mortem in regards to Concord, but your money isn't being mishandled and the insinuation is disgusting.

Very homoerotic and probably unintentionally so. I'm definitely here for it though. :>

As I watched the gameplay trailer yesterday I was really enjoying the crisp, clear voice and accent but was unable to identify it. As soon as they said it was Gwendoline Christie I immediately went "oh my god of course it is!" It's a fantastic choice I have to say! Not only because she sounds incredible and adds both weight and charm to the narration, but also by virtue of being the first female narrator in the series. Quite thrilled with this. And the gameplay changes are looking very interesting as well. Pre-ordered yesterday.

2024 Game of the Year will soon be in our hands!

The new story trailer on the official PlayStation blog actually looks really good! Got me hyped for the game whereas before I wasn't feeling very hopeful about it.

Provided the gameplay has been tuned adequately to be not only satisfying but also to reflect an everyday man suddenly having to fight for his life, it should be a worthwhile experience.

It's probably Indiana Jones. That's a game that has third party vibe all over it, so it's an easy port.

DOOM (2016) is the best one for me. Closely followed by DOOM 3.

Hopefully the upcoming The Dark Ages is more like 2016 than Eternal.

Day 1 purchase, regardless of when it releases.

They underpaid for Insomniac and overpaid for Bungie. Balance has been achieved.

Day 1 purchase. Bring it on!

@TheAmbienWalrus I got that reference! lol

Online for me in Europe, but it didn't register any points for my Astro Bot pre-order last week. Not happy about this.

I want a Code: Veronica remake more than I want a sequel.

It's a fair decision. I want both games and welcome the larger release gap between them.

My favourite is Uncharted 4. The series needed a slightly slower pacing and a bit more of a serious tone here and there. It's still undeniably Uncharted, but it's also a little more grounded.

Also, I hope there's an Uncharted 5 in the works. I miss this series.

How is he allowed to leak an unannounced game? What an unprofessional attitude coming from a journalist. Now he wants to be both a journalist and a cool cat leaker of the interwebs? Laughable. Square Enix should not let it be. He's probably trying to pull attention to himself because of his book release.

Loved Life is Strange 1, liked LiS 2 and was severely disappointed with LiS True Colors - just couldn't vibe with the game, felt pretty bland. Haven't played any others. This one looks set to be a return to form. Here's to hoping!

This has been a day 1 for me since they released the announcement trailer. Nothing since has changed my feelings on it. I'm ready for a whimsical journey to the Mana Tree!

Day 1. Whimsical and polished is a combination that speaks straight to my heart.

A more realistic approach? Well, colour me uninsterested then.

Sooner or later, as digital becomes more and more dominant, there will be a push for legislation to allow the transfer of digital content licenses to a person's named heir upon their death. Just like with other things in life. The stance these companies have at the moment will then have to change, and so will their tune. I believe it's a matter of time.

This is frustrating. On one hand it has couch co-op, on the other it's F2P. I stay away from any F2P, gacha, or smilar type of game, no matter how well they use the monetisation model.

As many are saying, looked like an interesting Soulsborne copycat until it was revealed to be F2P. I'm very much an old school Sony gamer: single-player, AA or AAA, polished goodness. Online multiplayer, F2P and/or gacha games (the GaaS umbrella basically), are not for me at all.

Buying this day zero, blindfolded. Never played Rescue Mission, but Astro's Playroom was incredible. Fresh, light hearted, superb simple yet involving gameplay, funny antics, various nods to PlayStation's history. A delight of a game!

I hope it's more like 2016's DOOM and less like DOOM Eternal. I had a blast with the former, but not so much with the latter. Glad it's coming to PS5! Keeping an eye on it as I'm likely to buy if it plays more like the 2016 game.

I'm probably in the minority, but I always found Henry Cavill to be too large and muscular to play Geralt. He's one hot hunk, no denying that, but Liam Hemsworth's slender yet toned figure is more alike the Geralt that I know, the one from the games. Never read the books and not that into the games either, but I did buy and (eventually) finished The Witcher 3.

I had no interest in Spiderman 2 and only a passing interest in Dragon's Dogma 2, which I haven't even bought yet, and likely will not. So my highlight of last year's showcase was Judas and I remain very excited about that game. Despite a boring Bioshock 2 and an extremely derivative and disappointing Bioshock Infinite, Judas appears to be the type of sequel the magnificent original Bioshock should have had.

This reveals the current problem for Sony: my hype is for a third party game. Naturally, I'm there for whatever Naughty Dog, SSM, etc, are cooking up (provided it's single player), but without anything first party to base my hype on, the outlook looks empty and forgettable. I assume a lot of fans and even casuals are feeling disconnected as well for similar reasons. And thus a lack of a showcase will only compound on the problem.

I will add that at this point in time it would be preferable to have no showcase to a disappointing one. Make it impactful or leave people guessing. Not meeting expectations 2 years in a row, 4 years into the PS5's cycle would jeopardise the PS5 Pro and the second half of the console's life.

FF16 is an incredible game but its momentum drops like a rock after the Bahamut fight and story reveals. Moreover, the side-quests are absolute snooze-fests.

FF7 Rebirth is yet another extremely padded experience which is of more interest to long time fans of the original that want to experience every possible little thing about the world and lore. I played the original FF7 shortly after it came out and was disappointed with the padded Remake, having had to force myself to finish it. I find Rebirth to have made the same mistake on an even bigger scale.

Adding to all of this, Square Enix has a history of unrealistic sales expectations, which might be a result of a combination of expecting far too much on the sales front, having an overblown sense of the importance of its own IP, owing to how big it was in decades past, keeping it mostly exclusive to one ecosystem, and also not realising that the shortfalls of each game (as I described in the first 2 paragraphs) hamper its sales potential. So naturally we end up seeing these types of news headlines from the company once again.