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@Perturbator likely, and kind of necessary, for all their GaaS games to be day one on PC. Not sure it would effect single player stuff though.

@Krydle same here. Don't own an Xbox but play all the exclusives via PC game pass.

It was a better PS Showcase then the last official PS Showcase. Very good start to the year, wish we got more VR, but the 2 games shown were juicy. We're getting back to back 2nd party exclusives for the first quarter. Plus, they chucked a fan pleasing tidbit like Kojima is making a PS5 original spy thriller, that blew me away (and it wasnt done via a random blog post). The secrative Ryan era feels over.

@Sanquine the big buzz is it will be a Metro VR game title subtitled Awakenings. Deep Silver made a deal with Vertigo to bring 5 of their IPs to headsets, so it's not far fetched. Fingers crossed.

I played this one already via Netflix phone app, its one of the few games that worked via mobile format for me. Pretty gripping eventually with some creepy moments, plus main actress is phenomenal.

Any chance you can add The 7th Guest VR? I would love to rate it

@LazyLombax yeah, or eventually comes to PS Plus Essential in a few months. Feels like all paid games as services do eventually (e.g Aliens Fire Team, Fall Guys, Predator Hunting Ground).

@OldGamer999 I'm assuming Japan is in the top two, other spot US?

@thefourfoldroot1 I've got to get back to RE4 vr, got to the castle then got hooked on Song in the Smoke, now knocking out 7th Guest. Think probably just delaying finishing since it's so damn good.

PSVR 2
7th Guest VR
Am loving this one, thick lovely atmosphere, challenging but fun puzzles and intriguing old school plot. Great stuff.

Pixel Ripped 1978
Not really digging it, which is weird, I loved the former ones but things just didnt click. I'm not nostalgic about the era like the former ones, the games within the game are meh, and first person stuff is average. Was hyped for it but am struggling to push forward with it, even if im halfway.

Switch
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Awesome stuff, am a massive fan of the original trilogy and this is a pitch perfect continuation. Challenging levels, inventive design and the best boss fights of the series.

PS5
Fist of the Northstar: Lost Paradise
Good cheesy old school anime with gory combat. It's fairly shallow with silly filler but does what you would want a FotNS game to do to a tee.

@__jamiie yes that's what I'm saying, they have paid Capcom to bring 2 RE titles within 1 year, exclusively to the headset in free modes, how do think business transactions work? Why is it not on any other platforms? Sony pays for that exclusivity. I'm in agreement, Sony aren't sharing any plans about VR, but if you hadn't noticed, they aren't about their flat games either. What outside Wolverine have they offcially revealed about the PS5 firstparty lineup? It's a frustrating stragedy, but it's a general company one, it's not exclusive to their headset. And no, my argument is not that Sony are doing amazing things cause they brought Vertigo 2 to the headset...I'm saying cheer up, stop complaining and enjoy the game.

@__jamiie umm who do you think paid for Capcom to convert RE:V and RE4 to VR? The studio didn't do it out the kindness of their hearts. I agree, I wish they'd be more transparent about the VR roadmap, but i can say that about their console roadmap too. To say their doing absoltelty nothing is a stretch, VR is a small market, wins like getting the best PCVR game of 2023 as a console exclusive is a reason to celebrate not complain.

@thefourfoldroot1 completely agree, hybrid games are the way. A triple A VR game has just not proven feasible for big studios (look at EA with MoH and Insomniac with their Rift titles) there's no money in it compared to flat games, so they pull out. With hybrids they can have their cake and eat it, and VR players reap the rewards.

A little transperecy. I'm getting beyond tired of not knowing what firstparty games are coming for PS5 and PSVR 2. Less iron wall secrecy would be great.

Bulletstorm VR pls

No problem, take your time and get it right. Can't wait to do this coop in VR.

@UltimateOtaku91 we're on the same page though. I'm not saying it's a roaring success, however, the constant notion it's a stonking failure is not a fact either, or to quote the article 'to say its had a tough year is an understatement'. VR is a niche market, small victories like outpacing its last gen version (which was proven in their Q1 results), and putting out more exclusive yearly content then the console itself, should be celebrated, not criticised. Sales stats aside, I think I'm really more salty about the constant notion it has no games, or noteworthy ones, when it definetly does.

Man I'm getting really tired of journalist dropping comments about PSVR 2 like 'hasn't sold much and noteworthy games are few and far between' with nothing to back it up. The last part of this year has been stacked and to date, the tech has outsold the last gen in parallel already. Can they acknowledge that it has recieved more exclusives releases this year then the PS5 console itself? VR is niche, I get it, but there are substantial facts that contradict both those points if they actually bothered.

This is a great line up. Personally, Evil West looks like some solid PS3 era fun. I already played Requiem on GP, but happy to own it, its a great game. I have Nobody on switch and will probably stick to playing portable.

Such a massive bummer, can't think of a game company more undeserving of this.

Seems an odd reason to point blame at, I think if Ultra wasn't a messy flop they wouldn't be throwing in the towel...yet the VR market would still be at the same place.

Man, such a shame to see this happen to most companies, but especially Insomniac. Not only do they put out great content at a quick pace, they also supposedly have a fantastic infastructure that really takes care and respects their workers, having been voted and won best dev to work for numerous times.

PSVR 2
Resident Evil 4
Wow, just wow. I've played the original about a dozen times, and even in VR via Quest, but this is by far the best I've experienced it. Lovely graphics, great gameplay, and addictive loot/upgrade loop, this is top tier VR.

Song in the Smoke
It took a while but I am hooked on this one. Its a rare case too, i cant stand survival games, but in VR im addicted. Finished the third map and managed to finally take out a giant Jaguar. The interactions and tools in this are so well thought out and immersive.

PS5
Fist of the Northstar: Lost Paradise
Anime adaptation from Yakuza devs that's pretty faithful so far, the action is fun and straight from the source but there's ton of goofy filler. A decent time waster although not close to devs famous series.

If only we could rewind to The Day Before this game released 😛

That really sucks that all that time and hard work will be for nought, however, I am relieved...who wanted a live service game from Naughty Dog? Not me.

One of favorite franchises, pretty much played them all, really happy to see it come back...its been a long wait.

@HeeHo it's not as black and white nowadays though, ActiBlizz is owned by Microsoft, Bungie by Sony, but both are multiplat. Add to that, the leaked emails that Bethesda is extremely pissed that ActiBlizz will get to remain multiplat while their releases are forced to be exclusive. Then most odd, if Xbox has an exclusive, they love to put bright neon signs on it, but this trailer claimed none of that. So yes, I'm assuming that that this would be exclusive, but there is some room for doubt too.

Well, Judge literally said 'guess that's another group I won't ever work with' after his joke landed, no one's losing sleep angry CoD devs, go back to counting your moneybags.

I'll give it to Sega, that sizzle reel got me hyped, they might all turn out to be mediocre games, but the promo hit the right note of nostalgia for me.

@__jamiie me too, although did u check out Switchback? Its meant to be the stand in and its in a pretty good state now, although RoB is still superior.

@Shepherd_Tallon yep, for me add in FNAFF: HW 2, Arashi and Vertigo 2 to that list, December is looking good for the headset.

Maybe refresh this? Green Hell and Vampire came out a few months ago, you still have them under 'tentative'. RE4 VR Mode is coming Dec 8th, Not for Broadcast Dec 14th, and Tiger Blade Dec 22nd.

PSVR 2
Song in the Smoke
Tried getting into this one a couple times and it felt obtuse and dense. However its clicked with me and is a ton of fun survival title. Out of the prologue and onto the first map, got armored up and set up base, ready to tackle the new map.

Red Matter 2
Gorgeous as hell sci-fi puzzler. I preferred the first games tense near horror like atmosphere, but this is still pretty great, with more streamlined gameplay style. About halfway through...

I'll take a remake of RE1 with a VR mode pretty pls.

@Kidfunkadelic83 no, just main campaign is in VR...at least for now.

@Mikey856 make sure he checks out Village then too. I'm sure he will dig it if he's hyped for this.

@Hoodie718 @Kidfunkadelic83 the same, already had it downloaded but had tempered my expectations until the new for a release. This is great news, can't wait.

Lol same old news cycle happens every year. Headlines saying 'this is it! this is the death knell for CoD! The campaign sucks, etc'. The player base cares about the campaign as much as the playerbase for Madden, or FIFFA (or whatever its called now). Let's not acted surprised its selling like hotcakes regardless.

@maybemaybemaybe I'm aware (although Firewall is second party), just I'm surprised they haven't bought any studios based on their VR content with all the recent purchases, but then they buy random stuff like FireWalk, Haven and Savage for mobile and GaaS initiatives...although thinking out loud, FireSpirite could've counted as a VR buy, even though it seems they have them on a flatscreen and a Gaas game next instead. I'm not complaining, PSVR 2 is the best headset I've owned, just bummed it doesn't seem like Sony have their top tier first party studios working on much related, even in the PSVR 1 days they had Studio London and Team Asobo dedicated to that platform. Then again, what most of first-party is developing now is a mystery even for flat games!

@Americansamurai1 yeah its crazy that they have bought random studios to support mobile and GaaS initiatives recently, but nothing for VR. Insomniac has an incredible VR department btw, but it looks like Sony has them fulltime on flat screen Marvel IP at the moment...let's hope that doesn't stay that way forever.

can't wait playing this with haptics and Foveated, was holding off getting it on PC for a while, the first one is fantastic, and I heard this one blows that out the water...Christmas literally came early.

@Ken_Kaniff Teyon actually tackled a Rambo game in 2014 and it was terrible, but likely it had a lot of budget and production issues they cut their teeth on...they would do great work with a Rambo at present probably. EDIT: man, I just keep thinking now, what these guys could with Stallone's Cobra IP, that would be incredible!

That's great news and well deserved. I missed these type of games, they went away after the PS3/PS3 era, these sort've unofficial single player sequels to genre stuff we know and love (e.g. The Warriors, The Thing, Stranglehold, Ghostbusters: The Video Game), it seems like all the throwback IP nowadays is only PvP. Teyon is hitting a good niche with this and Terminator, they obviously have a lot of love for cinema IP, look forward to what they do next.

@Nem Aspyr already remastered the original in a pretty decent port, this was meant to be a ground-up remake.

Does it really matter? Thats like saying the new Madden/FIFAs campaign sucks, it will sell billions regardless.

Tbh games aint bad, Mafia 2 is a lowkey awesome game, and Aliens Fireteam is damn addictive. Only personal issue, i already own Mafia, and played tons of Aliens on game pass.

@Flaming_Kaiser no Embracer still owns, theyve entered a publishing agreement with Amazon to finance new game, and make a tv show via Prime. Maybe they will eventually sell the IP if things get worse..

Yeah i echo Microsoft buying, they would get a crapton of content for Game Pass, plus Embracer makes alot of the averageish caliber stuff that the service attracts in droves. Addtionally, Xbox would finally lay claim to Lara Croft. After ActiBizz buyout drama, i think Phil Spencer wants a rest though...

@Areus correct, although its only in early pre-production at the moment so awhile off. Horizon and GoW shows in the works too.

@Rmg0731 a few have released. F.I.ST and Anno: Mutationem are the ones that actually made a splash. Lesser known stuff like Immortal Legacy, In Nightmare and Hardcore Mecha also came out, but were quickly forgotten (although i have a softspot for Legacy, it was a fun VR Uncharted/RE mashup).