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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).

Isnt this also going to Game Pass day one as well? Intresting...that would probably be the first time thats ever happened. Besides the point, this looks awesome.

@spakai well done mate! Im right with u, its a hell of a memorable experience.

Resident Evil Village VR for me, what a absolutely jaw dropping, white knuckle experience!

@Alexface thats a shame, Policenauts/Snatcher would make for a awesome double bill collection to play on a portable console - one can dream that Konami does it.
Out of curosity, which game is your favorite of his so far - mine has go be MGS 3 Subsistence.

@BrotherFilmriss wow, been a while since i heard about Jerhico. It was the first game i played through on the 360, and remember being blown away, not understanding all the negative reviews - i didnt have alot of game experience at the time though. How does it hold up?

@spakai best of luck with that last Biome, the light is at the end of the tunnel!

@Alexface that sounds like quite a journey going through his whole catalogue. Ive played all his stuff over the years, asides from Policenauts and Snatcher. Are those available on modern stuff, or emulation the only option? Stick with DS btw, it is difficult to digest at first, but once it clicks, it really is incrediable, it actually became my 2nd favorite of his titles.

PS5
Cyberpunk 2077
Have finally really sunk my teeth into this one. Probably the most impressive and atmospheric openworld ive played in a good while. Story is way more gripping then usual tickbox excersize too. It feels so lovingly and carefully created, its crazy to think at launch it was polar opposite.

PSVR 2
The Light Brigade
Tampered a little at launch, but put aside after a bug killed a lengthy run. Now with Synapse releasing soon, im determined to wrap this one - cant have 2 VR shooter roguelikes in the backlog! Just maxed my Rifle stats, and made it to the final boss last night but died on his 2nd phase. Will dust myself off and try again tonight.

Xbox Game Pass
Persona 5 Royal
Still chipping away, am near the end of Palace 6, so am begining to see the light at the tunnel.

Wonder if this is what soured the companies relationship? Square currently avoids releasing on Xbox like the plague, and rumor is there is internal bad blood.

@Mgene15 can you buy GoW Ragnarok then pls? 😉

Jurassic and NBA aren't my cup of tea. I played Trek to Yomi on launch via Game Pass, i loved it though, gorgeous and atmospheric, the combat packs a punch once it clicks. Not much for me this month then, but happy to add that last one to the libarary.

@PenguinLtd DS2 is an intresting one, probably the only Soulsborne game that feels cookie cutter over innovative in my opiniin. It has its fans, and the DLC is pretty good, am intrested to see your thoughts on it...

This was anounced as Oculus exclusive intially, not sure why that would change?

Oh look at that, the guy from Bloomberg who got Sony stats wrong twice before, got it wrong again? Who would've thunk it? 🤔

Super duper hyped. Cannot wait, only 1 day to go.

Who needs it? I'll still be too busy playing GT7 anyhow 😉.

Props to Keighley, he saw the oppertunity and pretty much hijacked E3. Lets hope this showcase is more quality over quantity reveals.

Man the PS1 is a classic, but im most nostalgic about the PS3 orchastra, had such great gaming memories with console, and the intro felt so quality.

@Nem my assumption, if this is true, is that it would be in the same format as the Silent Hill revival. They basically let external studios pitch their ideas, then greenlite the idea if they like it and are just working at an executive level. From my memory they dont even have internal developers anymore, so if this IP comes back, it will be as good as the devs attatched, not necessarily Konami

Quest 2 (via PC)
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
This is some fun, if ridculously challenging, old school shooting iin VR. Not for the easily quesy, as it moves at a break neck pace. About 3/4s in, so hopefully can finish over weekend.

Vertigo: Remastered
The sequels release reminded me i have this sitting in my Steam library. Really cool and intresting game, plays like Half Life meets Rick and Morty. Great game design, pacing and world...and all created by a solo dev!

PS5
Horizon Burning Shores
Yep, pretty much more of the same, but good lord is this game likely the most beautiful thing thats ever been on a console, visually. Missions and plot good so far, been playing round 2 hours.

takes a break from counting Tencent bag 'oh...that sucks.' * goes back to counting cash.

@Flaming_Kaiser i get your point, but the reason we dont get smaller games from them is because the market is literally drowning with smaller games, so there is no need to make them, simply get a year exclusive contract for ps plus (or as with Xbox, game pass) and thats all that is needed nowadays, whereas pre-Xbox Arcade this market didnt exist so it had to be internal. Addtionally, Nintendo is really the smaller game hub with indies exploding on the Switch only in a third party capacity, but we never argue they should also be making smaller games internally outside their Zeldas and Marios, instead they are applauded for giving those games a thriving console platform. Sony at least will publish and spotlight smaller creative games on their subscription service, but they have also just proven they will crush them if they own them...so better for us, they keep them seperate.

@SoulsBourne128 it looks like the current trend will continue though. PixelOpus was really their attemp at an 'indie' style studio internally, and they were formed as that scene was booming, but it didnt pay off after 2 games, and the third game they were developing was something supposedly out of their scope and we can see what happened. We got to remember that when playstation got into the creative, experimental phase at the end of PS1, there was no indie scene at all, so experimentation had to happen internally. Now you have endless creative experimental games coming out every month, so its ripe for picking. They seem to cut a deal to help publish promising ones at second party, and put them on a pedistool with PS Plus Extra. We've seen it with Stray, Tchia, and now (the very Japan Studio looking) Humanity. I see your point and am nostalgic about the old era, but the industry and Sony hsve changed, and im fine with getting those type of games via second party, instead of them being overly pressurised within house. You can imagine the young PixelOpus had a rough time sitting next to giants like Naughty Dog or Insomniac, whereas indepently they wouldnt have that same comparison and could be judged on their own merits.

@3Above very true, his regime saw lots of cool stuff emerge, but also alot of odd stuff that didnt click. Even worse, say at the end of PS3 era, one of the most creative periods, they pumped out cool stuff like Puppeteer or Rain, but they got lost due to no marketing and bigger first party stuff taking spotlight.

@SoulsBourne128 like with PixelOpus, it looks like it all depends on what they develop next, and if the head office likes it.

Surprising, it feels like they just started and were about to step up to bat with their next game to finally prove their worth, after 2 average, if intresting, efforts. Like said above, looks like Sony wasnt impressed with what they were developing. This, along with the closure of Dreams, feels like an end to Shuhei's left over experiments.

Yeah, i mean, i am one of those stats. I pretty much bought all first-party and second-party titles from day one from about end of 2018 till the price increase. A Sony published title is a true seal of quality, but as a working dad of 2 kids, spending 70 pounds for a game that will eventually go on sale...is just too much for me. Its no longer just a Sony issue though, as the rest of the industry has now followed suit. Its fine, im just patient to pick games up later, or wait for them to show up on subscription.

@czDante92 they were definetly on the path to being bought by Sony; as they were made up of ex-Naughty Dog members, and had a succussful and exclusive second party relationship with PlayStation from the jump, but...the flopping of Order basically threw a spanner into those works, and Sony severed there ties right afterwards. They got bought by Meta after making the fantastic Lone Echo for Rift in the aftermath.