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So I suppose he thinks it was also “slimy” when MS did the same by paying for World at War DLC to be timed exclusive for 360 then? Or Rise of the Tomb Raider? Dead Rising 3? The list is endless.

@Gamer_X This wasn’t a new announcement. It was announced ages ago and has even been playable in beta form on PC for the past month. Been eagerly awaiting its release since the last update dropped 😁

Until the servers get shut down of course…

@PuppetMaster Exactly what I was thinking. It’s interesting that the monkey doesn’t seem to be a bot dressed up… could it be a tease for their next game? A new Ape Escape? Can only hope. I think I read somewhere that some of the devs who work on Astro come from the team within Japan Studio who worked on the old Ape Escapes.

@Decoy_Snake Sony released one for PSP called Pinball Heroes which featured tables based on Uncharted, Everybody’s Golf, WipEout etc. It’s also available on PS4/5 as an emulated classic.

Edit: Aw beaten by a minute 😅

@Ken_Kaniff Because it’ll cost more and third parties don’t seem to think it’s worth it.

@daftfunk Was just about to say this! Sony could easily emulate the 1Xtreme version instead to bypass the licensing issue.

If this is true I don’t get why Sony wouldn’t do Lego The Last of Us first which is clearly their biggest IP right now, unless it’s too “gory” for Lego. Personally I’d prefer Lego Uncharted though.

@Olskeezy Indeed. What I meant is they should have it permanently. Leave Bethesda Game Studios to focus on TES.

@ShadowofSparta Especially seeing as it’s not even Bethesda’s lore in the first place. In many ways Fallout would be more at home in Obsidian’s hands.

This is giving me LittleBigPlanet vibes for some reason…

@DeathlySW Not even close. Housemarque have been around for almost 30 years (over 30 if you include their predecessors Bloodhouse and Terramarque). They’ve released plenty of hits along the way (Super Stardust, Dead Nation, Resogun).

Well at time of writing I still can’t upgrade for free. Only the PS4 version is downloadable and to get the PS5 version I need to pay. 🤷‍♂️

To be fair, the way Lara was sexualised was against the original creators vision as well (Toby Gard apparently left over this issue) and it was probably the publisher who pushed it, “sex sells” and all that. That being said, I don’t think it’s right to censor and remove stuff like this. Maybe the pictures shouldn’t have been there in the first place but the fact is they were, so they should remain.

@MetalGear_Yoshi They used to own the IP but Atari sold it to Ubisoft after Driver: Parallel Lines. They sold off their other most well known IP (Alone in the Dark) recently to THQ Nordic. Pretty much the only thing they still own of note that isn’t an Atari classic is RollerCoaster Tycoon and they’ve butchered that in recent years!

Dumbest names I’ve ever heard, especially Middle Earth since it’s only licensed to them. What happens when the LoTR licence goes elsewhere? 🤦‍♂️ Probably should’ve gone with THQ for one, and Eidos for the other. Both have had strong brand recognition in the past and may have made people think of the original companies instead of this train wreck that’s just derailed and split in three!

@nessisonett While I can’t disagree with the sentiment, Paramount (the incarnation you’re referring to) was already folded in long ago by Gulf+Western, Viacom, National Amusements etc. The incarnation I think this news piece is about is Paramount Global, the conglomerate formerly called ViacomCBS. But again, agree we don’t need more consolidation.

REALLY got my hopes up there with that headline! 💔

What they should do to make it at least a smidgen worthwhile is add all their classics to the service! WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR GTA STORIES YOU KNOW! 🤦‍♂️

@Juanalf There will be no “platinum patch”. Once a trophy list has launched without a platinum, one can’t be added later. They could create a whole new stack I suppose but that’s not going to happen. So just play the PS4 version if you want platinums.

@Czar_Khastik Depends who you ask really. It’s probably a case of “all of the above”. Brexit has got to have had an impact too. Costs have gone up in the UK across the board due to added red tape (the total opposite of what was “promised”) and the uncertainty has made it less attractive for foreign investment so they look elsewhere. As for jobs, it seems to either be they can’t afford to keep people (like this example), or in other sectors, they can’t find enough people to work. I think there’s record unemployment in the UK just now but shortages of health professionals for example. So yeah, it’s a total and utter mess.

I hate how Psychonauts 2 is constantly forgotten about. It was actually the first Xbox Game Studios release on PlayStation back in 2021!

@Ahoyman Some of the trophies were fixed but sadly not all. The unobtainable pickup in TR1 has been sorted but the trophy in Unfinished Business to collect all pickups is still glitched.

@Flaming_Kaiser Didn’t say there was. All I was really saying is Insomniac were probably not being totally forthright. For the record, I am against using a debug to insta-unlock all trophies in a game. Don’t really even like auto-popping stacks either tbh.

@MaddieTian Exactly, they just don’t want people to use it. Apparently you can unlock all the trophies with it in seconds, and there’s also details buried inside we aren't meant to know about like possible DLC etc, so you can see why they’d want to scare people off touching it.

I think another reason people may not be too fond of him is how Amy Hennig was pushed out and he took control of everything. Obviously, we don’t know the full story but that was a turning point for sure. After that, Naughty Dog effectively became the Druckmann show.

@InsaneWade Ah, beat me to it by a minute! 😅

@AFCC Techincally yes, but Mojang self-publish rather than being published by Microsoft. It’s the equivalent of Bungie I guess (Sony own them but they aren’t a “PS Studios” dev).

Psychonauts 2, however, most definitely counts (credits Microsoft as the publisher on the PS Store). So that was probably the first.

@xDD90x Exactly, and Obsidian have named most of their past platinums variations of “platinum trophy”. This is nothing new.

@thefourfoldroot1 Exactly this. Do the bare minimum in a PSP game = lots of golds and a platinum. Go above and beyond in TR1-3, literally do everything in 3 games = lots of bronze and no platinums. Sadly, the trophy system is broken nowadays.

This isn’t a “policy” thing, but rather for a technical reason (or oversight probably). PS5 apps can’t have more than one trophy list tied to them but one product purchase can. In order to have multiple lists, each game in a collection needs to have a separate launcher. GTA Trilogy and MGS Master Collection both have multiple trophy lists and platinums because they utilise multiple launchers.

It’s a stupid change and Sony’s mess to start with, granted, but Aspyr chose to use one launcher instead of three so aren’t blameless here.

Not a fan myself. New hand looks like it’s a 5-second live trace in Illustrator tbh. The 2013 ‘fractured’ one is the best for me.

@Angelus3K Yep, turns out it was just a typo on the original blog post. Crazy Sony hasn’t fixed the PS2 emulator yet. Surely that’s the first thing you’d do before doing other consoles…

“that staffer is likely to find themselves in huge trouble”

He’s the co-head of Rockstar North! I think he will be ok! Also the more legit rumour is that it was a friend of his son who leaked the footage, not the son himself.

@nessisonett Indeed. The Atari brand is a bit of a “kiss of death”. We all know about the woes of the original incarnation, but also look what happened to the once mighty Infogrames after rebranding to Atari.

@MikeOrator It’s the colour for God of War. If you click on the “God of War” tag you’ll see the banner is still red, and if you click on the “Uncharted” tag it’ll be grey-blue. 😉
The site sometimes does this for certain games.

@SJR Exactly! Without Chris Sawyer there is no RCT

I mean if this is their strategy then why close down Disney Interactive and then LucasArts? Seems like they don’t know what they want.

Wow! I had (and still have) this game as a kid! I remember there was talk of a sequel at one point (PS2 days) but it never happened. Can’t believe it’s coming back!

@Jaz007 Just no. The game has England and Scotland separately which is right for Elizabeth I and Robert the Bruce, respectively, but Victoria was both/neither. She was UK (or Great Britain would be acceptable I guess but still technically wrong).

@Olmaz Probably just the devs poor knowledge of history. Add to that: “Rulers of England - Victoria” err no, she was Queen of the UK not England. I know they even label her as Queen of England in-game. England ≠ UK 🙄

@LiamCroft LEGO 2K Goal won’t be a TT game just as the Drive one wasn’t, so you might want to tweak the last paragraph.

Yet another questionable decision for our poor Lara. I had hoped it would get better after SE sold off the rights, if anything it’s getting worse.

@nessisonett Glasgow’s Cineworld is indeed the tallest cinema in the world. Walked passed many a time but never actually seen a film there though.

@Khayl The trophy lists have now synced online too, and confirm a PS5 version. 😉

@Dragoon1994 No, Crystal Dynamics were sold to Embracer last year so aren’t part of Square Enix anymore. Which is exactly why I said I’m surprised to see the SE logo.

“Viral” and “sex” are not usually words that people would want to hear in the same sentence… but in this case I guess we’re all for it! 😂

I’m surprised to see the Square Enix logo at the end of the trailer! Would have thought Gex would have gone to Embracer along with Crystal Dynamics.

@Texan_Survivor Indeed, also whatever happened to Amy Hennig after U3 seemed pretty fishy to me. She was working on the original direction of U4, then TLoU hit the big time, she left and was replaced by Neil, and all her work on it was scrapped. It seems he just has a “habit” of taking over and it leaves me weary.

Yes! That’s more like it… Scrappers and now Eden 2 coming to PS. I’m glad PixelJunk is coming home after a good few years of releasing on other platforms. Now just Raiders and we’ll have them all.

Hopefully we get Eden 2 (only on Switch) and Raiders (was only on Stadia) as well, especially Eden 2! The original had such a following on PS3 back in the day and was the first game to release with trophies day one.