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@MagisterMagi just to get your facts straight - Druckmann co-produced the show, co-wrote every episode and directed one of them (almost every episode has a different director, which is not unusual for TV shows)

@TheRickestRick Forgive if I'm explaining the obvious but you should go to the store (not Tekken page, just anywhere in the store) and select "redeem code" from the menu in upper right.
You can also do this in the mobile app.
I had no problem redeeming mine but it was during the previous run ("Closed Network Test") so I could just redownload it now.

... and I'm stuck at the office until 5!!

Ok so.... I'm sure there's tons of games like this on most platforms (except they're usually not based on a high profile license) but I had no idea this was $40 💀

@UltimateOtaku91 @TanookiLeaf It's actually interesting as it really shows that Xbox's business these days is way more about software than the consoles.
Starfield apparently sold quite well and is currently the 7th best selling game of the year in the US (with majority of the sales being on PC) and that's not counting Game Pass.

Cool. Too bad it doesn't exist here.

"We have no goal of somehow trying to use Call of Duty to get you to buy an Xbox console" and we actually prefer that you don't, because we're losing money on consoles and GP is available without one.

I've never heard of these people before but I also don't see how this is a bad thing.
Worst case scenario you're getting an optional suit you simply won't use.

Didn't know this was coming to PS5.
I remember seeing a lot of development updates from the person making it on Twitter, looked cute and fun

At least there's a giant enemy crab!

Nooooo I was going to play Inside this week!

@xDD90x I'm not sure what the conditions are exactly but it seems that automatic patch downloads work only for games you played recently. Which I guess makes some kind of sense.

@homelesscretin My guess would be Homelander having more long range moves involving his eye laser and stuff. It should be actually pretty easy to make them play very differently.

Good decision for sure but it seems like either it would've been delayed anyway, or they're using the additional time to avoid crunch and/or avoid crunch - since there have clearly been significant changes to the game even after SF6 released

Can't pre-load the 19 inches of Venom
Luckily the downloads on PS5 are rather fast these days.

I honestly didn't notice and I was playing AC Mirage around that time - although that might've been exactly when I took a break.

I really appreciate that it's much closer to classic AC, even though I also enjoyed last 3 games a lot.
My only major complaint is the sword combat, which is simply not fun - luckily 90% of the time your goal is to avoid it.

@Martsmall Makes sense. I avoid gaming on PC and don't have an Xbox so I hope the price will be reasonable on PS5.

Yesss finally!

For those asking about a „pro” version - every rumor out there said it would be next year rather than this

@daveofduncan My main problem was that it had several types of collectibles but they were all literally just things you need find yourself close to, notice them and pick up - with no puzzles involved or anything like that. Just pickups and time trials.
Compare that to the Batman games where you had a couple hundred riddler puzzles with many different mechanics involved and that wasn't even the end of it.
I'm afraid it just lacked variety for me. I did like the city's look a lot though.

@BeerIsAwesome It wasn't a huge success, was already on deep sales and it's not going to suddenly start selling again. Makes sense for them to sell it to subscriptions while it's still kinda fresh.
It's not a bad game btw - the missions are pretty good - it's just its open world that doesn't have much interesting to offer, unfortunately

Good list. As usual the main questions is: where do I find the time?

If there are interesting things on PS+ Premium before they are on other streaming services - I don't see why not.
Otherwise idk

Sounds good enough for a fun time before Spider-Man.
My copy is arriving tomorrow so I'll be playing it this week and the next.
Which reminds me - anyone know the reason games seem to be releasing on Thursday this week instead of Friday as they usually do?

@Fight_Teza_Fight It was, it's also been out on PC for a while and has "overwhelmingly positive" reviews on Steam (and an 80 metascore)

I was never going to play it but I thought the trailer didn't look bad. Probably a step to everyone realizing the GaaS market is really saturated already.
If you're launching a new one now, it better be a successor to your already successful game or something very unique.

@Casco that's a good point

Man, I wasn't the biggest fan myself but I hope he doesn't read the twitter comments under this news right now - I actually feel bad for him rn

That does look like it says State Of Play - but obviously it's hard to be 100% sure just from that.
Assuming it is, it would probably be at least a couple weeks away if he's just editing it today.

Devolver games are great and I think putting them on services after a while is a valid strategy.

The replay takeover feature is not technically a new thing but not many games are doing it - I hope it becomes a must-have feature through this (kinda like good rollback netcode became a must-have after GGST's release during the pandemic)

I thought this studio was acquired by Unity but apparently it was another company with a very similar name (and they both worked on the LotR movies).

@Smiffy01 Good thing the reloads are literally instant - I think it would indeed be frustrating otherwise.
I'm not going to lie though, there is one especially challenging platforming level I could see making people drop the game and it's not even at the end (I got through it but it definitely took some dying)

@Smiffy01 Yeah, thing about Ghostrunner is that the encounters are almost puzzles. The first one was good too.

@KillerBoy this tweet has the relevant links: https://x.com/TEKKEN/status/1704127793339228573?s=20

Also, it's worth noting that you don't need to sign up again if you were already in the network test.

@twenty90seven 3rd party versions of those have existed for a while, The Backbone is supposed to be pretty good.

Btw - playing console games with touch controls? Nah.
Good thing the DualSense works quite well with iPhones over bluetooth and there are accessories like the Backbone to make it even more convenient on the go.

I got an iPhone 14 recently so I'm not looking to upgrade for another 2 years at the least, but...
I usually go for the base model but if they build a good library of games by the time I'm looking for a new phone, I might be convinced to get the Pro.
That's a big if though.

@Flippygruffle @NathanKang According to an IGN interview, the game will have a Quality mode that runs at 30 or 40fps depending on your screen's refresh rate and a performance mode that does 60.
Both modes feature ray-traced reflections.

I'm cool with this because it likely means I don't need to remember how to play it

No way to check right now but it's probably Guilty Gear Strive twice (PS5 and PS4, which I used before they fixed input latency on PS5) and MK11
GGST being about 1200-1300h total

You should all play Ghostrunner and thank me later

MK1 will be out in early access by the time this airs and it already had a launch trailer and a Kombat Kast stream this week, so I doubt it's a part of this.
FF7 Rebirth sounds like a good bet.
Stellar Blade is technically not 3rd party or indie but I guess "a focus" doesn't necessarily mean it's exclusively about those, so I am hoping for an update on that.

@Powerplay94 that makes sense, I did most things in the base game (and I should go back and play the DLC)

Wait, was Control under 20h? I thought it was pretty big

Good list, I'll definitely play a few (starting with Unpacking)

They really went all out with that fatality...

@Matroska Schwarzenegger wasn't in it. Appearance was similar but I don't believe he was actually scanned for the game and the voice actor was just someone doing an impression.
Stallone though - yeah, he voiced Rambo. MK1 DLC also has JK Simmons doing Omni Man.

I'm long done with the game but I'm curious to see if this one actually makes the performance decent, as that was definitely the its biggest flaw.