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Wake me up in 2026 when we hopefully hear of a single non-live, non-coop focused game.*

*Specifically single party before I get rear ended with comments purposely misunderstanding my point

Not remotely shocked anymore.

I mean, why even bother making any kind of effort to tell your fanbase what you’re working on.. hey?

Sadly feels like the end of consoles for me. If this is the cost of a mid gen refresh then PS6 will be diabolical.

Could tell me it breeds animals and I wouldn’t pay that price for a console.

If PlayStation owned Ubisoft and had access to IP it would actually be incredible. Chuck Far Cry at Santa Monica and get them both to work on it.

Hate to be a sceptic but does this stink slightly of Sony worrying that Rockstar are about to delay GTA 6 (most of the reason for the pro IMO) and are therefore having to announce it very quickly to try and appeal to people before it happens…?

This game has massively slipped past me. Huge racing fan but haven’t been aware of its existence.

However, between bugs and a terrible setting I’ll have to bow out anyway. Shame to be honest.

Given how quickly Concord died, I’ll give this one up until it’s beta free weekend before Sony pulls the plug and pushes out an urgent statement saying it’ll no longer make any live service game.

Now, focus on the non-live service games you’ve spent decades perfecting Sony for f***** sake.

A game I haven’t played and really want to would become available on Extra the day after I move from Premium to Essential.
Course it would…

I’ll get it on sale.

I have a weird feeling with this. Feels like they’re getting outlets to leak this to test the waters and then if enough people are against it, the leaks will magically move to ‘Sony have actually been working on a PS6 this whole time and will put proposed PS5 Pro tech into it’ and it won’t come out for another 2-3 years. If the idea of a PS5 Pro sounds positive to enough of the community for their liking then they’ll green light it.

I just don’t understand how this has been leaked for nearly a year now with no word from Sony at all.

Aside from the fact that at this point they may as well just cull it completely, did anyone read the email? It was written so badly.

Shall test it on game pass on Series S and if it’s as good as I hope it is, I’ll buy it on PS5 for the better visuals

Another 2025 game. 2025 is bloaaaated.

@pharos_haven Nothing like it, in a good way. Much more story focused.

Everything I read about The Beast gets me more excited by it. Techland really making up for past mistakes. Having said that I actually enjoyed Dying Light 2. Think it was hated on unfairly.

@pyrrhic_victory Yup - confirmed by himself and Techland!

2025 is ridiculous. Really feel a lot of devs will struggle with big games at this point because the year is stacked.

So I was really dumb buying the deluxe version of Dying Light 2 when I only got one story DLC then hey?

I’ll be expecting some money back or this for free then Techland…

EDIT: Techland have confirmed on Twitter that Ultimate Edition purchasers will get this for free. Great news!

I have been waiting FOREVER YESSS

This NEEDS a sequel.

Playing the first game now and it’s brilliant. Fully recommend*.

*Lockpicking is a disaster on console, even with its ‘simplified’ mode

All business speak and clever use of statistics. PC numbers have done them well as you point out, highly doubt people have been using PlayStations specifically very much at all this year in comparison to previous years.

But hey, I’m the enthusiast who would believe that I suppose.

Regardless if I’m right or wrong, it’s been the most woeful single party generation PlayStation’s ever had for quality… and quantity.

Not getting overly excited until I know it’s not a live service..

Currently playing the first game on Xbox and despite its irritating save mechanic and completely incomprehensible tutorials, I’m having a great time.

Apparently this is the game they had hoped to make the first time but couldn’t due to funding etc so looking forward to it.

This looks incredible and I’m so pumped for it. I can only imagine ‘that moment’ will be the most viral piece of TV ever. Those who haven’t played the game will be shocked and those that have will be super intrigued to see it play out in ‘reality’.

Way this generation is going, more likely this is a PS6 game than a PS5..

Amazon, steal this will you? Please?

I would, but I really really don’t want to do that tutorial which I know I’d have to. Get me an update to skip that crap and I’m on it.

Wow. Surprised by this as it looked like it was going to be a goodun. Shame!

It’s not needed; let’s get a single party PS5 game which pushes the console to its maximum. Once done then we can think of the next console. I truly don’t believe we’ve seen anything which pushes the PS5 yet…

I won’t be playing it. I don’t want PlayStation to become a live service brand and I support them for their single player games which they are known for.

Sad to see Push Square counting everyone as ‘haters’ to gain some article traction in a previous article.

You have to make a stand to steer a company’s direction sometimes and if this happens out of Concord’s failure then so be it. We all paid for a console and regularly put money in their pockets for subscriptions and games, and I didn’t do that to support the rise of live service and the neglect of what they’re renowned for.

I think this article needed to be longer. It’s verging on the ‘makes zero sense’ folks 😂

But just like @DarianStarFrog I’ve also woke up to this haha

Saw the word crisis and thought it said Time Crisis!!! Man I would love for that game to comeback.

Whaaaat? Its taken them this long to create a story for this game then? Mad.

I put it a couple of months ago and I’ll say it again; they will lock the full GTA 6 map behind this paywall. 100%.

Accessibility and general appeal is key in development in my view.

Sure, make the game as you intend it to be. Make it bloody hard. But it takes little effort to provide an option which is a story mode or an easier difficulty and you allow your game to be fully accessible to everyone. Why wouldn’t you do that?

It’s up there with 3D films for me. Unescessary tech which the mainstream were ultimately never going to get on board with.

It’ll be the same for these Apple glasses coming out. A few will take the plunge but in 5 years support will dwindle and it’ll be part of ideas of old.

‘Sharpening our skills’

There’s something in those words they’ve used. That’s a very specific addition.

‘There’s an issue’

And yet when it returns I have a suspicion that the ability to get a voucher to spend in store will be gone. I think they’ve made some adjustments to the perks available and have held up making them live to get their public messaging about it right.

Call me a cynic but this feels odd.

Prison Architect 2 delays, this and Cities Skyline II console delays with many PC issues on release.

Paradox need to sort themselves out.

Held out on Police Simulator as heard bad reviews but it’s my kind of leisure time jam.

Not a bad selection overall to be honest.

Sadder the dad the happier I am.

@Fartingale Showcases mean games. We want games or at least a sign they’re on their way. Most first party studios are just sat on their hands if their lack of announcement or glimpse into their work would have you believe.

Naughty Dog have known for a while their live service offering was off the table and even when they were working on that they were working simultaneously on their other offerings. Give us a bloody glimpse for christ sake.

Next year is STACKED for gaming

@Bez87 Well put it this way, I have had a PS1/PS2/PS4 and PS5 and just bought myself an Xbox Series S for Game Pass and judging by that showcase, I just made a very smart move.

@AdamNovice I think all of them were either this year or next year so PS haven’t got long to chase up

This was excellent and so, dare I say it, has been the rest of the Xbox showcase.

I half expect PlayStation will be looking nervously at their first party studios contemplating a reactive showcase announcement…

@get2sammyb Ha - I’ll admit I’m very much in camp ‘No to Live Service’ but having hoped this was more like No Man Sky when it was first mooted, its announcement was a huge letdown. I also think it let down a lot of expectations for those who were genuinely looking forward to it and in this financial climate, being ‘OK’ with no broad appeal just isn’t enough.

Think everyone involved in Fairgame$ will be slightly nervous at how badly this does to be honest….

And yes, I think this will do badly.

Didn’t know we were getting a console version of Democracy! Me sorted then!