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@Cherip-the-Ripper It would seem they lied about Bethesda telling DF not to share their code. Rich was hopping mas on DF direct about EG's statement.

@Dsswoosh Sony wouldn't be so stupid. They'd forever be looking over their shoulders in case that ever came out.
More likely, the likes of Destin Legarie and Ryan Mccaffrey (the guys who hyped the game within ign for nearly a decade) lost their bottle when time came to review, and passed it off to the first sucker who put their hand up. Enter, Dan Stapleton a part timer at ign, a Sony fan who "yeah, me likes a little sci-fi."
None of the ign full timers wanted the gig. Why would they? Give it a low score and, well we've seen that.
Give it a high scores, you get the same from team blue in the crazy console war, who label u a green shill.

For me, it's one 1 mini map & an inventory overhaul short of perfect. Love it.

Watching an anime at my local Odeon tonight, when I get home it SHOULD be around the time Starfield early access starts.

@somnambulance Expect Metro Exodus and you'll have a fair idea.

I will absolutely never ever pay any game company for early access. It's awful.

Is what I said here last month. I've seen acquired the premium upgrade. 😁

I'm well into Nier Replicant right now. Amazing game. Love it.

Faith in gamers restored. Red dead ✅👍

The last Ronin is ................ nah, I wont spoil it. But somebody else will. 100%.
Read the comics, they're great.

@Kaloudz Always remember, English - it's our language, they're just borrowing. Any differences - they're wrong. 😉

@Kaloudz jogging bottoms mate.

@Total_Weirdo I believe they already had it.

I wonder what King David thinks of this? Probably STOP SNITCHING!

Goodbye GWG. Don't let the door hit u on a** on the way out.

@Kaloudz half the movies aren't even Canon now, lol.

I feel stupid nowadays for buying a 4k TV to go with series x. These choices would be painless if my TV was only 1080p.

Doesn't this now give the FTC the time it sought to launch its big hearing in August? The one in their own court?
Is was to stop ABK closing before that, the reason they went to Californian Court in the first place.
Khan's gonna leap on this. She crazy.

I won't be getting early access, no. My kid starts Uni Sept 1 and I gotta drive them across the UK, so wouldn't be worth it.
I would get it if I wasn't tho. Don't believe in paying for early access - but it's STARFIELD. 🤷‍♂️

Not gonna get upset cos there's great stuff on the horizon, but that's a god awful round up of additions.

@FraserG It is a phenomenon, granted.

Hope this didnt eat up the budget. EVERYBODY has gta v.

I assume this is all a case of personal opinion vs professional. Seems like, to me, his has no personal fears regarding the ABK deal; but, his employers opinion (Sony corp) is the deal should be blocked. Of course, he's going to do everything in his power to block the deal.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner 100%

@Moonglow I'm a ps5 owner, but those guys are whacked out crazy on there. Most have a really strange, weird closeness to the brand that Sony themselves dont at all share. It's ironic, but to Sony those guys are just zealots to be squeezed for profit. Plus, they know those guys will come back for more.

Anyone like the idea of Xbox's next console carrying the SEGA name in Japan?

I mean, us core gamers will love hearing that because, you know, we don't want or resist that being where we play in the future.
But it's a lie. Outright horses**t, really. Just for the regulators stuff.
Internet infrastructure and speeds will never slow, they will only ever grow bigger/faster. One day it will be so fast, that there will be no perceivable difference between playing a game - even something fast like a shooter - on native to playing instead over the cloud. Then it will take off. Youngsters of the future won't be hung up on discs as we are. They already consume books/movies/ music digitally. Microsoft, right now, see this coming landscape more than any other company out there.

@RIghteousNixon Good point. I'd counter it by suggesting there is a value in the appearance of "having all the games," worth more to a trillion dollar company than short term ledgers. Current roles/appearances reversed, I wonder if PlayStation could weather, say - a decade of that?

Not that I want that, as a consumer. Pitching this with the green hat on. I really just want competition; two opposing companies, on equal footing, fighting it out for my wallet by making wonderful games. Everything's is slanted toward PlayStation, we need that balanced out.

No reason why Xbox should ever lose a single exclusivity deal to Sony. They can afford to outbid them every time. It's a choice not to. And that's fine, but I dont like it when they claim they're almost being bullied out of some deals. That just isnt true.
Phil Spencer is perhaps too nice? I would by every big 3rd party game for Xbox, until PS was gone personally.

Tempted by Ace combat & John Wick.

@themightyant I don't really agree with that strategy -at all really. But I appreciate you for pointing it out to me.

@AlwaysPlaying Hey, we do what we can, right?

🤦‍♂️ Ubisoft. Why are u STILL trying to give away your back catalogue for peanuts, yet you're STILL trying to extort £15 a month from potential Ubisoft + subscribers?
This is madness. Who's in charge over there? You may as well pick a name at random from your local phone directory - chances are they'd do a better job!

@gravelmonkey Great stuff. Approved re-education this. Get him playing Starfield come September and there is hope for your child.

@Darude84 I've dabbled. Have to get back to that one. Gr8 game.

Plugging slowly away at Horizon: Forbidden West on ps5.
On Xbox, I started Soulhackers 2 - which is ace (big persona fan).
But mainly I've been replaying all the Remedy games from Alan Wake onward. Just done with American nightmare and now a couple of acts into Quantum break.

I'll play on hardest setting, simply to make it last even longer. Remedy are my favourite developers, their games don't come round anywhere near as often as I'd like though. So it will be savoured. Gonna grab the deluxe edition too. 2 story dlc's included.

Alan Wake 2 is my big purchase for the rest of the year. I'll pop for Phantom liberty & the Starfield Premium upgrade too.
Game pass, the highlights (Starfield aside) are Lies of P, Texas CSM & Persona 5 T.

Please. End. Soon. Thank you.

No reason why Redfall can't be a Cyberpunk 2077 redemption story. If xbox are willing to continuously invest the time & resources needed. Big if, I know.

Employ more devs?🤷‍♂️

@Exerion76 I don't see that either (it certainly looks like less lag than playing via cloud). But I'm aware that the majority of people do.

I'm extremely lucky. I use motion smoothing on my TV and it makes it look/feel like 60. It gives most people headaches though, I'm told. I can't tell the difference between true 60 & 30 w/ Samsung motion plus, and I don't get the headaches.

Pokenite seems a better title.

Some people hate anything Ubisoft, even just the sight of it. So none of this is surprising at all. I know people who might spit, at just hearing mention of their name.

7 days? That's almost as stingy a trial, as £14.99 is a price.

@Zoidpilot4 I think the showcase will go all guns blazing, but I can still see Starfield stealing all the glory. Game has to hit, but I'm not concerned that it wont. Its Todd Howard and his team. 💪

@Fiendish-Beaver Hey, we might all be able to get augmented like in Cyberpunk anytime now and live till 300. You never know. 🤞🤖

@BleedingDreamer @Fiendish-Beaver Thank you gents, for making me feel young at 45.

I think they'd be fools to drag down the mood by even name dropping Redfall.