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Selfloss is a new emotional exploration/adventure game from the people at Goodwin Games. It came out early September for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam and Epic Games. It looks like an interesting game, who here has played it? Who wants to play it?

Source - https://insider-gaming.com/star-citizen-developer-cloud-imperium-games/ Ah great, pushing crunch on your employees to get ready for an event. Cloud Imperium Games recently sent out an email to their staff requiring their employees to work 7 days of work a week to meet a deadline before the Citizencon event happening October 19th. The email stated that staff needed to double down the next 18 days in order get a patch done including a showcase for a demo. I get having to work overtime, but to be pushed to work 7 days a week until your game is done seems like crunch to me. They should learn to schedule their work time better so that crunch isn't needed. An event planned out like this, shouldn't require a couple weeks of crunch to meet a deadline. What do you guys think of this? Will the studio back down on this and go back to a 5 day work week?

Little Big Adventure: Twinsen's Quest is a remake of the popular 1994 game Little Big Adventure. The game is being developed by Ben Limare of [2.21]. He is a big fan of the original game and was tasked with the helping produce the remastered version. Has anyone played that game? This is honestly the first I have ever heard of it. The game will release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X|S, Switch and PC November 14th. There will also be a limited edition physical release coming out for the PS5 and Switch on December 5th.

This game looks interesting, it's said to be a retro style horror game from the team at 13th Street. I definitely get Silent Hill vibes from the trailer, especially with the style of music. Check out the trailer below. It looks to be coming out for PC, but there's no release date at this time.

This needed to happen in the states, no worldwide, because once the PS5 pro 30th anniversary console went on pre-order, people scooped up the orders fast. If you look at eBay right now, you'll see a ton of people listing the console for a lot. But, it looks like Japan is taking a stab at stopping scalpers, by implementing conditions that you have to meet in order to get a pre-order in. Those are; Gamers must have a PSN account registered in Japan, and have at least 30 hours of PS4 or PS5 run time on the account between February 2014 and September 19, 2024. I saw this exact idea suggested in a reddit comment recently, and I don't know why they didn't do it for the states or other countries. If they had implemented a system like this, it would have stopped a lot of the scalpers, because lets face it, most of these scalpers probably don't even game, or if they do, I doubt they have multiple accounts they can use for this. My question, is why are they doing this specifically for Japan only? I figure this would have gone a lone way in the US, especially to stop the scalper problem. News here - https://automaton-media.com/en/news/to-battle-ps5-pro-30th-anniversary-edition-scalpers-sony-imposes-conditions-for-ordering-the-console-but-only-in-japan/

Nintendo has a war against emulation and emulators it seems, as they are actively now going after YouTubers who have shown off their games being emulated. One YouTuber in particular was issued a strike against his channel after Nintendo issues a copyright strike on him. This YouTuber, Retro Game Corps makes video reviews on handhelds that have the ability to emulate some games. RGC has stated he may file a counter-claim on it, but he isn't sure on doing that since Nintendo is well known for using their money to squash cases. In the meantime, RGC has no intention of featuring Nintendo games on his channel anymore. Do you think this will see a rise in YouTubers getting copyright strike for putting out content on emulating Nintendo games? You can read more on this news here: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/nintendo-is-now-going-after-youtube-accounts-which-show-its-games-being-emulated

Last night I heard that the PlayStation Network was down worldwide for quite a few hours, I think it ended up being out for around six hours, but not 100% sure. Noticed the PlayStation subreddit was lit up last night with people complaining about the servers being down. Was anyone here dealing with the outage? What did you end up doing while it was down? I don't think Sony has come out with why the servers were down so long. I know they recently added more ads to the homepage, so I wonder if there was an issue with that resulting in the site going down. Some speculated it was a hack because other major tech companies were dealing with outages too. You can read more about this news here: https://www.newsweek.com/major-sony-playstation-newtwork-outage-affects-gamers-around-world-1962022

Metro Awakening is a new game that's exclusively in VR. It'll be available on PC November 7th and PSVR 2 November 5th of this year. It definitly looks like a game I could see myself playing if I had a decent enough headset. I doubt this one will work for the likes of the Meta Quest 3 though.

Fear the Spotlight is an upcoming narrative horror games from the people at Cozy Game Pals and Blumhouse Games. It's graphically similar to horror games from the mid to late 90s. It honestly looks pretty cool graphically. I like that Blumhouse is in the game business now, they seem to do decent enough when it comes to horror movies, so I'm excited to see what they do game wise going forward. It's currently out on Steam, but looks to be coming out for PS4/PS5 October 22nd. I believe its coming to Xbox One and Series X|S at a later date.

Dynasty Warriors is back this January 2025. This is the 10th entry in the main series. I've only played one of the earlier games, but never got too invested in the series like my friend was for example. Who here is a fan of the series and is looking forward to this one? It comes out Jan 2025 for the PC (Steam), Xbox Series X|S, and PS5.

ArcheAge Chronicles is an online action RPG that is set 50 years after the original game. I never played the original game, but heard it was pretty good. Is this on anyone's radar? Is this a day one buy for you? It looks really good, so I might finally play the first game and then this. Check out the trailer below. It's coming out for PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The release date has yet to be announced. But probably 2025 or 2026 at the latest.

I've never actually played any of the Lunar games, so now is my chance to jump in with the remastered collection coming soon. This collection includes LUNAR: Silver Star Story and LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue in one package. It is expected to come out in the spring of 2025 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Switch and PC.

Hell is Us is an upcoming action adventure game with a hint of supernatural elements, at least that's what it looks like from the trailer. Looks like another souls-like game. But looks like a lot of fun. It'll be dropping sometime in 2025 for the PS5.

If you guys watched the PlayStation Sate of play recently, you would have seen the reveal of the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima sequel called Ghost of Yotei, which takes place in the 1600s while the original game I think took place in the 1200s. In this one you play as a female samurai (I think samurai right?) named Atsu. I already heard some people throwing a fit that you play a woman. It's stupid that people make such a fuss about such things still. Anyway, this new game drops sometime 2025.

Yakuza fans are going to be excited about this one. Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a new game in the Yakuza Like a Dragon series. It's coming out for the PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and the Xbox Series X|S. You play as Goro Majima, an ex-yakuza who lost his memory and decides to become a pirate. I sadly haven't played the Yakuza series all that much. I played one of the games on the Xbox One, but couldn't get invested into it all that much. Anyway, check out the announce trailer below. It drops in February of 2025.

If you're familiar with the Jackbox Party Pack games, you'll know sort of what to expect with the Jackbox Naughty Pack. This pack sadly only features 3 games. This is not usually the amount of games most Party Packs have, as they tend to come with 5 or 6 I believe. This version of Jackbox includes game modes like; Dirty Drawful, Let Me Finish, and Fakin’ It All Night Long. Dirty Drawful is essentially a Pictionary style game. Let Me Finish is a mode where you have to present something, and Fakin' it all night long is a social deduction game where you need to find the "faker" in your group. If you're the faker, you need to lie to get away. It all sounds fun, but I wished there was more game modes. The other Party Packs had a lot more modes, and I see the reviews are reflecting that with this one, as they're mostly negative on Steam. If they were to add more game modes, I bet the reviews would be better. Anyway, who here has played this new Jackbox game? Is it worth checking out? Or is the regular Jackbox Party Packs good enough?

Copycat is a new narrative adventure game where you play as a shelter cat who is adopted, but her new home is taken over by a copycat forcing her out of the home and into the streets. Seems depressing though, but I can see myself playing this at least once. It's out now on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622350/Copycat/

Details on the newest Meta Quest VR headset have leaked and it looks to be a slimmed down version the Meta Quest 3, simply called the Meta Quest 3S. And the kicker, it will only cost you $299.99, which is what the base model of the Meta Quest 2 was, so it's nice to see the price so low. Still, this seems to be a lesser version of the MQ3 right now, but if you're on a budget, this would be a great option. This news was likely to be revealed during the Meta Connect 2024 event happening this Wednesday (Sept. 25th). So keep an eye out for that show in case any of this is incorrect or there is more coming. To find more on this news, read here: https://mp1st.com/news/meta-quest-3s-vr-headset-price-confirmed-299-in-leaked-ad-same-price-as-the-quest-2-four-years-ago

Take this with a grain of salt, because Rockstar have stated there would be story DLC in GTA V, but that never happened, well if you want to count the free DLC stories in the online mode, which I don't. Now there is news that during Rockstars latest financial report, there was talk of possibly doing episodic content again, similarly to what they did with GTA IV. The financial report specified offering downloadable episodes, but that could very well refer to their online mode. But, it does kind of give me hope that Rockstar will give us what we want. But I b bet whatever they do, they will put the most focus on their online mode. Because we all know that's where their money mostly comes from. Read about this news here - https://www.videogamer.com/news/rockstar-documents-suggest-gta-vi-could-get-episode-treatment/ Do you hope this happens? I'd love to get episodic content that delves into past GTA characters. How cool would it be if they tied some characters from GTA IV in this? I doubt it, but I can dream. :D

Sony has unveiled a couple new PS5 consoles for PlayStation's 30th anniversary. The console replicates the original color scheme of the original PlayStation. The controllers, even share a similar color scheme. There will be a PS5 Pro version along with a PS5 digital edition. Both of course do not come with a disc drive, that is sold separately. They also have a PS portal in the same style. You can find the reveal trailer below, and an article on this news here - https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/19/celebrating-30-years-of-playstation-with-a-nostalgic-look/

This sounds cool, Bloodless is a new retro style 2D action-adventure game where you play as a ronin named Tomoe. You're tasked with ending the reign of your former master. But, your intent is not to kill and instead to use her fists and combat to disarm enemies in a non-lethal way. So I guess you can see why it's called Bloodless. Anyway, it's out on PC right now, but is coming out on the Switch October 10th.

Awaken - Astral Blade is a new metroidvania from the Dark Pigeon Games team. I'm always down for some more metroidvania style games. Especially ones that look this good. You can download a demo of it on steam right now if you want to take a go at it - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1716310/AWAKEN__Astral_Blade/ It's dropping on PC (Steam & Epic Games) and PS5 on October 22nd.

It looks like we're going to be getting a Horizon Zero Dawn remaster sometime soon, as the ESRB recently leaked the news of a PC and PS5 release. There of course is no mention of a release date, but I'd assume sometime in 2025 or early 2026 if we're lucky. Not sure we really need a remaster of an already beautiful game, but we've been seeing this for years with the likes of The Last of Us and other games getting remastered a couple times over. Will you be getting this remastered version? Read more about this news here - https://twistedvoxel.com/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-for-pc-and-ps5-leaked-by-esrb/

I didn't know Frostpunk 2 was coming out so soon, it's dropping September 20th in fact, but if you preordered the deluxe edition you can play it right now. Who here has played the original game? I played a bit of it and enjoyed it, but couldn't stick with it. Maybe I'll get more into the sequel. It is coming out for PC (Steam & Epic Games), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Source - https://www.ign.com/articles/exclusive-first-battlefield-concept-art-revealed-vince-zampella Looks like Battlefield is making a comeback soon, and it will go back to a modern setting. The last few games have gone back to WWI and WWII. The article above also shares some concept art for the new game. I hope they make a comeback, the last game from what I remember, wasn't well received. So I hope this game can turn things around for the franchise again.