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[ign.com] Concord May Have Sold as Little as 25K Copies! 10K on PC, 15K on PS5. ign.com aspro
[gamereactor.eu] Square Making Progress on FF14 on Nintendo We're having conversations, making progress..." gamereactor.eu news aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] PREVIEW: Civ 7 "...a thoroughly intriguing evolution of the series." thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] PREVIEW: Sonic v Knuckles Generations "It’s an interesting approach to a remaster, with the Sonic Generations buff-up feeling traditional and safe" thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] REVIEW: Concord 8/10 "Fun, quickfire game modes and solid multiplayer shooting..." thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] Interview: Civ 7 Creative Director Discusses the change that is jarring Civ fans. thesixthaxis.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] WTF It's official - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom take place outside the series' established timeline eurogamer.net news aspro
[timeextension.com] Never Store Your Retro Game Collection In A Shed "I found most of my collection of CDs ended up with disc rot" timeextension.com Ravenprose
[playstation.com] CONCORD to be taken offline Sept 6. Refunds will be issued. Then they'll figure out how to get people to play the game. playstation.com news robio
[pushsquare.com] Jennifer Hale Says AI Is Coming for All of Us Voice acting luminary weighs in on SAG-AFTRA strikes pushsquare.com news Ravenprose
[eurogamer.net] Risk of Rain developer joins game development at Valve They made those same calculations on how much employees there must earn. eurogamer.net news SupremeAC
[gamesindustry.biz] Hideaki Itsuno leaves Capcom After 30 years. He directed Dragons Dogma 2... gamesindustry.biz news aspro
[gamesindustry.biz] Rocksteady reportedly lays off staff Following Suicide Squad woes gamesindustry.biz news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer turns 25 eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] "I've made some of the worst game choice decisions," Spencer "passed" on Guitar Hero and Destiny. eurogamer.net news aspro
[nintendolife.com] Zelda '80s Cartoon Series Gets DVD Re-Release "Excuuuuuuuuse me, Princess!" nintendolife.com Ravenprose
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamers 100 best games you can play now as in, that you can still legally buy new for current consoles. Neat concept. eurogamer.net impressions SupremeAC
[videogameschronicle.com] Wukong IS coming to Xbox Publisher says delays are not due to XB "limitations" videogameschronicle.com news aspro
[ign.com] Dragon Age: The Veilguard - 22 minutes of game play "An RPG that's very much in the BioWare tradition of character-driven adventure" ign.com impressions media aspro
[eurogamer.net] Randy Pitchford Compares Gearbox to the Beatles Ergo, then Gearbox is more popular than Jesus? - aspro eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] REVIEW: Ace Attorney Investigations Collection 3/5 "Flaw and Order" eurogamer.net impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] MS Publishing Old Activision Transformers Games? There’s something Cybertronian on the way. thesixthaxis.com news aspro
[playstation.com] Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation playstation.com Ravenprose
[pcgamer.com] Star Wars Outlaws director is 'disappointed with the Metacritic' "We're never going to stop improving it," pcgamer.com Ravenprose
The Minecraft Movie teaser trailer is out Borderlands has competition for the worst videogame movie Jack Black has been in. youtu.be media robio
[eurogamer.net] Where Will Games Be in 2049? Several devs contributed to this feature. Worth reading. eurogamer.net editorial aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] Why do Sony keep making obviously bad decisions? "gone too big and tried to go too quickly" thesixthaxis.com editorial aspro
[ign.com] Hogwarts 2 a "big priority" for WB The sequel is due in a couple of years. ign.com news aspro
Sony CFO: We Don't Have Enough Original IP Look at your back catalog you idiot - aspro vgchartz.com news aspro
Review IGN: Astrobot 9/10 "It’s a joyful ride while it lasts" hardwarezone.com.sg impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] REVIEW: Astrobot "Astro Bot is virtually flawless and a joyous celebration of gaming" eurogamer.net impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] PS5 Pro Accidently Confirmed by Sony d'OH! eurogamer.net news aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] REVIEW: Warhammer 40K Spacemarine 2 9/10 "Bombastic, brutal and brilliant fun from start to finish" thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[pcgamer.com] The Sims 4 is officially 10 years old as of this week. It currently has 12 expansion packs, 16 game packs, 20 stuff packs and 31 kits. pcgamer.com Ravenprose
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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:06:26
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PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:09:55
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PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4.

Forgot about that, that's another good reason to convince myself I need to buy what I don't need Nyaa

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Speaking of Zelda rap commercials, had anyone ever seen this for Link's Awakening?


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I never saw that one before.

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PSO: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/prime-gaming-is-giving-away-28-games-this-month-including-borderlands-and-lord-of-the-rings-titles/

If you are an Amazon Prime Subscriber, you can pick these games up for free:


Available Now

  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition (GOG)
  • Lego The Lord of the Rings (GOG)
  • Borderlands 2 (Epic Games Store)
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Epic Games Store)
  • GreedFall: Gold Edition (GOG)
  • Whispered Secrets: Everburning Candle Collector’s Edition (Amazon Games App)
  • Minabo – A Walk through Life (Amazon Games App)
  • Eternights (Epic Games Store)
  • Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Amazon Games App)
  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Epic Games Store)
  • Tales from the Borderlands (Epic Games Store)
September 12

  • 9 Years of Shadows (GOG)
  • Moonlighter (GOG)
  • Golfie (Amazon Games App)
  • Cursed to Golf (GOG)
  • XHell Pie (GOG)
  • Showgunners (GOG)
  • Arcadegeddon (Epic Games Store)
September 19

  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (GOG)
  • The Falconeer (GOG)
  • Lego The Hobbit (GOG)
  • I Love Finding Cats & Pups – Collector’s Edition (Legacy Games)
  • Kerbal Space Program (GOG)
September 26

  • Mystery Case Files: Black Crown – Collector’s Edition (Amazon Games App)
  • Ghost Song (GOG)
  • Ynglet (Amazon Games App)
  • Black Desert (Pearl Abyss)
  • Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (Amazon Games App)

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:22:36
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robio said:
Speaking of Zelda rap commercials, had anyone ever seen this for Link's Awakening?


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I never saw that one before.

I too have never seen that. Wow.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:37:09
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PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4.

Huzzah.  So, uh, any good games on PS4?  cool

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:38:36
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In similar news, Netflix's game section is steadily growing with some actually great games to play on mobile.  If anyone has a Netflix sub, it's definitly worth checking out.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:40:59

Sony CFO: We Don't Have Enough Original IP Look at your back catalog you idiot - aspro

So get with the times and just buy some big publishers.  Sheesh, you'd think that a company with such a marketing budget that dwarfs that of Xbox would have thought of that before.  I mean, what could go wrong?  Other than overstretching resulting in the need to take your biggest games multiplat to ensure you can earn some of al that spent money back.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:52:03

They certainly do not have enough original content.  I struggle to find a reason to want a PS5 and think its best to skip PlayStation this gen. Maybe Naughty Dog can wow me with something, who knows.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:22:15
If anything this industry needs more AI. Creating tentpole game releases that can live up to expectations requires so much manpower devs can only get one, max 2 games released created by a team of hundreds.
Gamers will not settle for less graphical fidelity, so it'll be up to middleware providers to create AI tools that do much of the heavy lifting.
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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:40:59
aspro said:
Ravenprose said:
PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4.

Forgot about that, that's another good reason to convince myself I need to buy what I don't need Nyaa

That's what I'll likely be doing when the PS5 Pro is announced. I don't need it but those graphics are sure pretty. Nyaa

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:52:34
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So Star Wars is fine, there are things the games does really well. That said I have hit the feel of repetitiveness and the shallow gameplay is standing out. For an open world game it's so limited in options. You only drive your bike, can't pick up any other vehicles. You only get your blaster to keep, you can pick up enemy weapons but drop them the moment you climb anything. The stealth is so basic compared to say Watch Dogs. It has all these ubi elements but it's the most basic version of all of them. There is so much room to do more.

but presentation is great, I feel like I'm in a big Star Wars story and it plays well for the most part. This feels so safe and bland though.

I agree with what you wrote but I think I'm having much more fun with the game. I get so involved in the underworld drama of it all, plus Sabaac is one hell of a card game.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:42:55
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In similar news, Netflix's game section is steadily growing with some actually great games to play on mobile.  If anyone has a Netflix sub, it's definitly worth checking out.

If I could find a cheap controller/holster for my Z fold I'd be playing great free indie games on Netflix. They have a lot of great games.

Don't really want to drain my phone battery though.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:50:38
Playing the Sega Genesis Collection, thank fxxx for the rewind and quick save feature.

I'd forgotten how tough some old games were, in really cheap ways.

Enemies appearing off screen, shooting you from offscreen.

Bosses that defy the laws of physics, phasing through walls. Bosses that lunge towards you, crossing the whole screen in half a second.

What I'm noticing is that modern pixel art games are better, particularly because they control better and don't randomly screw you over.

BTW, Treasure were so far ahead of other Genesis developers, so evident when you play this collection.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:13:27
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Yeah, most modern pixel art games are actually 3D games masquerading as 2D pixel art, which is why they often play better than old sprite-based games. I read something a while back explaining that with Shovel Knight.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:41:26
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Yeah, most modern pixel art games are actually 3D games masquerading as 2D pixel art, which is why they often play better than old sprite-based games. I read something a while back explaining that with Shovel Knight.

Love to see a video on this subject.

I remember seeing an Ori dev video showing all the 3D planes, really impressive.

I got to this blue Samurai boss in Revenge of Shinobi.

Are the devs fxxxing real with this boss? He's completely invincible to shurikens, he has a huge sword which out ranges your puny short sword.

You have to make a pixel perfect jump to land behind him and if you fail to attack at the correct microsecond, he turns and slices you to bits in an instant. Even with rewind this is impossible.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:45:55
Also wtf is up with the Skeletons in Golden Axe?

Cheap AF, they basically ignore any hit detection to screw you over.

Also the AI is so annoying, this used to be one of my favourite games, but playing it now is a bittersweet experience.

The AI always, always tries to circle behind you, so you do this awkward circle dance, trying to line enemies up on one side. Which hardly ever works.

Otherwise the AI just charges at you constantly when they are a set distance away.

You can't even finish off the enemy you're currently wailing on before someone else charges you.

This is why I hold Final Fight in such high regard. It's almost always fair.

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Here's that Shovel Knight video I saw:


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Here's that Shovel Knight video I saw:


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Awesome, thanks.

I'm on the final boss in Golden Axe, it's rough in solo play. Being assaulted by 2 skeletons while trying to beat Death adder. He busts out random special moves that destroy your life bar.

And he has this unavoidable attack where lighting homes in on you on the ground.

I think my great memories of this game and most arcade games come from playing them with friends next to you as a kid.

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