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Markitron · 28-09-2022 9:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119672242#Comment_119672242

I would be very very surprised if they don't cast Abbie's father for season 1, I imagine they are keeping that a secret as he will only have a couple of scenes in the final episode. If this does well, which I think it will, I reckon they wait a couple of years and film S2 and S3 back to back. Wrap everything up in 3 seasons over 5 years.

Mr Crispy · 28-09-2022 3:51pm

Koei Tecmo/EA have revealed Wild Hearts, a completely original monster hunting game which bears no resemblance to any other game where one might hunt monsters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxcnwH8TPEg

EoinMcLovin · 28-09-2022 6:19pm

Skull and Bones delayed to March 9th

https://twitter.com/skullnbonesgame/status/1575159280868761604?s=20&t=yS_5DaIpKTAbwUy2_VY2MA

Potential-Monke · 28-09-2022 8:58pm

That game just won't come out, will it?!

JimBurnley · 28-09-2022 9:42pm

It's taking them longer to get it fully protected to stop it from being pirated...

Penn · 28-09-2022 9:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119677372#Comment_119677372

Announcing its release date for the day after God Of War Ragnarok was such a dumbass decision to begin with that announcing this delay is probably the best outcome even if the game was finished and they just left it on the shelf for a few months.

a2deden · 28-09-2022 9:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119677924#Comment_119677924

I forget it exists until a new delay info comes out

martyos121 · 28-09-2022 9:54pm

It’s like they suddenly just realised that Ragnarok was coming out the day after.

“November the 9th. Why does that strike me as being important?”

johnny_ultimate · 28-09-2022 10:01pm

It’d take ecstatic reviews across the board to convince me to give any new Ubisoft open world game a shot, honestly.

Potential-Monke · 28-09-2022 10:33pm

I wouldn't say specifically for all Ubisoft games (a second Immortals could be a quick buy for me), but most definitely waiting for plenty of reviews for SaB, I'm getting flashbacks of DNF!

quokula · 28-09-2022 11:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119678111#Comment_119678111

From the footage I've seen it feels like they've left it on the shelf for the last five years given so little has changed from the early previews to the most recent ones. They had something brilliant with Black Flag that could have made a great offshoot series and it looks likely that they've both failed to build on it and missed the window when there was still enthusiasm for it.

Mr Crispy · 29-09-2022 11:19am

Looks like Sackboy is the latest PS title to make the jump to PC.

https://www.eurogamer.net/playstations-sackboy-a-big-adventure-heading-to-pc

Another Returnal-on-PC leak is doing the rounds as well, so it should only be a matter of time before that's also announced.

recyclops · 29-09-2022 2:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119679629#Comment_119679629

Urge to sell ps5 for steam deck grows and grows

SuperBowserWorld · 29-09-2022 3:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119680598#Comment_119680598

Kinda similar.

Thanks to covid lockdown and FOMO I've a load of consoles and games I've no time for. 😝 But at least I know now what kinds of games float my boat now.

Maybe time to console consolidate. 😊

DeSelby83 · 29-09-2022 5:14pm

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-is-giving-top-stars-members-priority-in-customer-support/

Another bonkers move from Sony, hopefully it won't stick. Giving customer support priority to people on a higher tier of this new system.

EoinMcLovin · 29-09-2022 5:25pm

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1575519627945410560?t=JmHu4tM779ycUmALiWef-A&s=19

Google shutting down Stadia

johnny_ultimate · 29-09-2022 5:29pm

L - and I can’t stress this enough - OL.

DeSelby83 · 29-09-2022 5:36pm

Not surprised that this is happening but still a shame. It would have been good to see more competition in the industry and it's always good to have options as it did work well for some but their business model seemed to be doomed from the beginning. And at least people will be getting their money back on game and controller purchases

29-09-2022 5:43pm

Have never used it, but I had hoped streaming would evolve into the norm and I can exit the PC upgrading race.

Geforce Now just doesn't the games to bother with it. xCloud is great, but limited to Series S versions and no kbm.

Guess I'll be upgrading for a while yet. Time to pull the trigger on that new gpu...

Damien360 · 29-09-2022 5:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119681353#Comment_119681353

Not even remotely surprised. I got it around the Cyberpunk release, tried the tech, thought it was ok but couldn’t even think about investing in games on the platform in case google did a google and decided to kill off the service. Their reputation preceded them and I’m not the only one that thought the same.

johnny_ultimate · 29-09-2022 5:45pm

Whatever about the quality of the underlying tech, Google was destined to kill it so the platform was doomed from the off. I wouldn’t write off cloud streaming by any stretch, but Stadia was dead tech walking.

Grumpypants · 29-09-2022 5:52pm

It's a huge shame, it's rare we see a real game changer on the hardware side. This could have really opened up gaming to a massive new audience that can't afford gen 5 consoles or heafty PCs. But Google did a terrible job of telling people it exists. Imagine Sony beamed a free PS5 into your house and everyone was like I can't be bothered.

Still since we are getting refunded, that means I've about 6 free chrome cast Ultras and 6 of the nicest gaming controllers ever made to remind me of what could have been. 😝

Now watch Amazon take over with Luna now the space is clear and they are lining up a serious

Mr.Saturn · 29-09-2022 5:52pm

Was impressed with what I sampled of Stadia but it was almost immediately yoked into an inescapable cycle of 'nobody will use it cause Google will kill it and Google will kill it cause nobody's using it.'

super_furry · 29-09-2022 6:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119681474#Comment_119681474

They never gave it a chance. A product like that with widespread availability and such a low barrier to entry should have had a huge marketing campaign. They relied on word of mouth among people who are already so heavily invested in the gaming scene that they had no need for it.

29-09-2022 6:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119681472#Comment_119681472

Luna is promising. Microsoft always said their biggest competitor is not Sony but Amazon.

pixelburp · 29-09-2022 6:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119681353#Comment_119681353

It's a searing indictment of where Google exists as an innovator that this news has surprised precisely nobody. It was always a matter of time, the moment this was first announced

Zero-Cool · 29-09-2022 6:15pm

Will fair play Google are actually issuing refunds.

As for Sony rewarding high tier members with better customer support, and in turn, punishing lower tier members of they ever need support is.... well it's actually Sony all over. I can imagine the pats on each others backs when they came up with that.

29-09-2022 6:15pm

Used Stadia for a while, it's very decent, Pty they're killing it, it's a tech that works well. I opted for Geforce now Rtx tier as I had founders GFN and it worked brilliantly on my Shield and laptop. I've since bought a gaming PC (at time was same price as a GPU) so now the only streaming service I have is game pass (got a few years hotukdeal) never use the streaming though as it's limited to 1080p but I may use it on my phone with a Razer Kishi controller in future

recyclops · 29-09-2022 6:44pm

Didn't have the biggest game of the year ar on it so this should come as a shock to absolutely nobody.

ERG89 · 29-09-2022 7:04pm

I don't think people want to play games on their phone's, not big AAA games via the cloud anyway. Even if it runs well(not always a guarantee) its just not ideal. I tried playing on my phones, my tablets & with a controller grip. Its always just too finicky & never as smooth as advertised. If Xbox wants it to be a thing they'd best look at Valve for inspiration for gaming on the go but I don't think Xbox has the fanbase even now for it to catch on where Steam had.

Retr0gamer · 29-09-2022 8:22pm

The big problem with streaming is lag. It's a playability killer for me. Even playing old school games with the lag from a modern flat screen is enough to make them about half as fun as they are sans lag.

johnny_ultimate · 29-09-2022 8:53pm

The biggest issue with any ‘cloud only’ service is around ownership. Your game, your saves etc… are wiped as soon as the servers switched off. It’s why at least the likes of GeForce Now or Xbox cloud gaming seem more reasonable to me - while you’re still at the whims of servers to access the streaming service, they’re at least tied to other, more reliable services like Steam and Xbox Live. So you can still download a copy of your game / save and store it natively. It’s the same with subscription services, of course, but at least your save file will still be there on a hard drive if you want to buy it.

pixelburp · 29-09-2022 8:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119682174#Comment_119682174

I don't disagree with what you say, cloud services increasingly make media ownership impossible and especially older games, films and TV basically don't exist anymore because they can't be streamed; but, I recently did a clearout and found a big clutch of game install CDs and DVDs. Which was cool, having all those titles - were it not for the fact no laptop or PC in the house had a disc drive anymore!

Obsolescence is kind of unavoidable, even if cloud services Ultimately put the power of ownership in the hands of those running the servers.

Retr0gamer · 29-09-2022 9:51pm

https://twitter.com/kelslewin/status/1575535360280760324?t=M048S5BKHS0vw1afStkayA&s=19

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johnny_ultimate · 29-09-2022 10:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119682192#Comment_119682192

Yes all technology does suffer from obsolescence to some extent, but even by modern and increasingly lax gaming industry standards any game service that doesn’t offer any sort of offline backup is a step too far IMO. Whether that’s Stadia or a ‘cloud version’ of a game on Switch, it’s just too fragile… especially when the price is often the same as any other version of the game.

And of course Nintendo, for example, will shut down the 3DS eShop or whatever, which is a real problem and archiving nightmare. But that at least won’t lock you out of your downloaded or physical games, which is a big difference to your library simply disappearing entirely when the plug is pulled.

There are issues around digital ownership even with secure market leaders like Steam. But cloud service are the worst of the worst.

marcbrophy · 30-09-2022 12:31am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119682049#Comment_119682049

There's no lag on any streaming service, if you are using them wired!

I've used them all, Xcloud, Stadia, PS Now, GeForce Now.

Any streaming service that even pretends wifi is a viable way to use them, should be taken out back and shot.

Grumpypants · 30-09-2022 3:31am

You don't own your Xbox cloud games either. Once you unsub you lose access even to the ones you downloaded to the console. The digital & cloud options are changing how games are consumed by lowering the entry point, and thats not all bad. There is a hell of a lot less plastic boxes and useless disks being printed.

Like others I've boxes of DVDs, blue rays, CDs in the attic all replaced by an app on my phone. The idea of buying a DVD now just incase I want to watch wall-e offline seems bonkers.

I honestly can't remember the last time I was offline. It was prob during a powercut which meant I couldn't play my physical games anyway, but I could play on the cloud on mobile data.

It's the trade off. Do I pay a tenner a month for hundreds of games I won't play or do I spend thousands on physical games that will sit in the plastic wrapping unplayed ??

Mr Crispy · 30-09-2022 4:38pm

More "news" emerging from the Stadia situation...

https://9to5google.com/2022/09/30/stadia-exclusive-death-stranding-kojima/

Our source says it was that single-player nature of the game that led Google to cancel Stadia’s collaboration with Kojima, with the company believing there was no longer a market for solo experiences.

Hmmm that sounds spookily familiar. Surely just a coincidence though.

sniper_samurai · 30-09-2022 7:13pm

This is probably the biggest Visual Novel that Steam have banned to date.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1575893394169028614?t=EIrIRyxqsETYXQXf66szvQ&s=19

Valve apparently give any vn a ban if it contains a school setting, regardless of sexual content yet allows barely cobbled together crap like the Kyle Rittenhouse protestor shooter and sex games featuring Hitler.

Fyi this game is getting released next week on Nintendo Switch and passed with a PEGI 16 rating.

CastorTroy · 30-09-2022 7:47pm

Not sure about the school setting being the reason. Doki Doki Literature Club is available.

sniper_samurai · 30-09-2022 8:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119686523#Comment_119686523

That was released before the policy was put in place. This has been happening for 4 years, since Valve started allowing "adult" games, Doki Doki came out 2 years before that.

Penn · 02-10-2022 10:09pm

Sony remaking or remastering Horizon Zero Dawn for PS5, with graphical and accessibility additions/features, and quality of life changes.

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1576673908304084994?t=Uxs0L-_8hDWQg65SYSIMVg&s=19

Zero-Cool · 02-10-2022 10:35pm

Here we go, another unnecessary 80 euro 'remake'.

Penn · 03-10-2022 9:09am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119694059#Comment_119694059

Seems like it's probably because of the TV show in development, same with TLOU Part 1 remake. But unlike TLOU1, HZD isn't nearly as old, doesn't need the level of work they put into TLOU1, and already has a dedicated PS5 patch anyway. Sony really need to be very careful with how they do this because another €80 price tag simply can't be justified.

Markitron · 03-10-2022 9:41am

I am very much expecting this to be under the directors cut banner like GoT and Death Stranding. It is probably just gonna be the PC version adapted for PS5.

Grumpypants · 03-10-2022 9:42am

It will be €80. These remakes are there to tie in with the TV shows and any new Playstation players. If you never played HZD/TLOU and are just after getting a PS5 you would be inclined to go for the PS5 version.

Markitron · 03-10-2022 9:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119694829#Comment_119694829

Death Stranding and GoT were not full price and I don't think this one will be either. They justified TLOUs price by labelling it as a ground-up remake, there is no way they are going to that much effort with this.

Retr0gamer · 03-10-2022 11:18am

Capcom remake vs Sony remake.

EoinMcLovin · 03-10-2022 12:34pm

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1576897611470192641?t=Yx1YmtsCTbmSt14D5JIZDw&s=19

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johnny_ultimate · 03-10-2022 12:43pm

It's grim how many prominent gaming publications (and, increasingly, game developers) are now owned by nonsense companies, whether it's the hedge fund husk of Gawker media or whatever the hell Fandom is. Horribly unstable industry.

No wonder so many games journalists, podcasters and writers have decided to go independent because really the whole acquisition carry-on is totally out of control. Hopefully at least this one doesn't mean job losses, but I'm just baffled 'Fandom' is even a company with the capacity to just buy up a bunch of popular websites.

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