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Retr0gamer · 09-04-2023 8:10pm

Seems the persona 3 remake was part of an internal Sega presentation so more than likely true. Also shown was a jet set radio reboot or remake

Mr.Saturn · 09-04-2023 10:20pm

Be great if we got a Jet Set that is as fun to play as it is to look at. It's like moving through slurry.

Retr0gamer · 10-04-2023 10:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120460001#Comment_120460001

I like the first game but the movement is a bit jank. Future though is excellent

Mr.Saturn · 10-04-2023 8:51pm

Did they fix the jank in Future? Might actually give it a shot so

Retr0gamer · 11-04-2023 10:55am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120462808#Comment_120462808

I remember it controlling a lot better. But that's under a haze of 15 years of nostalgia.

pixelburp · 11-04-2023 1:17pm

So, presumably THQ Nordic's legal team have been all over this: cos "Tempest Rising" is a new game coming out that's so brazenly "Command And Conquer 5", right down to the style of its Resource (Tiberiu... uhhh, Tempest; is there the GDI? No, the GDF), they must have made sure nothing was too similar.

Looks good, exactly the kind of arcade, old-school RTS I will will always stop and pay attention to. And in the radio silence since C&C Remastereds success, it's the next best thing to a new C&C game.

https://youtu.be/xa6SeTcmzd4

sniper_samurai · 12-04-2023 12:30pm

The IGDA are updating the rules wrt to crediting, or more specifically the lack of, in video games.

https://www.eurogamer.net/industry-body-aims-to-improve-game-credits-as-developers-complain-theyre-being-left-out

Niska · 13-04-2023 4:39pm

Ubisoft+ is now availableon XBox

You need a Multi Access subscription (€17.99 /mo vs €14.99 for PC only version. No XBox only sub =, yet)

https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/1heUnw3dRzo7ufbYXjOUKf/ubisoft-multi-access-lets-xbox-players-jump-into-assassins-creed-valhalla-the-division-2-and-more

SUbscription allows acces to games and DLC, and aims for same day release.

(If so, might subscribe ofr one month just for AC:Mirage on release)

List of games:

Anno 1800 (Xbox Series X|S only)
Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (includes Assassin's Creed Liberation)
Assassin's Creed Unity (Gold Edition)
Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ultimate Edition)
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, India, and Russia
Assassin's Creed III Remastered
Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Deluxe Edition)
Assassin's Creed Origins (Gold Edition)
Assassin's Creed Syndicate (Gold Edition)
Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection
Battleship
Boggle
Child of Light (Gold Edition)
Family Feud
Far Cry Primal (Deluxe Edition)
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Classic Edition)
Far Cry 3 (Classic Edition)
Far Cry 4 (Gold Edition)
Far Cry 5 (Gold Edition)
Far Cry 6 (Gold Edition)
Far Cry: New Dawn (Deluxe Edition)
Fighter Within
For Honor
Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Ultimate Edition)
Ghost Recon Wildlands (Ultimate Edition)
Grow Up
Hungry Shark World
Immortals Fenyx Rising (Gold Edition)
Jeopardy!
Monopoly Plus
Monopoly Madness
Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show (Gold Edition)
Rabbids Party of Legends
Rainbow Six Extraction
Rainbow Six Siege (Deluxe Edition)
Rayman Legends
Riders Republic
Risk
Risk: Urban Assault
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Scrabble
Shape Up (Gold Edition)
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Gold Edition)
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Deluxe Edition)
Steep
The Crew (Ultimate Edition)
The Crew 2
The Division (Gold Edition)
The Division 2
Trackmania Turbo
Transference
Trials Fusion
Trials of the Blood Dragon
Trials Rising (Gold Edition)
Trivial Pursuit Live
Trivial Pursuit Live 2
UNO (Ultimate Edition)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Watch Dogs (Complete Edition)
Watch Dogs 2 (Gold Edition)
Watch Dogs: Legion (Deluxe Edition)
Wheel of Fortune
Zombi

Potential-Monke · 13-04-2023 8:04pm

That's asking a lot imo. Far too expensive for games that regularly are in one subscription or another. When I first read it I thought it meant Ubi+ was coming to Gamepass. Not worth €18 a month. Compared to EA's €4/month or €25 for the year, it's a rip off really.

TitianGerm · 13-04-2023 8:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120474593#Comment_120474593

EA Acces doesn't give you access to new games at launch though. I think this does?

sniper_samurai · 13-04-2023 8:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120474607#Comment_120474607

There is a tier on PC that does and is also €14.99 a month just like Ubisoft+.

Confirmation of the rumoured delay for Suicide Squad into next year.

https://twitter.com/suicidesquadRS/status/1646593761022038017?t=22y11SQ4IfIn_VVQoyZNxg&s=19

Grumpypants · 13-04-2023 8:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120474607#Comment_120474607

You get a 10 hour trial of new games on EA, then it is usually added about 6ish months later.

Ubi does give you day one. Same as gamepass.

I first read the price as €18 and thought it was Xbox gamepass + ubi for €18 and seemed reasonable. But €18 for just Ubisoft is heafty.

CatInABox · 13-04-2023 8:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120474706#Comment_120474706

That's a fairly hefty delay. No change to the core gameplay though, looks like it'll stay that bullet sponge style.

Zero-Cool · 13-04-2023 9:08pm

18 is too much. New game on launch doesn't mean much when it's a carbon copy of every other bland generic open world game with a map full of shyte that they put out.

Potential-Monke · 13-04-2023 9:19pm

Yeah, I'd say something if they were hopping out unique releases, but copy/paste yearly additions are not worth that much per month. GP/PS+ is just about worth it, compare libraries! I hope in a positive way that it doesn't work out for them, because TV is already ruined by too many sub services, don't want the same in gaming!

marcbrophy · 13-04-2023 9:25pm

When I first got uplay plus (as it was called back in the day 😁) it was through Stadia.

And as Stadia had a mobile app, I could pay through provider credit from Three!

I had access to the PC version and the Stadia version for 15 p/m and it was during a bunch of new releases, so felt great to have everything at launch.

Now they want 18 p/m for this cross service, that people who game exclusively on Xbox can't take advantage of the PC games (which has a bigger library) and there's no Three credit anymore (cos I moved providers) and there's no new releases on the horizon (that I can think of).

Not looking like the bargain it once was for me!

But, if a new game is on the way out and you sub for 2 months (36) and beat it, it could be worth it then! 🙂

EDIT:

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120474964#Comment_120474964

I'm with you, would be nice if instead of charging 18, they maybe dropped it to 10, for Xbox only, with it's smaller library of games!

Potential-Monke · 13-04-2023 10:22pm

Yeah, I don't know where they're getting this pay more for less mentality! Maybe it's a sign of the stupidity of the market. Can't imagine PC players paying extra just to play the same games on Xbox. Or maybe they do, I dunno, doesn't seem to match the pc mantra. And don't get me wrong, there are some good games in there. But it's a library full of copy/paste games at a time when people seem to be getting sick of that formula. Does not compute.

EoinMcLovin · 20-04-2023 7:37pm

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/04/20/welcoming-firewalk-studios-to-the-playstation-studios-family/

PlayStation is acquiring Firewalk Studios

Based in Bellevue, WA, Firewalk was formed in 2018 as part of ProbablyMonsters, an independent AAA game company founded by CEO Harold Ryan (former CEO, President and Chairman at Bungie) that builds sustainable game teams focusing on original AAA games. Firewalk's team of best-in-class developers, led by industry veterans Tony Hsu (Studio Head, previously GM and SVP of Destiny at Activision) and Ryan Ellis (Game Director, previously Creative Director at Bungie), have years of collective expertise on some of gaming's most successful and impactful multiplayer titles. ProbablyMonsters and Firewalk announced an exclusive publishing partnership with SIE in April 2021 and now Firewalk will be the 20th studio to join PlayStation Studios.

Retr0gamer · 20-04-2023 8:31pm

Who?

I'm guessing the company was set up to be acquired.

Grumpypants · 20-04-2023 8:51pm

It's an odd one. The company "probably monsters" sets up new studios. Firewalk was one of them. Sony seems to have bought firewalk? So probably monsters just goes back to building another new studio?

I guess if you are good at setting up studios then why not make that your business. I'm sure more often than not new studios fail because they were never set up for success in the first place.

Retr0gamer · 20-04-2023 8:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120501129#Comment_120501129

I get the feeling with the big players involved that it's a quid pro quo thing between them and Sony. Just business. Just kind of weird they announce it like that. It's a studio that has done nothing. I wouldnt mind if they bought a well known studio. I mean I've literally worked on more released games than them 😂

20-04-2023 8:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120500978#Comment_120500978

Apparently they're currently developing a AAA multiplayer game for PS5 and PC.

Retr0gamer · 20-04-2023 9:04pm

Sounds like they were being funded by Sony from the start. The announcement is still weird. Makes sense for Sony since they said they were looking for service games to add to the portfolio but I don't think anyone outside Sony will care.

Zero-Cool · 20-04-2023 9:40pm

Retro, absolutely no problem if you can't or don't want to, but can you give any insight to the games you worked on?

quokula · 20-04-2023 9:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120501179#Comment_120501179

Led by the guy who was previously creative director at Bungie and who led the development of Destiny 2 before founding this studio. They've been going for 5 years, have around 150 employees and Sony have been involved with them for a while too. Sony have obviously been monitoring progress and they've seen enough to impress them behind closed doors to formally make the acquisition. It's kind of win-win. The founders take on the risk, knowing if it works out they get a pay day with a buyout, but if they don't produce something up to scratch then that's on them. For Sony they put in some early funding and help the team develop, but they retained the ability to walk away at any point without repercussions up until they've seen enough to be confident that this is a team that is worth fully bringing on board.

TitianGerm · 20-04-2023 10:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120501422#Comment_120501422

Consultant on Ace Combat 7.

Zero-Cool · 20-04-2023 10:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120501596#Comment_120501596

All makes sense now..

Retr0gamer · 21-04-2023 12:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120501422#Comment_120501422

I came up with the idea for half life but Gabe Newell stole it from me. That then lead to creative lead on the ace combat series.

Joking aside, it was a now delisted game on ipad. Harry's Magic Tables. I coded the game part of the project by myself. Not much evidence of it, I think cnet has an entry on it.

https://download.cnet.com/Harry-s-Magic-Tables/3000-20415_4-76069442.html

Not the most prestigious of triple A games but I'm proud of it. The turn around time was about 4 months. The project was going to be scrapped because the team had promised too much in terms of the game but I got drafted on board because I told them I could code the AI for the game. It was kind of weird that I was drafted in to save the project as everyone else had computer science degrees of some sort and I was the only one that could do it with a 6 month crash course in coding.

It was part of the springboard courses so was essentially slave labour. Anyway it was handed over to gill and McMillan on time. And to my surprise it managed to sail through apple certification with no changes to my code. The app got a bit of press which might still be online as it was chosen to represent the course as it was the only games project that actually got completed let alone released. Unfortunately the publisher had this idea they could charge Minecraft prices for it so they priced it out of the market and by the time they lowered the price the press had well died down.

Anyway I enjoyed working on it even though I killed myself working 16 hours every day of the week to get it out the door. Proud of it. Then couldn't get into the industry as everything was a start up and they wanted me to work for free as the recession was in full swing.

Ireland isn't exactly a hub of triple A development but was fun being in it for a while and seeing how it worked and working in a properly managed dev team. Did a few game jams as well which were fun. Just the whole working for dole money and then being asked to work for free for every job wasn't appealing after I'd spent a year on the dole.

Zero-Cool · 21-04-2023 12:27am

Ah that's class man!

Jordan 199 · 21-04-2023 2:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120501596#Comment_120501596

Time to put Ace Combat 7 and Days Gone into the swear filter so they appear as *** ****** * and **** ****

😉

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