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[Ddanno]

A couple of places are saying Silksong is harder than Hollow Knight, which is kind of disappointing as I got really frustrated on the last third of HK and sacked off most of the DLC because it was likely to result in my first controller launched at a wall in decades.

 

[TommiG88]

The new James Bond looks like Hitman with a James Bond mask

 

[Saintjay]

The new James Bond looks like Hitman with a James Bond mask

Love the new hitman games. Level design is awesome. Not sure they'll nail the driving and shooting mechanics.

 

[Saintjay]

EA bought into private equity partly by the Saudi Investment Fund. Yay that'll be good for gaming.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal

EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ddanno]

EA bought into private equity partly by the Saudi Investment Fund. Yay that'll be good for gaming.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal

EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

EA hasn't been good for gaming since 1992.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

EA bought into private equity partly by the Saudi Investment Fund. Yay that'll be good for gaming.

Gaming giant Electronic Arts bought in unprecedented $55bn deal

EA is known for making best-selling games such as EA FC, The Sims and Mass Effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

"The consortium of buyers include Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners."

Ah that lovely bit of nepotism set up when Trump was in office. Given the article says they borrowed heavily for the purchase, this could backfire spectacularly if EA slumps.

 

[Ddanno]

"The consortium of buyers include Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners."

Ah that lovely bit of nepotism set up when Trump was in office. Given the article says they borrowed heavily for the purchase, this could backfire spectacularly if EA slumps.

This is a buyout because all they have left are Yank sports licences. They're all but defunct as a developer. They'll go to the wall in 3 or 4 years and good ******* riddance.

 

[Saintjay]

Don't know as long as the have the football and Madden think they'll be ok.
Making billions in profit a year as far as I can tell.

 

[TommiG88]

If you’re gonna delay GTA for another 6 months, at least soften the blow with a new trailer

 

[Ddanno]

If you're gonna delay GTA for another 6 months, at least soften the blow with a new trailer

Not a surprise when they're being absolute arseholes to their team again

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Not a surprise when they're being absolute arseholes to their team again

If true, they will get taken to the cleaners in court surely...

 

[Kiwiwomble]

A couple of places are saying Silksong is harder than Hollow Knight, which is kind of disappointing as I got really frustrated on the last third of HK and sacked off most of the DLC because it was likely to result in my first controller launched at a wall in decades.

yeah, i have a real love hate thing with hallow knight....first time i played only got maybe a quarter of the way into the game and ended up at the bottom of a "well" and the only way out was through 4-5 sections that needed perfect timing at every step, no safe spots.....gave up...second time o got further...but was just so hard!......

 

[Ddanno]

yeah, i have a real love hate thing with hallow knight....first time i played only got maybe a quarter of the way into the game and ended up at the bottom of a "well" and the only way out was through 4-5 sections that needed perfect timing at every step, no safe spots.....gave up...second time o got further...but was just so hard!......

Yeah I think I'm on the same page as you. It's a gorgeous game - the art, the systems, the music all suck me right in, but some areas/bosses are just so frustrating, and I've platted every soulsbourne game so I'm not exactly adverse to getting screwed over with some BS.

I'm probably just **** at platformers these days.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Yeah I think I'm on the same page as you. It's a gorgeous game - the art, the systems, the music all suck me right in, but some areas/bosses are just so frustrating, and I've platted every soulsbourne game so I'm not exactly adverse to getting screwed over with some BS.

I'm probably just **** at platformers these days.

yeah, the hole i ended up felt like it needed a +20 perfectly timed button combo across multipe screens to get somewhere safe....would have been very rewarding if id managed it....i just kept failing

 

[ncurd]

Never been a huge GTA fan but I'd rather a 6 months delay to anything and it be ready than another Cyberpunk 2077 (which is brilliant now its been patched)

Played Alan Wake 2 its utterly superb and one of the few games with massive tonal shifts at times that feel completely deserved.

 

[ncurd]

Happy birthday to the PlayStation 5 - but why no plans for a PS6?

On the fifth anniversary of the PlayStation 5, the firm says its focus remains on its current console.

www.bbc.co.uk

WTF is this article smoking?
PS2 to PS3 6 years
PS3 to PS4 7 years
PS4 to PS5 7 years
X360 to XOne 8 years
XOne to Series X/S 7 years

And development cycles have increased massively in 25 years....
Games are larger most campaigns for narrative games use to 10-30 hours now they approach 100.