Oh I didn't know that. Yeah that is pretty bad, even I wouldn't have done that. Never bet against the darling critic lovechild that is From. I see you in a totally different light now!
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Oh I didn't know that. Yeah that is pretty bad, even I wouldn't have done that. Never bet against the darling critic lovechild that is From. I see you in a totally different light now!
Oh most people would agree, but if no RPG studios are selling, then there isn't much they can do about it. Microsoft acquired most of the bigger ones, and there are ones like Larian but they are PC orientated. There isn't even that many japanese indie Studios left, at least ones that would do a reasonably big budget game. I thnk when it comes to RPG's, people either need to hope that Cory Barlogs or Druckmanns next game is fantasy, or Sony creates a studio from scratch.
Noteworthy that there seem to be three more people connected in this video meeting 👀
There's one indipendent studio making RPGs and it's Larian, the rest? All the biggest/medium ones were acquired.
There are new studios being built by former BioWare, CDPR devs but i don't think they can ramp up fast enough to start making AAA RPGs.
Outside Larian and maybe more niche JRPG JP devs like Falcom, there really isn't much left as independent. Everyone is getting snatched. There is always option that someone like Naughty Dog tries making a real RPG but I dunno.
Not really, yes Dark Souls II was flawed but in Sekiro he wasn't the only main person in charge and it's one of the best games ever made
There isn't any such studio in the market, at least for WRPGs. They could try to start one from scratch but it'll take years and let's be honest no other studio will ever scratch the Bethesda itch.
It's just the name, so not a big deal but that logic makes no sense. There are lots of names that can indicate freedom (for the whole studio) without also indicating self-obsession with one person, lol.
Yeah I don't think there'll ever be a single implementation that'll satisfy everyone but I'd be interested to see if they're ever able to make something like that an optional feature. I think the idea is really cool of having her guide you though. Before you'd just get a massive button prompt to "JUMP HERE" and the camera would just pan to where you need to go lol Hopefully they find a balance.
Goodluck with the roguelike 👍
Larian Studios isn't owned by anyone, I think? They make great RPGs, though in a more niche space than Bethesda. That being said, I can't really imagine Sony buying them.
Larian is never going to sell to Sony - they make PC first RPGs. They will more likely sell to MS, lol.
Yeah it would be a super weird fit for Sony. Seems like Sony is kinda ceding the WRPG market to Microsoft anyway.
To save some disappointments, as might as well assume it won't have BC at all until it's actually confirmed.
We all know this is not the first about their own backward-compatible games... 🙄🤷
Even if there is no BC, I expect at least some games to get a patch to work on PSVR2.
At least the big titles.
Tencent owns a slice, but Larian CEO has the vast majority of shares.
Tencent already has an investment, not that this would preclude another company getting them.
Hasbro has been expanding quite a lot in videogame development and would be interested - it's unclear if they would be able to offer the right price, but they would definitely be at the negotiating table. They're always happy to have new fantasy IPs to adapt to other mediums, and with Larian making the premiere D&D game on everyone's radar right now, they would totally want them.
Embracer is always a likely candidate, especially for mainland Euro developers whose owners have strong personalities - I could absolutely Swen Vincke being attracted to the company.
And yes of course Microsoft is always going to be a possibility in these discussions.
I wouldn't say Sony particularly needs a "pure RPG studio". Despite quibbling over the technical definition of "what counts as an RPG?", games like The Witcher, AC Odyssey, Zelda BOTW, Horizon ZD and Skyrim all have strongly overlapping audiences. Securing a company like Larian wouldn't help you make up for the loss of Bethesda. They may both be RPGs but they aren't similar and the audience similarity between the two games isn't very strong. Conversely, I would say Horizon or even something like Ghosts of Tsushima is more likely to satisfy those customers than games from a grognard PC team - even if it's the biggest most mainstream version of that like Larian.
I expect they will at least offer PSVR2 versions of Astro and Moss Book I & II, which are the most wel reviewed games per meta/opencritic.
There will undoubtedly also be another PSVR Worlds that shows off the capabilities with these neat little experiences (London Studio again?).
There will undoubtedly also be another PSVR Worlds that shows off the capabilities with these neat little experiences (London Studio again?).
Good stuff to read! Obviously there's a long way to go in the industry and in gaming culture (To put it lightly) but more news like this is a step forward.
Sony seems to have added Death Stranding to their PlayStation Studio's banner, something they aren't telling us about Kojima Productions ?
Death Straning runs under the Playstation Studios label. Similar to Haven studios game and every other §rd party publishers Sony game that Sony will publish.
You can see it in the trailer here:
The reason it's raising eyebrows is that every other entry in the image represents a studio under PS Studios ownership. Death Stranding isn't. Arguably it could represent XDEV, but they must have known that it would raise eyebrows adding a game that's heavily associated with one of the most well known names in gaming.
Good point.
Only though of Xdev. But Japan Studio makes more sense why was there
Sure, and Guerilla (plus many other smaller teams like SIE Sound, user research team, multiple PDSG branches) were involved with Death Stranding.
The thing is that the only scenario sony has used this "hero poster" before is when they acquired Housemarque (And accidentally leaked the Bluepoint acquisition), which added the Returnal and Demon's Souls art, but both of those IPs were already owned by PlayStation prior to the acquistion, at the same time Uncharted, a huge IP isnt there because TLOU Part II is there, the indication is that the poster represents studios, rather than IPs.
Most likely this is just referring to XDev (as they usually take quite some time to update the PlayStation Studios page), but there is some basis for seeing this as a Kojima Productions acquisition.
Or UC isn't there because it's dead as a dodo.
Let me have my wishful thinking.
I wouldnt assume that definitively as I imagine it would have been removed quickly if that were the case. Its safer to expect this to just be representative of XDev.
Yeah crazy that Xbox is even ahead. I guess MS really did pay up.
Again this this does does not paint the big picture here.
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Across Europe, video game sales jumped in March, driven by continued strong sales for Elden Ring, plus a number of big …
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PS is always making great acquisition. Kojima Productions would be excellent acquisition too.
Stock fluctuates so it will get better soon for PS5 and both consoles are struggling with getting stable stock. Also:
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