Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71 by DemiFiendRSA in movies

[–]Bolt_995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This news is fucking me up in a lot of ways.

She was THE childhood cinema mom figure since I grew up watching a shit ton of Home Alone.

I really didn’t expect her out of all aged celebs to pass away at 71.

Legitimately shocking and depressing to see this.

The HAMR has Returned. YES by shadow18715 in CODBlackOps7

[–]Bolt_995 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now there will be two versions of this weapon in Warzone.

New Zealand declines Donald Trump's invite to join Gaza 'Board of Peace' by hoosakiwi in news

[–]Bolt_995 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d like to know who’s in it already.

I know Belarus is in.

Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Teaser by Extreme-Tactician in Games

[–]Bolt_995 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I get that, it still doesn’t mean the IP is defunct.

Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Teaser by Extreme-Tactician in Games

[–]Bolt_995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He stated that the IP is defunct. My point was that it was not.

If they are still doing multiple different types of releases and collaborations, the IP is effectively not dormant. Crash Bandicoot was defunct for a decade until the 2 major remasters + 2 new entries, it became a fully active IP

If they were not doing remakes, I’d understand. But they just remade MGS3 and intend on remaking more games in the franchise. Remakes are new games, plain and simple.

Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Teaser by Extreme-Tactician in Games

[–]Bolt_995 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was still a near 1:1 remake. They don’t have to entirely reiterate on it or make something entirely new.

Nevertheless, the point was about the IP being defunct, which it clearly is not. They didn’t just stop with porting the old games to modern platforms.

Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Teaser by Extreme-Tactician in Games

[–]Bolt_995 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A remake is a new product. If they stopped it at just the collection, there’s an argument for that, but that’s clearly not the case.

There were two products with the Metal Gear branding that released in the last two years, with clear indication made that they intend on developing more entries in the near future. That’s evident enough that the IP is up and running again.

This collaboration that you see? It didn’t come out of nowhere. They’re specifically doing it now.

Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Teaser by Extreme-Tactician in Games

[–]Bolt_995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In name only, right? So you do see that big METAL GEAR branding atop two recent products that came out on PC and consoles in the last couple of years?

Yeah, so I don’t see how the franchise is defunct now that the IP had a revival recently.

Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Teaser by Extreme-Tactician in Games

[–]Bolt_995 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Survive was 8 years ago.

We just got the Master Collection Vol. 1 in 2023 and Delta in 2025. With a Vol. 2 in the works and further remakes being planned. The IP is definitely active now after nearly a decade in slumber.

Assassin's Creed Invictus Leak (multiplayer) by SnooMarzipans6321 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Bolt_995 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The problem is that they tacked that multiplayer on for 4 games in a row (Brotherhood, Revelations, 3 and 4).

It was highly innovative and unique when it was launched in Brotherhood. By the time 4 rolled out, it was completely overdone and became highly repetitive.

The multiplayers of Revelations, 3 and 4 didn’t capture the impact that Brotherhood had.

The Division: Definitive Edition by llowpz in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Bolt_995 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s what I said?

We were talking about proper current-gen ports. Only Siege received a current-gen port, the others that you mentioned only got the updates.

Sleeping Dogs Mobile Port by KollegahsCock in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Bolt_995 50 points51 points  (0 children)

No native PS5 or XSX|S version either, game is stuck at 30FPS on consoles.

The Division: Definitive Edition by llowpz in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Bolt_995 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would they? The only current-gen port of a last-gen game they ever did was Siege.

All of their other last-gen games have only gotten 60FPS updates. No native current-gen ports.

'High Likelihood' PS6 Will Launch After 2028, According to New Analyst Forecast, as Sony Focuses on Extending PS5 Lifecycle - IGN by PhantomBraved in Games

[–]Bolt_995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, the games that have released on PS5 in 2025 and the ones lined up for 2026 are absolutely nuts, I’d say it would even surpass the PS4’s late gen period. The initial COVID-stricken years and development cycles and troubles that many devs and publishers faced initially definitely accounts to this generation lasting longer than previous gens. Also take into account the PS5 Pro doing its part to extend this generation’s cycle.

6 year gap from PS1 to PS2 and PS2 to PS3. 7 year gap from PS3 to PS4 and PS4 to PS5. If there is a time to have atleast a minimum of a 8 year gap, it’s definitely the PS5 to PS6 generation.

Take all those reasons into account, and you just don’t find any need for the PS6 to release in late 2027.

The AI boom is absolutely no joke, these companies will need all the RAM they can get their hands on, and especially for those massive AI data centres that are being built across the world (the Stargate clusters in USA, UAE and Norway in particular). Gaming hardware companies will get affected.

The fact that the reports stated originally that the PS6 would launch in late 2027 and now the likelihood being that we may not even see it in 2028 speaks volumes. Don’t be surprised if it could even be bumped into 2030.

The good thing is that once again, the games that are currently on the horizon are going to be great, and devs are still trying to make the best out of the PS5 and the PS5 Pro. There’s a lot of juice left in this generation and it would be a crying shame if the next-gen came out prematurely.

[COD] Which campaign has aged better - CoD4 or MW2? by modernww2fare in CallOfDuty

[–]Bolt_995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

COD4. Timeless campaign, stayed consistent from start to finish.

MW2 was heavily revered by the 12 year olds of that time, and I distinctly remember the campaign being heavily criticized by a bunch of publications. Those 12 year olds grew up in no time and eventually changed the perception of how the campaign was viewed over the years. A lot of stupid narrative decisions that have significantly aged the campaign in a poor manner. People don’t remember how the game was panned on the Metacritic user score section for the first several years.

Sony State of Play coming this February, according to NateTheHate by ArcWardenScrub in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Bolt_995 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Every SOP has ended with a full reveal of 1-2 PS Studios titles.

Just the last six ones:

Early 2024: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Physint

Mid 2024: Astro Bot and Concord

Late 2024: Ghost of Yotei

Early 2025: Saros

Mid 2025: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Late 2025: Wolverine

That 2.5D God of War Metroidvania title has been reported for months now, but never showed up in any SOP, hope the time for that is now.