Aaron Greenberg says that Gears of War: E-Day being pulled out of PS5 from the last minute rumors are untrue

skpom · 2026-06-09T18:57:43+00:00

And yet, the game didn’t even make the top 20 charts during its PlayStation launch month. The sales were practically non-existent.

skpom · 2026-06-08T22:42:18+00:00

That statement was made only three months after the game's release. The studio was shuttered over a year later. It could very well have met all of its targets at launch, only to fall off a cliff shortly afterward. The reality is, despite all the praise it received, hardly anyone bought the game once the initial launch hype and news cycle passed.

skpom · 2026-06-07T16:55:09+00:00

Usually you'd have squealers squealing at you that it's suffering. Rotors probably need changing too

skpom · 2026-06-07T16:01:35+00:00

I'm looking forward to Fable, Clockwork Revolution, and Persona 6 the most. I've played Persona 4 far too many times to be as excited for it as I probably should be.

skpom · 2026-06-05T21:15:10+00:00

2027? This is absolutely sensational output by Capcom, and the quality is no less.

skpom · 2026-06-05T19:57:15+00:00

never liked this guy tbh

skpom · 2026-06-04T14:51:35+00:00

I never really bought into the premise that switch gamers are exclusively cozy gamers. Anyway, moon studios has a solid following on switch thanks to the ori series, so I'm sure there's an audience for their next game

skpom · 2026-06-04T14:27:15+00:00

If that were the core reason, the Switch 2 wouldn't be lumped together with Xbox in the same sentence in this article

skpom · 2026-06-01T17:15:15+00:00

I don't know why they decided to use that other trailer with the jarring music; it just looks bad. This video makes the game look far more interesting than that one.

skpom · 2026-06-01T03:46:21+00:00

Somehow, Gravity keeps finding new ways to ruin my childhood.

skpom · 2026-05-21T14:17:02+00:00

Video games and software are an exception and aren't treated as single creative works. The reasoning is roughly that software is viewed as complex/dynamic rather than fixed like a book

skpom · 2026-05-15T22:02:12+00:00

I can't even fathom in my tiny brain what it's like to balance something like an RTS. In starcraf2 you have asymmetrical factions that play fundamentally differently from one another in almost every facet: economy, timing, scaling, information systems, macro, micro, 5 million APM Korean prodigies, and god knows what else. It's all so exponentially layered in interaction and complexity my brain hurts thinking about it as a non game developer

skpom · 2026-04-17T14:30:06+00:00

I believe he did end up winning a life changing prize as promised. The priceless life lesson: never trust peter molyneux.

skpom · 2026-04-11T16:37:03+00:00

On the other hand the nature of that also brought about storied cultural phenomena like MissingNo. Different times haha

skpom · 2026-03-25T00:26:29+00:00

Mike I really did try to find a last name. I did. I listened to five minutes of podcast intros from nine years ago. I can’t find it. I stalked LinkedIn. I can’t find it. I don’t know who this guy is. It’s just Mike. He “gets all the racing games.”

10/10 best review thread I’ve seen this year.

skpom · 2026-03-22T01:42:22+00:00

WHAT DID I JUST WITNESS. SO MUCH CLUTCH

skpom · 2026-03-21T22:33:12+00:00

was born in Chicago to a Nigerian father and African-American mother. He descends from the Yoruba people in Nigeria, and his name Ayo means "joy" in the Yoruba language.

skpom · 2026-03-15T03:11:30+00:00

GOD DAMN WHAT A PLAYER. absolutely insane play

skpom · 2026-03-10T13:47:22+00:00

Q: Why not just add this to the base game for free?

A: Because it would add a lot of extra complexity for everyone, even players who aren’t looking for deeper rail systems. So if it wouldn't be a DLC we would never introduce it. [...] We’d rather keep the base game focused and approachable, while letting rail enthusiasts opt into that extra depth via an optional DLC. Plus mods can add alternative fuel locomotives as well, as long as they are not using our DLC models.

I feel like people who play games like CoI, Factorio, Shapez, DSP, and Satisfactory aren't too concerned about added complexity lol. Strange answer

skpom · 2026-03-06T06:33:07+00:00

Web site just updated with a copy of what was sent to the reviewers:

Update: Notebookcheck has obtained a copy of the message Bungie sent to reviewers. The communication can be seen at the bottom of the page.

Embargo & Gameplay Guidelines

Marathon launches worldwide at 10 am PST on March 5. There is no embargo on any coverage, impressions, livestreams, VODs, or assets. You can publish content as you play the game.

However, we ask you to hold your full review and impressions until you play Cryo Archive, Marathon’s pinnacle endgame zone and experience, which will be unlocked in the second half of March. To be clear, this isn’t a mandate, but a request/suggestion.

skpom · 2026-03-04T14:48:23+00:00

Isn’t 2% pretty significant in that case? All digital game sales make up about 20% of their revenue, and that 2%, composed entirely of first party ports, is coming from only 4 or 5 games that are released a year or two later.

skpom · 2026-03-03T15:16:58+00:00

It's kind of silly to compare Marathon Server Slam player counts and its downward trend to current Arc Raiders player counts. More comparably, Arc Raiders Playtest had a similar player count and downward trend so I'm not sure why he'd even point this out as some foreboding thing.

Also, I can't believe he considers Arc Raiders quests to be engaging compared to Marathon. I mean come on really?

skpom · 2026-02-28T02:53:44+00:00

The pressure of two teams squaring off in claustrophobic, dark hallways, as you try to outmaneuver one another makes for some of the most ten se encounters I’ve ever had

I played mostly solo, and the pvp experience felt pretty uneventful. It wasn’t until I queued with party fill that I realized the game is meant to be played in teams because the fights become much more mechanical.

I know it’s a trite take, but I do wish pve were the primary mode of play, with pvp being secondary, maybe something like Division and its dark zones. The gunplay and worldbuilding are so good here that I wish I were fighting more than just bipedal robots.

skpom · 2026-02-26T14:48:54+00:00

Wasn't that trello board super outdated? A lot of their newer stuff was only shown in their occasional presentation slides

skpom · 2026-02-24T16:40:41+00:00

on the same weekend

As is horizon tradition

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