So basically $450+ to play Nintendo IP games at a current-gen caliber level.

This pricing just sucks. Unless you’re a Mario Kart or DK fanboy, you’re probably better off with PS5 or XSX.

For real. EA spent north of $10M on streamer sponsorships for the Apex Legends launch and that was like 7 years ago.

…and will be forever

This sounds to me like the right way to combat secondhand sales. Rather than making the game shitty and/or locking features behind online-only, unlock-keyed connections, they added a content mechanic that was actually fun.

I mean, this is basically the entire premise behind roguelike games, just applied to an action RPG instead (in a small way).

The newly added Firefight Classic is a good time as well.

Yup, this is the one.

Also included with Game Pass.

What in the world even is this?? Was there ever a prior release on the last gen??

Also, pretty sure XSX/PS5 isn’t “next gen” anymore. They’re solidly current gen, and getting a little long in the tooth.

The addition to Game Pass is huge!

Shoulda called it Rainbow Seven then.

Sept. 23, 2025

This year is already looking crazy good. Citizen Sleeper 2, the surprise drop of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Ninja Gaiden 4 day one, O.G. Diablo… The hits just keep coming.

Your responses truly highlight your ignorance of his “process”. Seriously, read ONE chapter of that ONE book and then you’ll be back here to apologize.

He wants to release his next game, but he has no clue how to get to the finish line on his own because he avoids structure when it starts to require personal accountability. Were it not for personal financial pressure (and the pressure he was putting on his partner), the first game would have never released. Now he doesn’t have that pressure.

I give zero shits about his next game, as we’ll still be seeing articles exactly like this two years from now.

Read the book and come back when you’re actually informed about the topic. I’m not saying anything new about this dude.

LOL okay dude.

Check out the book and read this whole story about his first game, then come back to this thread. The guy has some real - arguably self-imposed - psychological struggles in his life, and they cause hardship for both him and the people he loves (esp. his partner). He’s now showing that he learned nothing from making Stardew and didn’t emotionally grow from that experience, and this creates a further cycle of pain for him.

After reading about the making of the first game in Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, I’m convinced that this dude NEEDS a publisher, or at least some kind of producer or project manager. He actually needs structure and deadlines, even if they’re a bit soft, or else we’ll never actually play the Haunted Chocolatier.

Damn, 2025 is looking like the year of Game Pass. Very excited to try this one, too.

Fucking git gud. It’s Mario. Not a hard game.

I enjoyed the hell out of Odyssey, in large part because it has these kinds of combos and such. Nintendo did a great job of making a game that anyone can play and beat, but yet still offers some challenge for the folks who want to reach for 100% completion.

It’s playable via Rare Replay, though still a bit rough around the edges. Absolutely avoid any other versions as the controls elsewhere are unusually unusable.

This game is hella fun, and on top of that it has tons of style.

The game featured a series of balance updates after its original release. It’s overall in a very good state right now. Not sure what you would expect.

This article is from like 2 years ago. Why is it being posted?

The actual new COD game is Black Ops 6.

Touch controls are better on the phone.

Personally, I prefer playing with buttons, but I’m old like that.

This game is great. Every new content drop is big, and they all get me to fire it back up for a couple of weeks.

Probably Enter the Gungeon, since it’s actually rendered in 3D even though it has a 2D presentation.

I almost always play games with subtitles on, but turning them off made this title even more immersive for me.

Funny you should mention that. They attempted to do precisely this (only buy the BP with real money) a few months ago. The player base revolted, and they walked it back to the way things were.

Apex battle passes have always given you enough credit to buy the next season’s pass. I’ve been playing since launch, I’ve completed all battle passes save for maybe 4, and I’ve spent a total of $10 on the game.

We’re all sick of live service games, and that’s why new (copycat) games are failing so hard. Look at XDefinant, Concord, etc.

Plenty of people have one or two live service games that they like/play, and the sustained success of those titles like Fortnite, Destiny, Apex Legends, Diablo IV is why we keep seeing so many clones and attempts to hit the next gold vein. But the creators of those copycat titles fail to capture the real source of others’ success; great gameplay.

I honestly don’t understand why they didn’t go the other direction and make this game free with a PS5 Pro purchase. It’s super old and the remaster could be a great tech demo.

I guess people will buy it anyways, so there we go.

For real. This is like saying that Project Gotham made Mario Kart feel like trash.

The article talks about this. tl;dr- very unlikely that’s what’s happening here

You’d think they learned their lesson re: that approach with the whole Halo Infinite mess, but here we are.

Is there any way to read Game Internet online now (archive or whatever)?
I’d really love to check out the Vampire Survivors interview from the final issue.

Confirmed. The gunplay is amazing. I haven’t played for a year or two but I would jump back in today if The Final Shape included all the catch-up/prior DLC packs.

Does Halo Infinite let players do this now? Or are you “only” able to run your own game/lobby on a dedicated cloud server?

Fuck that jump rope moon, though.

Cyberpunk 2077 with Phantom Liberty. 100+ hours of pure joy. And when you need to take the edge off, you can always spend a nice evening with the love of your life.

Yeah, we won’t get one as long as whales keep dumping cash into Apex Legends cosmetics.

Haven’t they ONLY made Destiny since Reach?