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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - New Gameplay

Hellblade is focused on Senua's point of view, as she embarks on a very personal journey through a hellish underworld made up of Senua's psychotic manifestations of her own reality and mind.

ArchangelMike2743d ago

When does this game release, it seems to have been in development for ages.

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IamTylerDurden12742d ago

So many great under the radar games coming to PS4. Hellblade, Wild, Boundless, Let It Die, Edith Finch, Hob, The Forest. These are high quality exclusives that deserve more attention. Most of them have great teams behind them as well.

Hardiman2742d ago (Edited 2742d ago )

Every game you listed has been on my radar for some time and you are so right that they need more attention. Any word on when The Forest is hitting?

DigitalRaptor2741d ago (Edited 2741d ago )

WiLD looks amazing, and from Michel Ancel, you need say no more. :)

I'm just worried about when it's coming out, because he's pulled in another direction by Beyond Good & Evil 2. I don't know which one to anticipate more, but great to know both are in development.

Goldby2742d ago

It was originally just HellBlade and they pretty much revamped everything i believe last year when they changed it to Senua's Sacrifice, including new combat and realtime motion capture

nveenio2741d ago

Yeah, they had mentioned getting to a point where they realized the game just wasn't fun and needed to reimagine some major components. I wish them all the best with this one, but it's going to need some serious polish to stand out against Tomb Raider and Horizon as a game with a female lead.

DigitalRaptor2741d ago

I think it will be late 2017.

It seems that way because they announced it as an open-development independent AAA project. It doesn't fit into the "announced too early" category, cause they wanted to let people's opinions and feedback shape the game, and also experiment a little bit. I'm liking what I've seen so far, personally.

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Mr-Dude2743d ago

Beautiful visuals, but give me release!

Kyosuke_Sanada2742d ago

Very excited. It's pretty amazing seeing what they accomplished with what little they had in the video diaries.

bouzebbal2742d ago

Hopefully a release date at PSX. Looks decent

TheOptimist2742d ago

Now this is a true cinematic experience

kraenk122742d ago (Edited 2742d ago )

Quit your stealth trolling. If you had ever played a game by Ninja Theory you'd know they excel at gameplay too.

Edit: sorry, I assumed you were being sarcastic. Which mainly happened because your known to be a PC gamer who constantly flames agains Sony.

TheOptimist2742d ago

-_-.....
Seriously the gamers over here are dumb. I love Ninja Theory, loved their DMC (Which was pretty cinematic in some situations) and Enslaved Odessey to the West. Why in hell's name do you think I would be trolling if it is my most anticipated game apart from Star Citizen and P.A.M.E.L.A. ??
You really need to grow up.
Also I called it cinematic, because this is going to be one of those few games that don't sacrifice gameplay for graphics.

kraenk122742d ago (Edited 2742d ago )

@TheOptimist

I'm sorry man..I thought you'd be one of those guys who critisize PlayStation franchises for being cinematic. You know...this might have happened because you're known to be a PC gamer who constantly shoots against Sony or PlayStation...

Of course this time you weren't..because the game will be on PC too.

TheOptimist2742d ago (Edited 2742d ago )

@kraenk12
I criticize games, not for being cinematic, but having boring gameplay. If they have interesting gameplay, I can overlook all the linearity and cinematic experience. I couldn't care less about the hyped up cinematic games that do not have great gameplay.

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Cheat Provider To Pay Call Of Duty Creator Activision Nearly $15M In Damages

Cheat software provider EngineOwning will pay Call of Duty creator Activision nearly $15 million in damages and legal fees.

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Jin_Sakai2h ago

Cheat providers for competitive games should be illegal.

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PlayStation Has Bend Studio in “Evolving, Multi-Genre” Category for In-Development Project

While Sony hasn’t revealed what some of its first-party studios like Housemarque is cooking currently, the company has revealed what focus they’re aiming for at the very least.

senorfartcushion7h ago

If it's live service it's a "no" from me. I'll take a Days Gone sequel though...

Cacabunga7h ago

It’s confirmed Bend Studio next game is gaas… what a shame!

And why Returnal thumbnail?

Crows905h ago

That's what I was thinking....

outsider16244h ago

Well this sucks. I just completed Days Gone last week and going through new game plus...and my God..i just love this game.

Days gone 2 would have improved a lot of features over it. God damn it Sony!!!

Tacoboto3h ago

@Caca

Because the real headline in the article is:

"PlayStation Lists Housemarque in “Single-Player, Narrative-Driven Focus”; Bend Studio in “Evolving, Multi-Genre” Categories for In-Development Projects"

Kind of an odd way to have posted the article here with that title and description.

cthulhucultist7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

According to this article
https://wccftech.com/playst...

QUOTE

"In today's Business Segment Meeting 2024 for its Game & Network Services Segment, Sony confirmed the names of the seven studios focusing on single-player games with a narrative focus - Asobi, Insomniac Games, Santa Monica Studio, Sucker Punch, Naughty Dog, Firesprite and Housemarque, and the nine working on pure live service games or hybrid titles - Bungie, San Diego Studio, Firewalk, Haven and Neon Koi for pure live service games and Guerrilla Games, Polyphony, Media Molecule and Bend Studio. "

UNQUOTE

it seems that Bend was placed in the live service game category

Psychonaut857h ago

Glad Housemarque isn’t doing live service. And Guerrilla is doing a hybrid title? Wonder what that’s gunna look like. Makes me nervous

-Foxtrot7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Seven for single player but nine for GaaS

Come on Sony…sigh

You don’t need 9 GaaS titles. It’s over saturation and competing for players time with your own studios

cthulhucultist6h ago

@Psychonaut85
I am also curious about that one. Guerrilla is a top tier developer, and I like their single player games.

I really hope they dont ruin this

RpgSama6h ago

Bend, Media Molecule, Polyphony and Guerrilla on "Hybrid" titles? I wonder what they call Hybrid, PvP? PvE? Single player AND multiplayer? Hopefully we will know soon.

The_Hooligan6h ago

@Psychonaut85 and cthulhucultist

I think the rumors said they were working on Horizon multiplayer game.

Cacabunga5h ago

I will boycott every single one of the gaas games.. i do not want that shit. If i want to replay them in a few years there is no way because the servers will be down. Forget it, even if it’s GT and Killzone

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-Foxtrot7h ago

The funny thing is the cancelled sequel to Days Gone sounded like they were pitching this online co-op focused game which just didn’t sound appealing to me at all

I loved the first game despite its flaws but the sequel needed work yet they wanted to jump to online and co-op…that’s a massive red flag. Sort your main issues first before trying to do more complicated things.

MIDGETonSTILTS176h ago

If Helldivers 2 is anything to go by, and I think it is, then GaaS can clearly work if they aren’t designed to milk the community slowly with diminishing quality of follow up content.

Cacabunga1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Replayability zero! In a few years it is worth nothing you cant even play it.. you can boot it, thats it

S2Killinit6h ago

I’ll play anything they make that is a GOOD game. I play single player games mainly but I am not opposed to any genre as long as it is good.

shinoff21831h ago

Single player days gone sequel would be ideal.

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CrimsonWing696h ago

I’m not going to war with people who like GaaS. Lord knows everyone went apesh*t for Helldivers 2, but I will never buy a GaaS game and while PS5 is my system of choice I will not support Sony games that go in this direction.

I hate it, I don’t care how much Helldivers 2 was “GaaS done right,” and if the argument is these are the only way for the industry to make profit then all I have to say is something has gone terribly terribly wrong.

On the flip side I guess I’ll start saving more money if it’s mostly going to be GaaS games.

Crows905h ago

There's nothing inherently wrong with a multiplayer only game....but for fucks sake don't make me have to pay more. If they got those shitty mtx out then it would be fine. Release big dlcs every year or so...but instead these gaas oriented constipated individuals had to push monetization where it is easiest...online multiplayer games were the target.

CrimsonWing694h ago(Edited 4h ago)

MP only games are fine, GaaS is my issue.

You literally have to ask yourself why choose the GaaS model over a traditional game model, even if the game is MP only? There’s literally only one reason GaaS exists and the same reason it’s being chosen over traditionally made games.

MP only games are fine and in the past they existed without being GaaS. Again, my only issue is with the GaaS model and no matter how “good” it is, it still only exists to generate recurring revenue through battle passes, microtransactions, and hoping to string you along for an eventual “finished” product at some point before they shut the servers down and make it completely unplayable.

-Foxtrot5h ago

Yeah it's sad that one GaaS game comes out that isn't built as bad as the others and suddenly everyone is fine and dandy with them.

Helldivers 2 is still a GaaS game, there's no beating around the bush.

There's still a ton of people playing but from my friend circle and people at work, they've all went back to other games like Call of Duty, Rainbow Six Siege or Apex for example. The sparkle it had wore off pretty quickly.

Sony will bring all these GaaS titles out and all it will do is split the audience of their other released GaaS titles. Sooner or later they'll be competing against one another. It's insane thinking.

shinoff21831h ago

Yea I'm not with the gaas games either. Don't want any part of that stuff. The way people went for helldivers 2 I didn't understand myself but that's probably cause I'm strictly single player.

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jznrpg5h ago

Bend has said they are making a multiplayer game for a while now. What that entails we have no idea yet

Demetrius5h ago

Online only title already been confirmed, sad to say but I'm not keeping in tune with this, idk why most devs hype up live service games after seeing the amount of failures past online titles caused for others smh DOA

ZwVw4h ago

Stop hosing Bend around and have them make a new Syphon Filter (or Days Gone 2) entry already.

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Avowed Moved to Unreal Engine 5.3

With Support from The Coalition

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ThinkThink1d 23h ago

That's great news. Hopefully the Coalition can smooth some of those edges from the last Avowed reveal.

phoenixwing1d 21h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

Well I'm annoyed. Especially at all the ppl who said the graphics sucked. It's your fault they probably shifted the game to unreal so it could look more fancy for you. I was ok with it and hoping to actually play it sometime soon. Now it's like 99% chance it's delayed.
Edit: effing graphics whores

Obscure_Observer1d 12h ago

"Well I'm annoyed. Especially at all the ppl who said the graphics sucked. It's your fault they probably shifted the game to unreal so it could look more fancy for you."

What the hell are you talking about dude? Avowed was already in development using the UE5. The Coalition is just helping Obsidian in the transition to its latest version (5.3)

MrBaskerville1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Probably not even that big of a difference. Coalition might only have helped because they got a deadline to meet.

Unreal isn't nearly as bad as Unity when you update a project. Though it obviously depends on the project. But unity generally gets an aneyurism if you threaten to update, where Ue is usually less stingy.

Reaper22_1d 10h ago

In excited for Avowed and Gears 6.

Fishy Fingers1d 12h ago

It already was Unreal 5, its just moving to the latest build.

CantThinkOfAUsername1d 3h ago

Latest build is 5.4 and it's better than previous iterations, particularly in animation and performance.

Lightning771d 20h ago

Apparently the latest build looks way better graphically. This rumor from Jez Cordin (who's credible) pretty much confirms it.

Interested in seeing more on Avowed in a few weeks.

Notellin1d 11h ago

UE 5.3 has been out since September of last year. I can't believe this is news or that anyone is hyping this up.

MrNinosan1d 11h ago

As Hellblade failed to set the world on fire, just like Halo Infinite and Starfield before it, it's time to look forward to the next Game of the Decade candidate.
Of course it needs to be hyped up ahead of time 😏

Notellin1d 4h ago

I didn't mean the game itself. I can't believe there is a news article about an Unreal Engine update that launched a year ago.

Reading comprehension is tough for fanboys on N4G.

got_dam19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

@MrNinosan I just want to see what Obsidian can do with a real budget and development time. They have a made a some memorable games with massive time constraints an lackluster funding.

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Many games stick to a specific version of the Engine they had already been using to avoid delays, problems with migrations to newer stuff etc.
The version being released in September isnt really relevant, just that they decided to make the jump to it at some point in development, which is arguably good news since we know with each iteration, performance has been getting much better

MrNinosan13h ago

@got_dam
I actually look forward to Avowed, and hope that's the game that finally make my purchase of Series X in 2020 worth it.
The game I actually bought Series X for was Starfield, but sadly it didn't do it for me.

Avowed however has the potential to be incredible.

ThinkThink7h ago

MrNinosan, what is the last game that set the world on fire? Red Dead? GTA likely. Not every game has to set the world on fire. Those games that you mentioned fall into the 80's meta critic, and a lot of people enjoy them. And yes, I'm excited to see some of these 2024 games at the june conference.

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truthBombs1d 11h ago

I liked the games unique artstyle when It was revealed. I hope they're not making the migration based on criticism. It's only a rumor anyways

MrBaskerville1d 10h ago

I imagine the art style will stay the same. But there'll probably be some visual upgrades here and there.

anast1d 10h ago

This was the only game I was jealous of, but It's a wait and see game now. Plus, I can wait until they release it on PSN.

Miraak82 1d 9h ago

Right!!! Obsidian is like only XB GS that I wanna play there games . Pillars of Eternity is one of my fav game franchises and I'd love to step back into the world of Eora . Their world building and rpg systems are one of the best , I hope XB higher ups don't get in the way of them. If they released it on ps I would definitely buy it day 1

anast1d 6h ago

I bought both Pillars for PC and Console. Good games.

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