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Doctor Strange & Remedy Is Surely a Match Made in Heaven

There's far too much smoke in the air when it comes to Sony and Remedy for there not to be something in the works. Following Control's timed-exclusive DLC on PlayStation 4 and numerous studio visits from PlayStation's bigwigs, it’s believable the two companies have something big cooked up for the PS5. It's probably going to be a new IP you'll only find on Sony's next-generation system, it's sort of the Finnish studio's forte, but what if we can go bigger than that?

Marvel's Spider-Man is proof that the Japanese giant has built a positive relationship with Marvel Games, so let's leverage that once more for a superhero experience unlike any other. Remedy is the perfect developer for a video game adaptation of Doctor Strange.

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Spurg1677d ago

"It's probably going to be a new IP you'll only find on Sony's next-generation system, it's sort of the Finnish studio's forte...."
No, because Remedy is working on Crossfire' X's campaign for Xbox and Remedy has made a deal to publish more games for 505 games. The ps4 timed exclusive deal for Control and Epic game store's exclusivity wasn't a decision made by Remedy but the greedy 505 games. 505 games had more to gain from the Epic store deal than Remedy.
Plus people were saying that Remedy games will do great on PlayStation but instead Control has bombed due to the lack of support from PlayStation gamers. Remedy failed to gain fans from PlayStation gamers who instead would rather wait for deals to buy the game rather than day 1 support. They should have chosen Microsoft as their publisher and allow themselves to be acquired by them.

Sonyslave31677d ago

Yup and why would doctor strange be ps4 only?

SkatterBrain1676d ago

I DonT Get Why I Can Play Max Payne 1 and 2 and never get bored but most of the other games i played from remedy i dont feel the urge to play again after i finished them

P_Bomb1677d ago

“Remedy failed to gain fans from PlayStation gamers who instead would rather wait for deals to buy the game rather than day 1 support. They should have chosen Microsoft as their publisher and allow themselves to be acquired by them.”

So Control bombed because Playstation owners like deals? Surely you realize had they done it your way, it’d be on GamePass for even less. The irony.

Spurg1677d ago

"So Control bombed because Playstation owners like deals?"
That the general consensus. Care to explain why it didn't sell?

"Surely you realize had they done it your way, it’d be on GamePass for even less. The irony."
If the game landed on Gamepass it would have given Control the attention it deserved. If it wasn't for 505 games and their doggy deals with Epic games and Sony they game would have likely been on Gamepass.

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JetP06191676d ago

@ Spurg what's your point with ps4's install base of 100M? Control has to be at least in top 20 because of the install base? LMAO where's the logic in that. last i heard, people buy games if Games if they like it and its good. How is that the install base's fault? It lies solely on the Marketing and the game itself. its not the gamers fault if the game isnt up to their standard or worth their money. Who are you to dictate which games people should buy? lmao

P_Bomb1676d ago (Edited 1676d ago )

@shaggy
Eh. One guy talking about a 3 year old indie (Oxenfree) I’ve never heard of before today, that was more than likely no longer selling like most things 3 years old...doesn’t speak to this https://www.mcvuk.com/borde...

PS4 users aren’t responsible for Control not selling on Xbox.

Spurg1676d ago

"PS4 users aren’t responsible for Control not selling on Xbox."

No they are not but PlayStation gamers did not contribute elevate the sales of Control.
The marketing right were with PlayStation which means Xbox gamers had less exposure Control and as well as the smaller player pool mean it wasn't going to sell well on Xbox.

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Spurg1676d ago

@JetP0619
"what's your point with ps4's install base of 100M? Control has to be at least in top 20 because of the install base?
LMAO where's the logic in that. last i heard, people buy games if Games if they like it and its good. How is that the install base's fault? It lies solely on the Marketing and the game itself. its not the gamers fault if the game isnt up to their standard or worth their money. Who are you to dictate which games people should buy? lmao"

Unlike some of you, I have a copy of Control which I bought day one because I am a fan of remedy games and the game reviewed well amongst gamers and critics. And you bring up my point clearly, out of the 100 million gamers on PS4 at least a small majority of single-player gamers should have bought those kinds of games day one. But there was no support and this was supposed to be the first time in a long time that Remedy has launched a game on PlayStation, so the excitement should have been there. There was absolutely no competition in august for Control it didn't sell well on the PlayStation 4 which had the full marketing rights. If you want to blame someone you should try aiming that at the PlayStation marketing team who have not given Control the spotlight it deserves.

And people are saying that Sony should buy Remedy...what a joke

Abcdefeg1676d ago

Maybe control is just not a very appealing title. This year had a ton of single player games released like sekiro and dmc and most of them were very successful

JetP06191675d ago

lmao @Spurg i really cant take your comments seriously. Unlike some of us? We have to force ourselves to be a fan of remedy games as well? So youre basically saying even if we dont really want to play the game or not interested in the game we should buy it because we have to be like you? Lmao. Like i said No logic. You can still support a company and not buy their games. The spotlight it deserves? Lmao if a game is good, people will talk about it. Word would spread out, just from word of mouth. If a game isnt or subpar thenits the latter. you cant FORCE PEOPLE to think and act like you. Just because YOU ENJOYED it doesnt mean the rest of us do. Maybe next time you try and debate, actually think of what you say.

l3w1s1676d ago

Control didn't sell well on PS4 because it was garbage on launch. Have you seen the performance on base PS4? I played it on the Pro, with the latest patch, in 1080p and it still managed to have FPS drops.

I liked the game VERY MUCH. But Remedy sold a broken product on release and didn't deserve any money at that time.

SolidGamerX1676d ago (Edited 1676d ago )

"They should have chosen Microsoft as their publisher and allow themselves to be acquired by them."

lol, smh.

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PhoenixUp1676d ago

That’s jumping the gun a bit much wouldn’t you say? I’d assume Remedy if it were to work with Sony would make an original property before they start working on a licensed one

Fluttershy771676d ago

I'd love it but Strange has always been kind of a cult character ,with the Marvel movies became a little more mainstream, but defintely doesn't have the appeal Spidey has...

AK911676d ago

I would prefer an Alan Wake 2

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Avowed Moved to Unreal Engine 5.3

With Support from The Coalition

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ThinkThink16h ago

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

phoenixwing14h ago(Edited 13h 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_Observer5h 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)

MrBaskerville4h ago(Edited 3h 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_3h ago

In excited for Avowed and Gears 6.

Fishy Fingers5h ago

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

Lightning7713h 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.

Notellin4h 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.

MrNinosan4h 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 😏

truthBombs4h 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

MrBaskerville3h ago

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

anast3h 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 2h 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

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Steam Account Transfer Via Will on Death is Not Permitted, Valve Confirms

In case you were curious, a Steam account transfer via will is not permitted according to an official response from Valve.

anast23h ago

The games are theirs. People just pay to ride the ride.

Skuletor6h ago

Would be nice if the article's writer looked into and reported whether other digital game libraries could be transferred over via will (Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, EGS, EA app, GOG, Ubisoft Connect, Rockstar Launcher etc) instead of this half-baked piece but it's probably the same for all of them anyway

Kornholic6h ago

This seems like a way bigger issue than mandatory PSN account linking for PlayStation games.

So where is the outcry?

Skuletor5h ago

It's not like PlayStation is doing any different.

"You may not sell, buy, trade, or transfer your Online ID, Account or any personal access to PSN Services through any means or method, including by use of web sites."
https://www.playstation.com...

NotoriousWhiz5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

It's not like your account just stops working when you die. Include your email, account id, and password in the will (including the password to your email) and your survivors should have no problem using your games.

anast3h ago

PC gamers are a different lot. They don't mind renting their games forever, they don't mind spending money on overpriced equipment, and they don't mind fiddling with settings for hours before they even play the game, but linking a PSN account demands a riot. This is hard to understand, but then again, we all have to draw our lines somewhere.

Skuletor2h ago

You sure talk a lot of nonsense.Go look up the percentage of digital sales compared to physical sales of PS5 games, then tell me again about "renting" games.

mandf2h ago

Overblown funny and 100percent true

anast1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

There is no option at all to buy a physical copy of a PC game... And more people game on consoles for the reasons that make PC gamers a different lot.

VIK21214m ago

it's not so much the linking but the fact that certain countries aren't allowed to access psn...

VIK21212m ago

@anast I have a disc ps5 since launch, initially I bought some disc games, but I can't be bothered to walk to a physical store nowadays... I just buy the titles when they go on special sale or gray market store like CDKeys...

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thorstein5h ago

So just give your progeny the passwords.

OtterX4h ago

Keep the password sealed in the Will, only to be opened after death. :)

Aphrodia2h ago

Right? How are they gonna know you are dead?

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CDPR say Witcher 4 will be different from Witcher 3: "We don't want to be stuck in the same spot"

The next Witcher game will still be an RPG but players can expect new things as CD Projekt Red want to push boundaries and discover new ways of storytelling.

Terry_B20h ago

Each of the 3 existing Witcher games is pretty different from each other..

just_looken6h ago

They were different because they went from being a port studio with there last port being the god awful saints row 2 pc port to making the witcher one.

The first witcher was there first actual game with there own engine the 3rd one showed there years of experience/in house engine improvements.

This witcher game has very very few of the original people behind it and its using unreal engine like so many other games.

The big elephant in the room is that they are now proudly esg supports and go to a panel of esg reps to approve there games now.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

The is cdpr 2020's not the 2010's cdpr we used to know.

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

Take the blood/sex/nudity/adult humor/combat system/rpg mechanics/writing/story charecters/art/design and there passion/drive from the first 3 games throw it in the fucking trash there now you got what they have right now for the witcher 4.

New engine new writing team new everything even esg leadership so yeah "Witcher 4 will be different from Witcher 3"

Sonic18814h ago(Edited 4h ago)

This doesn't sound good without the original team

RiseNShine1h ago

Didn't know that, disgusting, so i'm going from day 1 purchase to wait and see until i know how bad this gets.

Kaii19h ago

My only issue with 3 was with the combat

bRuud837h ago

Combat was never the strongest part of the series.

just_looken6h ago

True but anyone that thinks witcher 3 2.0 combat is bad would never get past the first section of witcher one.

Profchaos7h ago

I felt 3 was ok took a long for it to click but I tried 2 and I found combat controls to be my biggest barrier to actually enjoying it was about 50 times clunkier than 3

thorstein6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

I thought the weakest point was the copious amount of dialog. Sometimes less is more. I remember clicking through just to get to the objective.

outsider16245h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Compared to W1, W3 feels like a masterpiece in combat..lol.

Nacho_Z4h ago

I loved it despite the combat so if they can get that right it'll be an incredible game. The other thing I wasn't fond of was being deluged with loot, quality over quantity for me.

sagapo3h ago

Can someone tell me what they didn’t like about the combat? Was it the pace or something? Because I didn’t have any problem with the combat once I realized it wasn’t a button mashing type of combat…
I honestly like to know.

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helicoptergirl19h ago

Bethesda seems like a studio that is "stuck in the same spot". Development wise. Glad CDPR are wary of that element in game design.

Hugodastrevas8h ago

This can either go very well or very badly. I hope the latter.

just_looken5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

That is on your mobile device they copied pokemon go few years back
https://www.thewitcher.com/...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

It was such a flop they removed the videos and removed the link to that article but its still on there servers.

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