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Crystal Dynamics Working on AAA Game

SKOAR! writes "Although no new projects have been announced by the developer, a recent job post by shows that the company is back working on a game and is on the hunt for a senior art director for a prestigious AAA franchise."

morganfell5448d ago

I don't know either but the story of Raziel was certainly wrapped up. Best voice acting in a game series ever.

Skoar though is another one of these pop up sites that doesn't understand a game can't be a AAA title before it is released. A game may have AAA production values but you don't get that after laying off over a third of your company.

xabmol5448d ago

Ya, that really annoys me.

How the F do they know it's a "AAA" game?

Xi5448d ago (Edited 5448d ago )

They're working on a game in an AAA franchise.

This is usually a well known, high selling franchise, like halo, gta, mgs, mario.

822119865449d ago (Edited 5449d ago )

I seriously wonder

100005448d ago

Kain is inbound I hear...

callahan095448d ago

God I hope so.

I also REALLY hope for a PSone Classics release of the original Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen and Soul Reaver games on PSN. I loved those games. The most important for me, though, is Blood Omen. I feel like I was one of the lucky few who got to appreciate and love that game before the Soul Reaver half of the franchise even existed. I got Blood Omen when it first released and thought it was the greatest thing since A Link To The Past. It's still my favorite in the series. Wonderful voice acting, great story, amazing game design. Such a great game. It could really benefit from being re-released so that it doesn't rely on the disc-read for loading everything. The one flaw in that game was the ridiculous long load times. The PC version was great because it eliminated the load times, but my Vista won't run it :(

Aaah, memories. I remember writing a letter in to PSM back when their first issue came out with Final Fantasy VII on the cover. It was the first time I ever wrote in to a magazine, and I wrote to say how much I wanted a Legacy of Kain sequel! I never thought I'd get one, and then Soul Reaver was announced a while after that, and I was as happy as could be.

I'd love it if someone would make a PSN / XBLA sequel to Kain's story, or perhaps even a full-on HD remake, and retaining the hand-drawn 2D top-down graphics. Oh yes. I can dream.

BISHOP-BRASIL5448d ago

I wouldn't complain about a Legacy of Kain new game. Actually I'm hoping for it since E3 2006 to meet the once-next-gen systems... I know Defience wraped up Raziel for good, but we can always upgrade that sword through "mini-worlds" like battles inside the sword playing raziel to get the sword upgraded and the "real world" we would play Kain as usual.

A Gex game could be good, but it have to be as fun as first and have gameplay and graphics quality on par with Ratchet to get my interest raised.

SpoonyRedMage5448d ago

That's kind of how I imagined it. I thought inside the Reaver would be a form of the Spectral Realm and there's certainly enough souls in it already. Could be a good adventure. It'd also lead to some fun stuff where you kill a boss as Kain and then have to fight it as Raziel using a different tactic.

I doubt it'll be LoK though.:(

MajestieBeast5448d ago

wow i thought crystal dynamics was no more loved the gex games from these guys. I wish them goodluck with everything.

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XCOM's Jake Solomon Q&A - Building a Narrative-Driven Life Sim Game at Midsummer Studios

XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns director Jake Solomon has founded a new studio to make a life sim game. Here's a new interview with him.

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Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond

Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.

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Brazz15h ago

"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "

Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.

Xeofate13h ago

"Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware."

It's for the best.

Quit stringing along xbox fans and screwing over PlayStation owners.

crazyCoconuts8h ago

Take good care of those Xboxes if you have 'em ...

outsider16248h ago

An Xbox game on a Playstation. Never in my years of gaming did i ever thought this was gonna happen.

jznrpg3h ago

It is dying anyway so doesn’t make much of a difference

VersusDMC3h ago

No way can they get rid of the hardware as probably 90% of game pass subscribers are hardware users.

Highly doubtful those users will move to PC or Cloud to subscribe there and the competition (Sony and Nin) will never have gamepass on their system.

If they want to keep the current subscribers, they need to keep releasing new hardware.

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gold_drake14h ago

i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.

but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.

S2Killinit11h ago

They wont kill it, but they will go fully PC while keeping xbox as a brand, and go multiplatform for the most part. They will also work tirelessly to diminish console gaming’s importance.

PRIMORDUS8h ago

It would be best if Xbox goes the way of Sega, just make and publish games. I know I myself will not support them at all with buying games from them, you all can. 🙃

ChasterMies7h ago

The Xbox brand will live for the games. I don’t expect Microsoft to entirely drop out of gaming hardware. They make Surface tablets and laptops. They’ll make Xbox branded hardware for those that want it.

shadowT13h ago

"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"

Forza and Starfield next?

Skuletor12h ago

Starfield would be no surprise and there's the rumor that it will come to Playstation after the Shattered Space DLC, Forza (along with Halo and Gears of War) I find less likely but I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually end up on PlayStation too, especially if Xbox give up on hardware and go the Sega route.

shinoff218312h ago

Not to worried about forza. I'd rather see others like what inxile and obsidian are working on. Starfield sounds like it needs more time in the oven so let it cook first imo. If starfield and it's a small if does release on ps it'll be in the fall around the time for dlc or right at the dlc and come packaged with it.

-Foxtrot13h ago

In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year

“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"

S2Killinit11h ago

Yup. MS are a cancer to console gaming.

Aloymetal11h ago

100%!!
I wonder what happened to that dude that was always here posting those court articles with cartoons about MS spending all those billions in studios. He suddenly disappeared, I guess he doesn't like bad news when the green brand is in trouble. No new articles from him as of late...

PRIMORDUS8h ago

Yup, and it's only going to keep spreading.

Outside_ofthe_Box8h ago

Phil Spencer's words always comes back to bite him lol

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The PS5 Has Shipped An Estimated 5x More Units Than The Xbox Series X/S In The Last Quarter

When the PS5 and the Xbox Series X/S first launched all the way back in 2020, console sales were not what either platform manufacturer wanted them to be. The pandemic slowed things down more than ever before, even though in the case of each next-gen console, all the units that were manufactured, sold.

Of course that didn’t last, and soon manufacturing limitations on the consoles were a thing of the past, and sales started to leap forward. For one next-gen console platform, at least.

-Foxtrot1d 4h ago

I can see why Microsoft is putting their games on PlayStation with these numbers

Imagine how many copies of future games like Elder Scrolls VI, Blade, Indiana Jones and more they could sell if they went fully multiplatform.

OtterX23h ago

If they don't, it would be the death of them.

Cacabunga9h ago

Can we then stop calling this a console war? Sony rolling over xbox trillions with a few cross gen games.. what would it be when a new uncharted, horizon or tsushima 2 comes out.. even worse, with GTA6 no one would buy an xbox to play it..

purple10121h ago

while I see your point, i'm one of those people that dont really want to see a M$ logo, when I boot up, however good the game is, unless truly exceptional, I've got enough games from Sony and enough coming down the pipeline, plus the 2 free smaller games on ps+, why do I need to give Microsoft anymore money,

I usually play just GT7 and cod, you've got Gran Theft Auto coming, its over for microsoft, they shot themselves in the foot, and now have to hobble away, to the losers corner, sit there, and repent.,!!! hahaha

bloop10h ago

That's crazy man. Just because you prefer blondes doesn't mean you should turn down a brunette.

GamerRN8h ago

Yeah and that's the fanboy problem right there in a nutshell

Profchaos1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Does it matter they are basically third party at this point if your a Nintendo fan do you turn a game off because it was developed by Sega.

Also so many games are using Azure backend and display it in on their fine print so you'll not play any game using that to

OtterX21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

@Purple101 At this point, Microsoft just wants to be the American Tencent, but also just happen to have a console available for those who want it.

I hate what they're doing to the industry, but I would play the next Elder Scrolls on PS5 or PS6 even if I had to look at a MS logo at the beginning. At this point, I'm just invested in the series. I didn't feel this way about Starfield, which is why I've skipped it. Worst case scenario, I'd pick Elder Scrolls up on PC if it didn't come to PS, but I've stayed true to my word - I have not, and will not buy another Microsoft console after 3 red ringed 360s. They've killed my console support for life. They showed how scummy they can be by knowingly rushing out a product before it was ready, just to try and capture a 1 year headstart.

If a MS logo shows up at the beginning of the next Elder Scrolls on a Playstation console, so what? That means Sony won and MS is just another publisher. Many of the large publishers are quite dirty, so it fits them well. I wouldn't mind seeing their console die off though and them solely take up this publisher role.

Jingsing17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Yeah, I never bought another Xbox console after the 360. But at the same time you shouldn't find yourself captive to Elder Scrolls if the company behind it is very scummy. I dropped COD after Ghosts and I don't regret it the company has only become worse and I'm glad I never was part of funding that.

OtterX11h ago

@Jingsing oh yea for sure. If I sense that Elder Scroll 6 is a shell of its former self w a trashy microtransaction setup, I'll probably skip it. I'll wait for previews and reviews but I sure am hoping for the best. I still play Skyrim to this day in VR.

purple10111h ago

I mean yeh, if they do produce something good, i've got a laptop, +HDMI cable to the telly, link a bluetooth dual sense (that I already own), and hey presto, I don't need an xbox,

but I can't see that happening, ps5pro will the the best way to play, with best graphics and sound, for me.

gold_drake16h ago

yeh same, surprised it took them so long.

jznrpg7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Personally I did not care for the Indiana Jones trailer. The combat looks too much like a Doom/Dishonored game to me. I think it could have been so much more. Which is too bad as I grew up with the movies and Raiders of the Lost Ark is still one of my favorites from when I was a kid.

If they can bring Elder Scrolls back towards Morrowind I would love it. If it’s like Skyrim it will be pretty decent but not great. Blade has potential. Hopefully it’s nothing like Redfall. I don’t really trust MS to make good games and rather not give them my money as they are bad for gaming. I’ll buy some games used, maybe but that’s about it

Profchaos1h ago

If the Jez rumour is true Microsoft has placed no red line around any first party game going to PS.

Although Jez has been acting like a spoilt brat not getting his way lately seems he's grown disenfranchised with Microsoft and is kind of lost given its most of his identity so I don't trust everything he says atm.

But basically if we see a halo game come to PS I'd call that a death kneel to the brand

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Barlos17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

A surprise to nobody.

S2Killinit17h ago(Edited 16h ago)

5X is a surprise as it’s just unreal.

fr0sty13h ago

Yeah, this console war just became a console genocide.

Jingsing17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Sony would probably be selling more if they stopped sending mixed signals about their future. Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft about the future of consoles is folly and has limited their potential sales. Microsoft want Sony and the world to believe that consoles are done as a business so companies like Sony and Nintendo etc can end up serving Microsoft's platform. Remember when it comes to Microsoft "It is us or no one and the three E's" Don't fall for it.

S2Killinit16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

MS has forced everyone’s hand in regard to PC. If the other two dont release on PC, they will be giving them an edge. Imo

Although i think Sony/PlayStation would be wise to release selectively on PC.

Jingsing15h ago

The way Sony are doing it though is very suspect, It almost seems like they are trying to tunnel their way out of Steam with a PSN back-end. They should have just launched their own store. Yes this would no doubt upset PC users but you just can't have everything on Steam as that means no market competition. Microsoft and Sony should only use their own stores. That way they can also enforce their subscription fee's (I don't think there should be fee's) like they do on console as right now they are saying people on console have to pay this fee but if you play on PC you don't. That is very anti-consumer.

Skuletor14h ago

While putting their games on PC would lose them some console sales, there's a large market of people that prefer consoles for their simplicity and convenience, I wonder if it would really effect them negatively. Well, I guess at this current point they won't be dragging PC players into a PS Plus subscription, so there's that.

crazyCoconuts14h ago

I think after Xbox is gone they'll make a bigger push to move PC gamers over to PS, and they may halt momentum on the PC ports to do that. PC and Nintendo gamers will be the only ones left to convert

Einhander197213h ago(Edited 13h ago)

Jingsing

This is a reply to this comment.

"The way Sony are doing it though is very suspect, It almost seems like they are trying to tunnel their way out of Steam with a PSN back-end"

That's not accurate, what they want is simply to be able to count PC users as PlayStation users. It's no different than what EA Ubisoft or Microsoft are doing. Heck, people need to sign up for extra accounts even on consoles to play some of their games, you can't play Sea of Thieves or Minecraft without a Microsoft account.

I'm not sure why PlayStation is being singled out like this, I get why it was a problem in Helldivers because they added it after the game was released which caused problems for people who already owned the game, but at the same time it was nothing that all the other major publishers weren't already doing.

ChasterMies13h ago

“Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft ”

Sony is putting games on PC because the market for people who spend $2000 on a gaming PC is different from the market that spends $500 on a gaming console. Also consider that consoles are sold at a loss. Sony probably makes more from selling Sony published gamed to PC owners than selling consoles to PC owners who would only use them play those games.

shinoff218310h ago

I dont think consoles are sold at a loss outside of the first couple years.

InUrFoxHole11h ago

Hold your breath if you think they're gonna stop bringing games to pc

BehindTheRows10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Selling more? They just had one of the biggest periods for a console EVER (20.8m). That’s not exactly something for them to scoff at. They’d just break more records by selling more, but it’s not a necessity.

Their balance of selling what they’re selling while making plenty of money is how you successfully run a console business.

neutralgamer19929h ago

PC gaming is a platform which is compatible with consoles. So many of keep saying the same nonsense for years ago. PC isn’t going anywhere and more and more games will be on PC

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