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Minecraft Dungeons review: Joining 2020's top games with a bright future | Windows Central

Minecraft Dungeons is a game that I never knew I wanted. Combining the best of Diablo with accessible action RPG elements that are easy to learn, and deep to master, Minecraft Dungeons casts off the Diablo "clone" status and sits among the best action RPGs of the gen.

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PlayStation Plus March 2023 Free Games and Game Catalog Lineup Revealed

Sony has revealed the PlayStation Plus March 2023 free games and Premium/Extra game catalog lineup during State of Play.

Orchard424d ago

Dungeons and Ghostwire being in PS+ shows that MS are not blocking off their titles from coming to PS+, provided Sony are willing to pay (which is a fair ask).

Kornholic424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Lol, you are getting desperate.

And careless as a result. You forgot that MS is absolutely blocking Zenimax titles from PlayStation. New entries in legendary multiplatform game series such as Elder Scrolls or Doom will not be appearing on PS5, or PS+ for that matter. Starfield isn't coming to PS5 either.

shinoff2183424d ago

Kornholic don't forget fallout imo the best of them

Orchard424d ago

Well, maybe they can work out a deal with MS to bring those games to PlayStation? MS has already said they will bring their games to Switch.

VenomUK424d ago

For PS Plus Extra subscribers it's a good month with a spread of some big third-party games.

Personally, I hope Tchia plays as good as it looks and sounds.

Shane Kim424d ago

I really hope Sony dosen't strike a deal. I hope they focus on what they do and let all those games fail now that they arent on PS.

tay8701424d ago

@venom, I am surprised more people aren't talking about tchia. Been waiting for it since last yr. Awesome that is going to br on ps plus

shinoff2183424d ago

Orchard I'd honestly be down with that

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shinoff2183424d ago

That ps plus deal could've been worked out before. You don't know that. Stop spewing bs dude

Orchard424d ago

Worked out before? They acquired Mojang in 2014, Zenimax in 2021.

Similarly, the PS+ Extra/Premium tiers didn't even exist until March 2022.

None of this stuff was 'worked out before'.

darkrider424d ago

You are right. Of course they worked out before, because they already planned this for the plus service. Sony isn't run by a second hand car salesmen

Orchard424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

@dark

So Sony, sometime before 2014, signed a deal for a game that wouldn't exist until 2020, so that they could bring that game to PS+ in 2023?

Seems unlikely.

shinoff2183424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Sony had to have been working toward those tiers for ps plus for some time, negotiating deals etc for quite some time that ain't gonna happen overnight.

I'm referencing ghostwire. Maybe you know something I don't and ghostwire had been in development since 2014. Idk what your talking about. Contracts can also be renegotiated to. You ever seen that. Happens all the time. Especially in sports. So it's not a brand new concept.

Orchard424d ago

@Shinoff 2014 was a reference to Mojang. Dungeons (2020) is in there. Microsoft has owned that studio since 2014. So it's very unlikely this was a 'pre-acquisition leftover deal'.

Clearly negotiated a new contract and paid for at least that game.

porkChop423d ago

From what the PS Plus staff have said before on the PS blog these deals are often made months in advance. They don't usually set these up years prior. However, things are clearly different in the case of Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo.

Sony paid for exclusivity for both games, and both games launched or will launch on PS Plus one year after release. It's likely a way for Sony to steal some thunder from the games launching on Xbox and GP the same month.

That's exactly what happened with Deathloop. So I imagine we'll be hearing about an Xbox release of Ghostwire in the next couple weeks.

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LucasRuinedChildhood424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo are subject to pre-existing agreements. It was likely already agreed ***with Bethesda*** to come to PS Now (or its equivalent) 1 year after its PS5 release, just like Deathloop did.

It's unlikely that they paid MS anything for it, and if they did, Sony probably availed of an option already stipulated in their contract which could also include a parity clause.

I'm pretty sure you understand these things.

Orchard424d ago

PS+ Premium/Extra didn't exist when Sony signed the Deathloop/Ghostwire contracts.

Also, Dungeons came out 6 years after Microsoft acquired Mojang, so obviously no pre-acquisition contract existed there.

darkrider424d ago

Damn, somebody doesn't understand that even if it didn't exist at that time you can put on the contract...

LucasRuinedChildhood424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

@Orchard

PS Plus Extra/Premium is a relaunch/rebrand of PS Now, and almost certainly did not invalidate anything in the contract ... unless you're claiming that it was horrendously written. lol.

I already explained this before you replied - "to come to PS Now (or its equivalent)". We know you understand these things.

Also, I didn't even mention Minecraft Dungeons, Orchard ... 😑

Angyobangyo423d ago

@Orchard, there was still a subscription service regardless. Let’s not all act like we know how the negations went or how they are conducted. Everyone here is a keyboard warrior, especially you.

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ThePacemaker424d ago

Desperate Orchard at it again. You realize that all of recent & upcoming Zenimax/Bethesda games are console exclusive to Xbox? How come MS is not blocking off their titles from coming to PS?!

bleedsoe9mm424d ago

Phone was working for that call

CobraKai424d ago

I don’t give 2 pieces of crap regarding the Activision deal, but Zenimax is a big deal. I’d take Doom, Fallout, Starfield over COD anyway. But the point of the Zenimax deal was to bolster what MS is currently lacking top tier exclusives. If I were MS, I don’t think I’d be giving the competition those games.

Broncob424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

God, no one likes you eh, hahaha

The Wood423d ago

I can see people either act simple or are simple. No offence Orks

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SonyStyled424d ago

I’ve had a sealed copy since Christmas. Maybe I’ll blend in more now lol

peppeaccardo424d ago

As a FU@ing Dumb early adopter of BF2042 (100 euros gold edition), one more reason for me to NOT give a dime anymore to EA for any game they release in the future. I will wait for them to be over discounted or free. F-EA !! The game is only NOW barelly playable ....

LG_Fox_Brazil424d ago

These are some pretty damn good lineups

boing1423d ago

That was before. Did you play it now?

shinoff2183424d ago

Not a whole lot for me this month. Not a huge deal I wanna check out ghostwire but I'd rather get the physical.

Eidolon424d ago

Why can't you check it out to see if you'd like it with this service before you buy? There's a game trial too, I think.

Shadowsteal424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

That makes no sense, just play Ghostwire from plus and get physical whenever it's like <$10?

MrNinosan424d ago

How can you not be interested in Tchia?
And if you missed out on Immortals Fenyx Rising, that is an amazing game.

Crows90424d ago

Not much for me this month. Ghost wire would be the only one I wanted to try.

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A Look Back at All the Minecraft Spin-offs Before Legends

The Minecraft spin-off train keeps rolling as Minecraft: Legends nears its release date, and hopefully it will be better than its predecessors.

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17 Small Things from Minecraft Dungeons That I Wish Were in Minecraft

One of the great things about Minecraft Dungeons is that it can provide tons of building inspiration for Minecraft. However, there are a lot of things in Minecraft Dungeons that don't exist in Minecraft proper, so I've been thinking about how some of them could possibly be implemented into OG Minecraft.

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