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Lies of P Studio Will Publish an Upcoming Noir Western RPG from ex CDPR Developers

Lies of P studio NEOWIZ announced a deal with ZAKAZANE, a new Polish indie developer founded by ex CDPR devs making a Noir Western RPG.

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isarai225d ago

Just please don't be a souls like. I get that Lies of P was a good game, but im so burnt out on the genre

Obscure_Observer225d ago

I think they´ll probably follow more of a "The Witcher route", just like Crimson Desert.

toxic-inferno225d ago

Why would it be a soulslike? Just because Neowiz are publishing it, doesn't mean they're directly involved in the development.

Lies of P was developed by Round8. Neowiz are game publishers (albeit with more involvement than some publishers).

Before Lies of P, Round8 were known for making a free-to-play MMORPG, while Neowiz focused on GaaS titles. Yet together, they made one of the better single-player games of 2023.

isarai225d ago

No, because nearly every rpg these days is a soulslike

jznrpg224d ago

@isarai not even close to true.

anast224d ago

@isarai

There were roughly 270 (possibly more) RPGS released in 2023. There have been roughly 60 Soulslike games released over multiple years. Let's say all 60 of these were released in 2023, which they weren't but let's say they were. That would be approximately 22% of all RPGs are Soulslike. It's not most, but some. Now, let's move this to a 4 year stretch. We can infer at least a 1000 RPGs have been released between 2020-2024, but I will go as low as 800. This would be .075% of games are Soulslikes. I'm willing to bet it would be even less with more precise information.

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Sony Faces Class Action in the Netherlands Over Allegedly Inflated PlayStation Store Prices

Mass Damage & Consumer Foundation in the Netherlands has filed a class action against Sony for inflating PlayStation Store prices.

dveio7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

My personal opinion:

Manufacturers and publishers have indeed inflated the industry.

From $700 million development costs for games like Call of Duty, to digital (store) prices for games and DLCs, online multiplayer fees on consoles (why can you play Helldivers 2 online for free on PC but not consoles?) or still preventing sell/lend digitally purchased games.

Sometime in the future, this bubble will collapse.

They should know better, but they just can't help themselves and suck even the last penny out of our wallets.

BeHunted5h ago

Because Sony knows people will be forced to pay those prices for single player and multiplayer games, not everyone prefers PC gaming. Sony also has a monopoly on PlayStation digital games. In 2019, they stopped allowing retailers and game key sellers to sell PlayStation digital games, making them available only through the official PlayStation Store

anast7h ago

The Dutch gov. wants a piece of the pie.

Eonjay7h ago

They should be suing the individual publishers increasing the prices to $80 instead of suing the store. There are plenty of publishers still selling game for like $50 with much success (like E33). But this proves that the publishers are the ones setting the prices.... so again nothing changes because they aren't even going after the main offender. How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD? Sony being the number one store in the market doesn't mean that publisher have to charge us an arm and a leg. Again the industry is laughing at us because consumers never get real representation. Just these fake platitudes that are meaningless.

BeHunted5h ago

"How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD"

Because Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly, I can purchase Call of Duty at a huge discount from CDKeys or other gaming retailers. The only way to purchase digital PlayStation games is through the PlayStation Store.

djl34854h ago

Weird, I swore GoW, Stellar Blade, Horizon Zero Dawn, TLoU, etc. were on the steam store....uh.....

BeHunted48m ago(Edited 45m ago)

@djI3485

I'm talking about PlayStation games that you can only purchase on PlayStation. I can purchase Steam and Epic games from 3rd party retailers and key stores.

"Sony to stop selling full-game download codes at retailers"

https://www.videogamer.com/...

Killer2020UK5h ago

About time. There is zero fair reason why digitally distributed products that you cannot recoup any value when you want to dispose of them, should be priced higher than that of physical copies that entail all of the costs and the benefits of owning.

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Cancelled Batman Game Featuring Damian Wayne Character Designs Surface

"Project Sabbath" was a cancelled Batman game by WB Games Montreal where Damien Wayne was set to take on the mantle of the Bat.

Terry_B2d ago

Its time Damian ...and his mother too & how his son came to be will be a big part in a background story of a Batman movie, series or game.

-Foxtrot2d ago

I'd have rather seen Terry than Damian especially to see what they could have done with Terry in the Arkhamverse

excaliburps14h ago

No, WB doesn't want anything fun since suits want live service garbage for max revenue. LOL!

Shame. If we are getting any Batman games like these, it'll be years away.

LordStig2h ago

YES! make an Arkham game with Terry as Batman and call it Batman Beyond Arkham.

Babadook79h ago

Not to be confused with Damon Wayans.

jznrpg9h ago

I’m not a big superhero fan but I do enjoy the Batman and SpiderMan games. Too bad this one got cancelled. WB has been mostly shite live service.

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Undead Citadel Reaches PlayStation VR2 Next Week

Undead Citadel, a medieval-era VR action game, arrives next week on PlayStation VR2.

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Abnor_Mal2d ago

Is this game one of those every time you die the enemy location is shuffled?