#firesprite games

[darren-douglas]

I’ve just added new Ship Concept Art from PlayStation Sci-Fi Horror VR game: The Persistence to my website!

See more at https://darrendouglasart.com/

[dottyduke]

Twisted Metal PS5 No More

Twisted Metal hasn't been seen on PlayStation since 2012. There was a reboot in development (one that had basically had its own development hell) that was recently canceled.

[hardcoregamer]

Sony's Firesprite Conundrum: A Lesson in Corporate Integration and Workplace Culture

The recent turmoil within Firesprite, marked by high-profile departures and unsettling accusations of a toxic workplace culture, is a stark reminder of the delicate balance required in such corporate acquisitions. The Liverpool-based studio, known for its ambitious PlayStation VR2 title Horizon Call of the Mountain, has found itself in the throes of what some describe as "death by a thousand cuts," following Sony's acquisition in 2021.

Check it out!

[ptbf2002]

What If Columbia Pictures Made A LBP Movie

Original Template: https://www.deviantart.com/catholic-ronin/art/What-If-This-Company-made-a-Movie-911147496

LittleBigPlanet Belongs To Media Molecule Ltd. Guerrilla Cambridge, Supermassive Games Ltd. XDEV External Development Studio Europe, Double Eleven Limited, Tarsier Studios, United Front Games, Inc. San Diego Studio, Firesprite, Sumo Digital Ltd. Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc. Sumo Group Limited, Tencent Holdings Ltd. PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony Corporation of America, And Sony Group Corporation.

[heronetworkgg]

Horizon Call of The Mountain revela novedades en relación con su historia y personajes, preparándose para su lanzamiento en febrero

El día de hoy, PlayStation ha revelado más novedades en relación con el desarrollo de Horizon Call of The Mountain, videojuego que esta siendo desarrollado por Guerrilla Games y Firesprite, y que llegará para PlayStation VR2. Entre las novedades que se comparte a través del blog de PlayStation, este se podrá experimentar desde un nueva […]

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[bluehairlaunch]

5 Lesser Known Dragon Age Species (that are intelligent)

Honorable mention, Mabari hounds. Yes, the doggos you probably named Spaghetti in the first game have human to near human level intelligence, being specifically bred by Tevinter mages.

Even more intelligent than the Mabari are the Halla stag, the first of which was the elven god Ghilan'nain, who is likely one of the big bads of Veilguard. It's my pet theory, because the world of Thedas is a crapsack world indeed, that the original halla were transformed elf slaves, and the Tevinter magisters later copied this, creating the first Mabari from their own slaves.

The Fex

This species is actually apocryphal, only being mentioned once by David Gaider, the creator and original lead writer of Dragon Age, in an interview:

Question: Are there more sentient races in the Dragon Age universe than the ones we know about?

Answer: Uh yes! Yes, there are. For instance, there is a race that was native to Par Vollen when the Qunari arrived that we have not shown yet. They're called the Fex, F-E-X, and uh, you don't see them outside of Par Vollen very much. But yeah, there definitely are, and maybe there's even some beyond Thedas [mischievous look]!

The Scaled Ones

Because the dwarves can never catch a break, the Scaled Ones warred with them back in ancient times long before the creation of Darkspawn. As reavers and dragon cultists have been known to grow scales from drinking too much dragon blood, I'm going with these guys are to the Old Gods what the dwarves are to the Titans. Maybe if the Scaled Ones had survived longer, the Blights wouldn't have happened as soon as they did or even at all...

Executors

So you know that Thedas is just a continent, right? That the Kossith (who became the Qunari) and humans came from elsewhere. Well, these guys did too... Although so far they've been content just watching us while inside our closet dressed like Superman. Oh, and if you haven't read Tevinter Nights yet, go do that right now.

Ghast

The goblins of Thedas, these fuckers make adorable little noises that sounds like Roaring 20's gangsters. Could just be me. Regardless they are capable of using tools and magic and live in groups of one hundred or more underground, because Thedas is like a mullet, business up top, party in the back.

Firesprites

Yes, Thedas has cute lil' pixies. Well, maybe not for long, since only a single colony of them existed by the Fifth Blight. And they're from the Korcari Wilds, so it's possible they're extinct now, or just as forgotten as the Fex, since they're from the Tabletop RPG (which was great btw).

So why should Firesprites be preserved and added to the endangered species list?

1. They fly (always)

2. They sing (to communicate)

3. They eat (poop)

And there you have it

[ladyborealiswrites]

(Edited: I realized that I made some sweeping, rework-like changes and that I wanted to move those to a different post.)

Proposed Hunter Changes - The following is my own personal opinion on what could be changed for Hunters in the game of Destiny.

In this, I will be detailing the changes that I believe should be applied to the Hunter Subclasses. I will go over the universal class abilities first, then go over the subclasses one by one.

Hunter - The marksman in the shadows, the blur of a blade striking from behind, the cunning lone wolf who always lands their shot. Hunters are the explorers, the scavengers, and the assassins of Guardians.

Universal Class Abilities)

Gambler's Dodge: Perform a quick maneuver along the ground, which starts health regeneration for you and nearby allies, but decreases your resilience for a short time.

Marksman's Dodge: Perform a quick maneuver along the ground, which reloads the held weapons for you and all nearby allies.

Gunslinger) Striking with weapons shrouded in flames, or with bullets which shine as bright as the sun, Gunslingers are the ultimate marksmen. ”A lone wolf who lives for the perfect shot.��

Additional Class Ability

Acrobat’s Dodge -> Radiant Leap: Perform a leap through the air, slamming a knife into the ground to produce a pulse of Solar energy that makes you and nearby allies Radiant.

Melees)

Proximity Explosive Knife: Throw a knife that attaches to surfaces and detonates when a combatant is near. Enemies damaged become Scorched. Two charges.

Weighted Throwing Knife: Throw a heavy knife after a short wind up, which deals extra precision damage. Precision final blows causes an Ignition and fully charges your class ability energy.

Knife Trick - Burning Blades: Quickly throw out three burning blades that cause combatants to become Scorched, which deal increased damage to already Scorched combatants. You have two charges

Throwing Knife: Quickly throw a knife at combatants. Precision hits and final blows grant you and nearby allies Cure x2. You have three charges

Aspects)

On Your Mark -> Deadeye: While using a Solar weapon; landing rapid precision hits makes you and nearby allies Radiant, while also increasing weapon reload speed, movement speed, and handling. Landing a Solar weapon or ability precision final blow while Radiant extends the duration of Radiant and grants additional super energy.

Knock ‘Em Down -> Gunfighter: While Radiant, your Solar weapons deal increased precision damage and landing rapid precision hits with a Solar weapon Scorches the combatant and creates a Firesprite.

Gunpowder Gamble: Defeating combatants with Solar abilities, or rapidly defeating combatants with Solar weapons builds a charge toward a super powered grenade. - When your Gunpowder Gamble is ready, it overrides your selected grenade ability. Activating your grenade ability instead throws an unstable, highly explosive device that sticks to combatants and surfaces, which causes an Ignition shortly after, or when shot. - Defeating a combatant with Gunpowder Gamble grants you and nearby allies Restoration.

Supers)

Blade Barrage: Vault into the air to throw out up to 3 volleys of 8 explosive Solar blades that burrow into surfaces before detonating. Defeating combatants trigger an Ignition.

Golden Gun - Deadshot -> Blazing Bullets: Summon a handcannon of pure Solar energy with 6 shots in the magazine. Landing a hit Scorches combatants. Landing a final blow refunds a round to the magazine. Landing multiple final blows triggers an Ignition and fully refills the magazine.

Golden Gun: Summon a handcannon made of pure Solar energy, with 3 shots in the magazine. Landing a precision hit Scorches the target, and increases the precision damage of the next shot by 25%, while producing an Orb of Power. Landing 3 precision shots refunds a round to the magazine. (Increased base damage by 25%)

Arcstrider) Striking with the speed of lightning, moving fluidly and quickly, Arcstriders leave a battlefield scarred by lightning. ”Flow like lightning, strike like thunder.”

Additional Movement Ability)

Blink: While airborne, teleport a short distance through a concentration of Arc energy. You can do this up to two times every 2 seconds.

Melees)

Combination Blow: Perform a quick strike with your Arc staff. Landing a successful hit increases the damage of the next hit. Landing three consecutive hits on one target Jolts them. You have three charges.

Disorienting Blow -> Blinding Strike: Infuse your blade with Arc energy to throw from a distance, Blinding the combatant. Two charges.

Aspects)

Flow State - Closed Circuit: Defeating Arc debuffed combatants makes you Amplified. While you are Amplified, you are harder to hit while you are dodging or have Speed Booster, and rapid Arc weapon precision hits Blind the target.

Lethal Current: Activating your class ability increases your ability damage for a short time. While Lethal Current is active, defeating combatants with Arc abilities makes nearby combatants Jolted. Defeating a Jolted combatant grants some health.

Tempest Strike: While you have full Class Ability energy and sliding, activate your Class Ability to consume half of it and propel yourself into the air with a blast of Blinding Arc energy, making yourself and allies Amplified. While airborne, activate your Class Ability to consume half of it and quickly fall to the ground, generating 5 Jolting lightning strikes as you land. - Defeating Arc debuffed combatants grants class ability energy.

Ascension -> Bladedancer: Defeating combatants with Arc abilities while you are Amplified grants you Speed Booster and increases your Arc melee ability's damage by 20%.

Supers)

Arcstaff: Summon a staff of Arc energy to attack your foes. - Attack with wide sweeps (Light Attack) that you can combo together, increasing the damage of your next consecutive hit. Landing consecutive hits Jolts combatants. - Perform a palm strike, or a slam attack (Heavy Attack) that deals increased damage, and Blinds combatants.

Gathering Storm: Summon a Staff of Arc energy, vault into the air and throw it in a given direction. The staff burrows into combatants or surfaces upon impact, releasing a pulse of Blinding energy. After a short time, A bolt of lightning strikes the staff, damaging and Jolting nearby combatants, while causing the staff to emit a damaging field of Arc energy.

Storm’s Edge: Summon a blade of Arc energy to throw from a distance. Upon contact, teleport to the blade’s location, performing a powerful, wide spin attack that Jolts combatants. This can be used up to three times. (Increased distance which is can be thrown, and increased damage.)

Nightstalker) Moving and striking from the shadows, Nightstalkers are the enemy you never see coming. Nightstalkers take on a more team oriented role, but are just as lethal on their own. ”Draw from the Void. Light the way.”

Melees)

Snare Bomb: Throw a small explosive that attaches to surfaces and combatants, detonating when enemies are close. Upon detonation, a smoke cloud is created, which Weakens and continuously damages enemies inside, escalating the longer they are inside the cloud. Snare Bomb pings the radar of opposing Guardians. Two charges.

Aspects)

Stylish Executioner -> Abyssal Executioner: Defeating a Void debuffed combatant makes you Invisible and grants a short period of Truesight. While invisible, your next Void precision hit deals massively increased damage and Weakens the target.

Trapper’s Ambush: While airborne, activate your class ability to dive to the ground, triggering your selected class ability effects and creating a large cloud of Void smoke that makes you and nearby allies Invisible, creating a Void trap where you landed. When enemies enter the field of the trap, it triggers, stabbing them with Void spikes. - Snare Bomb makes you and allies Invisible.

Vanishing Step: Activating your class ability makes you Invisible. While Invisible, you have increased mobility and an enhanced radar.

Supers)

Shadowshot - Deadfall/Moebius Quiver -> Shadowshot : Summon a bow of Void energy to shoot up to three Void arrows at combatants. These arrows create pockets of Void energy that create tendrils that latch onto nearby combatants. Combatants anchored by these tendrils are Weakened and Suppressed, while also sharing damage dealt.

Spectral Blades: Shroud yourself in shadows, striking with blades from the Void, making yourself Invisible and granting yourself truesight while Invisible. - Throw out blades from a distance to Weaken combatants - Perform an acrobatic leap to throw out a fan of 5 Void blades, which make enemies Volatile and makes you Invisible once more.

Revenant) The hiss of a ice blade cutting through the air, and the crack of shattering ice leaving enemies frozen in place. Revenant Hunters shroud their enemies in ice, reveling in the fear in their eyes as they shatter to pieces. "From a whisper to a roar, be the calm and the storm."

Melees)

Withering Blade: Throw out a shuriken of Stasis matter which causes combatants to become Slowed and bounces off surfaces and combatants. You have two charges.

Aspects)

Touch of Winter -> Fractal Visage: Defeating Frozen combatants causes a burst of Slow around them. - While you have Frost Armor, your Stasis weapon precision hits Slow combatants.

Grim Harvest: Defeating combatants with Stasis abilities creates a Stasis Shard, which grants you one stack of Frost Armor upon collection. Defeating Slowed or Frozen targets grants some health.

Shatter Dive: Activate your class ability while airborne to Freeze combatants below you while diving to the ground, triggering your selected class ability effects and producing Shattering winds that destroy Frozen combatants and Stasis Crystals as you land. - Shattering Stasis Crystals or Frozen combatants grants class ability energy.

Winter’s Shroud: Activating your class ability causes nearby combatants to become Slowed, and grants you one stack of Frost Armor. - Precision hits with Stasis weapons on a Slowed combatant causes nearby combatants to become Slowed.

Supers)

Silence and Squall: Summon two kamas of Stasis matter and vault into the air, throwing them in quick succession. Silence - Upon Impact, it releases a pulse of energy that damages and Freezes combatants. Squall - Upon impact it detonates, damaging and Shattering nearby combatants; then generates a whirling storm of Stasis matter that draws combatants near and inside it to the center, while continuously applying Slow and Shatter damage.

Threadrunner: Hurtling through the air, cords of Strand striking with blurring speed. Threadrunners rarely stay in one place, proving to be challenging against their opponents. "The plucked string, the sharpest song. Freedom, infinitely promised."

Melees)

Threaded Spike: Throw a dart of Strand matter that bounces off surfaces and combatants, causing enemies damaged to become Severed.

Aspects)

Ensnaring Slam -> Lacerating Weave: Activating your class ability damages and Unravels nearby combatants. Defeating Unraveled enemies with Strand damage grants you Unraveling Rounds.

Threaded Specter: Activating your class ability weaves a clone of yourself from Strand matter that draws the attention of combatants. This clone can be damaged, and detonates when destroyed; Suspending affected combatants.

Whirling Maelstrom: Destroying a Tangle re-weaves it into a violently spinning, tracking, short lived mass of Strand matter that damages and Unravels combatants. Defeating Unraveled combatants grants Woven Mail.

Widow’s Silk: Your Grapple creates a Woven platform from Strand matter which you and allies can traverse. - You gain an additional grenade charge, and defeating Severed combatants grants grenade energy.

Supers)

and matter to attack your foes. - Activating your Grapple ability does not consume Grenade energy. - Fling out the dart to attack a single foe, dealing increased damage the further you are from the target, Severing them as you do so. - Perform a leap, spinning the dart around as you do so to attack surrounding combatants, causing them to become Unraveled. - Activating your movement mode generates a small Strand platform.

Prismatic Hunter -> Survivor:

Transcendence Grenade - Hellfire Spike: A grenade which attaches to combatants and surfaces, emitting a cone of Slowing, damaging Stasis matter; which will then transition to emitting a cone of Scorching, damaging Solar Light.

Additional Class Abilities)

Radiant Leap

Melees)

Blinding Strike

Snare bomb

Threaded Spike

Weighted Throwing Knife: Precision hits triggers an Ignition and refund full class ability energy.

Withering Blade

Grenades)

Grapple Grenade

Tripmine Grenade

Flux Grenade

Duskfield Grenade

Vortex Grenade

Aspects)

Abyssal Executioner: Defeating an elementally debuffed combatant makes you Invisible. While invisible, your next elemental precision hit that matches your equipped super deals increased damage and Weakens the target.

Gunpowder Gamble: Defeating combatants with abilities, or rapidly defeating combatants with elemental weapons matching your equipped grenade builds a charge toward a super powered grenade. - When your Gunpowder Gamble is ready, it overrides your selected grenade ability. Activating your grenade ability instead throws an unstable, highly explosive device that sticks to combatants and surfaces, which causes an Ignition shortly after, or when shot.

Lacerating Weave: Activating your class ability damages and Unravels nearby combatants. Defeating combatants with elemental weapons matching your equipped Super grants your Strand weapons Unraveling rounds

Lethal Current: Activating your class ability increases your ability damage for a short time. While Lethal Current is active, defeating combatants with Arc abilities makes nearby combatants Jolted. Defeating a Jolted combatant grants some health.

Shatter Dive: Activate your class ability while airborne to Freeze combatants below you while diving to the ground, triggering your selected class ability effects and producing Shattering winds that destroy Frozen combatants and Stasis Crystals as you land.

Supers)

Blazing Bullets

Gathering Storm

Spectral Blades

Silence and Squall

Silk Strike

[wolfleblack]

It looks like Until Dawn 2 is in development at FireSprite, if a new leak is anything to go by

This article will contain spoilers for Until Dawn and the upcoming Until Dawn remake. You have been warned. According to an insider and new leaks for upcoming Until Dawn remake, a sequel to the narrative-driven horror game is in the works at FireSprite. This news story begins with the remake of Until Dawn which is being developed by the folks over at Ballistic Moon, which is itself full of…

[lal-ffxiv]

👻 ghost: can you tease some wip ideas that have been haunting you/something you want to write in the future?

This piece's working title is "the firesprite dancer", and has been haunting me for years. It is a magical realism write, but it never feels right with emotions I'm trying to convey. I haven't been able to capture that emotion of wonder yet. I'm getting closer, but I'm not there yet. I want capture the experience of when you see something so beautiful and otherworldly that it has to change something in you because you know you will never see it again, but you never talk about it because it is that special.

The piece is inspired this post by @cinnamon-suncat which still amazes me to this day.

Thank you @upatreewithoutaharness for this ask! Explaining this idea had motivated me to consider writing it again.

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[outcast-thingz]

This entire thing is a spiral of me slowly become more and more tired as the 5.0 update stream kept giving me new stuff to put it... anyways enjoy, it's long as hell

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BANNERS

Phase 1: Mulani & Kazuha (5 stars)

Kachina (4 star)

Phase 2: Kinich & Raiden Shogun (5 stars)

Weapon banner: Claymore "Fang of the Mountain King" and Catalyst "Surf's Up" (5 stars)

Kachina (4 star)

- Geo polearm

-**Elemental Skill:** Summons "Turbo Twirly" a drill-like device that can unleash ground slam attacks, can also be summoned as a seperate combat unit to deal geo dmg on its own. Using hold on skill or pressing it again while she's on the device will give her the ability to ride and climb up walls

-**Elemental Burst:** In his words "will create an area similar to a construction site" the Turbo Twirly will get some boosts in that AOE

-**Passive:** Shows regional specialties AND when she interacts with the local specialties she restores stamina to the party

Mulani (5 star)

- Hydro Catalyst

-**Elemental Skill:** using her skill she will mount her "Sharky Surfboard" which can mark and bite enemies. The bites will slowly add up on a meter for a stronger burst. The surfboard state can also help her navigate through special areas

-**Elemental Burst:** launches a "Shark Missile"

-**Passive:** can Show regional specialties interacting with them will restore the party's Phlogiston

Kinich (5 star)

- Dendro Claymore

-**Elemental Skill:** fires a grappling hook that attaches to enemies. When attached he can swing and jump around them while sending attacks to them. At the right moment he can use a powerful move called Scalespiker Cannon" This will also allow him to swing in mid-air to move rapidly can use Phlogiston for extra swing.

-**Elemental Burst:** "Ajaw" his little dragon buddy releases his full power sending out a powerful lazer from his mouth at the enemies

-**Passive:** can show regeional specialties and when interacting with them he can boost the movement speed of the party

EVENTS

- Web Event "Off We Go to the Nation of Pyro" can get 3 of the forgeable weapons through this event

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MISC. & TCG

- Kinich Story quest

- "Nightsoul Blessing" is activated through "Phlogiston Engraving"

- Created an area to test out the new skills and ways the Natlan characters interact with the world

- Fuck you if you wanted to use Pyro immediately when you resonate with the first statue you gotta do story shit if you want that

-New Forgeable weapons

-two new artifacts "Obsidian Codex" and "Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City"

-WE GET A LITTLE GUY THAT JOINS OUR ADVENTURE A LITTLE TEPETLISAURUS

-Using a Tepetlisaurus form can crawl underground and climb really fast using Phlogiston

-*New Boss:* Gluttonous Yumkasaur Moutain King. Looks like there will be a tool mechanic that allows you to drop food and distract the boss so you can attack. Honestly kind of an adorable boss

-*New Boss"* Goldflame Quecusaur Tyrant ah yes because why wouldn't it look like a Wyvern, he does change to a smaller form to do a flying attack where he launches missiles? quills? i dunno but they look like they hurt

-*Reputation System for Natlan* So in each tribe you'll visit their "Obsidian Totem Pole" this will allow you to access and unlock "Trible Chronicles" which will include each Tribe's legends, local customs, as well as, the Natlan Characters' story quests, and some world quests

-Timed challenges will be using the Saurian Spirits to collect as many coins as we can

-login event which will cumulatively give you 10 fates

-In-game mail will give 1,600 primos, 1 sanctifying Elixer, 2 Fragile Resin, Firstborn Firesprite (pet gadget?), Kaboom Box

-Finishing the main storyline for 5.0 will get you an additional 500 Primos from the interface, which seems like it'll be a reoccurring bonus for 5.0, 5.1, and 5.3 BUT it may that rewards also include materials to get certain characters (natlan characters) up to ascension phases 2 and 3, fuckin wild

-There's a new "Quick Start" Feature for archon quests, but you need to have the Liyue archon quests done and be AR28

-10 intertwined fates as an extra reward for the "Stellar Reunion"

-A "found in the wild" option will be available for the regional specialties in your inventory to show on your map where they are and how many are in that spot to collect (THANK YOU)

-The drop rate for certain monster material will be increased (as they should be for things like Kageuchi)

-World lvl 9 exists now woop woop thus we will have bigger dropped materials from open world and rewards form bosses

-SALVAGING ARTIFACTS CAN NOW TURN THEM INTO ARTIFACT EXP MATERIAL

-Tired of not getting the artifacts that you want? "Sanctifying Elixir" is here to solve your problems. With this bad boi you can exchange it for artifacts with specific main affix and 2 minor affixes. You may be asking yourself how you get them, well worry not dears fo r you can get them after extracting a certain number of upgraded artifacts, exploring Natlan, and/or unlocking Gnostic Hymn and reaching specific lvl

-Battle Pass is being adjusted so you can choose 3 of four types of materials as rewards. Oop and wouldn't you know it, you can change the talent material you earn from it to be any nation's talent lvl up material

-Hey don't worry about trying to finish finding all the Anemoculos and Geoculous in order to get your stamina, you can now boost your stamina limit by offering to any of the statues.

-I honestly have no idea if I read this right but between the natlan statues, the shrines, and the reward thingy that Natlan will have that is similar to the fountain of Lucine in Fontain, it should all add up to a 10 pull of wishes

-Imagine with me if you will for a second. You're on the character banner and your 50/50 arrives, scary as always, but then you see it "Capturing Radiance" it doesn't matter if you're clicking through your 10 wishes and Qiqi shows up as the second thing you got because you now know that you have for sure pulled the promotional 5-star. A chance encounter but encounter it you did

-FINALLY FINALLY that 50/50 gotta lose it twice to get the weapon BS is OVER. It's like the character banners where you lose your 50/50 then garunteed that next 5 star

-Every anniversary you will unlock a wish system to get any 5 star from "wanderlust Invocation" for Free. For freeeeee? yes for freeeeee.

-*Imaginarium Theatre news* will now offer strategies based off the current season's three-element reaction system. They're trying to make it a little less troublesome for players but still leaving room for challenge by adding a visionary mode.

- looks like we get new character, monster, and action cards for TCG

-a collaboration between Genshin and Logitech (merch may be a thing that's also being release with that??)

-I actually took time to listen to the music section. The Natlan symphony? glorious, I need to listen to these more often. please if you go watch any of this stream watch that part, 10/10 would reccomend

-That was.. a lot but hearing Zach saying to prove that he voice's Aether to people that he just screams windblade at people makes up for all of it.

[arcadiahub]

Neva: A Journey of Loss and Resilience

In the ever-evolving landscape of video games, Neva emerges as a unique and evocative experience, offering players a poignant narrative wrapped in beautiful visuals and innovative gameplay mechanics. Developed by Pikpoe and published by Firesprite Games, Neva combines adventure, exploration, and emotional storytelling, inviting players to embark on a journey through a world filled with vibrant colors, mystical creatures, and themes of loss and resilience.

[darren-douglas]

My Horizon: Call of the Mountain (PSVR2) Concept Art

See more official Playstation concept art here https://darrendouglasart.com/

[retro-vgm-revival-hour]

                                               GAMES OF 2023 For most of 2023, similarly to the previous year, the video game industry seemed to be more defined by its controversies than its entertainment purposes. From the SAG-AFTRA union actors authorizing various strikes against the industry's largest companies to receive better pay for their contributions, Microsoft finally purchasing Activision Blizzard King for $69 billion, to even more than 6,000 game developers losing their jobs amid a massive wave of layoffs.  It’s been hard to put a positive spin on the people who are actually responsible for making the games that have brought us hours upon hours of entertaining characters, worlds and experiencesIn saying that, 2023 has been a standout year for games. With how great the previous year for gaming was, it's insane that 2023 might just be the medium's best year of all time. Not a single month has passed us by without an experience that was truly worth our collective time and attention, regardless of any genre preferences or platform allegiances.     Even with what is happening, the Nostalgia Roadtrip Network is dedicated to bringing you the best that we can do to bring a smile to your face by spotlighting these talented artist, composers, and musicians that have elevated our gaming experiences since we first learned to pick up a controller, hit a button on a keyboard or swiped across our phones. This is why THIS STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour is dedicated to the music from the various  games of 2023….We’ve selected 3 tracks from each game to make your listening experience all the more amazing, so Let’s get started!!!!

                                      Full track listing:

===========Game – Composer – Title – Company========

 1.) Resident Evil 4 (2023) – Kota Suzuki, Misao Senbongi, Nozomi Ohmoto & Shusaku Uchiyama – “Big Anger on the Lake (Del Lago: Remake ver.), Lift's Taken & Path to Closure (Remake ver.)” – March 24, 2023 – Capcom – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X/S, iOS & macOS

2.) Forspoken – Garry Schyman & Bear McCreary – “Hostile Confrontation, The Truth Will Out & Distant Memories” – January 24, 2023 – Luminous Productions/Square Enix – PS5 & Windows PC

3.) Atomic Heart – Geoffrey Day, Vladimir Migulya, Anatoliy Poperechny, Emil Dimitrov & Boris Barkas – “For the Good of Mankind, Trava u Doma (‘Grass By the Home’ - w/ vocals by Zemlyane) & Arlekino (‘Harlequin’ - w/ vocals by Alla Pugacheva)” – February 21, 2023 – Mundfish/Focus Entertainment – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

4.) Horizon Call of the Mountain – Alistair Kerley & Frankie Harper – “Ring of Fire, Thunder Falls & In the Eye” – February 22, 2023 – Guerrilla Games & Firesprite/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS5

5.) Octopath Traveler II – Yasunori Nishiki – “Octopath Traveler II Main Theme (w/ vocals by Yuria Miyazono), Hinoeuma & Normal Battle (2nd Theme)” – February 24, 2023 – Square Enix & Acquire/Square Enix – Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 & Windows PC

6.) Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – Kenichiro Suehiro – “Might and Valor, Sorcery of Chaos & Tiger's Fury” – March 3, 2023 – Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

7.) Dead Space (2023) – Trevor Gureckis – “Reborn as One, The Leviathan & The Hive Mind” – January 27, 2023 – Motive Studio/Electronic Arts – PS5, Windows PC & Xbox Series X/S

8.) Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon – Masahiro Miyauchi & Hitomi Kurokawa – “Training and Discipline (Morgana's Theme), Decisive Battle! The Circus of Horror & Le Chéile i bhForaois Sholas na Gealaí - ‘Together in the Moonlit Forest’ (w/ lyrics written by Michael McGlynn & Vocals by Lauren McGlynn)” – March 17, 2023 – PlatinumGames/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

9.) Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key – Yuki Matsumura, Kosuke Mizukami & Masako Otsuka – “Fall Crocus, I'll Take You Down & In the Sunlight Gleaming Through the Trees” – March 23, 2023 – Gust/Koei Tecmo – Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 & Windows PC

10.) Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection – Hana Kimura & Kodai Ikeda (based on original compositions by Toshihiko Horiyama) – “Theme of Battle Network #2, HOMETOWN (Pop Rock Version) & We are still connected” – April 14, 2023 – NeoBards Entertainment & Capcom/Capcom – Nintendo Switch, PS4 & Windows PC

11.) Hi-Fi Rush – Shuichi Kobori & Reo Uratani – “The Rush, Production Destruction & Heatwave (Värrt Mix)” – January 25, 2023 – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks – Windows PC & Xbox Series X/S

12.) The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story – Gareth Coker – “Second Infiltration and Yops, Assault on Demacia & Sylas and Wisteria III” – April 18, 2023 – Digital Sun/Riot Forge – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

13.) Dead Island 2 – Ryan Williams, Luciano Rossi & Nick Hill – “Give 'em Hell-A, Crash Corpse & Stay Alive (feat. Felix Bushe w/ vocals by FFM)” – April 21, 2023 – Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver – Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

14.) Honkai: Star Rail – wén chí (Vinchi), lín yī fán (Fan) & cuī hàn pǔ (TSAR) – “To You Who Will Soon Depart, Fables About the Stars (Part 1) & Jolted Awake From a Winter Dream” – April 26, 2023 – miHoYo – Windows PC, iOS, Android & PS5

15.) Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab – “The Undercity, Basalt Scars & Course Collider” – April 28, 2023 – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts – PS5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS4 & Xbox One

16.) Redfall – Jongnic Bontemps – “Time to Bite Back, Cultist Combat Suite & Vampire Gods” – May 2, 2023 – Arkane Austin/Bethesda Softworks – Windows PC & Xbox Series X/S

17.) Street Fighter 6 – Shigeyuki Kameda & The Sound Room (Marshall Smith & Tom Fox)  – “ÅrachniDXX (Juri's Theme), Thunderfoot Settlement (Stage Battle) & Mad Gear Battle (Thrasher Damnd's Theme)” – June 2, 2023 – Capcom – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X/S & Arcade

18.) Amnesia: The Bunker – Mikko Tarmia – “Officer Hub Safe Theme, Souvenirs Du Passé & End Credits” – June 6, 2023 – Frictional Games – PS4, Windows  PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

19.) Diablo IV – Leo Kaliski & Ted Reedy – “Kyovashad, Dead Forest & Daughter of Hatred” – June 5, 2023 – Blizzard Team 3 & Blizzard Albany/Blizzard Entertainment – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

20.) Final Fantasy XVI – Masayoshi Soken – “Shattered, Before the Storm (Caer Norvent) & Titan Lost (W/ vocals by Masayoshi Soken & Michael-Christopher Koji Fox)” – June 22, 2023 – Square Enix – PS5

21.) Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2023) – Masakazu Sugimori – “Ghost Trick, Lynne (Red-Headed Target) & 4 Minutes Before Death (Variation)” – June 30, 2023 – Capcom – Nintendo Switch, PS4, Windows & Xbox One

22.) Master Detective Archives: Rain Code – Masafumi Takada & Jun Fukuda – “Accelerator Neon, Reasoning Death Match (Rock U) & Super Q Time (Sudden Rain)” – June 30, 2023 – Too Kyo Games & Spike Chunsoft/Spike Chunsoft – Nintendo Switch

23.) Exoprimal – Yuko Miyata, Jeff Rona & Kodai Ikeda – “Mission: Downtown, Mission: Dam & Behemoth Battle (Durban): Phase 2” – July 14, 2023 – Capcom – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

24.) Remnant 2 – Rob Westwood – “Eastport Combat, The Red Prince & The Huntress” – July 25, 2023 – Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing – PS5, Windows PC & Xbox Series X/S 

25.) Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – Sean Bialo (Cosmic Gem) & Arman Aspromonti (R-MaN) – “Killers' Fortress III (Mission A, Area 3), Royals' Hideout III (Mission B, Area 3) & Mysterious Warrior (Vs. Boss Gauntlet & Mayor/Final Mission & Boss )” – July 27th, 2023 – Secret Base Pte. Ltd/Modus Games  – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

26.) Baldur's Gate 3 – Borislav Slavov – “Mind Flayer Theme, A Threat From Nether Years & Raphael's Final Act (W/ vocals by Mariya Anastasova & Andrew Wincott)” – August 3, 2023 – Larian Studios – Windows PC, PS5, macOS & Xbox Series X/S 

27.) Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – Proux, Charodey Jeddy & Hideki Naganuma – “Funk Express (Extended Version), State of Mind & DA PEOPLE” – August 18, 2023 – Team Reptile – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

28.) Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – Shoi Miyazawa & Kota Hoshino – “Dosers On The Grid, C-Weapon & Steel Haze (Rusted Pride)” – August 25, 2023 – FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

29.) Sea of Stars – Eric W. Brown – “Wyrd the Training Golem, Battle On! (Night) & Encounter Elite! v2.1” – August 29, 2023 – Sabotage Studio – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

30.) Starfield – Inon Zur – “Freestar, Cydonia & Death and Crimson” – September 6, 2023 – Bethesda Softworks – Windows & Xbox Series X/S 

31.) Lies of P – Silun Lee, Jung-hoo Oh, Dong-hoon Lee, Dong-sub Park & Ki-beom Kim – “Judgement of Mourning, Rabbits on the Hunt & Dreadful March” – September 19, 2023 – Neowiz Games & Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, macOS, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

32.) Mortal Kombat 1 – Casey Edwards, Nathan Grigg & Wilbert Roget – “Cage Mansion, The Flesh Pits & The Pyramid Summit” – September 19, 2023 – NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros. Games – Nintendo Switch, PS5, Windows  PC & Xbox Series X/S 

33.) Assassin's Creed Mirage – Brendan Angelides – “Serpent's Kiss, A Path of Heat & Noxious” – October 5, 2023 – Ubisoft Bordeaux/Ubisoft – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

34.) Lords of the Fallen (2023) – Knut Avenstroup Haugen, Cris Velasco & The Budapest Scoring Orchestra and Choir – “In Light We Walk, Archnemesis & Stigmata (W/ vocals by Lauren Walker AKA Eurielle)” – October 13, 2023 – Hexworks/CI Games – Windows PC, PS5 & Xbox Series X/S 

35.) Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – John Paesano – “In Full Swing (SURKIN Remix), East River Mayhem & Midtown Madness” – October 20, 2023 – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS5

36.) Alan Wake 2 – Yasmeen Semaan, Teemu Brunila, Antti Riihimäki, Jean Castel, Jurek Reunamäki, Jussi Tiainen, Pierre-Antoine Melki, Christel Roosberg, Joalin, Jori Roosberg & Sam Lake  – “Wide Awake  (W/ vocals by Jaimes), Dark/Twisted and Cruel (W/ vocals by  Paleface Swiss) & No One Left To Love (W/ vocals by ROOS + BERG)” – October 27, 2023 – Remedy Entertainment /Epic Games Publishing – PS5, Windows PC & Xbox Series X/S 

37.) Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name – Keitarou Hanada, Takahiro Kai & ​​Saori Yoshida  – “Obedience, Treachery & Shin Ichizu Samurai (W/ vocals by Takaya Kuroda/Kazuma Kiryu)” – November 9, 2023 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/SEGA – PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S 

38.) Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Pinar Toprak – “First Strike, Ash on the Winds & Take the Fight to Them” – November 30, 2023 – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft – Windows PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 & Amazon Luna 

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Official Categorization of Playstation Studios by Sony [Infographic]

Official Categorization of Playstation Studios by Sony [Infographic] How do you feel about this categorization that Sony has done. I'm a bit relieved about Bend Studio falling under Evolving/Multi-Gere but also worried why it's not under Single-Player games. Days Gone was a single player game and if Sony has pushed Bend to make a multi-player title then another disappointing game (sales wise) may end up killing this studio.Glad to see that Firesprite and Housemarque are focusing on single-player games.What are your thoughts on this?https://ift.tt/Ol1Gp7o Submitted June 03, 2024 at 06:23AM by blinkyretard https://ift.tt/KaMdnQs via /r/gaming

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My Top 30 Favorite Video Game Characters

30. Spyro (Spyro Franchise)

29. Cynder (The Legend Of Spyro)

28. Princess Zelda (The Legends Of Zelda)

27. Link (The Legends Of Zelda)

26. Sparx (Spyro Franchise)

25. Mario (Super Mario)

24. Luigi (Super Mario)

23. Yoshi (Super Mario)

22. Sonic The Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise)

21. Tails (Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise)

20. Cole MacGrath (Infamous)

19. Dante (Devil May Cry)

18. Sly Cooper

17. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)

16. Clank (Ratchet & Clank)

15. Jak (Jak & Daxter Game Franchise)

14. Daxter (Jak & Daxter Game Franchise)

13. Toro Innoue (Toro Franchise)

12. Sackboy (Little Big Planet Franchise)

11. Toggle (Little Big Planet 3)

10. Toad (Super Mario)

9. Yoshi (Yoshi's Crafted World)

8. Donkey Kong (Super Mario)

7. Pac-Man (Pac-Man Game Franchise)

6. Kirby (Kirby Game Franchise)

5. Rabbid (Rabbids Game Franchise)

4. Rayman (Rayman Game Franchise)

3. New Kid (South Park Game Franchise)

2. Alex (Minecraft Game Franchise)

And 1. Steve (Minecraft Game Franchise)

Credit Goes To patricksiegler1999 for template

Meme: https://www.deviantart.com/patricksiegler1999/art/Top-30-Favorite-Video-Game-Characters-Meme-Base-897685979

Super Mario And The Legend Of Zelda (C) Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Sonic The Hedgehog (C) SEGA Corporation

The Legend Of Spyro (C) Sierra Entertainment, Inc. Krome Studios Pty Ltd. And Étranges Libellules S.A.

Spyro Franchise (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment, Insomniac Games, Inc. Digital Eclipse Check Six Studios Equinoxe Digital Entertainment Vicarious Visions, Inc. Eurocom Entertainment Software Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc. Sierra Entertainment, Inc. Krome Studios Pty Ltd. Big Ant Studios Pty Ltd Étranges Libellules S.A. Tantalus Media Keywords Studios plc Activision Blizzard, Inc. Activision Publishing, Inc. Toys for Bob, Inc. And Sanzaru Games, Inc.

Devil May Cry (C) Capcom Co., Ltd. Ninja Theory Limited, Argonaut Games PLC Xbox Game Studios, And Microsoft Corporation

Ratchet And Clank (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment Insomniac Games, Inc. Handheld Games Corp. High Impact Games, Sanzaru Games, Inc. Nihilistic Software, Deck Nine Games, Tin Giant And Mass Media, Inc.

Jak and Daxter (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment Naughty Dog, LLC High Impact Games Ready at Dawn Studios LLC Mass Media, Inc.

Sly Cooper (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment Sucker Punch Productions, LLC And Sanzaru Games, Inc.

Infamous (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment And Sucker Punch Productions, LLC

Toro (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment

Little Big Planet (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Mobile, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studio, Tarsier Studios, Double Eleven, XDEV, United Front Games, San Diego Studio, Firesprite, Sumo Digital, Fireproof Studios, Maverick, Testology, And Supermassive Games.

Little Big Planet 3 (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sumo Digital, XDEV, Testology, The Station Interactive AB, Tarsier Studios, Supermassive Games, And Media Molecule

Pac-Man (C) Namco Limited, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. And Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.

Kirby (C) Nintendo HAL Laboratory, Inc. Good-Feel Co., Ltd. Flagship Co., Ltd. Natsume Capcom Dimps Arika Compile Banpresto & Vanpool

Rayman Game Franchise (C) Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Casablanca, Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Shanghai, UbiArt Framework, Feral Interactive, Gameloft S.E. And Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Rabbids Game Franchise (C) Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Casablanca, Headstrong Games, And Ubisoft Barcelona

South Park Game Franchise (C) Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. & South Park Digital Studios

Minecraft (C) Xbox Game Studios, Mojang Studios, 4J Studios, And Microsoft Corporation

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PlayStation: um dos estúdios descreve que a aquisição foi tóxica e rochosa

Por Vinicius Torres Oliveira

Firesprite, um dos estúdios que foram adquiridos recentemente pela Sony para a Playstation Studios, descreve a aquisição tóxica e rochosa pela japonesa – “morte por mil cortes”.

A Sony continua a estar em maus len��óis. Depois que a japonesa mais uma vez não conseguiu cumprir as previsões para o PlayStation 5 e teve que revisá-las para baixo, o valor de mercado caiu US$ 10 bilhões. Posteriormente, uma onda de demissões atingiu estúdios conhecidos, como Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games e muito mais. Cerca de 900 funcionários foram colocados nas ruas. Para isso, a SIE London foi fechada após 22 anos. Para isso, inúmeros projetos e jogos não anunciados foram descartados.

Além disso, a Sony realmente anunciou que não haverá grandes lançamentos da franquia até março de 2025, reduzir o preço do console PlayStation 5 é difícil, e as vendas devem continuar a diminuir. O fato de a SONY ter vendido o dobro de consoles PS5 do que consoles Xbox Series X/S provavelmente não é consolo para a empresa, e na verdade eles queriam fazer malabarismos com figuras completamente diferentes. Ainda assim, mais de 54,8 milhões de consoles PlayStation 5 foram enviados.

Desta vez dos desenvolvedores do estúdio chamado Firesprite. A Firesprite foi adquirida pela Playstation em setembro de 2021. A compra levou a uma cultura tóxica, escassez, rotatividade de funcionários, queixas de discriminação sexual e discriminação por idade, dizem os desenvolvedores do estúdio.

Os desenvolvedores da Firesprite alegaram que a situação da empresa se deteriorou significativamente após sua aquisição pela Sony, de acordo com fontes da Eurogamer. Desde que a Sony assumiu o comando, as queixas estão a acumular-se. No entanto, a Sony rejeitou as alegações de discriminação sexual e discriminação etária como um “mal-entendido”.

A Firesprite tinha uma cultura positiva no passado, que foi desmontada em pouquíssimo tempo após a aquisição. Uma fonte descreveu as ações da SONY como “morte por mil cortes”. A Eurogamer relata ainda que alguns funcionários acompanharam o assunto explorando opções legais e teriam recebido um pagamento financeiro da Sony.

A Eurogamer falou com várias fontes próximas da empresa para saber as razões da insatisfação, com todos a desejarem permanecer anónimos por razões profissionais. Outros disseram que não queriam participar dessa investigação por medo de represálias.