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Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition FREE on Epic https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/fallout-new-vegas--ultimate-edition

Absolute load of crap apparently. Prime example of a film that didn't need to be made or a story that needed to be told. Biggest gripe I have with these new Indy films is that they've lost the charm that the original trilogy had. The CGI in this one looks utterly shocking with its cartoony style and poorly done effects. That alone kills it for me - at least in the older films they were ingenious in dealing with tech limitations and stunts were done for real. The new ones just seem so lazy and artificial with a reliance on special effects. Such a wasted opportunity. If they went back to basics instead of going for these vastly exaggerated scenes then it would at least give the series back some style even with Ford being about 96 years old. The story doesn't seem to have any purpose either and doesn't do anything other that give Jones another adventure that he didn't need to go on. Another landmark franchise trashed by Disney.

I didn't watch it (never really bother with these things) but it looks pretty disappointing overall. Biggest announcement was Metal Gear Solid Delta and then there was Spider Man 2 but other than that, nothing really significant. I am happy to see The Talos Principle 2 showcased as the original was excellent though.

A remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 which is incredible news! Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake Announced Alongside Collection Featuring First Three Games - IGN WWW.IGN.COM The long-rumored Metal Gear Solid 3 remake has finally been announced. Konami's remake was revealed at today's PlayStation Showcase alongside the Master Gear Solid: Master Collection... And we're also getting the collection on modern systems too

Sterling and Dier have had miserable seasons so glad they've been overlooked although I'm surprised Maddison has been given a chance as he's had a dreadful campaign. Kalvin Phillips has probably played about an hour this entire season so his selection is a bit questionable. Other than that, we look pretty decent and it's great to see players like Bellingham, Eze and Rice come on a bundle this year.

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I was just gonna post this🤣 Looks great - another review here

Yep, once the bundle gets nerfed right on cue, it pushes people towards the next premium one. The old one becomes obsolete, people originally complaining about it being OP are finally happy for a few days and then the new bundle releases and it's rinse and repeat. It's a slippery slope once people fall into this trap and whilst many get out without spending too much, others are paying up to £100 a month.

The Last of Us Part One

And they have this week RIP

Got released in early access a few days ago and it's really popping off in popularity. It's basically Outlast with co-op but can also be played solo. The Outlast Trials on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let...

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Yep, it's absolutely disgusting the amount of predatory patents EA and Activision have in play to extract as much money as possible from the gamer. Beyond aggressive free to play business models in full priced games and instances where gameplay and/or matchmaking is engineered to dictate in-game success and increase spend. I am absolutely astonished at how scripted FIFA UT has become and the amount of money people are willing to spend to be screwed over by EA. You just can't trust AAA competitive multiplayer gaming anymore. There was so much extended potential but companies have just exploited everything to extract as much money as possible at the expense of enjoyment and fairness. Counter Strike 2 is a prime example of things being done right - comprehensive matchmaking, sub-ticket system providing the highest quality servers, match protection anti-cheat and weapons that are just skins with a market dictated by the gamer. There's a reason why this brand gets up to 1.5m players online at a time and has an audience of 30m when it comes to majors. I'm not a huge CS player now but it's by far the most consistent series in existence that will never cease to grow.

Some more on this Overwatch 2 Director Apologizes for Canceling PvE Hero Mode, Makes Big Promises for Story Missions - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller opened up about Blizzard's decision to cancel its PvE Hero mode, apologizing to fans and promising big things for its upcoming story missions. The fact they released the game knowing that this mode was cancelled is absolutely disgraceful especially marketing the story right until the 11th hour. Community are absolutely furious and even some of the most loyal content creator partners are in total disbelief. With most of the OG creators gone along with the longstanding director, I actually think this brand is dead in the water. Such a shame because between 2016 and 2018 it was an unstoppable phenomenon across many media. Going the same way as Halo methinks.

Pretty much every major skin releases overpowered to bait purchases and the come week 3, once sales have peaked and complaints are rife from non-owners, they then nerf the gun as some positive PR. Whilst the owners are then busy crying that their gun is weaker now, Activision releases a new bundle a week later so people move on to that knowing their latest bundle is worthless. I think dataminers found about 11 straight instances of this occurring between MW2019 and Warzone prior to them getting DMCA'd and after a slight downturn in this concept with Vanguard due to a lack of interest, it's now happening because MW2 offers huge potential for this. Content creators were even able to predict the exact week a bundle would launch and then the exact day it would be nerfed it got so predictable. It follows this basic formula - expensive P2W bundle released > player buys bundle > players dominate with said bundle > bundle gets nerfed > new P2W bundle gets announced > players (forced to) buy new P2W bundle > rinse and repeat. If it was just cosmetics, then Activision would barely scrape 20% of the business they are doing right now. There's the odd-quirky bundle here and there with some new animations, effects and finishers but the premium £24.99 bundles are a completely different story.

If it was cosmetic only then it wouldn't matter. The problem is these skins have underlying performance enhancements and that is the information that should be disclosed for fair transparency. Sadly Activision have literally DMCA'd every bit of datamined data regarding this previous and have literally shut off huge swathes of their API to cover up anything attributed to true stats, server performance and player metrics. Loyal players with high spend have to pay higher prices and players with low ATV are baited into jumping on the microtransaction circuit with personalised deals and carefully curated dynamic prices. Many players don't buy skins for their appearance - it's all about the performance benefits that those bring. The only time they are transparent about microtransactions is anything related to their Endowment charity. These are basic cosmetics only and sales are tracked and published. Activision typically make $3-5bn a year clear profit on Microtransactions across their small portfolio and that is after development costs have been paid along with projected upkeep. So no matter how much they spend on their games, they always have at least $3bn at hand for a rainy day.

Shocking bottle job from Arsenal and finishing with a right wimper. Could've gone 11pts clear a month ago and now City win the title with 3 to spare and have just beat Chelsea to go 7pts clear and could win the league by a margin of 13. They did the hard part and got into a great position being 8pts clear, out of both Cup competitions and Europe also, whilst City were playing in the FA Cup and their priority being the Champions League. They wont get a better chance than this year considering all the circumstances. The blew two 2-0 leads on the road to draw both and then had a 3-3 against the worst team in the league at home. That was the killer to bring City into the title race and then the 4-1 at the Etihad was a complete shift in mentality and quality. Had Arsenal not dropped those 6 points prior, they would've gone there 11 clear and could afford even to lose and it still been in their hands. Newcastle away was a great result and performance but it was too little too late and yesterday was the icing on the cake. Been saying it for a very long time but Spurs need a total overhaul and this is the worst they have been in many years going back to the mid-2000's. I actually can't believe they are so high in the table. There's been too many shambolic results and performances and the amount of deadwood that needs gone probably represents 90% of the team. Seeing Chelsea in such a mess has cheered me up greatly but it's only a small consolation. Spurs should not be going toe to toe with Brentford and Fulham.

Portal With RTX (2022)

This was unreal Not sure how Peterborough will ever recover from this and manager Darren Ferguson may very well quit them for a 4th time and probably never to return ever.

Death Stranding FREE on Epic until the 25th https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/death-stranding

Awesome collections there! Never seen the long box comby of Metal Gear Solid + Special Missions before. What country was that from?

I can live with this GTA 6 Might Be Coming Out as Soon as Next Year - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Publisher Take-Two Interactive may have just teased the release window for the next entry in the biggest gaming franchise of all time: Grand Theft Auto 6. It may be on the way as soon as next year. Was dreading it would be 2025 or something!

I think it's brilliant business from Activision. I said back in December that come the halfway point in the games cycle, they will start implementing light pay2win elements in DMZ even with the mode being in beta and that by Spring, there will be aggressive and predatory pay2win bait bundles in play to milk the remaining audience with carefully curated pricing to maximise their income. A couple of people told me I was full of absolute shit and that Activision wouldn't ever dream of doing things like this but here you go. In March they even charged £25 for a bundle which could not be purchased with COD points that was recycled free content from MW2019. Their aim is to convert as much real world money into store credit aka COD points and to do this, they offer 'perks' aka discounts to people with a low ATV spend or a lesser established purchase history. Loyal customers don't receive such perks because Activision does not reward such things - discounts mean less money from willing paying customers which could also psychologically reduce their impulse purchase potential with future day one bundles if they believe they may get pampered reductions. None of this is new and that's why I was a bit taken aback in that other thread of users denying Activision's antics when there was literally 5+ years of this industry behaviour with irrefutable evidence of methods and implementation. Activision are in business to make as much money as possible and if they have to shit on the few remaining customers they have to extrapolate as much money as possible, they will at any non-monetary cost. It will be all gone and forgotten come the next game and that's why they don't care.