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Just took the video out of the update @Greboth for ease of watching purposes. Also, i've grabbed most of the stills from the Playstation State of Play release to give a flavour of what is going. Definitely hyped now for this! Going back to its roots whilst keeping the theme of GT Sport which i think was delivered well.

Right, firstly, great thread to start a discussion Justin @FallenDark200 . I appreciate people are starting to creep out of the woodwork and be more visible for the overall cause. I can't ever get enough of that. The concept is great, the mechanics is a little different in how it would work. I looked into a Points system before which had many integrations, and it can work but its complexity can also cause errors and not really work in how want to. Rather than look at the solution, what we're trying to achieve here is essentially a perk that gives back to FGers that help out in special ways e.g. donating to the FGFGF and overall cause. Based on that and what we can pull out on here, is a way to create a specific group from when either people donate. I can also link that to a membership style element that could be easier for people so its already set up rather than having to chip in as and when. However, you also have to consider people for the last few years have donated just off the back of their goodness and when its financially right for them to do so. That choice should never be taken away. I look at this as a great addition and incentive to help people that already donate get potentially something back and encourage others to chip in and 'share the load' as we sometimes say over here. I started drafting membership style things anyway so people can gain more from this place over time, and hopefully that alongside Achievements will be great ways for people to have fun here and help many other FGers in the process - because thats what the end goal should be about.

Spurs and Man Utd felt like they lost a ton of ground in that window on paper. It was initially turning out to be a decent window with movement for players that you felt should move around. Shame Man Utd blocked Lingaard's moves because it doesn't make any sense to sit on that bench any longer than he has so far. Its obvious that Rangnick doesn't like him much but I hope he proves him wrong. Dele needed a new start so i hope he grabs it with both hands....I have my doubts though still. Newcastle did what was expected, but again, they didn't bring in top quality players. Better than existing? Possibly, but it will be very interesting to see if they can stay up still. Imagine that team in the Championship. Meanwhile, Bournemouth have tried to literally buy their way out of the Championship. Every player that a top team wanted, there ploy was 'just buy them'. In some ways I don't blame them. Let them do anything they can to get out of the Championship, however whenever this happens, you do have something in your gut that just wants to see other teams beat them with their squads they've stuck by.

Get ready to enjoy hitting your head against a brickwall! 😄 Bloodborne was created in the same way and that was rough at times for me, especially as I missed the Dark Souls games too. I think if you can stick at it and find a pattern to play it then you'll get some fun out of it for sure. My only concern is that I used to get lost on a reasonably linear Bloodborne, so an open world Elden Ring might be all over the place to start with 😅

That is some seriously awesome work Carl @TurboR56Mini . So, can you actually survive a whole horde night without them getting to you?? That would be amazeballs if so. I just thought they would walk through the water and hit whatever is below! Been enjoying our workings out on the Big Base and tunnels mate, I'll try and get on again this week to take pics as we've managed to make more of the Big Base now that people can go multiple places for reasons. Still lots to do!

The sequel is still on the cards. It got a huge boost in the lockdown as it made the Top 10 Netflix films. The director and Hugh Jackman have spoken about it so we just have to keep our fingers crossed. It would be awesome to see a sequel for something like this. They could do so much more with it now based on what CGI is capable of.

Watched Real Steel...again. 😄 Always loved it since back in the day and one of those films I can re-watch multiple times in a year. Insane cast when you look at what they went on to do years later.

Thats basically it. Whether they did it because they knew Activision/Blizzard was being bought is kind of irrelevant right now. More backing in terms of financial and reputational support will always mean good things. All you can do is base it on experience for now because stuff won't change overnight. Like La @RenFengge said, Sony DO have a good track record of letting studios do their own thing and release incredible video games.

I this picture by Destiny Bulletin shows what Sony's model looks like and why they seem a good fit right now. You can't deny that line up is pretty incredible below. It doesn't mean they'll be there forever but what it does give Bungie is a way to accelerate the recruitment levels which Pete Parsons confirmed yesterday. They know what they want to do for the next 3 years of Destiny already so you would expect this bolstered already well-made plans for the better, not for the worse. Outside of that, i initially lol'd about them making another Halo...but its easy to forget the powerhouses that helped create Destiny are still there behind the scenes on the unnamed IP that will centre more around PvP. The thought of something being even slightly like Halo's PvP on a Playstation has to be good news too. We'll have to see what happens over the coming months i'm sure.

Oh totally, I want that too. I think this is just the first step towards that so lets hope more comes sooner rather than later. The blog shows that you can technically join people from discord though. However, it sounds like for it to work you have to set your settings to 'Anyone'.....copy/pasta from the blog >>> Do note that on your PSN Privacy Settings, your “PSN Online Status” and “Now Playing” visibility must be set to “Anyone” in order for your status to be visible on Discord.

I believe this is the first step of their integration. I would've thought Discord will end up on the PS store at some point this year, this just starts to help you see the connectionvia Discord separately. Disconnect the connection and you may need to tell your browser to 'forget' your sons PSN ID because thats whats probably happened there mate

First news of the integration between Discord and Playstation starts today. Essentially you can go onto your connections on Discord and add your Playstation account and then it will show what you are playing! Rolling out gradually from today, US peeps get it now and then hopefully over the next 24 hours we can all update it 🙂 Full Discord Blog below PlayStation® x Discord: Connect Your Account and Show What You’re Playing DISCORD.COM Starting today, we’re rolling out the ability to connect your Discord account to your PSN account and display your PlayStation®4 or PlayStation®5 game activity in your user profile! Read on to learn more...

Here's a brief FAQ from a Bungie Article on making sure that PS exclusives won't happen. Q. As a Destiny 2 player, does Bungie becoming part of PlayStation have any immediate impact on how I play and experience Destiny 2? No. Our commitment to Destiny 2 as a multi-platform game with full Cross Play remains unchanged. We want you to play The Witch Queen on February 22, 2022, on the platform of YOUR choice. Q. Will the Destiny 2 experience on non-PlayStation platforms be impacted by Bungie becoming part of PlayStation? No. We want to maintain the same great experience you already have on your platform of choice. Q. Will any announced seasons, events, packs, or expansions be changed or impacted by Bungie becoming part of PlayStation? No. Bungie retains full creative independence for our games and our community. Our plans for the Light and Dark Saga are unchanged, all the way through The Final Shape in 2024. Q. Will Destiny 2: The Witch Queen include any platform exclusives? No. The Witch Queen will not contain any platform exclusives. Every player should have an amazing Destiny experience, no matter where you choose to play Q. Will cross platform features, like Cross Save, Cross Play, the Destiny 2 Companion App, or third-party apps like Destiny Item Manager (DIM) be changed or removed? No. Bungie’s commitment to cross-platform play and social features remains unchanged. We believe games are best shared with friends, wherever they choose to play, and will continue to invest in new features and platforms. Q. Bungie has future games in development, will they now become PlayStation exclusives? No. We want the worlds we are creating to extend to anywhere people play games. We will continue to be self-published, creatively independent, and we will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community. Q. I play Destiny on Steam, Xbox, or Stadia – will my platform still be supported? Yes.

If only! lolz And if only again!

Credit to @Diddums to finally helping to organise getting us off a seriously slow and inconsistent host. Many of you may not realise or be bothered on how much this makes a difference, but we can't keep doing the amazing things if we don't have a home that works as fast as you would expect it too. No more Webmaster error messages, pictures load far quicker and jobs run virtually instantly. We're paying abit more but after nearly 10 years on our own, I think it was time we had our very own private dedicated server. Special mention to @anticonscience who was brilliant in helping with the technical parts that our brains just can't comprehend. We've spent alot of time doing groundwork at the start of this year and hopefully you'll start to see the benefits of it. Oh, and if it wasn't worth the wait, don't forget - Click your notification bell at the top and ENABLE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. Just like most websites now, you'll be able to get notifications to your mobiles, as it will come through as a mobile browser notification. And whilst i'll be the first to admit that we want to make more improvements, I hope this really helps go some way as to help keeping up with FG a little more often.

Maybe the fact that there isn't anything as big as Activision/Blizzard, they went for one of the more smaller yet successful companies out there right now. Sometimes I think we have to give Sony credit when credit is due. Not for this deal but based on their experience of buying smaller developers in, and essentially allowing them the freedom to make such incredible IPs in recent years, its why Microsoft have been trying to make moves since creating Game Pass and now buying Acti/Blizz. If it was me, I definitely think buying Bungie based on their morals and integrity (so far) is a better buy than something like Call of Duty right now. Its still $3.6 billion. Not sure what else is on the market to buy? Regarding Konami, that would've been ace personally but I think the play now is trying to keep in the European and Western markets - The East is now just full with Mobile games and with the recent restrictions China imposed on all youngsters, you would say there seems to be more method than madness in the deal.

I doubt they'll hit the PS exclusive loot too. Destiny 2 just shared this on Twitter. It does follow every move they have made since having full creative control. Glad to see it stay that way too.

News just broke! Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion WWW.GAMESINDUSTRY.BIZ Destiny studio will remain multiplatform, able "to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play" $3.6 Billion. Great news personally. Lets hope they get even more Devs to work on the game through this. Sony supporting some companies has worked very well if you look at all of their exclusives.

Happy birthday Tomtom! @LordBaguette ! Have a great one eating some of the finest bread made buddy 🥖😎💃

Looks like Wednesday we'll get 30 minutes of PS5 gameplay, and hopefully a more in depth look at gamemodes and cars/upgrades. Definitely warming up me cockles for this now 😎