I dropped from the highest tier to the middle tier. There weren't a whole lot of classics that I was playing, so the middle tier is sufficient for now.

Sony is closing Firewalk (the developers of Concord) and their mobile studio Neon Koi.
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Terrible news about Firewalk. It was never clear exactly how much they spent to make Concord, but considering the studio was established in 2018 and that was their only game, it’s just a massive loss. I hope the individual devs find somewhere to land.

It's shocking given the level of talent involved. In the space of just under 5 months, they had the first proper reveal of the game, it launched, it was pulled, and the studio was shuttered.

The environment's so brutal now that even a studio with the amount of talent at Firewalk doesn't get a second at-bat.

To be fair though, it was an exceptionally huge flop. Almost unprecedented. Are there any other major first-party console games that were pulled from existence?

Not almost. Definitely.

There have been some that were cancelled before* any kind of release, but no, Concord is unique in that they went all the way with it. In previous eras, games were still playable with just the disc, but even Concord can’t do that.


* I’m thinking of the likes of Scalebound which was a MS/Platinum game, and TLOU 2 multiplayer, which, for all intents and purposes, would have functionally been standalone from the single player game, though we’ll never really know. I’m certain there are others in that category… but nothing like Concord.

November Free Games :

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Of course, I already bought Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 Good game though.
At least I held off on getting Ghostwire Tokyo.

Not sure about the Day 1 release there. Sounds complicated. At least I don't own it.

A Deathnote game, cool!

Wait, "online social deduction game?" There goes my excitement.

Here's the announcement trailer, which just dropped as well.

Nice games for November.

The PS Blog lists the following games as having PS5 Pro enhancements at launch:

• Alan Wake 2
• Albatroz
• Apex Legends
• Arma Reforger
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• EA Sports College Football 25
• Dead Island 2
• Demon’s Souls
• Diablo IV
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Dragon’s Dogma 2
• Dying Light 2 Reloaded Edition
• EA Sports FC 25
• Enlisted
• F1 24
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Fortnite
• God of War Ragnarök
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
• Kayak VR: Mirage
• Lies of P
• Madden NFL 25
• Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Naraka: Bladepoint
• NBA2K 25
• No Man’s Sky
• Palworld
• Paladin’s Passage
• Planet Coaster 2
• Professional Spirits Baseball 2024-2025
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil 4
• Resident Evil Village
• Rise of the Ronin
• Rogue Flight
• Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
• Star Wars: Outlaws
• Stellar Blade
• Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown
• The Callisto Protocol
• The Crew Motorfest
• The Finals
• The First Descendant
• The Last of Us Part I
• The Last of Us Part II Remastered
• Until Dawn
• War Thunder
• Warframe
• World of Warships: Legends

Got that shipping notification from Sony

IGN Review of the PS5 Pro

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Same here. Arriving tomorrow!

Enjoy it and let us know what you think!

Amazon shipped mine USPS the day after launch, and it'll apparently be here on Monday.

Looks like it's available at all major retailers right now. I wonder if demand is pretty low, given the price point.

Hoping for some sort of PS5 Pro BF bundle that includes something > garbage.

Zero chance. It's too new a product to bundle for BF yet.

...and a link to the Eurogamer article in question.


I certainly wouldn't expect an official Sony bundle (we'd surely know about that already?), but retailers bundling stuff together themselves, I could see it. Console plus game plus extra controller for at least a little less than you would normally pay for those separately...that's pretty routine.

The only time I see bundles are discount ones for holiday purchases when supplies are abundant, or non-discount ones when supplies are very limited. But we'll see I guess.

Also I saw a speculative article stating the PS5 Pro could be $1000 after Trump's tariffs go into effect. So that's awesome and might ve a reason to buy now as opposed to later.

Oh, Amazon...! My PS5 Pro has traveled from Kernersville, NC to Jefferson, GA (passing my house along the way) down to Jacksonville, FL and now to Charlotte, NC. The USPS doesn't even have it yet, though if the delivery estimate holds, the USPS will be doing the final delivery tomorrow.

That is bringing back memories of the complete ineptitude that went on during Covid.

Just got the notifications that my 30th Slim and Portal will be shipping shortly.

Walmart has one going right now for the PS5 Slim:



Since we're in(-ish) the holiday season and supplies for the PS5 Pro are abundant, it wouldn't surprise me to see something, somewhere pop up.