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Deux Ex would be a decent addition to PS+

I'll wait for my annual PSN voucher and raid the sale again that way. Spent way too much money this month, luckily none on credit.

Finished a replay of Arkham Asylum, as good as ever. I still think this is the better of the 3 (well, technically 4) Arkham games. Close quarter combat, perfect stealth environments and a pretty decent combat system. I remember this game blew minds of everyone as people were not expecting this to be good.

What this means is, that Disney want to launch their own streaming service. They now have two (Hulu in the US, NowTV (part of Sky) in the UK).

Click here for the full press coverage. Alternative source What that means is this, Disney own a great deal of content including Acquisition complements and enhances The Walt Disney Company’s ability to provide consumers around the world with more appealing content and entertainment options Transaction to include 21st Century Fox’s film and television studios, cable entertainment networks and international TV businesses Popular entertainment properties including X-Men, Avatar, The Simpsons, FX Networks and National Geographic to join Disney’s portfolio Expands Disney’s direct-to-consumer offerings with addition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment content, capabilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia; Hulu stake becomes a controlling interest Addition of extensive international properties, including Star in India and Fox’s 39% ownership of Sky across Europe, enhances Disney’s position as a truly global entertainment company with world-class offerings in key regions Robert A. Iger to remain Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company through 2021 Newscorp (which will be owned by the Murdochs) is not included in the deal.

I went the Dawnguard route, was enjoyable and more interesting the vampire route.

Dedided to pick up Guns, Gore and Canaloni in the recent PSN sale. Finished it today, not a bad game. Played the sequel at EGX this year, the first is pretty good. Basically it is exactly as the title says. Plenty of Guns, Gore and Canaloni. It's roughly 3 hours from start to finish, and i didn't get bored at all

The facebook community page we have for the town was (and probably still is) having an argument over the snow and school closures. I thought it was pretty funny reading some comments. Still, was an hour late in this morning due to the snow. Got up 6:30am, first thing i did was check the trains. The Cross Country train services were cancelled due to the weather and the Arriva at 8.30am was running late due to the weather. Luckily my manager was snowed in, so she at least understood why i was late.

The more i see of this game, the more interested and the more i want to play.

Yeah, i finished the Dawnguard DLC. I was getting fed up with the random Vampire attacks on NPC's, luckily none were killed that were essential for quest giving. The Dawnguard DLC was decent, a lot of fun and a good setting. Last time i was on Skyrim, i also just finished the Mages College questline and was mostly through the Thieves Guild. I have a week off at Christmas, so between Christmas TV and stuff i'll be playing Skyrim (luckily, Sophie is working so i'll get some uninterrupted gaming before she gets home)

Finished the main story to Assassin's Creed Origins. Full thoughts are in the Origins thread, but overall it was worth Ubi missing a year. It shows with vast improvements over previous iterations, especially combat and story.

Bump Just finished the main story (and the vast majority of the side-quests/stuff to do etc). Quite pleased Ubisoft took a year off Assassin's Creed, it shows with this game that is for sure. Story was interesting. Might polish off the remaining side stuff, but otherwise i'm done for now.

There are elements of D2 i prefer over similar elements of D1. PvP has it's moments, but needs sorting out to be as competitive as D1's is/was. I'm one for Crucible playlists, and the randomness of the modes is off-putting. The 4v4 is a good idea, however i think the 6v6 option should remain in place for those who want it. And have separate playlists for all the modes as before. The strikes are decent, however the raid needs improving. The Osiris add-on needs a new raid to freshen things up. PvP needs refreshing, strikes need refreshing. I've got to the routine of playing D2 for the daily/weekly stuff then putting it away until the following week.

Not a bad piece of nostalgia. Wait a year or two, then we'll probably have a PS3 load screen for PS4.

Without a doubt, my Game of the Year is Horizon Zero Dawn. A game many (including myself) didn't have much hope for, considering Guerilla Games's last PS4 outing was Killzone Shadow Fall. Horizon blew the opinion away, i was amazed at just how good this game was when i played it. Normally, i start a game and leave it for a bit before picking it up and playing it through. Horizon was that one game i started and played right to the end without changing my game. And with the additional DLC in the form of The Frozen Wilds, which came out earlier this month. It's cemented this game as my Game of the Year for 2017. Other notable mentions this year include Sonic Mania Assassin's Creed Origins Breath of the Wild Snake Pass Little Nightmares Uncharted The Lost Legacy

All working again now, thanks for the help @Ashley

If they offered 2 tiered PS+, it would appease many. 1 without the free game offerings, and one with. This months offerings for December is poor. Already have Darksiders II on the WiiU with the Humble Bundle deal, and i have zero interest in Kung Fu Panda. And i wish they'd just stop giving away that "bonus title" That's You!!!. If people don't have it by now, they don't want it.

Having a bit of trouble getting the 2 step verification working, well i say working. It worked ok on my old phone, but i got a new one and i can't set it up on there. The email isn't being received for me to do this. Any help much appreciated.

The number of season passes available for games is stupid. And more so, the price of them and the content offered. Looking at games like DriveClub and Witcher 3, both offered similar priced season passes and threw in so much content it was unreal. Then you look at games like Arkham Knight, which offered a £40 season pass and content which was extremely poor. In terms of games offering loot boxes and microtransactions, well them costs for producing games needs to be covered. And as much as i really dislike the idea of them altogether (in fact, i avoid games that have this "pay to win" idea (Battlefront II) Just looking at Battlefront II for a moment, i was watching some YouTuber's really rip into EA for doing what they are doing. If you don't get any loot crates, to unlock Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker it's about 40 hours of gameplay, then another 40 or so to power them up. Then they had that starcard situation, basically EA just ruined the game. And it led to the most disliked Reddit post for quite some time (if all time). This isn't limited to what companies like EA and Warner Bros do (and games like Destiny 2, all of which appear on Xbox, PC and PS4). Nintendo are getting them with these Amiibo. Locking a difficulty mode behind a £15 piece of plastic isn't a good idea, and it's one reason i'm not buying Samus Returns.

Finished Horizon's DLC The Frozen Wilds. It's nice, additional content for Horizen. Which to be fair, for a game as good as that it's well deserved,

Just finished Frozen WIlds. More of what we love about Horizon, with some additional new stuff added.

But it's like shows like EGX and Gamescom. Tickets go on sale before anyone knows what will be on show. Kind of a pot-luck scenario.

Following on, i've been playing The Wolf Among Us. Didn't know what to think to begin with, it was on sale on PSN over Halloween so i snapped it up (the Vita edition). Loved it, can see why people rate this the better of the Telltale games series. Ok, the controls on Vita were a little dodgy (and the game crashed twice during my play). That's not including the rickity framerate and audio drop-outs i encountered either. None the less, it was a good experience.

It's a shame Miiverse is gone, Nintendo could have updated it on Switch and added a Twitter integration to it (aka share Miiverse posts with a touch of a button, thus free advertising). It was the best thing about the WiiU at times.

Amazon dropped the ball with pre-orders. Checking across various sites, it seems the mess-ups are on orders made back when they went up. Some people who ordered an Xbox One X a few days or weeks ago seemed to get theirs no problem. One or two Scorpio edition pre-orders were cancelled/not delivered, and those people are not happy.