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Horizon Zero Dawn has sold over 7.6 million units in its first year on sale (it’s the game’s 1 year anniversary today), according to the PlayStation Blog, which makes it the best-selling new first-party franchise launch title on PS4.

Horizon Zero Dawn has sold over 7.6 million units in its first year on sale, according to the PlayStation Blog, which makes it the best-selling new first-party franchise launch title on PS4.

Destructoid gave Mulaka an 8/10, summarising that the game is an “impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.” They specifically praise the game’s art style and music, and say that the game might just be what you’re looking for if you have an Okami-shaped itch to scratch. Their full review of the game can be found here.

Colorware are rereleasing their NES-inspired Joy-Cons, and are launching an NES-inspired Pro Controller. And they look pretty awesome. Downside: the pricing is a little absurd, with the Joy-Cons costing $199, and the Pro Controller costing $189.

Well, a trailer was shown at MAGIC 2018, and was supposed to go unseen by those not in attendance. However, two versions of the trailer have been posted online; the trailer below is something of a Frankenstein effort, cut and pieced together from those two different versions. It is an extended version of the Gamescom trailer, and showcases our first look at QTEs in this game.

Word is going around that the game has sold less than 5% of what MGSV sold in its first week...

Looks like Little Nightmares might be coming to Switch...

The Switch has sold over 1 million units in France as of last week.

The game will run at 900p docked and 540p undocked, and is due for release in Japan on 26th April.

OST release coming to Japan on Wednesday 23rd May.

Only really heard bad things about this game, which is good (in terms of “Screw Konami”) and bad (in terms of how it might reflect on the developers). Also found this quite amusing: “KJP [Kojima Productions] FOREVER” Anyway, I’m very interested in seeing how this game performs in terms of sales. Because, assuming that it does poorly - and we don’t see much from the Metal Gear franchise for a while - I wouldn’t be surprised to see Konami’s financials take a significant enough hit for them to consider selling some of their video game licenses (such a Silent Hill and Metal Gear) off, prior to a possible closure of their video gaming division. Assuming that Kojima continues to partner with Sony, I wouldn’t be too surprised to see Sony foot up the bill to put these franchises back under Kojima’s control if that did end up happening. On the downside, we’re probably just shy of a decade of that being a remote possibility.

Four new images of the game were shared at MAGIC 2018. It’s definitely looking better and better with each new look that we get of the game! Also, might I suggest to the moderators that this thread be moved over to ‘Other Consoles’? Every time I come to update it, I always end up looking around for five minutes over there before I remember that it’s over in ‘General Gaming Discussion’. Just a friendly suggestion

Honestly forgot that World of Final Fantasy was a thing... That's an excellent suggestion, @Hero-of-Time. If I recall correctly, it sold extremely poorly (at least by Final Fantasy-designed-for-a-handheld standards), so that would be a very smart move for S-E to make. You should shoot them an email

Absolutely. The only downside I potentially see with bringing FF to Switch - at least to Switch owners and FF fans - is that S-E would be unlikely to bring a brand new entry into the core, roman numeral series, simply because they've shown that they want those games to exist on the most technologically advanced consoles on the market (I know this isn't what you were necessarily suggesting, H-o-T). Personally, I'd be just fine seeing VI and the earlier entries coming over with whatever Nintendo is doing in terms of Virtual Console. I could totally see something like Final Fantasy Tactics get a new series entry come to the Switch. On another note, though, perhaps Project Octopath Traveller is in fact a Final Fantasy spin-off game? I'd much rather it be a new IP (because it's visually very unique, and a style I'd love to see further evolved, or perhaps used in some potential remakes of other excellent S-E JRPGs seen on Nintendo consoles in years past...), but a simple name change to something like Final Fantasy: Octopath Traveller or Final Fantasy: The Paths of Eight would naturally garner much more attention than a brand new IP would.

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The game has gone gold. Also, here’s a pretty great PlayStation Blog post, which goes behind the scenes of the game.

Some pretty cool posters are going up on the Japanese store, for anyone that’s interested.

Nintendo seems to be implementing customer reviews on the eShop, with players required to have played the game for a minimum of 2 hours of a game to be allowed to review it. Example: the page for Dragon Quest Builders On a pretty big side note, Ninty also took home most of the awards at the DICE Awards. • GOTY: Breath of the Wild • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Mario Odyssey • Adventure GOTY: Breath of the Wild • Family GOTY: Snipperclips • Racing GOTY: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe • Strategy/Simulation GOTY: Mario + Rabbids • D.I.C.E. Sprite Award: Snipperclips • Handheld GOTY: Metroid Samus Returns • Mobile GOTY: Fire Emblem Heroes • Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Breath of the Wild • Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Breath of the Wild • Game of the Year: Breath of the Wild Genyo Takeda was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

UPDATE: the script for Episode IX is complete; principal photography will begin in July.

Ivy and Zasalamel will return in Soul Calibur VI.

No surprises here: the next Battlefield title will be playable at this year’s EA Play. If I recall correctly, Battlefield 1 was announced in May, but from a quick look around it seems that prior Battlefield games were announced in March, so we could be hearing something about it very soon. I’m very curious to see which direction they decide to take with regards to DLC/seasons/MTX (microtransactions)/etc. for the game after Battlefront II’s lambasting.

Publisher Aksys Games has announced a new title from the creator of Harvest Moon, Yasuhiro Wada. The game is called Little Dragons Café. The story follows a twin brother and sister who run a café. One day, their mother falls into a deep sleep, and the only way to wake her up is to raise a dragon. While managing three other employees, players have to learn to run the business and breed their scaled companion. As the story progresses, players can expand their café by learning new recipes, exploring the terrain for ingredients, growing and catching food, and helping their neighbors. Akibo Shieh, founder and CEO of Aksys Games and a good friend of Wada's, says the game has been in development for two years, though the two have talked about teaming up for a new title for five years. Little Dragons Café is slated for a late summer 2018 release on Switch (and PS4).

Oh dear, ignore me. I was just reading about the Uncharted movie and how Neil Druckmann is going to find it strange that Nolan North won’t be starring as Nathan Drake; must have got my wires crossed. Amended my original comment