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If you're meaning Forza Horizon 3, the game was delisted along with all DLC from the Xbox Store earlier this week, Sept 28th, as licenses had expired for some of the music and vehicles in the game. Only way to get the game now is to pick up a boxed copy used. Shame really as its a great game. Picked up the expansions myself before being delisted and have enjoyed playing through them. The Forza Horizon games are perfect for pick up and play now and then.

Was hoping this would make launch but the Holiday 2020 date they kept going with made me wonder if it would maybe launch in December instead. Happy that it'll be there day one, and a week earlier on PS4. The first of many indie games for me on next gen Hopefully they'll put it up for pre-order so we can get the price point. I'm expecting it'll be more than Abzu was, and frankly even with it being included on Apple Arcade I could see it being £39.99 with how things are being priced for next gen (not that I'd complain as I think it looks great).

So there's a sequel to Borat: The Movie and its set to release exclusively on Amazon Prime on October 23rd. Sacha Baron Cohen posted the trailer on his Twitter: At least that's a safer thumbnail than the one for the trailer Amazon have put up on YouTube. Looks to be more of the same, which means it should at least be a laugh which with everything going on in the world we could all use.

Yep, 7 weeks. 49 days. Still feels so far but at the same time, so close. And I've just sorted money out in my accounts for my pre-order so now all sorted and away to pre-order Miles Morales but its now very real and the hype is only going to build from here. Have to wait a couple of weeks before I put down any other pre-orders game wise but at the same time, I'm kind of waiting to hear what else will be coming at launch beyond AAA releases. Don't think we'll know more concrete details on stuff like that till the end of this month but still, I'll have Miles Morales at launch, probably Cyberpunk 2077 and AC Valhalla to play so November 19th can't come soon enough so that I can get stuck in. On the debate of console sellout at launch, with the PS5 it is very much a case of demand has well and truly outstripped the supply for both models. While its still likely you'll be able to walk into a store and pick one up on launch day, I really do suspect that it'll be in a very, very small number of stores that thats the case and even then, an hour after opening and there'll be none left. I've seen several people I know who were not gamers at all say they've picked up a console or are intending to, be that a current or a next gen one. The pandemic has turned a lot of people to gaming and so it really is at a point where Sony were never going to be able to meet demand because its just so high with everyone staying home, people wanting to and being ready to make that jump to next gen and because of the quality of Sony's first party titles that even this year, they've maintained to the highest standard. Combine all of those and you have a player base that was always going to outnumber the supply Sony was able to bring to market. Expect long instances where consoles just aren't available to buy online or on stores because, as I say, demand is well and truly outstripping supply, perhaps akin to the PS2 launch if anyone can remember that (those were going out as fast as they came into stores and people were literally brawling over getting one before Christmas that year. I know people who had to have theirs collected at the back of the store up here because people were getting jumped for them).

Curious as to when we'll next see something of the game as its apparently been in development for years prior to its re-appearance during the June PS5 Showcase. Would like to see how it'll all work in action, though I think I can get a pretty good idea from the new snippets of info we've got there. The main thing is that as long as you can be a nuisance to the robots around, then they've already succeeded in making a realistic cat sim. Maybe they'll use catnip as a way to augment your cat abilities, go the full cyberpunk route with it

I don't know if it would be a realistic choice given that the IP has been dormant since the Switch remake of the original game but I'd say Klonoa would be a pretty good shout if they were wanting to go for fewer human characters this time around in the second fighters pass. Could easily see that character fitting in well even with minimal exposure on Nintendo hardware over the years (that didn't stop the likes of Cloud being a main roster character or stop Joker being added in the first pass).

Thanks for that, the page for Sackboy answers the question I had which is that there is a free upgrade though I guess the price will be the same for both the PS4 and PS5 versions digitally do it doesn't make much if a difference in the end for saving a couple of quid. I'd seen Miles Morales is up to pre-order on the PS Store already for the PS4 so with that being £49.99 and giving a free upgrade to the PS5 version, I'll probably grab that as it'll end up cheaper going down the route. Apart from that, I'm not overly fussed for the rest. I may try Demon Souls at some point but I'm not the biggest fan of the Souls games so its not top of my list. Out of the gate, I've decided I'll be going with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk 2077 (I know its a backwards compat title but it launching on the same day as the PS5 and me wanting to play it on hardward that isn't going to melt makes it an unofficial launch title for me) and Miles Morales. That's probably it for bigger games at launch, just waiting to see what the launch lineup is like for indies and to see whether The Pathless will make it for launch (again, its cross gen but its a game I've been looking forward to since it was announced). Curious if there will be any surprises indie wise for launch, suppose we'll have to wait a couple more weeks before we know for sure what'll make it there for launch indie wise but I'd love for something huge, like hypothetically Hollow Knight Silksong (I've brought this up before but you can guarantee that Sony and Shuhei Yoshida will have talked to Team Cherry about bringing that game to PS5 as soon as possible and if it is to see a release this year, that would be a huge get. The game won't make this year but that'd be an awesome heavy hitter out the game indie wise). Down the line, looking to pick up Immortals Fenyx Rising, depending on reviews, and then Hitman 3 in January but all that and being able to replay God of War thanks to the PS Plus Collection should keep me going through the new year.

Trailer did actually make me want to play it. Looks like it could be great in multiplayer as well, especially over Christmas so might have to grab another Dualsense along the way if I pick it up. Any word on digital upgrade if you pick up the PS4 version? Its up for pre-order on the PS Store for £59.99, but with that price I imagine that the PS5 version a bit higher so if they're offering a free upgrade, I'll happily take it as a game for myself and the missus to play over Christmas.

So I see this is now up for pre-order on the PS Store for the PS4 version at £49.99. With there being a free upgrade to the PS5 version, think I'll be picking it up as I was waiting to see how the digital PS5 version was priced but with a free upgrade from PS4 to PS5, might as well get in at a lower price for playing on my PS5 if it comes for launch. Having rewatched the gameplay trailer from the showcase the other week, I'm hyped to play the game. I was fine with the first game, did find it was more middle of the road than anything and definitely bogged down by taking inspiration from the wrong sources for its open world design (in terms of the hideouts) but getting to play a bombastic super hero game on launch day is too good an opportunity to miss.

New Sufjan Stevens album is out and loving it so far. Particularly loving this, been getting a lot of play time over the weekend: Rally looking forward to Matt Berninger's solo album (lead singer of The National) when it releases in just over 2 weeks. He put out the video for One More Second the other day and it's classic Berninger, Dad dancing included. One last one thats been on repeat a lot recently is Widowspeak's latest album. Only discovered them this year but really loving the stuff they've put out this year (the song Money in particular is so good). This song, The Good Ones, is probably my favourite from the album. I just love that deep guitar and bass in the back with the delicate drum beat. Feels like a throw back song, especially with the vocals. Really great song and album. Despite there being a pandemic going on, there's some fantastic music coming out at the moment alongside these. Love the new stuff Kevin Morby has put out as well as the recent Deep Sea Diver song with Sharon Van Etten.

This thought had crossed my mind when he announced his resignation and I'd hoped that it wouldn't turn out to be the case because I'm a massive fan of the original Beyond Good and Evil and the Rayman series but alas it seems to be. Saddened by this but given the culture thats been allowed to breed at Ubisoft amongst its higher ups, I'm not shocked. Definitely hurts hearing this one. Him leaving the industry was a sad point but it does not put him beyond reproach for this and I personally can't abide someone who doesn't give those around them common decency and treat them with respect. I hope those who have sadly had to endure his abuse will get the justice they deserve and for Ancel, while the change to in work practice to wildlife conservation is a positive the world needs, I'll be happy to never hear the man's name again after this, even if it makes enjoying those games that bear his name that bit more difficult though in the case of those I can always think of the tireless work put in by hundreds of developers, engineers, programmers, etc. who's work more than shines through. With the Guillemot family in charge, I highly doubt we'll see the change in Ubisoft that is so desperately needed to stop this culture happening there. I've flip flopped over getting Assassin's Creed Valhalla because of everything surrounding that game but I do think of the huge number of developers who've turned up day after day and worked away for ages without causing any of this abuse, who've had to endure it, and want to support them but as I've seen mentioned elsewhere, those developers have had their pay and short of maybe a bonus, most of the profit and money made from the games goes to the company and higher ups and thats where my difficulty comes in. Totally agree that Ubisoft need to be gutted and purged of their management and higher ups and start from scratch there as its the only way for real change to happen and to further prevent this nonsense. As I say, no one that has cause abuse should be from reproach, and that extends to Yves Guillemot at the top turning a blind eye, and any and all victims should get their justice, especially in this case now with regards to Ancel.

Nice one, now you can cancel your GAME preorder. Not sure if you knew, but GAME charge £10 for delivery even if you collect in store. GAME haven't put their pre-orders up yet so no need to cancel as as soon as I saw Amazon had them, I smashed the pre-order button. Surprised how smoothly I managed to get through the pre-order with how quick Argos' stick went and how quick the standard PS5s went. Still, can actually start to get excited about next gen now that I have a console pre-ordered. After the week I've had with the Xbox pre-orders and trying to sort out what the hell Klarna were doing, I'm now all set bar the top up cards.

PS5 Digital Edition secured!!! Amazon again put uo the new batch of pre-orders for standard and digital. Standard sold out in 10 minutes but I was sitting there refreshing waiting for the digital page to go live. Just randomly refreshed 5 minutes ago and saw that I could put an order in so slammed that pre-order button and checkout out in about 10 seconds as I was already logged in to Amazon from checking something I've got ordered. Happy enough with that. Just need to organise money for closer to dispatch and now need to start stacking up top ups but I'll be joining next gen on Nov 19th, providing Amazon get it to me on this day.

Everyone: Me: I'm sure there's something to do with an unnecessary delivery charge being added with GAME but I don't know for sure. Anyone heard about them doing that with pre-orders? My hope is that either Shopto or Amazon get them in. Had some issues with both DPD and Amazon deliveries recently delivering smashed items and then being funny about refunding or sending out replacements but ideally, I know both of them are places I'd generally trust to get me the console on time if I could grab one from either. Though saying that, I did order Super Mario 3D All-Stars from GAME and it came bang on release day so who knows. Probably still try and put in an order with GAME and hope the others mentioned put up new stock as then I can cancel with GAME and go with say Amazon.

Gosh, I'm glad GAME don't add a delivery fee to orders as that would've been a sticky situation on checkout. Yeah saw that they do that. Can't upsell the usual nonsense to people online can they (lukewarm tin of miscellaneous energy drink thats been sat for 2 months for £1.50 anyone?) Smyths are the only other places saying they'll have more stock but after the other day with the Xbox pre-orders, I don't trust them to have their site up. Not that GAME will cope as their site is already got a queue of people trying to register/login. Luckily I'm already logged in and have it saved on this device for that purpose so should cut down on that issue. Just hope I can find the product page fast enough seeing as they haven't been the fastest for putting up pages in the past and they've then sold out by the time I've found them. Either that or people are getting backdoor links. I'd hope for Shopto getting some stock but I suspect that the sheer volume of people who registered interest mean that they'll be covered for some time in getting stock to people. Can only hope.

Just had an email from GAME that they'll have more stock in for pre-order late tomorrow morning so going to chance my luck and grab a pre-order for the digital console. Not sure if this new allocation will be for launch or shortly after but either way, if I can grab one I'll be happy enough. Expecting their site to be hammered all morning but I've got myself logged in so fingers crossed I can grab one and then I'll just grab some Shopto top ups and I'll be sorted.

Seems the All Access night are with Smyths continues. Before they had sorted things out with those who got approved with Klarna, they had put the Series X back up for pre-order through All Access and it was gone in minutes. People are now waiting as they piecemeal send out emails that give access to try and confirm those pre-orders but it just sounds like a mess. Ended up signing up for Credit Expert on Experian and there's no evidence of a knock to my credit score from the ordeal yesterday nor does it look as though they've carried out a credit check at all going from my credit report so that's a relief. Still awaiting Klarna getting back to me as to whether it was an error that sent the email about a direct debit being setup or not but nothing on my bank account so again, looks like I may have dodged a bullet and their system being overloaded seems to have saved me in the end. Doubt Microsoft are happy with how its being handled, even no their head of Marketing is having to answer loads of queries on Twitter. I'd expect at the end of this the Smyths won't be a partner for All Access.

Thanks for that! I was just looking at their top up prices again and that one does indeed off the best saving across the board. Certainly adds some more food for thought to grabbing the digital console if I can find one at launch. If I end up going with the digital, I'll be picking up Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla before any other launch titles so being able to save a couple extra pounds with that £45 wallet top up at that price on Shopto means that there'll be more money to go around at launch for other games. Think I will buy some and start saving up.

Thanks for the responses everyone. @drahkon, game prices in brick and mortar retail have for most of the generation been £49.99 and have only been going above that regularly in the last 2 years or so, still only really gping up to £54.99. The PS Store has predominantly hosted those games for sale for £54.99 and now regularly £59.99, so while not a massive mark up compared to retail stores its still not parity with those retail prices. I'm purposefully ignoring online retail because they tend to heavily discount compared to brick and mortar and it was brick and mortar who were responsible for the initial price disparity because they threatened to remove or stop selling games from publishers if they didn't let them retail in store for less than on the platforms stores. Why it still persists, in an era where physical games can be bought much cheaper than in brick and mortar store online I don't know but my hope was that Sony will ignore those old threats and price games in line with those in retail stores and not slightly marked up. More than happy enough with the increased price of games. The last few years has seen them going up and to be honest, while I get why some are unhappy I've come to accept it is an inevitability with the rising cost of development. With next gen games being set to be £65, its fine by me. It may mean I buy less (and I likely will as the last couple of years I've had a bad habit of buying games digitally, starting them and not necessarily going back to them because something else has come along) but that means I'll likely focus on the bigger releases I want and still support indies which is kind of what I've done for most of the PS4 life cycle. I think that speaks to your point @Julius. The higher price may mean I'm less likely to buy straight away at launch but at this point in my life, I kind of know with the bigger releases what I'm looking for so that selectivity is something I already do to a degree. I have waited for sales often with bigger releases in the past so thats something that's again not an issue. With top up cards being on offer regularly, though, it does mean that I might not miss out or have to wait as frequently for some of the bigger games as expected. I guess its that thing I'd have to wait up and with having an Xbox One and still being part of the Gamepass ecosystem, if there are lulls in purchases from me with a digital PS5 then I'd be more than covered there. The omission of the disc drive means that that extra £90 would grab me £100 top up card from Shopto currently (they're selling it for £87.85) so while there may be pay off for the standard model down the line after the higher output on launch, the digital PS5 would actually allow me to grab more games because of that £90 saving. Again, its something that I'll take into consideration along with probably being more selective with my game purchases (especially as I have used trade-in offers on stores in the past to pick up newer releases) but I think its something that I could deal with going forward. As I say, something I'll have to ponder. @Happenstance, yeah that's why I've been thinking about possibly going with the digital PS5. With the prices Shopto are selling the PlayStation top up cards, I could easily build up a hefty wallet size over the next couple of weeks and have a very healthy balance come launch should I be able to grab a console (I'm not hopeful but I'm hoping that Argos will have stock up for click and collect on midnight of launch for the morning so I might be able to grab one there. A long shot but something to hold on to at least unless more become available online). So I was going to do exactly what you're doing if I was getting one. I mean, £100 wallet top up for under £90 is too good to miss out on and as I've said, that saving on the digital instantly nets me Miles Morales and something else at launch before I factor in any further top ups I'd add. As I say, thanks everyone for input. I'm just hoping that Sony do at least run parity with brick and mortar stores as then its something I'd go in on. Most of my PS4 library is now digital so I wouldn't lose out on much there by going digital backwards compatibility wise. I'll have to mull it over and hope that more digital PS5s become available or hope that Argos has some on launch day but maybe my way in to next gen.

Has there been any word as to the price of games digitally for the PS5 and whether they'll match retail pricing this time round or whether they'll again be more expensive buying from the PS Store. Looking at my savings in the aftermath of the Series X All Access shitshow and trying to work out whether going digital with the PS5 would allow me to be able to grab one should digital editions become available. Similarly whether I'd actually manage to get games cheaper buying digitally thanks to recurrent sales on gift cards for the PS Store on places like Shopto and CD Keys. If the digital pricing for games is matching physical release prices this time around, as opposed to either being £5 or £10 more for titles as has been the case up till now, I think I'd be OK jumping in on digital as I've already got a massive library of digital games on the PS4 that I've bought and got through PS Plus and it would potentially save in the long run thanks to, as I say, being able to get the gift cards cheaper online through aforementioned stores. Just curious thats all if there has been any wording as I've not seen any mention of it. Obviously finding a PS5 Digital Edition would be another matter but something I'm considering if it works out price wise for games as I'm fine with losing the disc drive for it and I'd really like to upgrade from my launch PS4 model to next gen especially ad I dread playing Cyberpunk 2077 on my launch PS4, probably won't be able to hear anything being said in game with how loud it would get (with the Series X I was purely the possibility of spreading the higher cost because I don't want to run through all my savings with home renovations that might need doing, i.e. might need to replace parts in my boiler, and I use my Xbox One as my main multimedia platform on top of Gamepass). If anyone has seen anything, let me know.

Balls, just checked my emails properly, got an email initially confirming the setup of a DD and that payments would be taken but a second email came instantly saying I was declined for the credit. So guess I'm in the same boat as everyone else nothing showing up on my bank account but might need to grab their app and get to the bottom of it and cancel it outright of they have set a DD up. It'll get cancelled instantly if it turns up on my bank account but guess that'll take a few hours. Will also mean a knock to my credit score, yay. What a colossal fuck up. Edit: @Aneres11, just seen someone on Resetera come off of a live chat with Klarna. They're saying that there was a technical issue but for the person, who had a confirmed DD but was declined, no actual order or DD has been set up on their account. Perhaps a silver lining in all of this. Still looks like it'll be a couple of days before we know for sure. I've checked bank and Klarna and both say nothing but Klarna says it needs a couple of days to confirm things with your bank before you can alter payment methods. So guess we'll know in the next day or two but I'm keeping fingers crossed that neither of us have had a DD set up with no confirmed order.

GAME and Smyths back online. All Access available to click through on GAMEs website but not available to new customers who haven't already got All Access set up. Telling you to go in store to do it, even though stores are now sold out of Series X stock. Guess that's the end of that. Waste of time and absolute farce from all parties running the damn thing. Edit: got through to the credit check with Klarna on Smyths and got declined despite a good credit score on Experian, no loans, no debts, no mortgage or anything like that. So yeah, I'm having one more go in the queue system on GAME and then I think I'll call it a day. Edit 2: And I'm out. Waste of time and shocking set up from all parties involved. Microsoft will not be happy about how this has been handled, especially where Smyths is concerned as they've confirmed the direct debit with many but not been able to confirm orders because of errors or out of stock messages. Thankfully, it looks like no DD has been set up on my bank account and my credit score hasn't taken a hit for now so look to have come away unscathed but really is an absolute mess. Makes the PS5 pre-order situation look like it ran as a silky smooth operation. Feel bad for those who'll now have to try and cancel DD off the back of this with no order confirmation and no chance of it. I guess I was lucky in not getting through, as much as I wanted to, but yeah, bullet dodged to a degree.

What's probably wrinkling Microsoft even more is that Smyths never even got going from the sounds of it which is probably why GAME got hit so hard. Their pre-orders didn't go up at 8am but their site crapped out going by people posting on Twitter and Era. I've just set up an account over there with all my details in place in the event that they manage to get things going but seems that even in store Smyths have run out of stock so not looking great for them. Do find it odd that Microsoft themselves don't offer All Access through their store but I do get its because both GAME and Smyths will buy in the stock so Microsoft will get their full whack from that and then leave it up to those stores to police the All Access for them without having to deal with people defaulting on payments and such. Hopefully things will sort themselves out soon enough and people can get their orders in. I'll still try but at this point, I'm kind of not fussed after the mess its been and I'm sort of resigned to not getting a next gen console at launch with how these pre-orders have been handled. Should be able to grab one in the new year easy enough (well, maybe not a PS5 as I expect demand will outstrip supply for a couple of months post launch).

Whole site is down for GAME. Was stuck at confirming order but now thats gone down and likely back to having to queue again. Curry's apparently has thousands of people trying to pre-order but they've sold out of the Series X. Its just chaos. Not sure whether I'll bother now or not.

Got through the queue on GAME, now being met with an error at secure checkout when trying to confirm my console choice. Fun waiting an hour for that. Can't even select in store pick up as its asking for a pre-order number number but obviously don't have one and my reward account isn't attached to my account so doesn't look like its happening. Absolute mess from GAME.