Sony State of Play, GoW Ragnarok PSN mod, Annapurna fallout + more!

Duration: 08:28

Timestamps:

0:00 We had to film in chunks

0:14 Playstation State of Play Sept 2024

2:16 God of War Ragnarok PSN removal mod

3:28 Annapurna Interactive IGN report

4:53 QUICK BITS INTRO

5:03 GTA V, RDR2 DDoS attack

5:32 AC Shadows base-building

6:09 Skyrim Grandma retires

6:55 Baldur's Gate 3 real-time mod

7:31 UK Defense Dept wants 'top gamers'

NEWS SOURCES:

SO NEAT

Sony schedules State of Play for Tuesday at 3pm PST, RIP Gamelinked

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_VM6s5thY 47:57

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/23/state-of-play-returns-tomorrow/

Sonic Central meanwhile was at 9am https://youtu.be/t8b1woTWRIY?t=20

GHOST OF TSUSHIMA SEQUEL set 400 years after first game https://youtu.be/7z7kqwuf0a8?t=33

Potential wolf companion https://youtu.be/7z7kqwuf0a8?t=155

Will cover more than 20 PS5 and PSVR 2 games https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252281/sony-playstation-state-of-play-ps5-psvr-2-games

New controller and console colours https://youtu.be/Dv_VM6s5thY?t=2561

New Fortnite controller https://youtu.be/Dv_VM6s5thY?t=1909

A few remastered games

Legacy of Kain 1 & 2 Remastered https://youtu.be/7pRyL8y7vZ4?t=76

Legacy of Kain remasters leak out before State of Play

https://www.polygon.com/news/455491/legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-remasters-leak

https://www.resetera.com/threads/legacy-of-kain%E2%84%A2-soul-reaver-1-2-remastered-leaked-via-psn-december-10-2024.989865/

Horizon Zero Dawn REMASTERED BABYYYY https://youtu.be/kMN-x9goE7M?t=62

“for PS5 and PC”, didn’t even mention PS5 Pro, although they did confirm a bunch of PS5 games getting “PS5 Pro Enhanced” modes

Monster Hunter Wilds got release date of February 28th, 2025 https://youtu.be/0dJpKRWYNkE?t=172

Stellar Blade adding photo mode and Nier Automata collab because of course they are https://youtu.be/6Xd9XNr6PAM?t=58

Photo mode https://youtu.be/6Xd9XNr6PAM?t=7

Astro Bot Add-On https://youtu.be/DCl5zKHy7ak

Alan Wake 2 DLC - The Lake House (prep for jump scare) https://youtu.be/_n9Hfq4H0hI?t=58

Hell Is Us looks kinda cool? https://youtu.be/it9wGffvYGM

Palworld drops on PS5 https://youtu.be/Ipy3ZazeEVg?t=26

Playstation VR2 games

Metro Awakening https://youtu.be/4dvFiSwPFkU?t=62

Hitman: World of Assassination (terrible name) https://youtu.be/iC2jLVGlux0?t=60

The Midnight Walk - a creepy, gorgeous claymation game https://youtu.be/QnBE7mU6ZsI?t=42

ANGRY GOD GAME MAKES GAMERS ANGRY

God of War Ragnarok PC getting review bombed because of PSN account requirement

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/god-of-war-ragnarok-is-getting-review-bombed-and-some-questionable-mods-because-it-requires-a-psn-account-and-players-arent-happy/

Known about the account requirement since May https://blog.playstation.com/2024/05/30/god-of-war-ragnarok-is-coming-to-pc/

It’s just ALLLLL the way down here: https://lmg.gg/ScNIT (PlayStation Blog)

The Steam Page https://store.steampowered.com/app/2322010/God_of_War_Ragnarok/

A PC mod removes requirement https://wccftech.com/god-of-war-ragnarok-pc-mod-removes-the-psn-account-requirement-patch-2-fixes-nvidia-dlss-frame-gen/

The mod https://www.nexusmods.com/godofwarragnarok/mods/22?tab=description

Won’t make it available for purchase in your region though probably https://gameranx.com/updates/id/500046/article/god-of-war-ragnarok-until-dawn-on-pc-are-also-region-locked-thanks-to-psn/

121 countries don’t have PSN https://insider-gaming.com/countries-that-dont-have-psn/

A MOUNTAIN OF ALLEGATIONS

More extensive details on the Annapurna Interactive situation

https://www.ign.com/articles/what-the-heck-has-been-going-on-at-annapurna-interactive-an-investigation

IGN Quote “But sources say employees were told in the following days by leadership within Annapurna Interactive that Gary had been fired along with Masi.”(EDITOR: Any quote that says “IGN Quote” in front of it will unfortunately require you to find the relevant quotes using CTRL+F because quote links don’t work on IGN)

Other employees left in protest, Ellison brought them and Gary back with a video call https://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-annapurna-interactives-entire-staff-resigned/1100-6526643/

She and Gary started discussing spinning off Interactive as a company called Verset https://lmg.gg/Yo0i6 (GameSpot)

Staff started growing concerned about company direction https://www.gamesindustry.biz/annapurna-interactive-split-reportedly-caused-by-staff-concerns-over-company-direction

IGN Quote “The intent, per the spokesperson, was for Verset to become the company's indie arm”

Interactive co-founder Hector Sanchez was re-hired at PICTURES to handle AA and AAA gaming projects, as well as “transmedia properties”, without knowledge or input of Interactive https://lmg.gg/CwFOU (GamesIndustry.biz)

IGN Quote “The intent, per the spokesperson, was for Verset to become the company's indie arm”

Which I guess is why the Remedy deal was made without their knowledge https://lmg.gg/ca7pC (GameSpot)

Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth, Interactive’s first in still happening https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/09/annapurna-says-blade-runner-2033-labyrinth-still-happening-despite-entire-dev-teams-departure

QUICK BITS

STEALING GAME STOLEN

GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 online services suffer outages in apparent DDoS attack over GTA Online's new anti-cheat tech

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta-5-and-red-dead-redemption-2-online-services-suffer-outages-in-apparent-ddos-attack-over-gta-onlines-new-anti-cheat-tech/

https://cyberinsider.com/rockstar-games-ddosed-heavily-by-players-protesting-new-anticheat-code/

Claim of protest comes from apparent Rockstar insider who’s covering the situation https://x.com/morsmutual_/status/1837296617042465216

BASED?

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will allegedly have a grid-based sim-like base builder in it, based on gameplay leak

https://www.eurogamer.net/assassins-creed-shadows-has-sim-like-base-building-where-you-manually-place-houses

Check out the video @3:58 https://streamable.com/c6u7v4 https://insider-gaming.com/assassins-creeds-shadows-gameplay-leak/

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/assassin-s-creed/assassins-creed-shadows-leaks-a-series-first-base-building-system-and-it-sort-of-reminds-me-of-the-sims/

NO USE DRAGON ON

Skyrim Grandma retires from making gameplay videos at 88

https://www.ign.com/articles/beloved-skyrim-grandma-retires-from-making-gameplay-videos-at-88-years-old

https://kotaku.com/grandma-shirley-curry-skyrim-youtube-bethesda-1851654620

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-88-year-old-skyrim-grandma-isnt-doing-any-more-gaming-videos-but-will-keep-you-updated-on-a-quilt-shes-making

CAN’T TALK, TOO BUSY KILLING

Baldur’s Gate 3 real-time with pause combat mod, but the “pause” isn’t there yet

https://www.eurogamer.net/baldurs-gate-3-takes-a-step-closer-to-real-time-combat-thanks-to-very-rough-early-mod

https://github.com/tinybike/Brawl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEBW4qIW28c

WAR SOMETIMES CHANGES

UK Defense Secretary John Healey makes impassioned speech saying “If you're a top gamer, or a coder, your country needs you”

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/if-youre-a-top-gamer-or-a-coder-your-country-needs-you-the-uk-defence-secretary-wants-gamers-for-yknow-real-life-warfare/

Says line right after he discusses how he’s “setting up a new, direct route for Cyber Military recruits” https://youtu.be/M4-h3tzOaGY?t=806

Calls them “console warriors”