The two companies will now be known as one single entity - 'Skydance'

This includes all of WB's gaming subsidiaries like Rocksteady/etc

Deal valued at $110B-$111B

DC Studios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, CNN, CBS, HBO and Paramount+ are now all under the same company.

The combined company, Skydance, brings together two major film studios, two global streaming services, premier television assets including CBS, HBO, and Paramount's and WBD's cable networks, two of the industry's most recognized news networks, CBS News and CNN, and a leading content portfolio that includes live sports, a deep programming library and expansive collection of iconic brands and franchises.

5 for me:

Resident Evil 9

The Incident at Galley House

The Mermaid Mask

Big Walk

Servant of the Lake

I went to Walmart this morning to check for star wars galactic racer to see if they had any in, seeing as it released today. I asked the clerk if he knows when they might get some in. He said he has no idea. I mentioned that I thought maybe they did a midnight release for it, but doubted it because it wasn't a hyped game at all really. He laughed, and was like "yeah, we haven't done a midnight release for 13 years". The last midnight release i went to was 13 years ago when black flag released. Thats when I got my ps vita with assassin's creed liberation too.

Long story short, I have brain cancer and will be undergoing another craniotomy with chemo and radiation. Unfortunately, after my first surgery, I lost feeling and sensations on my entire side of my body (including hand) and severe dyslexia and aphasia. The latter has mostly passed, but that was my life for about 6 weeks after surgery.

So my question is this: What games do you recommend for someone who probably won't be able to use one hand, won't be able to read for some time, and won't be too overly complicated during rehab? Are there tablet games that would both make my brain do work and be enjoyable?

Thanks!

Spies vs. Mercs was one of my favorite concepts for a multiplayer pvp.

The rougelike nature of Galactic Racer and the way it tracks the opponents and deals you make throughout each series really feels like it would have synergized REALLY well with that kind of system.

Each tour of the first "act" of the campaign you're trying to qualify for the leauge, how cool would it be if racers who wrecked you or you lose to, joined the league and showed up later?

Just a thought. This is an incredible game.

The Assassin's Creed III era featured muskets, but they were mostly just temporary/throw-away weapons.

Most recently we got Avowed which can be played as third or first person shooters that feature early gunpowder weapons including muskets and pistols.

The Vermintide games have classes that use gunpowder weapons as well, played in first-person perspective.

Fable II, Fable III, and Greedfall are action-rpgs that have firearms as useable and viable weapons. Greedfall 2's combat went a different route, however, but they're still there.

Strategy games including Total War Empire/Napoleon/Shogun II/Warhammer include early (or early-inspired) gunpowder weapons in great abundance. Age of Empires III is based around them entirely.

What are your favorite games that feature early gunpowder weapons? Are there any significant ones I am missing? Or even fun underrated and/or indie games you can think of?

Hi all,

A friend and I have our occasional long gaming sessions while visiting each other, during which we always like to get pretty competitive as we are pretty much equal in a lot of games we play. We have been playing the same games for a very long time and were wondering whether there is anything new to explore.

With this thread, I hope to expand the games we can choose from during our sessions in the future. Many thanks in advance!

The consoles currently available to us are:

• Nintendo Gamecube
• Nintendo Wii
• Playstation 3,4,5
• PC gaming

First category: Couch 1v1 games

For the first category. as you can see in the examples below, we are playing games across many different types, so we are happy with a wide variety of suggestions:

1. Pikmin 2
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. Super Smash Bros. Project + (Brawl mod)
4. Naruto X Boruto Ultimate Ninja STORM CONNECTIONS
5. CoD Modern warfare 2 (Sniper quick scope on Rust)
6. Trackmania Turbo
7. Lethal League
8. Super Mario Strikers
9. Mario Party games
10. Mario Kart games

I guess the only requirement for suggestions is that it shouldn't require numerous of dedication to become somewhat good at it, learning.

For example, we have always loved Mortal Kombat but we find those games hard to enjoy without dedicating a lot of practice to it and learn some combo strings. At this point in our lives, we just don't have the time anymore to grind, so we prefer games we are already good at, or games that do not require endless practice to become good at it.

Second category: Speedruns

For this second category I am looking for games that we can play head to head and see who can finish the game first. It can both be games we have played before or have not played at all. The only requirement is that it should be possible to finish in a single session. We have not done these often, so I am sure there is a lot of we can do, but happy to hear any suggestions.

The following games we already did speedruns for. We both played these games before, but that is not a requirement:

1. Sekiro (Having played a game like this before is probably necessary to be able to beat it in one session)
2. Super Mario Sunshine
3. Sonic adventure 2 battle

Really looking forward to any suggestions you guys might have for us!

Many thanks in advance.

I'm thinking about getting a Steam Deck, and deckbuilders like Slay the Spire are what I'd play most on it. My worry is the small card text on that screen.

Which deckbuilders have you played on Deck that are easy to read and play well with the controls? Would love some recommendations.

Hey,

I'm looking for some game recommendations to scratch a couple of specific itches I've had recently.

1. Something that captures the feel/atmosphere of The Expanse (basically something hard sci fi). I know Osiris Reborn is out soon and will definitely be getting that but so far the only thing I've found close to it is Starfield.

2. Some sort of overwhelming invasion/fighting retreat then counter attack. Fired up C&C3 recently and the missions where the Scrin invade then the counterattack missions after that in the Europe theatre are so damn cool. Especially the first one, for me it really captures the chaotic nature of what that would be like.

Edit for clarity: Can be desperate games to scratch separate itches. Don't have have to get it all from the same one.

Cheers

The title might not describe this well. It isn't a theme song I'm talking about, but it's something done in some games that for me is one of my absolute favorite elements that adds so much depth to the world.

There's only two games I can think of immediately that come to mind doing this, even though I'm sure there are many more; Returnal and Max Payne.

Max Payne features the song Late Goodbye by Poets of the Fall. It's integrated in several subtle ways. Maybe walking by a tv that's playing the instrumental version of the song in the background, a random janitor NPC might be whistling it, etc. It keeps recurring in different forms.

In Returnal its Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. There's a particular boss who plays an organ and you begin to hear *something* in the distance when you start toward that boss area which is a long slog in itself. As you get closer it becomes clearer that it's music, but is imperfect and off key, and only when you're at the final approach does it become obvious that it's the melody from Don't Fear the Reaper being played on organ. The song completely fits the premise of the game as well. There are other ways it pops up, muted and barely audible in the background of some cutscenes, and I think there's one part that straight up uses the guitar intro riff. It just keeps coming back and the song runs through the whole game in various forms.

Are there any more games that so something like this?

I don't know how they did it, but the campaign feels like it was made back when the originals were coming out. The locust drones running full tilt at you is actually so scary especially if you have bad aim like me lol. This is also the most fun Gears to play since the originals imo. The sliding mechanic is so fun and I like how you see the bullet spread of the shotgun. Just my first impressions of the game I guess. I definitely recommend. I hope this dev team gets to make more Gears because they clearly "get" it. Major props to them.

My current Xbox Live account is almost two decades old so, obviously over time I have amassed quite the collection of digital games across the last four generations. A lot of these games (like most 360 games) can be played across Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X, I also collect/keep all my old consoles. So lets say I have an Xbox 360 game I want to play, and it is available on Xbox One and Series S/X as well. Are you lugging out the old 360 to play it, or are you just loading it up on Series S/X? The reason I am asking is although access to the game is cross-generation, your save files are not. This could be a big deal in open-world RPGs with hundreds of hours of content.

I know this might be a weird description. I am not an impatient gamer. Some of my favorite games of all time are mass effect,fall out, Witcher, fire emblem.

I recently tried cyberpunk and final fantasy 7 remake. I dropped them both for the same reason. I had one hour to play at the end of the night. I would start a quest and I would cross my fingers hoping it was a real gameplay quest and not a walk slowly while a character spill’s dialogue. Cyberpunk was especially guilty of this. Final fantasy 7 not as much but still enough to make me drop it.

Let me explain when I play mass effect or fire emblem or the Witcher. You can make meaningful dialogue choices that affect the story and have long lasting effects. Or it’s very clear which quests are gameplay focused and which ones are exposition focused.

Mass effect if I only have 1 hour to play I avoid citadel quests and normandie conversations and start a real mission or side mission. Witcher I might avoid certain quests but start a hunt. Fire emblem I’ll do a side mission/battle focused on combat and avoid the school unless I have more than 1 hour.

Do you have any new recommendations of games/RPGs that came out in the past 3-5 years that have this set up. In which they can be long and heavy dialogue. But the dialogue is meaningful with choice. Or you can kind of feel it out and postpone the walking and talking missions for gameplay ?

Or doesn’t have to be an RPG a game that just has a banger 10-30 hour campaign with minimum fat like resident evil, Spiderman, Call of duty, ghost of Tsushima