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“If Mario starts appearing on PlayStation, that’s the apocalypse”: Former Sony exec Shawn Layden thinks exclusives still have “huge value”
PlayStation’s former boss Shawn Layden has defended full-on exclusive games in an era where they’ve become somewhat rarer. Shawn Layden, who led Sony Interactive Entertainment through most of its dominant PS4 generation, recently appeared on the Pause for Thought podcast and had some interesting things to say about the changing ways platform holders treat their…
Calling games Soulslikes has “kept a lot of devs stuck in a loop of recreating Dark Souls,” which is already “the best Dark Souls game,” Aggro Crab lead says
FromSoftware inadvertently created an entire subgenre with its dour dark fantasy classic Demon Souls, which then got widespread recognition in the very similar Dark Souls. But the developer behind Peak and crustacean action-RPG Another Crab’s Treasure thinks the Soulslike moniker has “kept a lot of devs stuck in a loop of recreating” what was already…
Helldivers 2 CCO would rather add “sequel-level features,” like 8-player missions and bigger open-world maps, than outright make Helldivers 3
Arrowhead Game Studios previously said that a potential Helldivers 3 is hopefully years and years away since the developer is mainly focused on expanding and supporting Helldivers 2 for as long as people are interested in it. CCO and creative director Johan Pilestedt even hinted at the idea that Helldivers 2 could one day turn…
DCU 2025 releases: How James Gunn launched a cinematic universe by breaking Marvel’s biggest rules
This is because DC Studios overseers James Gunn and Peter Safran appear to be flouting a lot of conventional wisdom about how to form a cinematic universe, superheroic or otherwise. In a lot of ways, they’ve been soft-launching the DCU for the better part of a year, even if Superman felt like the true hard…
Switch 2 vs Switch 1 Sales Comparison in Europe – November 2025
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as…
Persona 5 director hasn’t been “super involved” in the JRPG series since P5, but “we’re not completely separated from a creative standpoint, so rest assured”
Despite defining and then redefining what the modern Persona series could be, frequent series director Katsura Hashino hasn’t been too hands on with the high-schooling, demon-hunting franchise since its last mainline entry in Persona 5 Royal. After directing Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5, and Catherine, Hashino decided to open a new subsidiary within publisher…
Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Dec. 27, #460
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Dec. 27, No. 460.
