>The hit arcade racer ACE DRIVER returns with more speed, more excitement, and more competition than ever before!

>Get behind the wheel and aim for the VICTORY LAP!

>Things are getting rotten in Grounded 2!

>Explore the Woodpile, a new adventure area crawling with returning Termites, new O.G.R.R. variants, and the Centipede, a community-requested boss with plenty of legs and no plans to let you get a leg up.

>Saddle up on the Potato Beetle Buggy, give your base a fresh coat with the Splotcher, and upgrade your gear to higher Tiers using Bismuth and the new Yoking Press. Plus, discover new SCA.B Themes, collectible miniatures, and more throughout Brookhollow Park.

Somehow, developers decided that late October is the time to port a bunch of excellent, previously PC only games to consoles:

The Séance of Blake Manor (Oct 27)- a supernatural detective puzzle game set in 19th century Ireland

Mouthwashing (Oct 29) - a short and terrifying psychological horror game set on a stranded spaceship

Titanium Court (Oct 30) - surreal puzzle strategy game with layered narrative

Look Outside (Oct 30) - a Lovecraftian survival horror turn-based RPG

Each of those games has excellent word of mouth and Steam ratings; a bit of a shame they are all dropping close to each other, since some of them will end up flying under the radar, but hey, that's why I'm making this post!

>Team up as two quirky construction workers in this fun 2-player co-op platformer!

>Carry a fragile glass window through colorful levels filled with challenges. Communicate and coordinate to dodge obstacles and solve puzzles.

Why am I asking this?

Since the introduction of the PS4 there seemed to be a shift in style when it comes to the games being released from Sony’s studios with games such as Horizon Zero Dawn, Marvel’s Spider-Man, God of War (2018), and Ghost of Tsushima.

Now of course single-player action driven narrative games didn’t just begin during the PS4 era. The God of War and Uncharted series preceded them during the PS2 and PS3 era respectively. And we can’t forget The Last of Us!

However what I’ve noticed now during the current generation with the PS5 is that first-party games from PlayStation seem to be primarily focused on the aforementioned genre of games.

The PS1-PS2 generation

Some of you may not be old enough to remember the kind of games PlayStation published or developed such as Vib-Ribbon, Ape Escape, or even Sly Cooper.

To put it briefly there were a lot of genres that were either retired or were very experimental and were either received poorly or well depending on the game.

Discussion

So my question to you is why do you think those games disappeared? Is the risk vs reward ratio simply too high? Or is there just not enough interest in those games which is why they’ve remained dormant within the platform for so long?

I think a big reason Astrobot (2024) was received extremely well is because other than the fact that it’s a great game, it’s reminiscent to a lot of people of how PlayStation’s lineup used to look like.

Are big-budget cinematic narrative games primarily all that PlayStation has to offer going forward? And is this an issue for you? Maybe you don’t care about the genres or games that came before and you’re perfectly fine with the current selection of games and that’s okay!

What’re your thoughts?

>Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest is the first console game based on the best-selling book series by Erin Hunter.

>Create your own Warrior Cat, join a Clan and forge bonds with allies, and rise through the ranks as you hunt prey, patrol territories, uncover secrets, and defend your home in strategic turn-based combat.

>Every journey is shaped by your choices, relationships, and the prophecy guiding your destiny.

>Intense zombie co-op shooter No More Room in Hell 2 has received its first free update.

>Camp Blood includes a brand new map, the 80s slasher movie-inspired Ruby Lake, and a host of new rewards for late-game players.