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Naoki Hamaguchi says PS5 Pro is one of the recommended ways to play FF7 Revelation!

“On PS5 Pro, by leveraging PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), we have implemented a mode that delivers both 4K image quality and 60 FPS gameplay.

For players who want to enjoy Revelation with both enhanced visual fidelity and smooth performance, I believe PS5 Pro will be one of the recommended ways to experience the game.”

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The Next Chapter for Bungie:

▪️ Bungie acknowledges player disappointment and says it needs to earn back trust.

▪️ The community’s response to Destiny 2’s vaulted content “made a real impact.”

▪️ Bungie plans to bring back vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations, and raids, making them available to all players.

▪️ Restoring this content will take time, as changes made since Beyond Light require updates to lighting, encounters, combatants, systems, and more.

▪️ This restoration is the first step toward laying the foundation for new Destiny stories and games.

▪️ Bungie also plans to evolve Marathon beyond the genre constraints originally placed on it, expanding it into a deeper survival experience.

▪️ The studio says it needs to return to making games it wants to play, with players at the center.

▪️ Bungie will increase transparency around development priorities.

▪️ The studio also promises to communicate more consistently, especially when plans change.

Sony appears to be rolling out a new rewards program on PlayStation Store where some game purchases reward with “wallet credit”

Someone who purchased a game claims to have received $10 credit on their wallet directly.

I wonder how long this program will last, or if it’s just like all the previous one who had a year or less before being retired.

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Naoki Hamaguchi says FF7 Revelation will have an option at a certain point in the game to automatically raise your characters level to to recommended level to progress for those that only want to play the main story.

He says he got a lot of feedback from players only wanting to play the main story in Rebirth and skip the side content, that they were under leveled and struggled.

He says he wants players who want to skip the open-world experience to have a similar linear story driven experience to FF7 Remake so they will include an option that pops up at a certain point asking "Do you want to automatically raise the level to the recommended level?"

He says players that don't want to explore the open world and just want to play the main story can select the option to automatically adjust the level.

Silent Hill: Townfall Reviews Are In 👀

PSLS — 9/10
Slant — 9/10
GameSpew — 9/10
GamesRadar — 9/10
DualShockers — 9/10
GAMINGbible — 9/10
IGN — 8/10
Digitec — 8/10
PSX Brasil — 8/10
GameSpot — 8/10
TechRaptor — 8/10
MonsterVine — 8/10
GameGrin — 7/10
Screen Rant — 7/10
Push Square — 7/10
VGC — 6/10
DayOne — 6/10
Insider Gaming — 7/10
Temple of Geek — 9/10
WayTooMany Games — 8.5/10
CGMagazine — 7/10
Famitsu — 33/40 (8/8/9/8)

Metacritic — 82
OpenCritic — 80

Early reviews are praising the game’s atmosphere, sound design, exploration, and psychological horror, with these elements standing out as major strengths.

The main criticisms so far center around the stealth sections and some of the story choices.

Silent Hill is officially having a major resurgence!

✅ Silent Hill: Townfall — 81%
✅ Silent Hill 2 — 86%
✅ Silent Hill f — 86%

It’s great to see such a legendary franchise making a strong comeback with both new entries and remakes. Hopefully, more classic IPs get the same treatment.

Kojima Productions has responded to rumors about PHYSINT and its relationship with PlayStation.

The studio says its relationship with PlayStation remains strong, despite speculation about the game’s publishing plans, Death Stranding’s sales, and the studio’s future investments.

Kojima Productions also confirmed that PHYSINT is continuing development with Xbox, while stressing that the studio is healthy and profitable.

Hideo Kojima has revealed what happened after Sony stopped funding and it nearly put the future of Kojima Productions in serious doubt.

According to Kojima in an interview with IGN, Sony contacted him for a Zoom meeting in June and told him it could no longer fund the project.

Kojima said his first thought was the future of his studio:

“What am I going to do with my studio?”»

“Our studio could end up collapsing because we’ll run out of cash flow.”

Instead of cancelling Physint, Kojima began looking for another partner. He approached Xbox with a broader vision for the project.

His goal was for Physint to become more than just a game, potentially expanding into movies, dramas, anime, TV, comics and music.

Xbox responded positively, and the partnership eventually moved forward. The development team was reduced, with some developers shifting to OD, but work on Physint continued.

Kojima confirmed:

“The work didn’t stop. I’m still doing the concept.”

However, Kojima says he currently doesn't know whether Physint will still be released on PlayStation. That decision will ultimately depend on Xbox.

Sony never explained to Kojima why it withdrew its funding, but he says he has no bad feelings toward the company despite their decades-long relationship.