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  I’ve just come off of watching Playstation’s June 4th “State of Play”, their stake in the E3-but-not-E3-Season, aka “Keigh3”, aka “Summer Games Fest”. And honestly? It’s not so much that I’m not impressed (and to be honest, I am not ), it’s that I am categorically tired . I’m fucking exhausted .  In 2020 SIE held its inaugural “Playstation Showcase” to set the stage for its then-upcoming Playstation 5. During this showcase, Sony gave viewers a look at the following titles: Final Fantasy XVI Spider-Man: Miles Morales Hogwarts Legacy, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Resident Evil Village Deathloop Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition Oddworld: Soulstorm Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach Demon's Souls Fortnite Battle Royale God of War Ragnarök The titles in bold were exclusives, console exclusives, or timed exclusives. In any configuration, these were titles that told you, the viewer, that you had to buy a PS5, that these titles wouldn't be guaranteed anywhere else, th...

  There is, almost certainly, no possibility that you haven't heard of notorious-video-game-developer FromSoftware's monumental Elden Ring . Though, for the uninitiated (or, people who live under a rock (increasingly tempting proposition these days)); Elden Ring  is an action-RPG developed by FromSoftware, which released in 2022. A true amalgamation of the studio's 28 years of experience, the title is a monumental achievement both critically and commercially, arguably redefining what it meant to be an "open-world" game in an industry that was, and still is , proliferated by an abundance of mediocre competitors. As of April 2025, Elden Ring  would prove to be an unprecedented, colossal success, with FromSoftware's publisher, Bandai Namco, announcing that the title had sold through 30 million units across all platforms. It makes it that much more important to note that the studio's titles were considered incredibly niche due to their unforgiving, if not outr...