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Saros delivers Returnal 2 in all but name

Housemarque's Returnal remains one of the best PS5 games. Built to kill, raised to die, and fine-tuned to annoy the shit out me while dragging me back in for yet another go at  2AM.  Not-a-sequel Saros ropes in my one of my favourite actors Rahul Kohli into the mix with proper shields, greater weapons freedom, Indian-styled visuals, and borrowing  Xenon 2: Megablast's palette and violence.  Saros is set on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet. It changes on every death, where a total eclipse changes everything (very Pitch Black!). The video shows the first biome, hopefully the others shift up the palette more than Returnal did.  Along his journey he finds Nitya Chandran (Shunori Ramanthan), adding some depth to the Returnal-mayhem. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse.  Saros lands in March 2026, check out the PlayStation blog post for more details on w...

Monster Hunter 4G confirmed for 3DS only

With the Vita now selling consistently well in Japan, and a wide range of hunting games on show, it doesn't really need Monster Hunter to help "save" it. But, would it help? Hell, yeah! So, its predictable, but still a shame, that Capcom has announced Monster Hunter 4G for the 3DS only, following on from the WiiU MH4 Ultimate title.

Even in all its pixelated grubbiness, the trailer for the 3DS will still help shift a few million copies and loads of hardware in Japan.

Yes, the Vita is still getting some Monster Hunter love, in the form of the upgraded Frontier G version, but even in the loose sense that 4G is a "new" game, this is really stretching the definition, being based on a seven-year old release, with a two-year old update. Also, its hard to find numbers but there's supposed to be about 250,000 subscribers for the PC version, which isn't great. The success of MHFG depends on that user base wanting to go portable, given the limited feature set of the full PC/PS3 experience.

All of which is pretty immaterial for us, since importers will likely find the Frontier Vita game blocked from the servers. So for now, just boot up good old Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and keep on enjoying the game as it was meant to be played.

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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