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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...

Vita sales over 5K in Japan

Yes, its small change and still well down on last year, but the Vita continues to tick upward in sales in Japan. That's according to the latest Media Create data where it sold 5.017 last week. The longer it stays around this level, the longer Sony will have to make the damn console and developers will keep popping out the usual fare. And perhaps taking on a few more risks or bringing over western indie imports to see what sticks.


On the software side, Project Tristars sneaks in at No. 16 with 4,300 sales but mobile port Haruka Ultimate does even better, in at No. 10 with 8,800 sales.


Last week's figures

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