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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...

Freedom Wars and Soul Sacrifice lose online for Christmas

 Two of the Vita's major exclusives, Soul Sacrifice and Freedom Wars will go dark online on December 24th. Both are titles that strongly deserve another shot at PS5 life, had Sony not shut down Studio Japan. The news from Sony comes as no surprise, as part of the company's efforts to move on from the Vita and burn its legacy to the ground. 

Update: If there is an upside to this, lots of people are playing these games and the online is buzzing as players try to collect the rarer trophies. 

I guess all that's really left among the big names is Killzone Mercenary and even that will likely drop off soon. On the plus side, lots of owners were downloading Freedom Wars again for a final bash, annoyingly my save has vanished somewhere or is on another memory card, but let's rush toward those final trophies! 


Soul Sacrifice I never got into quite as much, but the Delta version is packed full of character and style, well worth digging out for a last hurrah! Hopefully playing ad hoc mode will see a few players get together to continue the quests.



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