RPCSX, the upcoming PS4 emulator from the team behind the popular RPCS3 PS3 emulator, can already successfully run its first PS4 title.
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Things are arguably better for Blizzard than they have been for a while given the successful launch of Diablo IV, but what about another game that recently launched, Overwatch 2? Things aren’t so rosy there. Blizzard recently canned the game’s paid PvE component, and according to the latest Activision Blizzard earnings report, despite going free-to-play and delivering a fairly steady cadence of new content, Overwatch 2 is already starting to bleed players.
Per Acti-Blizz, engagement and player investment declined in the last quarter, which isn’t what you want to see from a relatively recent high-profile live service game. That said, there’s some hope that the upcoming Overwatch 2: Invasion season can turn thing around.
“While engagement and player investment in Overwatch 2 declined sequentially in the quarter, the Overwatch team is looking forward to the release of Overwatch 2: Invasion. This will be the largest seasonal update yet, planned to include new PVE Story Missions, a new game mode, and a new hero progression system as well as an additional hero.”
As mentioned above, Overwatch 2: Invasion will offer some PvE story missions, but there are some pretty big caveats. There will only be three missions and Blizzard is charging $15 for them. This after they originally promised 100s of PvE missions for Overwatch 2. Given the PvE missions are premium content of questionable value, I’m not sure how much they’re going to move the needle for Overwatch 2.
Meanwhile, in other not-great news, it seems like the writing may be on the league for Overwatch League. Acti-Blizz is going to force the current teams to vote on an “updated operating agreement,” which will almost certainly offer less attractive terms. If the teams don’t
RPCSX, the upcoming PS4 emulator from the team behind the popular RPCS3 PS3 emulator, can already successfully run its first PS4 title.
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