Housemarque, the Finnish game studio behind Returnal recently posted a teaser image of what seems to be a partly-cracked statue of someone in otherworldly armor with the caption ‘Atropos…?’. Atropos is a planet in the game world of Returnal, which seemingly learned from the ‘Revengeance’ school of title naming. Click on the first Returnal link above if you want to get your own copy for PS5.

The tweet below is from the senior narrative designer of Returnal at Housemarque, Eevi Korhonen.

We filmed something really amazing today. Hope we get to share more soon! https://t.co/BQVsCGMKFN

— Your Everyday Eevil (@silliet) November 26, 2021

Returnal has seen multiple updates and patches since it’s April release, but nothing quite as spectacular as teleporting police or server-wide trading post bans. The most recent 2.0 update came out last month, which has added a couple quality of life improvements like the ability to suspend your in-game progress when closing the game and a photo mode. Speaking of photo modes-

A Good-Natured Rant On Photo Modes: Honey. Baby. My darling diamond-encrusted caviar bagel. We NEED to talk about the whole reason cameras exist in the first place! I myself enjoy fiddling with the filters and environment lenses in the photo modes of The Last of Us and Ghost of Tsushima (psst, which we have), so please explain to me why these “photo” modes don’t have the option for you to take a screenshot of your masterfully-rendered in-game background art built in! Do I look like I know how the share button works!? I don’t even know how to work the online multiplayer for Broforce despite beating it multiple times!

Back to the news:

Housemarque has recently been acquired by Sony in June, so needless to say, future projects from Housemarque (be it on Returnal or otherwise) will likely have a fair amount of backing.

‘Returnal is constantly unsettling and consistently challenging. Its mysterious story and demanding action feel intense, urgent, and fresh. The fast-moving combat manages to appear incredibly daunting, bordering on overwhelming, without ever actually becoming insurmountable’ – Mike Epstein (no relation… I think), Game Spot Review on Returnal.

Product Poems: 

Shadowfall One-Punch Peaky Blind Squid…That’s my name, don’t wear it out.

Bradtz The Keychain USB. Part mascot, part useful, all cute.

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Yesterday, Sony announced it had acquired Nixxes Software, their second acquisition announcement from this week.

Herman Hulst, the head of PlayStation Studios, made an acquisition announcement over on Twitter, welcoming Nixxes Software to the PlayStation family. The studio has predominantly worked with various Square Enix Studios such as Crystal Dynamic, IO Interactive, and Eidos Montreal to port games for the Tomb Raider franchise, Marvel’s Avengers, and Deus Ex to PC. So what does this mean for PlayStation?

Jurjen and team @nixxessoftware helped us @guerrilla ship Killzone Shadowfall in time for PS4 launch. We already enjoyed working with them back then!

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) July 1, 2021

The History of PlayStation’s Studio Acquisitions

Microsoft has been the one to make studio acquisition headlines in most recent years with the company acquiring smaller studios like Double Fine, to larger studios like Bethesda last year. This has caused fans wanting Sony to step up their ante, but the company has been very deliberate with what studio it acquires.

Insomniac Games was PlayStation’s first official studio acquisition in 2019, which was no surprise to anyone given the fact the two companies have an extensive history creating franchises together such as Resistance, Ratchet & Clank and the recent Spider-Man games.

Earlier this week, Playstation announced its second major acquisition, Housemarque, another studio that has worked with the company in the past, including games such as Returnal (pictured below) and Matterfall. PlayStation is undoubtedly playing it safe and buying studios it already has a great relationship with, yet the Nixxus acquisition hints at future possibilities.

What Nixxes Software means for PlayStation

While the studio did help Playstation with the Killzone Shadowfall PS4 launch, this acquisition could be incredibly valuable to PC players. A lot of speculation had already begun with Nixxes being the ones to port Sony franchises to the PC after Herman Hulst hinted what players could expect in 2021 and 2022 regarding PC games.

“We’re still early on in our planning for PC. And Horizon Zero Dawn has been very successful. I think it shows there’s an appetite from gamers outside the PlayStation ecosystem to experience the amazing portfolio of games that PlayStation fans have enjoyed for years,” – Herman Hulst, PlayStation Blog.

Hulst also added that PC gamers are valued and PC releases will happen at the “right times”.

If Nixxes does port more PlayStation games to PC, it would be interesting to see what games and how many PlayStation exclusives will stay exclusive. What Playstation games would you like to be ported to PC? Comment down below to let us know!

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