Kaser Focus: The end-of-year game releases are upon us

November 5, 2022

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Kaser Focus: The end-of-year game releases are upon us

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I have finally finished my review of God of War Ragnarok, and fittingly just as the cold has come to my home. Tis the season to settle in and play some games without that pesky sunshine beckoning you outside. With the late fall season comes the arrival of the November-December release bracket, which has several prime titles. In addition to Ragnarok, we’ve also got Sonic Frontiers, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Goat Simulator 3, The Callisto Protocol, Pentiment, Marvel’s Midnight Suns and The Devil in Me. That’s only naming the major players.

In other news, Embracer have shut down Onoma, the studio formerly known as Square Enix Montreal. Only a few weeks after the studio rebranded itself, too. Reportedly the company offered at least some of the Onoma employees jobs at one of the other studios it acquired earlier this year, Eidos Montreal. Supposedly Eidos is working on a new Deus Ex games, which means they listened to my pleas. It’s still a pity that Onoma got the boot, though Embracer told GamesIndustry.biz that it was a “a difficult decision.”

We also got some updates on the new PlayStation VR2 headset, including a release date and launch titles. It’s a surprisingly large list of games, too. While the $549 price tag is a bit intimidating, Sony seems to be doing everything it can to set the new hardware up for success. Understandably so, as the company appears to be bleeding PlayStation Plus subscribers, if its most recent financial report is anything to go by.

Now that I’m done playing Ragnarok, I’ll be getting back to Bayonetta 3. I’ve been taking it a bit slow to savor the experience, but I love everything about it I’ve seen so far. I will update on my progress next week. I’ll also probably try out The Chant and Harvestella — the former because I’m still in the mood for some atmospheric horror. Also, in news from my own niche interests, Frogwares revealed the trailer for its remake of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. I played the original point-and-click adventure game, and am looking forward to the updated version.