Raz Review: "I love the Katamari series; rolling the world up is fun, especially when the tectonic plates start coming off and clouds get stuck. I bought this because my new SKU isn't backwards-compatible (grrr) and I can't play the PS2 versions. And frankly, I'm a little disappointed.
The world begins in black and white, and gets colored in as you pick things up. Once it's on your Katamari, every other copy suddenly 'comes alive' in color. It's a neat idea, but I would have preferred it to be relegated to a single level instead of the whole game. Moreover, the visuals are strangely grainy and faded; it looks like a PS1 prequel rather than a PS3 next-gen sequel.
The plot, the game...these things are the same. Roll stuff up. Not terribly complicated, but that's part of the appeal. It's mindless fun, and the music's cute. A good game to play after smoking a joint. But I'm upset that Katamari's developers have gotten lazy with the graphics, and despite the years of titles that have come out, there is little or no innovation in the gameplay. I'm glad I have it (better than nothing), but it should be obvious to anyone that at this point the creators are definitely resting on their laurels."
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Rated: 7.5/10
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
