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New Teaser For Five Nights At Freddy’s 4

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Scott Cawthon just loves messing with his fans. A new image has appeared on his website teasing Five Nights At Freddy’s 4, so here comes the inevitable analysis.

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Like the first teaser image from last month – and by last month, I mean 10 days ago – the image carries an October 31 (Halloween) date. The text presumably is hinting that this game will reveal who’s really behind the haunted animatronics, although solid answers from Scott Cawthon may be too much to wish more.

Since Five Nights At Freddy’s 3, we’ve learned more about the animatronics, which are haunted by the spirits of murdered children. Minigames in between the five nights indicated the murderer, who is always shown in purple, hid inside the Springtrap animatronic to escape the ghosts of the children and subsequently got himself killed. The image on Cawthon’s site is by no means clear, but, at least at first glance, it appears to be Springtrap, as is shown by the second jaw. Or it could be Freddy. Or Foxy. Or any of them, really.

Several fans have already flocked to adjusting the image to find any extra hints. Cawthon has a tradition of hiding extra messages inside images, and this one is no exception. A brightened version of the image shows the word “NIGHTMARE” scribbled all over. It’s hard to make out, but it’s there, I promise.

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Brightening the image also reveals more of the animatronic, making it clearer that it’s most likely Springtrap. Given that Springtrap is supposedly confirmed as being haunted by the murderer, this makes the text even more interesting. Maybe Five Nights At Freddy’s 4 is going to cast doubt on the conclusion drawn at the end of the last game.

And is it just me, or does Springtrap look a little Scissorhands-esque here? His fingers look more like bibs and bobs you’d find lying around on the Enterprise than the stuff animatronics would be made from.

Several videos have already popped up on YouTube with fans going through what they think this latest image means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB9w5EqhsY0

Rhiannon likes video games and she likes writing, so she decided to combine them. As well as writing about video games, she also belts out the occasional science fiction or fantasy story, edits videos, and eats strawberry oreos. In that order.

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Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant.  Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.

The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.

Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”

This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.

What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?

It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”

It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.

Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades?  Let us leave that up to you.

 

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Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered.  It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.

We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.

Your thoughts on Pizza Possum?  Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?

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The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

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Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.

The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.

You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?

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