2024 was a strangely quiet year for the company Pokemon franchise. Although there have been a few exciting announcements every now and then, like the reveal Pokemon Legends ZA and disclosure Pokemon Horizons: The SeriesThere really wasn't any new content for console players to enjoy in season two. Indeed, 2024 is the first year in nearly a decade that The Pokemon Company hasn't released a new one Pokemon game, remake or expansion for a Nintendo platform. Wildly successful Pokemon Pocket Card Game it launched earlier this year for iOS and Android, but that's pretty much it.
While fans wait for Nintendo to release the next big entry in the Pokemo n series, they can try some alternatives in the meantime. One like that PokemonThe style game is actually heading to PlayStation Plus very soon. Earlier this week, Sony announced that the creature-collecting RPG By this coming to PS Plus as part of December's monthly catalog of games. A game that will be added to the service next door It takes two and Aliens: Dark Descentwill be available to all PlayStation Plus members (eg Essential, Extra and Premium subscribers) from December 3rd to January 6th.
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Temtem will be part of the PlayStation Plus monthly games offer for December
Temtem has a lot in common with Pokemon, but is still unique in many ways
Many video games have tried to imitate it Pokemon's monster-catching formula over the years, but most of them were either unsuccessful or didn't gain much attention from mainstream audiences. By thishowever, it is probably one of the most famous of them all Pokemon– stylish games. Developed by indie Spanish studio Crema and published by Humble Bundle, By this was originally announced on Kickstarter in 2018. Once it received enough funding from fans, it was released for PC through the Steam Early Access program in January 2020. The game was ported to the PlayStation 5 later that year and was subsequently ported to the Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch in 2022.
By thisThe basic premise is very similar Pokemon'with. Players are cast as novice Temtem tamers who, in order to become the best, must travel across six islands of the Air Archipelago to defeat eight different Dojo leaders, all while battling the evil clan grunt Belsoto. The game also features turn-based combat, similar to v Pokemon. Where By this differs from Nintendo's hit series, but it's in its own genre. Unlike the main line Pokemon installments, this game is an online only MMORPG. Players can play alone and fight in competitive PvP battles, or team up with friends. In addition, they can create houses, customize their game avatars and also trade Temto with other players.
The creatures known as Temtem are essentially
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the Pokemon equivalent.
The developers behind Temto have confirmed that it will no longer receive major updates
Although By this was largely a critical and commercial success, it no longer receives new content updates. Crema already announced in March 2024 that support for the MMO will end at the end of that year. While it's unfortunate that players who try out the game on PS Plus won't have any future content to look forward to, it will at least remain playable for the foreseeable future. On the other hand, all the microtransactions that were once present By this were recently removed so players don't have to worry about spending a lot of money on in-game purchases.
Temtem is the closest thing to Pokémon on PS5
Unless something drastically changes with Nintendo's business strategy in the next few years, Pokemon the games will almost certainly never come to PlayStation consoles. So PS5 owners By this is probably the next best thing. When the creature-collecting MMORPG hits PS Plus on December 3rd, PlayStation fans should add it to their libraries. If they like that, they might want to check out Cremy's latest game, Temtem: Swarm. Although this The surviving vampiresThe action RPG style is only available on PC and has little to do with it Pokemonmight be worth a look.
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