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- A dedicated community successfully revived the discontinued PlayStation game Concord on PC, demonstrating passion and perseverance in bringing back a beloved title.
- Despite initial criticism regarding visuals, personality, and business model, Concords fan-made version has made significant progress, including launching the main menu, character selection screen, matchmaking, and even complete Clash Point matches.
- While numerous bugs remain, the team is sharing their milestone of reviving Concord, which initially flopped in its original release.
- The revival of Concord highlights the power of a dedicated fanbase and their ability to bring back discontinued games, providing continued enjoyment for gamers.
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Fans Revive Discontinued PlayStation Game Concord on PC
Following its brief debut, Sony discontinued Concord, but a dedicated community of fans united to revive the game on PC. Despite criticism regarding its visuals, personality, and business model in a highly competitive genre, Firewalk Studios shut Concord down after only a few days. However, the fans persisted, and after months of effort, they achieved a significant breakthrough. Concord is now playable on fan-made servers, thanks to enthusiasts who reconstructed the game’s interfaces and applications. These teams have successfully launched the main menu and character selection screen, started matchmaking, and even enabled complete Clash Point matches. While numerous bugs remain, the team is sharing this milestone, particularly given the surprise that Concord flopped.
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While we were exploring the comeback of old-school gaming in “Retro Revisited,” another thought popped up: what other games deserve a second chance? Speaking of second chances, Marcus Thompson’s recent piece, “Sony Kills Concord for the Second Time” (), is a captivating story about the resilience of Concord’s community and Sony’s corporate indifference. Despite two attempts to pull the plug, fans kept it alive through homemade servers until legal threats struck again. Meanwhile, in other racing news, Jonathan Dubinski revs up his engine in “Gran Turismo 7 Announces Big Update with Free Surprises” (), diving into an upcoming update that’s dropping within the week, promising five fresh rides and hints at an Opel concept car arriving this fall. But after watching Sony’s latest State of Play event, Ahmed Hassan takes a critical look at their future in “State of Play | 5 Predictions About Sony’s Future After the Event” (), exploring whether Concord’s failure and Microsoft’s strategy might be pushing PlayStation towards a refocus on single-player exclusives.
| Specification | |
|---|---|
| Official Name | Concord |
| Brief Summary | In Concord, you play as the crew of the Northstar—a group of guns-for-hire known in our galaxy as Freegunners. The Freegunners roam the stars taking high-stakes jobs on worlds across Wild space, where they face other fiercely competitive Freegunner crews. From match-to-match, you’ll form your team of Freegunners with other players and battle it out with rival crews to take home the reward across a variety of maps and modes. |
| Platforms | PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows) |
| Released | August 23, 2024 |
| Genre | Shooter, Adventure |
| Play Modes | Multiplayer |
| Content Rating | T |
| Languages | Chinese (Simplified), English |
| Genre | Firewalk Studios |
| Genre | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Ratings | 48/100 (19 reviews) |