Returnal and bailouts
As for Returnal, it continues a bit to discuss Housemarque's choice not to include the saves in the course of the gameplay loops, but on whether to implement them in retrospect the developers have not yet made a decision, although consultations continue. br>The absence of saves in the standard game phases, during the loops that make up the gameplay, represent a feature that can be considered an integral part of the game itself, this being a rogue-lite. However, with gameplay sessions that can take several minutes, Returnal can be pretty tough to deal with if you don't have a lot of time to spare.
Returnal doesn't have intermediate saves "by design", but it does. what makes us discuss Basically, there is the need to necessarily conclude the loops in order to save, but in some cases the material time to reach the save may be lacking and at that point the session is substantially lost, a risk which also occurs in cases of crashes, without considering the recent corruption problems of the bailouts which were then fixed via patch 1.3.6.
Mikael Havari, marketing director of Housemarque, confirmed that the team is still evaluating the situation but has not yet taken a decision on adding additional bailouts. Apparently, the team realizes that this can be a problem for some players and is listening to feedback, but they have no updates to announce yet, not least because they are currently working on several other aspects of Returnal as well. br>
In any case, everyone liked the PS5 game a bit, as you can also see by reading our Returnal review.
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Australian regulator moves to block Qantas-Japan Airlines deal
Australia's competition regulator on Thursday said it would block a pricing, code-sharing and scheduling deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines because it would likely mean higher fares for passengers.
Qantas had claimed the five-year agreement -- proposed in late 2020 -- would speed the pandemic recovery and 'better serve customers' by improving connections between 29 smaller cities in Australia, Japan and New Zealand.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in reality cooperation would cause 'severe harm to competition' and 'eliminate any prospect of Qantas and Japan Airlines competing for passengers'.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Qantas and Japan Airlines had dominated the market for flights between Tokyo and Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
The world's major airlines have seen profits plunge since the pandemic began, with many receiving taxpayer bailouts to survive.
As international travel slowly returns and airlines have tried to claw back profits, at times bumping up against rules designed to protect passengers.
Australia's regulator said it was open to granting exceptions to aid airlines' recovery, but not at the expense of reducing competition in the long term.
'The ACCC can only authorise these agreements if the public benefits from the coordination outweigh the harm to competition,' ACCC Chair Rod Sims said.
'At this stage, we do not consider that Qantas and Japan Airlines' proposal passes that test.'
The airlines have until 27 May to make their case before the ACCC makes its final determination.
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