We have unfortunately been barrelling towards a digitised future for some time now, but Sony’s latest news that PlayStation will be fully digital by 2028 has heightened fears that players have about ownership and the inability to preserve art. The fear is so palpable that even Hideo Kojima has commented on the situation now. “Eventually,…
À la cartridge. Earlier this week, Sony dealt a devastating blow to the gaming community by confirming that it would no longer offer physical discs for the PS5 from January 2028. Now, according to a report from Windows Central, it sounds like Xbox’s upcoming Project Helix will launch without a disc drive, potentially joining Sony…
Rockstar’s a big company—and while we’re excited for Grand Theft Auto 6, that doesn’t sideline the studio’s potential for cruddiness. Both from a consumer-facing point of view (like GTA 6 being fully digital) or an employee-facing one, with union-busting allegations in the UK still ongoing. It looks like, even outside of that dispute, there are…
Crisis Force released for the Nintendo Famicom in 1991. The M2-developed Ganbare Goemon collection, Ganbare Goemon! Daishuugou is out today in Japan, bringing 13 games from Konami’s popular series to Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Steam. But as if that wasn’t enough to make us all jealous of Japanese players who are able to get their…
Previously serving as the president of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony and then becoming the head of PlayStation Indies in 2019, Shuhei Yoshida retired last year. He has since taken to giving industry analysis over on X. With the Steam Machine and its mighty price tag serving as a big discussion point, Yoshida has had…
The company “did not anticipate such fragmentation of rights”. Well, that didn’t take long at all, did it? Less than a week after announcing it acquired “the trademark and select intellectual property rights of The 3DO Company,” Empire Interactive has now announced plans to “withdraw from the 3DO project.” The announcement was made in an…
10 years ago, an extremely weird game called Soda Drinker Pro was released on Xbox and Steam. Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see silly simulation-style titles like PowerWash Simulator and Lawn Mowing Simulator, but Soda Drinker Pro hit the ground running long before this trend came to fruition. Despite its terrible visuals, harsh audio design,…
“We eating, Metroid fans!”. Metroid could be making a return sooner than expected after a new rating for a project known as ‘Metroid Ravenous‘ was recently spotted. If this wasn’t already enough news about the galactic bounty hunter for one week, VGC’s editor-in-chief Andy Robinson has now chimed in, claiming even more could be on…
Listen to the beat. Rhythm Heaven Groove is out this week on the Switch and to celebrate the Nintendo Music app has been updated with a “special release”. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Capcom has announced a new release date for Onimusha: Way of the Sword: instead of September 25, the PS2-era reboot will now release on September 4. It’s the second time Capcom has pulled this move in 2026, because Pragmata also got moved forward at the eleventh hour. But unlike Pragmata’s April release window, September is…