“My birthday gift to the community”. This week brought us news that Sony is ending production of optical discs for its PlayStation 5 console and has confirmed that it will be the last machine it makes with a disc drive. With Microsoft widely expected to follow suit with its next Xbox, it leaves Nintendo as…
Circana’s Mat Piscatella says “Nintendo is going to be Nintendo”. Sony’s announcement this week it would end PlayStation disc-based releases by 2028 has unsurprisingly raised questions about the future of physical games media on other console platforms. If you are wondering about Nintendo’s position in this space, Circana senior director and video game industry advisor…
The retro-anime adventure launches this September. This week, Sony surprised the gaming space when it announced PlayStation’s disc-based physical releases would end by 2028. It has ignited all sorts of discussions about the future of physical media in the gaming space, and it’s also resulted in some developers taking this opportunity to promote hard copies…
Placeholders or something more? New information about the third and final part in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy has potentially surfaced. Listings on the Epic Store (tracked by the third-party tool EpicDB) reference nine separate DLC, a story expansion pass, premium editions of the game and pre-order bonuses: Read the full article on…
Look, I’m not saying I’m not amazed that games have reached this era of visual hyperrealism where I can count the individual hairs in your character’s nose. It’s an impressive feat, no doubt. But I’m still one of those people firmly in the camp of stylized and exaggerated over indistinguishably lifelike and authentic. More quizzes!…
Splashing news. Ahead of the launch of Splatoon Raiders on the Switch 2 later this month, an in-store demo for the game has gone live. If you happen to be located in the US or Canada, and are near a Best Buy, Walmart, Target or GameStop, you’ll be able to go hands-on with the new…
We’ve gotten a good eyeful of the new Captain America swimsuit skin coming to Marvel Rivals, and I’m going to stop things briefly right here for a quick content warning: If you don’t want to be looking at what PC Gamer’s Chris Livingston described as “a new source of vibranium,” avert your gaze now, because…
Category: Playtests July 2, 2026 Enter The Pit: XBOX Insiders Can Play Pit of Goblin Today! Tim, XBOX Program Manager Ever dreamt of being the lowest of the low? Living a life so nasty and gnarly that even the rats look down on you? Risking life and limb for liege that wants nothing more than…
Back in June at the PC Gamer Show, Relic Entertainment announced Company of Heroes: Definitive Edition, a remake to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its WW2 RTS that got our Jake Tucker very excited. But that’s not the only CoH game that Relic has cooking. Today the studio announced Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand,…