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"This is all about control" - industry experts speak on Sony's move away from discs, and what this means for the PlayStation 6 and the cost of games

Last week was a disruptive time in the video game industry, as Sony announced it would no longer be creating video game discs starting January 2028. For many, that was the ring-side bell for the death of the physical games industry. Read more

True Video Game Masterpieces That Are Perfect From Start To Finish

Updated on July 6, 2026, by Vlad Mazanko: We’ve updated this list to include additional entries that deserve to be called true masterpieces with zero fluff: The Last of Us Part 1 and Half-Life 2.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is suffering similar PSN region locking woes to Helldivers 2, with 132 countries barred according to Steam's backend

PlayStation might have opted to stop putting their single player big hitters on PC going forwards, but they're still committed to porting their online games in the name of juicing player counts. All good, since they've stopped frustrating folks by insisting that PC players link up a PSN account. Ah, bollocks. Based on...

PlayStation Post About Ending Physical Game Production Has 140 Million Views

PlayStation's announcement that it will stop producing physical games in 2028 has gone down like a lead balloon. Reactions and backlash to the decision have been everywhere you look on social media, leading to the original post revealing the news getting more attention than just about anything PlayStation has ever post...

One of my favourite weeks of the year is here: Summer Games Done Quick 2026 begins and anyone with a passing interest in games should dip in

Some people get very excited for our annual non-E3 blast of games news in June. Others await the Q3-Q4 release window rush of games with glee (although, this year, I find it a bit more scary than I do exciting). My favourite time of the gaming calendar, though, is split between two six-month blocks: I celebrate the arr...

Valve updates SteamOS to improve your WiFi download speeds, and it's available on Steam Deck with a couple of caveats

Valve has rolled out a change to SteamOS that should help devices using a WiFi antenna get better download speeds. This latest version, 3.8.14, was released over the weekend. The change-log only lists two changes, and one of them is pretty consequential. The new version fixes an issue that caused WiFi speeds to be limi...

"Smuggle chainsaws onto the pitch": What Blood Bowl's new publisher thinks the World Cup can learn from Warhammer

Last week brought the news that strategy game publisher Slitherine have penned a deal with Cyanide Studios to continue developing Blood Bowl 3 (which will soon become Warhammer Blood Bowl. The tabletop-inflected sport is broadly similar to American football, though there are opportunities for even greater violence on t...

Dark Souls Isn't “Especially Difficult” According To Tekken’s Director

FromSoftware titles, particularly those created by Hidetaka Miyazaki, are widely considered some of the most punishing in video games. Intricate level design, littered with brutal enemies, easy-to-learn/difficult-to-master mechanics, and unforgiving boss fights make them the gold standard for challenge.

Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima "really sad" about Sony ending physical disc production, and says lack of media ownership has "frightening" possibilities

Hideo Kojima has spoken about Sony's cessation of physical video game disc production, with the director behind Death Stranding expressing that the news made him feel "really sad". Read more

How to Get Mega Seed in Grow a Garden 2 (Mega Moon Event Guide)

Mega Seed is a mythic rarity seed in Grow a Garden 2 that you can collect from the map server during the Mega Moon event, but since this event only fires at night, you've got a tight 2-minute window to catch it. Track the day-cycle meter above your screen to time it correctly.