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Let’s Not Kill Physical Games

Last week, Sony decided to finally drop the bomb on everyone and announced that it will be ending physical disc production for all PlayStation titles, come January 2028. This news also arrives a week after Rockstar announced that GTA VI‘s physical release…

Memory Shortages Leave Steam Deck Out of Stock Indefinitely

Handheld PC gaming seemed to be heading toward an unstoppable run of converting console gamers eager to test the PC waters with something a bit more recognizable. Historic Switch 2 sales and a PS5 console seemingly swooning with a healthy movement of…

Astro Bot (PS5) Review

I wrote an article back when I first got my PS5 about how Astro’s Playroom was probably the best usage of the PlayStation 5 and its Dualsense Controller that I had ever seen. I really loved Astro’s Playroom, but to my surprise,…

PlayStation State of Play September 2024 Roundup

We’re getting to the end of the year. This means we have very little time between now and the Game Awards. It also means that developers will have a last-ditch effort to announce and update details on upcoming games. This week we…

Kena: Bridge of Spirits Coming to Xbox Consoles

In another example of exclusivity being relegated to a window of time, the PlayStation-exclusive adventure game Kena: Bridge of Spirits will arrive on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on August 15th. Dubbed a Pixar-adjacent artistic adventure and award-winner upon its original release,…

SIE Appoints New CEOs, Herman Hulst & Hideaki Nishino

Unlike its Microsoft-based counterpart and head of Xbox, Sony’s SIE CEO role hasn’t had the same cult of personality surrounding it. Be it Kutaragi, Hirai, House, Kodera, and eventually, Jim Ryan, who hardly got his feet under the table. None have the…

Crypt of the NecroDancer: Hatsune Miku DLC Out Now

Rhythm-based games don’t release often, but when they do, they often gain a huge following among fans who love to beat up enemies to a beat. One of the most popular rhythm-based games of recent memory is Crypt of the NecroDancer. With a…

Phil Spencer on a Handheld Xbox Becoming Reality

We’ve seen handhelds come and go with varying success. Nintendo has the space locked down, even melding its home console with a handheld for the popular Switch. PlayStation doesn’t make dedicated handhelds anymore, but they do have mirroring handhelds you can purchase…

Sequel Bait – InFamous

With Sony’s Spider-Man 2 releasing soon, I thought now would be a good time to look back on a superhero game series that has seemingly fallen into obscurity. I find the disappearance of Infamous from the modern gaming market quite baffling given…

The Croc Series May Be Seeing a Remaster

The late 90s’ had a lot of platformers, and more specifically a lot of animated mascot platformers. From mascot characters that represented an entire console such as Mario, Sonic, or Spyro, to those that represented a specific company such as Gex or…