"RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026" - Players are flocking to Sony's old PS4 anti-DRM video in the wake of its shock decision to scrap physical games

Yesterday, Sony stunned the games industry by announcing that it will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028, citing "consumer preferences" as the reason for the shift towards an all-digital future. We've already seen plenty of community outcry about the decision, heard rumours that Xbox...

RuneScape Dragonwilds: Scaling Difficulties Walkthrough

Scaling Difficulties is a subquest in the Icthlarin’s Little Helper quest chain in RuneScape: Dragonwilds where you have to locate a missing scouting party and hunt down an elusive beast that has been troubling the local village’s hunter.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword release date pushed forward, its devs deciding they'd rather fight vampires than cosmic entities and Scottish horrors

Ah, don't worry, we're not stressing about that. That's essentially what the makes of samurai action battler Onimusha: Way of the Sword said late last month when it was pointed out to them that their game'll be fighting a lot of competition when it arrives amid the September gamepocalypse. Having initially opted to sti...

The best WoW addons July 2026

What are the best WoW addons? Blizzard's critically acclaimed MMORPG hides a lot of useful data it collects, and picking up a mod that offers a peek behind the curtain can be a literal game-changer when going up against deadly bosses. Of course, the best World of Warcraft addons aren't just aimed at avid raiders. Some...

"We are profoundly disappointed" - boutique special edition game makers react to PlayStation's discless future

Boutique special edition game makers - which produce high-quality collector's editions for passionate fans - have come out to protest Sony's decision to end production of discs for physical games . Read more

Best Digital PS3 Games To Buy Before The PlayStation Store Shuts Down

Sony is finally pulling the plug. The PlayStation Store closes on PS3 and Vita, beginning in parts of Latin America and the Middle East in August 2026 and reaching the rest of us in July 2027. Discs still work, and anything already sitting in your library stays downloadable for the foreseeable future, so the big retail...

One Piece: 7 Strongest Marines Who Would Have Been Better As Pirates

Marines are the enforcers of justice in One Piece, and they are responsible for ensuring pirates and other criminals don't run amok. Without them, the entire One Piece world would fall into disarray.

Larian Publishing Lead Defends Physical Games Following Sony News

Over the past week, it seems that the gaming industry has gotten together and decided that physical games are no more. First, we had the confirmation that GTA 6 isn't getting a physical release, meaning that other publishers may follow suit. Then, yesterday afternoon, Sony dealt the killing blow, confirming that it wil...

'Meh': Ex-PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida weighs in on Valve's Steam Machine after a few hours with it

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 a...

Nintendo Is “Communicating” With Pokemon To Resolve TCG Scalping Issues

I've probably been one of the most outspoken critics of the Pokemon Trading Card Game in the media. I've collected the Pokemon TCG my entire life, and things have never been as bad as they are now. Not even close.

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Old Kojima Prediction About the Future of Digital Games Goes Viral

Hideo Kojima of Kojima Productions is going viral once again, this time for one of his older predictions about where the future of digital gaming is bound to go. A foremost auteur of the gaming industry, Kojima has been in charge of his own gaming studio, Kojima Productions, since 2015, though it also existed as a Kona...