PlayStation Will Stop Pressing Discs for New Games in January 2028
PlayStation will stop pressing discs for new console games in January 2028. Sid Shuman wrote it on the official PlayStation Blog on July 1, 2026. After that month, new PlayStation console games ship on the PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. The disc is not being recalled. It is being retired for anything that has not already been scheduled to exist on plastic. I went back ...[Read More]
Xbox Series X Jumps to $799 as Memory Costs Climb
The Xbox Series X disc console is $799.99 on the official Microsoft Store. I checked the US listing after August 1. The 1TB digital edition is $749.99. The Series S 512GB is $499.99. Those are the live US dollar tags, not a screenshot someone rounded for a headline. Xbox Wire posted the change on June 25, 2026. The effective date was August 1, 2026. I went back to that post and then to the store. ...[Read More]
Artificial Extinction 2 Review
Hybrid Command: Strategy That Lets You Pull the Trigger Yourself Artificial Extinction 2 arrives as one of the more ambitious indie experiments of 2026, a solo-developer passion project from 100Hr Games Inc that has been in the works for over five years. Released on June 10, 2026 for PC, it takes the classic tower defense loop and fuses it with real-time strategy base management and first-person s...[Read More]
Artificial Extinction 2
About This Game Artificial Extinction 2 is a tower defense hybrid that blends first-person shooter action with real-time strategy control. Survive on a hostile Earth against relentless AI overlords by building powerful defenses, managing resources, and fighting on the front lines. Play as a sentient AI commander, switching seamlessly between RTS command view to construct and upgrade your b...[Read More]
Kingdom Hearts IV Finally Shows Itself, With No Date Attached
Kingdom Hearts IV finally put new footage on a stage, and Square Enix still did not attach a date. The trailer landed in the June 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct. I checked Nintendo’s official recap and Square Enix’s own press note from that day. Platforms, yes. A calendar day, no. A US dollar price, also no. I am not going to hang a holiday on this because the silence is the story. When a com...[Read More]
Ocarina of Time Is Getting a Switch 2 Remake This Year
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is coming back in 2026, reborn exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2. That is Nintendo’s own line, not a leak with extra adjectives. I checked the official news post from the June 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct and the featured game page on nintendo.com. Both say 2026. Neither one prints a month, a day, or a US dollar price. I am not going to invent a street date so...[Read More]
Hollowbody Review
The Crash That Changes Everything You are Mica, an unlicensed black market shipper scraping by in a dystopian future where the Exclusion Zone stands as a 20-mile scar of death and decay, sealed behind towering walls after some unspecified collapse. Your partner Sasha went in alone 12 days ago chasing answers, and now you’ve followed, only for your hover to plummet after a blinding white flash. You...[Read More]
Hollowbody
It's a Shipper's biggest fear. You're grounded in the exclusion zone, twenty miles of death and decay sealed off by the towering, suffocating walls erected after the collapse. Alone, stranded, and with limited resources at your disposal you'll have to push your way through the zone, solve environmental puzzles, manage resources and fight for your life as you try to find a way to escape beyond t...[Read More]
Gothic 1 Remake Review
The Legend Reborn in the Valley of Mines The original Gothic from 2001 was never an easy game to love at first sight. It threw you into a magical prison colony with almost no explanation, terrible combat, and a world that actively seemed to hate your existence. Yet for those who stuck with it, it became something special, a true RPG where your actions had weight, your progression felt earned, and ...[Read More]
Bungie to Give Free Marathon Base Game to PS5 Players Who Accidentally Bought Deluxe Upgrade
Bungie has stepped in to correct a confusing situation on the PlayStation Store involving Marathon’s Deluxe Edition upgrade during the current free trial week. Some PS5 players who downloaded the free trial of Marathon saw a discounted Deluxe Edition upgrade priced at $19.99 and assumed it included the full base game. However, unlike the listings on Steam and the Microsoft Store, the PlayStation S...[Read More]
Gothic 1 Remake
The Legend is Back Return to the Valley of the Mines in this faithful remake of the genre-defining open world RPG. Explore a hand-crafted, organic open world that reacts dynamically to your actions. Whether you're a seasoned Gothic veteran or this is your first time being thrown into the colony, you're in for a true RPG experience with unrestricted exploration like no other. We...[Read More]
MARATHON Season 2 Update
Season 2 of Marathon, available to all players, has been live since June 2nd and brings the Night Marsh zone, the new Sentinel Runner shell, new weapons, a new system to customize Runner shell stats, faster faction progression, several quality-of-life updates based on player feedback, and more. Marathon’s Season 2 gameplay trailer premiered during State of Play: Some of the notable updates to Mara...[Read More]