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PlayStation Plus users will be able to claim a bunch of DLC when August’s free game drops land next week.

PlayStation’s decision to reduce PS5 disc production in early 2028 has sparked protests. Most notably, the Don’t Kill the Disc petition started strong and has garnered over 355,000 signatures. Still, Insider Gaming highlighted how the rate of signups has declined. Meanwhile, Sony announced it would not reconsider despite criticism.

TL;DR: A study found many physical game discs require downloads to work: about half of 78 Xbox Series X titles needed patches, 34% of 792 PS5 games required fixes or missing content, and 75% of 48 Switch 2 games were fully playable offline. Disc ownership, resale, and preservation are thus increasingly uncertain. Voice: Hassam NasirSpeed…

TL;DR: Microsoft raised Xbox Series X to €799.99 and Series S to €499.99 in Europe, marking increases up to ~40% and making the Series S cost what the Series X did at launch; Microsoft cites component and memory/storage cost pressures, raising concerns about affordability and next-gen console pricing. Voice: Hassam NasirSpeed 0:00 / 3:12 Use…

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Nintendo Switch eShop latest sales: lowest prices ever for Chasm, Monument Valley 1-3, more

Among the most engrossing story-driven indie games from the past decade is “Firewatch,” which was released in 2016. Set in the late ’80s, the game has players stationed at a lookout tower in a national park in Wyoming. While keeping watch to ensure that a wildfire doesn’t break out in the forest, the protagonist realizes…

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We’ve seen Nintendo partner with numerous companies over the years for mainline Zelda titles as well as spin-offs, but one of the first examples of this came from Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Seasons, two titles that saw Capcom and Nintendo team up. While the collab led to a duo of fantastic Zelda titles, it…

Everyone is afraid. We’re born afraid, we die afraid, and we spend much of our time in between struggling in vain to overlook those fears – with one crucial fictive exception: horror.