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TL;DR: Two major outages in one week-the Xbox disruptions affecting store, sign-ins, libraries, and cloud features, plus a near-total PlayStation Network failure-highlight risks of an increasingly digital-only future where game ownership, subscriptions, and access depend on company servers that can fail without warning. Voice: Hassam NasirSpeed 0:00 / 3:05 Use left and right arrow keys…

Rockstar has locked in a release date for Grand Theft Auto VI: November 19, 2026. It’s also confirmed a detail that could trip up a lot of buyers. Retail download codes for the PlayStation 5 version will only work with a PlayStation Network account from the same region where the game was purchased.

It’s been a rough month for PlayStation users. A few weeks ago, Sony announced that it would end physical disc sales by 2028. Then on Friday, the PlayStation Network went down, rendering players unable to access their digital games for nearly half the day. Now, in response to the chaos, players are organizing their own…

The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) has published new collections documenting the history of E3, the industry trade show that ran from 1995 to 2021.

Ubisoft and Xbox have announced a batch of games that give you a Ubisoft Connect PC entitlement if you buy them on the Xbox Store.

Regardless of how gamers feel about the “console wars,” everyone agrees that the PlayStation 4 was an excellent system. The console had a sleek design, a fantastic UI, and some of the most memorable exclusives of the era. The best PS4 games became instant classics, and some of them are so popular they’ve been remade…

Woot has launched a new Best of PC sale with deals across gaming desktops, laptops, monitors, PC components, storage, and accessories. The lineup includes everything from RTX-powered gaming PCs and Copilot+ laptops to SSDs, RAM, cases, and so on, with prices starting at just $4.99 Prime shipped (a $6 delivery fee will apply otherwise). There’s…

Update, 7/27/26, 7:24 p.m.:After suffering an outage that began late yesterday evening, several Xbox online services have been restored according to the Xbox Status page. 

Xbox is currently suffering a major service outage, days after PlayStation was hit with a similar issue. Services such as booting up digital games, logging into your account, and browsing the Xbox Store are said to be affected.

UPDATE 5:30 p.m. ET:Xbox says it’s “making progress on recovery” and that “most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again.” However, it warns that, “Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up.”