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Following an explosive “Jim Lee and Friends” panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, which featured surprise appearances by Clayface director James Watkins and star Tom Rhys Harries, the spotlight shifted squarely onto the legendary DC President, Publisher, and CCO himself for one of the most personal conversations of the convention.

It’s the late 1990s. My brother and I are gifted our first Game Boy with Pokémon Blue. Gaming had been sparing for us at this point, relegated to Super Mario Kart sessions at a friend’s house and the occasional Sonic the Hedgehog 2 dash on a borrowed Sega Genesis when time allowed. This was different.…

The gaming industry continues to move towards digital distribution across PC and console. Sony’s planned shift away from physical releases for new PlayStation games from January 2028 is one recent example of that direction.

The end of an era is coming, and it may be game over for physical video game media.

You probably heard the news that PlayStation is ditching physical games for an all-digital future. Starting in 2028, the company will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games. Basically nobody on the internet liked this idea, but it got us thinking: Does Sony have a point? Doesn’t game data last longer on hard drives than…

PlayStation is poised to reshape the gaming industry permanently, with plans to cease disc production by 2028 as it transitions toward a fully digital ecosystem. This strategic shift will have far-reaching consequences not only for players and developers but also for retail stores and, notably, it threatens to render obsolete one of the most re

While physical media in the gaming industry may no longer dominate the market, a dedicated community of players still prefers owning their favorite titles on disc or cartridge. After all, controllers and accessories remain essential for a fully optimized gaming experience.

CD sales are moving upward again, on Luminate’s new first-half 2026 data showing 16.3 million CDs sold in the US, a 16 percent year-over-year increase. That puts the format back into growth territory at a time when physical music continues to carry cultural value well beyond simple playback.

Japanese game publisher Bliss Brain announced that it has partnered with Korean publisher Cometsoft to officially release the physical package version of the 2D action game “70s-style Robot Anime GetP-X” for Nintendo Switch™ and PlayStation®5 in Korean today, July 16

Sony has been facing growing backlash ever since it announced that it will stop releasing physical PlayStation games starting in January 2028. Many fans hoped the company would reconsider its decision after the negative reaction from the community, but so far, Sony has shown no signs of changing course. And amid the ongoing criticism surrounding…