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Rylee Arnold and Connor Wood perform during Mariah Carey Night on the Oct. 6 episode of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 35. (Disney/Eric McCandless)

It’s getting more expensive and annoying to play and enjoy video games in 2026. Case in point, GameStop is now selling used PlayStation 5 Pro consoles for $1400 as the sought-after machines become harder and harder to find in the lead-up to Grand Theft Auto 6‘s launch.

Play games, get paid. Lots of mobile apps make this promise. Sounds good, right? Especially in this expensive economy. Do these apps really pay you to play games, though? In many cases, you’re making the app developers money when you complete surveys, watch videos, see ads and play games. Apps may also be harvesting your data…

Panelists on the DEG.AI Steering Committe panel included (L-R) moderator Ian Fried, DEG.AI Alliance; Bryan Yee, Innovative Dreams; Olga Krasovski, Amazon Web Services; and Randy Lake, Universal Entertainment and Dreamworks Animation.

While the gaming industry isn’t all-digital yet, it’s been heading in that direction for a while. Sony’s recently announced plans to discontinue PlayStation discs in 2028 are the latest step in this shift. In the last several years, we’ve also seen the PS5 Pro require a separate purchase for a disc drive, the Xbox Series…

Mahjong Pros‘Mahjong Pros Publishingimprint announced the license acquisition of two new manga titles at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con:Akayoroshi: Hanafuda Shadow GamesandBird: Mahjong’s Deadliest vs. The Master Illusionist. 

During the Manga Mavericks panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, Mahjong Pros announced two new licenses joining its growing lineup: Bird – Mahjong’s Deadliest vs. The Master Illusionist and Akayoroshi: Hanafuda Shadow Game.