With Sony’s news this morning that it will be discontinuing production of all physical discs for PlayStation games in 2028, some analysts are suggesting this is an indicator that the PS6—and Xbox’s Project Helix, too—will be digital-only devices, and will launch in 2028. This comes from comments made by multiple…

During the Nexon Developers Conference, Embark Studios dives into the player tracking system it uses for ARC Raiders, how it influences changes, and just how much data was required to run it at the game’s peak. For a while, ARC Raiders was the definitive extraction shooter for many, finding a…

Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games is once again facing allegations regarding its workplace culture. According to a new report, members of the Rockstar Games Workers Union (RGWU) have accused the GTA 6 studio of ongoing issues involving crunch, inconsistent bonuses, and pay transparency issues, namely gender pay discrepancies.…

Some days I lament having to get up at 8 a.m. to hit the blog mines, but then sometimes major news breaks that early in the morning and I get it. Well, good morning everyone, PlayStation just announced it will stop making discs for games starting in 2028. It’s a…

The moment Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced was first officially announced, I set out to do the only reasonable thing a lifelong fan with too much time on their hands could: replay every mainline game in the series back to back over the course of several months. The original plan…

PlayStation has announced that the physical era is over, ending support for older versions of the PlayStation Store and committing to a digital-only future. While digital sales have far outpaced physical sales for years, many fans still prefer the latter for many reasons. Chief among them is that digital-only games…