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Sony ending PlayStation discs "was always going to happen," says analyst, as the PS6 costing $1,000 would "limit your audience quite significantly"
Good for Sony, not so good if you like owning stuff
Kingdom Hearts 4's Goofy and Donald are playable for the first time ever, and Mickey's Paper Mario-style sections are "very different from Sora's adventure"
Co-director Tai Yasue says "you could create paper-thin Mickeys, giant Mickeys, a tiny Mickey, box Mickeys"
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 16th 2026)
KONKR Pocket Advance! Zelda mods! CeX Retro Store! Welcome to Retro Recap , a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Sandustry fuses a Terraria-style world with Factorio's automation to build a dangerously compelling new sandbox game
With 2D maps reminiscent of Terraria, pixel physics in the vein of Noita, and automation reminiscent of Factorio, Sandustry has me hooked.
Ghost Driver codes (August 2026)
Claim thousands in free cash rewards when you redeem these new Ghost Driver codes for one of the most popular anti-social racers on Roblox.
‘That is not happening’: Tetsuya Nomura promises players Kingdom Hearts 4 will not be delayed
The game is set for a late 2027 release, and Nomura says it'll hit that date
Kingdom Hearts 4 finally has a release window, and it's sooner than I expected
A firm release date remains elusive, however.
Star Wars has just returned to Fortnite, this time with a real-world Galaxy's Edge crossover
The new Star Wars Smuggler’s Gambit Fortnite Island runs in collaboration with the Millennium Falcon Smuggler’s Run ride at Galaxy’s Edge.
Poll: Box Art Brawl: WarioWare Smooth Moves
Wii? More like... WAH. Welcome to this week's edition of Box Art Brawl ! It was a special Metroid 40th anniversary brawl last time , as we matched up every cover in the series for the ultimate showdown. Despite all those options, it wasn't a remotely close-fought contest, as Super Metroid walked away with 62% of the vote and left all other entries in the dust. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Ahsoka season 2 trailer breakdown: 16 Star Wars details and our theories
Breaking down the Ahsoka season 2 trailer
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta Adds Campaign Mission 'Entrenched'
Lock in later this month. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is getting an open beta at the end of this month, and all platforms (including Switch 2) are invited. Activision and Infinity Ward have now provided an update, announcing the beta will also allow players to experience a campaign mission. Players will have access to the " Entrenched " mission, which can be seen in the trailer above. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Poll: Do you turn your PC off at night?
Or leave it on till the morning light?
Jean Grey making her MCU debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day "came out of the story," says Marvel boss Kevin Feige
Kevin Feige explains why X-Men character Jean Grey debuted in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Marvel boss Kevin Feige says they knew they couldn't make Spider-Man: Brand New Day "bigger" than No Way Home, so they decided to "go deeper and make it special"
Kevin Feige opens up on Brand New Day at D23
ARK: Survival Evolved Sunsets Official Switch Servers This Month
"We want to thank everyone who has been part of this journey". Developer Studio Wildcard has announced official server support for the Switch version of its dinosaur-themed survival game Ark: Survival Evolved will be sunset at the end of August. The studio shared this news in a community update on the game's message boards. This will also apply to ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition , a "rebuilt Switch remaster" by Grove Street Games released in 2022. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Sega CDX Kit to Load Sega CD Games from ROM Carts
Zaxour is now selling a kit called the CDX Engine Idler, for the Sega Genesis / Sega CD combo console called the CDX. Without this kit, ROM Carts like the Mega Everdrive Pro can launch cartridge-based games on the CDX, however they can’t (in most cases) launch Sega CD games from the cart (including units […] The post Sega CDX Kit to Load Sega CD Games from ROM Carts first appeared on RetroRGB .
Saber's AI Rideshare Stimulator controversy almost closes on high note with CEO apology, then he calls Portal scribe who mocked him an 'unsuccessful writer'
Why are you making me write this stuff?
Ron Gilbert talks the untraditional way he got Thimbleweed Park 2 funded, and his frustrations with modern publishing deals
I think it would be a tad fair if you heard that Thimbleweed Park 2 is in the works and thought, "who funded that?" Not because it doesn't deserve funding, but because adventure games aren't exactly in vogue (even though it's not as dead a genre as many think), and also there's that whole video game industry crumbling around us day by day thing. When it was announced last month, creator Ron Gilbert said that it was thanks to the help of a private investor, and now the developer has shed a bit of light on how that came to be, and how that relationship works. Read more
O EMPIRE! WARD OFF THY ROT puts you in an abandoned, dithered world with a cursed object and asks you to do one thing: survive the journey
Do you remember, or do you even know, about the Game Boy Camera? It's exactly as it sounds, a little camera attached to an original Game Boy cartridge that you could plug in and take photos with. You could even get a printer! The aesthetic therewithin is a particular one, utilising a tiny 128x128 pixel sensor, the end result being an incredibly dithered and pixelated yet charming look. There are few games that capture such a vibe, but O EMPIRE! WARD OFF THY ROT, a game about carrying a cursed object through an abandoned world, might just manage to. Read more
Matthew McConaughey could have played Joel in The Last of Us, but says 'it just wasn't for me at the time'
Pedro Pascal did a great job, but you can see it, right?
Simpsons creator Matt Groening implies that a Hit & Run remaster is coming, current showrunner hastily disputes
Stonecutters-level opsec.
"For a few weeks, women were just dropping their babies": The Witcher 3 lead on designing NPCs that react appropriately
Gone are the days where a developer could give an NPC maybe two lines of dialogue and call it a day. The steady shift to realism essentially enforces the idea that characters must behave realistically, which is why whenever some kind of glitch or bug makes an NPC move about in an impossible manner it does numbers on Your Favourite Social Media App. And according to CD Projekt Red quest designer Philipp Weber, getting The Witcher 3's NPCs to react appropriately was a tad tricky. Read more
Slay the Spire 2 updates are slowing down again, but don't fear, it's all in the name of more modes, an alternate Act 2, and a character with a bandaged foot
Slay the Spire 2 has been moving at a solid pace since it launched into early access back in March, but back in May developer Mega Crit shared that updates would be switching to once every two weeks as opposed to the previously promised weekly updates. Now, as outlined in the game's August Neowsletter, Mega Crit say they'll be slowing down once again, though not necessarily forever. Read more
Witcher 3 designer says it wasn't easy to convince players its NPC simulation wasn't 'just fakery': 'People nowadays are interested in those kinds of details, and it really came to haunt us'
"Today, if you said 'give me a Witcher 3 village that has eight houses', I could give you that in two hours."