PlayStation Backlash Continues Let’s be honest: Sony ending physical discs in less than two years from now is the biggest news that dropped this week, and the backlash has only intensified. Some have spoken out against it, whereas others decided to hold steady in the name of game (or code) preservation. I asked Lost In …
Half-Life 2 Now Playable in Browser As hard as it may be to believe, Valve’s seminal FPS was released way back in 2004, meaning that gamers have been hoping for a third game in the series for 22 years. While Half-Life 3 may continue to be a pipe dream, the good news is Half-Life 2 …
Commodore Unveils New Internet-Less Phone for $500 Ever since Chris Simpson, aka Perifractic, officially took over Commodore last year, he’s been upfront about how he wants to use the past to look to the future. While the first official, new, Commodore product was a new C64 that works like an old one, Simpson’s latest idea …
Xbox Gears up for a Reset New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty released a joint statement on Wednesday about the future of Xbox, saying it’s “important to have both optimism and realism as we work to reset the business,” over the “next 100 days.” The statement, which was sent …
Commodore Looks Beyond Nostalgia Commodore is set to unveil a new product on June 16, marking what CEO Christian Simpson describes as the company’s first major step beyond retro-focused hardware. The device is neither the Commodore 64 Ultimate nor another nostalgia-driven release, but part of a broader effort to build a future-facing product lineup following …
Obsidian Delists the First Outer Worlds Obsidian announced this week that it would be removing the first Outer Worlds game from multiple storefronts, namely: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC App, Windows Store, Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and PlayStation 5 – it was removed from this console yesterday, and all other storefronts on May 27. …
Bungie Confirms Destiny 2 Final Update as Studio Eyes New Beginnings On May 21, 2026, Bungie announced that Destiny 2 will receive its final live-service content update on June 9, 2026, bringing nearly a decade of active development on the title to a close. In a post published on the Bungie website, the studio said: …
Stop Killing Games Wins Key California Battle Against the ESA The Stop Killing Games movement has secured a significant victory in California after lawmakers rejected major objections from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) against the proposed Protect Our Games Act. The ESA opposed the bill by claiming players purchase licenses rather than true ownership of …
Capcom Drops Free ‘Leon Must Die Forever’ Roguelite for Resident Evil Requiem Capcom has surprise-launched a free roguelite-inspired mode for Resident Evil Requiem titled Leon Must Die Forever. Available now across all platforms after completing the main campaign, the update introduces a faster, combat-focused experience centred around Leon S. Kennedy and designed to expand the …
Or maybe “AI-sores”, right? ANYWAY. It’s Friday once again, so here’s what video game industry news you need to know if you don’t know what news you need to know. Fortnite Loses Devs, Industry Responds The news has been dominated this week by Epic Games laying-off over 1,000 Fortnite devs, for two reasons: 1. This …
Stop Killing Games Makes Headway It’s been a good week for the Stop Killing Games initiative. The last main movement happened back in November, when the UK Parliament debated the matter. It’s still an ongoing concern in the UK (SKG has been advising that government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport), while over in the …
Ubisoft Reveals Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Remake Ubisoft has officially revealed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced, a full remake of the 2013 pirate-era entry, with a worldwide launch scheduled for July 9, 2026. The project, which had been widely rumoured prior to its announcement, is being rebuilt from the ground up in the …
PlayStation DRM Checks Cause Concern The weekend saw social media explode as several PS4 owners noticed that the latest system update also incorporated a new Digital Rights Management feature. There was confusion as to what it actually entailed, as the belief was Sony now requires users to renew the license for a game, online, every …
