What an all-digital PlayStation means for the games industry

When Sony announced it would cease making physical PlayStation games in 2028, it seemed like the end of an era. It isn’t. Polygon spoke with Circana senior director and video game industry advisor Mat Piscatella over email about the timing of Sony’s decision and what prompted the company to focus so heavily on digital media….

Logitech Mobi Fold review | PC Gamer

Today’s best Logitech Mobi Fold deals The humble mouse has been through some changes in its time. When it’s not adding extra buttons all over the place it’s twisting your wrist into unlikely positions or looking like whatever the Mad Catz RAT was. A general theme over the years, however, is that they’re getting bigger,…

Zenimax “reaffirms commitment” to ESO, as Xbox layoffs cut deep

The Elder Scrolls Online‘s Community Manager, Jessica Folsom, has laid out the Zenimax Online Studios team’s “immediate focus” of Season One following the news about an estimated 1,600 layoffs at Xbox on July 6, 2026. Ex-staffers have started sharing news of their redundancies from the MMO studio on sites like LinkedIn and Bluesky, including Mike…

PS Plus Premium Adds Free Trial for Hit 2026 PS5 Exclusive Game

PS Plus Premium has quietly added a free full game trial for a hit 2026 PS5 exclusive action game. Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Saros is Housemarque’s latest outing, which was released on April 30. The game boasts a Metacritic average score of 87/100. PS5 exclusive action game Saros gets chunky PS Plus Premium free…

Xbox Lays Off FanFest Creator Three Months After Bringing It Back

Earlier this year, Microsoft brought Xbox FanFest back to LA for its summer 2026 gaming showcase. Earlier today, the company laid off the person who originally pitched and created it. Chris Munson arrived at Microsoft back in 2010 as part of the Halo marketing team. Nearly 16 years later, he was one of 1,600 people…

Limmy has finally been banned from Dead by Daylight, but he’ll be back very soon

“It has finally happened,” Limmy says. “Hello everybody; I have been banned from Dead by Daylight for having a laugh.” It’s official: Limmy has, indeed, been banned from playing Behaviour’s iconic horror game. For now. The alert on-screen is pretty simple: “You have been banned” it warns, framed aptly by the current loading screen’s raging…

Two More Retro Arcade Collections Are On The Way To Switch

Image: Gravity Game Arise / Jaleco If you played any of Jaleco’s arcade titles back in the day, you might be interested to hear it will be releasing two collections for the Switch (as well as PlayStation 5 and PC) with the help of Gravity Game Arise. Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Vol.2 are arriving…

How do you reconcile your lore-heavy, dark sci-fi MMO with mod tools that might let people get way too goofy? ‘Everything’s canon,’ say the developers of EVE Frontier

Two of the most interesting aspects of early access space survival MMO EVE Frontier always seemed to exist in opposition to me: Its striking, deliberately crafted vision of a dark future, and its uniquely freeform modding ecosystem. How are you supposed to get in the mood of the former if you’re at risk of stumbling…

PS Plus Essential July 2026 Monthly Free Games Rolling Out Now

PS Plus Essential July 2026 monthly free games have begun rolling out, starting with Japan and Asia, where it’s Tuesday, July 7. Unlike the Extra and Premium catalogs, Essential games aren’t staggered by region, so players around the globe will be able to access the lineup on the same date at noon local time, when…

Outer Worlds Studio Obsidian Losing 25% Of Staff In Xbox Cuts

Among the massive cuts made today across Xbox, Kotaku understands that roughly one-quarter of Obsidian Entertainment, the first-party studio behind Avowed, The Outer Worlds, and Pentiment, is being let go. Speaking to sources with knowledge of the matter, Kotaku understands that somewhere around 60-70 people were cut. The layoffs included producers, artists, designers, programmers, QA…