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NEWS THIS WEEK Sony Just Killed Discs: Physical Disc Production to End January 2028 for New Games Releasing on PlayStation Consoles PlayStation Removes Access to 500+ Movies Users Already Purchased Splatoon Raiders Nintendo Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It? Mario Kart World gets two new Knockout Tour routes and a new Photo Mode feature in latest update Subnautica 2 studio Unknown...

NEWS THIS WEEK Here’s The Aussie Grand Theft Auto 6 Prices Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders begin at midnight, there's no disc in the box, and physical editions are going out five days early Valve says original plan for Steam Machine is ‘no longer viable’ as AI drives up component costs MTG Arena workers have successfully unionized with a landslide 83% vote RELEASE RADAR BLOOD GAUNTLET - 29 June...

NEWS THIS WEEK EA Launches New Advertising Platform Allowing "Brands to Integrate Directly Into Gameplay" Battlefield 2142, Other EA Titles to Have In-Game Ads Xbox studios Compulsion, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory facing closure, it’s claimed Life is Strange Creators Don't Nod Could Run Out of Cash by November Fortnite Is Getting Over 30 New Gaming Collabs in 2026 – Sonic, Vampire Sur...

NEWS THIS WEEK Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Reveals New Spyro Game and Bonus Halo: Campaign Evolved Missions Everything Announced At The June 2026 Nintendo Direct Nintendo Fined €35 Million Over Widespread Joy-Con Defects Every game, trailer, and announcement in the PC Gaming Show 2026 Frosty Games Fest: 51 big games revealed during 2026 showcase Nom’s Denshattack interview  RELEASE RADAR DENSHATTACK!...

NEWS THIS WEEK Summer Game Fest Live 2026: The biggest news, trailers, and announcements Everything Announced At The June 2026 PlayStation State Of Play ‍ Valve Confirms Steam Machine Will Ship This Summer ‍ Pokémon card crime spree spreads across Australia RELEASE RADAR SOLARPUNK - June 8 - Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 WITCHSPIRE - June 10 - PC STARSEEKER - June 11 - PC TOME OF THE...

NEWS THIS WEEK Dragon Quest XII restarted development, now subtitled Beyond Dreams Dragon Quest press release Steam decks are skyrocketing back into the market in more way than one A potential LEGO Cities: Skylines game has appeared via Korea’s ratings board Rayman Legends Remake Dubbed ‘Retold’ Leaks Online The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past Expansion DLC Announced, First Details Confir...

NEWS THIS WEEK Destiny 2: Every End is a New Beginning Bungie Plans Layoffs After Ending ‘Destiny 2’ Development Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Price Increases 'Due to Ongoing Market Conditions' Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access RELEASE RAD...

NEWS THIS WEEK Party Animals holds an AI-Slop contest, leading to their Steam page getting review bombed AI Video Contest: Statement and Community Vote Leaked images show Microsoft’s new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller Leaked images reveal Xbox Elite 3 controller with mysterious new buttons Valve snuck a Wilhelm scream Easter egg into the new Steam Controller New sci-fi D&D adventure crashes Kick...

NEWS THIS WEEK Star Fox announced for Switch 2, out June 25th Star Fox Direct 5.6.2026 Valve opens Steam Controller reservations, but it's "limited to one" per person, so you better act fast Diablo 4′s Secret Cow Level Has Finally Been Found, So Now Obviously Players Are Trying To Summon The Cow God The Nintendo Switch 2 Just Got A Price Increase Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 cruises...

NEWS THIS WEEK Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced preview – release date, new details revealed Australian Government Orders Steam, Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox to Outline Child Grooming and Extremism Prevention Measures Game Pass Gets Price Drop, New Call Of Duty Games No Longer Included Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Just Got A Massive Price Drop And Here’s The New Aussie Pricing The Lenovo Legion Go...

NEWS THIS WEEK FREEPLAY FOREVER ☆*:・ﾟ Xbox CEO Reportedly Tells Employees "Game Pass Has Become Too Expensive For Players" It’s Official! Filming on the Zelda Movie Has Wrapped, Sony Pictures Confirms Roblox adds Kids accounts, experts fear for pressure on parents RELEASE RADAR PRATFALL - 20 April 2026 - PC TIDES OF TOMORROW - 22 April 2026 - PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 KILN - 23 A...

NEWS THIS WEEK Castlevania headlines a big list of exciting indie game reveals   Nintendo Removing 'Thousands' of Super Mario Maker 2 Levels, Tells Fans They're 'Advertising' Mass Effect TV series reportedly rewritten to appeal to non-gamers The Metal Gear Solid Movie Is Still Happening But With New Directors Take-Two Reportedly Lays off "Entire" AI Team RELEASE RADAR R...

NEWS THIS WEEK A PS5 now costs $250 more than it did at launch in Australia A Zelda Ocarina Of Time Remake And A New Star Fox Game Are Apparently On The Way Dave the Diver's Generative AI Translations "Go Through Substantial Internal Review" Asha Sharma Nixed "This is an Xbox" Because It "Didn't Feel Like Xbox" RELEASE RADAR ORIGAMENT: A PAPER ADVENTURE - 7 April 20...

NEWS THIS WEEK Announcing NVIDIA DLSS 5 | AI-Powered Breakthrough in Visual Fidelity for Games "It's Re-Rendering the Game!" – It Turns Out Game Artists Don't Love DLSS 5, Despite Nvidia's Claims Netflix Assassin's Creed Series Setting and Exact Time Period Confirmed The hotfix solution for broken Custom Content and Mods is here in the latest Sims 4 Update Hotfix! The Sims...

NEWS THIS WEEK Sony is testing dynamic pricing on the PlayStation Store We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You The Pokémon Company Is Actively Recruiting PhD Holders With Backgrounds in Ecology to Work in Tokyo Embark Studios head Patrick Söderlund explains how Arc Raiders was made on "a quarter of the budget" of a AAA title Acting out on Steam Announcing the fi...

NEWS THIS WEEK Highguard is closing next week: 'Despite the passion and hard work of our team, we have not been able to build a sustainable player base to support the game long term' Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC The 2026 Women’s Day Sale is now live on Steam with some great discounts on games by women and other gender-marginalised developers Nintendo’s Indie World showcase...

NEWS THIS WEEK Pokémon Presents   Everything Announced At The February 2026 Pokémon Presents Stream Discord delays controversial age verification measures (but they're still going to happen) Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What's Changing PlayStation finally confirms Marvel’s Wolverine release date – and it’s coming before GTA6 Stardew Valley 10-year Anniversary V...

NEWS THIS WEEK Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft Asus ROG Xbox Ally X gets price hike in a second region WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out Kristen Bell Joins ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 4’ as Amy Rose Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green appear in coming soon section of Switch eShop Pro Jank Footy Is Set To Release This Year On All Platforms RELEASE RADAR REIGNS: THE WITCHER - 25...

NEWS THIS WEEK PlayStation State of Play: All the big game announcement France gives 28 Clair Obscur developers a knighthood and says ‘video games have reached a new level of recognition’ Discord To Roll Out "Teen-By-Default" Settings, Require Age Verification Game on: Screenwest launches first digital games strategy as production surges with record number of releases in January RELEASE RA...

NEWS THIS WEEK Next-Gen Xbox To Launch in 2027, Suggests AMD CEO Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs Sony has patented a touchscreen PlayStation controller that lets players choose where to put the buttons Sony patents AI-generated podcasts voiced by characters from its games Latest Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase features new and classic titles coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo...

 NEWS THIS WEEK Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct Dispatch Is Censored on Nintendo Switch Due to Platform 'Content Criteria', Developer Says It looks like Atari is working on a Rayman revival for the series’ 30th anniversary A New The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer Has Dropped RELEASE RADAR ACES OF THUNDER - 3 February 2026 - PC, PSVR MENACE - 5 February 2026 - PC LOVISH - 5 Februa...

NEWS THIS WEEK Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time Remake is cancelled as Ubisoft announces major internal restructuring and more layoffs and studio closures on the way Xbox Developer Direct 2026: Everything Announced An update from Freeplay Experience The Emotional Conclusion Of The Max And Chloe Saga In Life Is Strange: Reunion RELEASE RADAR WINNIES HOLE - 26 January 2026 - PC HIGHGUARD - 26 Janu...

NEWS THIS WEEK The First Pokémon LEGO Sets Are Up for Preorder The God of War TV show casts a surprising Ragnarök vet as Kratos Palworld branches into tabletop with official card game Amazon has greenlit a Fallout reality show where contestants live in a vault for a ‘huge cash prize’ SXSW Sydney canned by NSW government after three-year run RELEASE RADAR LUNARS - 19 January 2026 - PC GHOST CAM - 1...

 NEWS THIS WEEK SILKSONG EXPANSION, HOLLOW KNIGHT REFRESHED, AND MORE! Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime for ‘Intergalactic’ VicScreen, Massive Monster announce new Melbourne co-working space and investment fund Hordes of Fate continues the legacy of Defiant Development RELEASE RADAR PRITTO PRISONER - 25 December 2025 - PC, Switch, Switch 2 DUNECRAWL - 5 January 2026 - PC Check out the b...

NEWS THIS WEEK 2025 Game Award Winners Everything Announced At The Game Awards 2025 Everything Shown During Frosty Mini 2025 Netflix Considers Warner Bros. Games To Be Pretty Much Worthless Paramount counters Netflix with hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 introduces Netflix’s Stranger Things expansion RELEASE RADAR SPLITGATE: ARENA RELOADED - 17 December 2025 -...