Final Fantasy XIV lands on Nintendo Switch 2 on August 4, the first time Square Enix’s long-running MMORPG has reached Nintendo hardware. The launch opens a crowded Switch 2 month and settles a question players have asked since the console arrived: whether a full online world can hold together in your hands. What you get … Read more
Sony confirmed on July 1 that it will stop producing physical discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028. Games released before that date will remain available on disc. Everything after will be digital only, sold through the PlayStation Store or as a download code in a box at retail. The announcement landed two days … Read more
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches July 28, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, ending 25 years as a Microsoft platform exclusive and placing the franchise on Sony hardware for the first time in its history. The game is a full remake of Halo: Combat Evolved (2001), built by Halo Studios (the rebranded 343 … Read more
Sony revealed God of War Laufey at its State of Play on June 2, presenting more than 20 minutes of gameplay for the next entry in the franchise. It is the first game in the series where Kratos is not the main character. That distinction now belongs to Laufey, his wife, known in the series … Read more
About 30% of all people who play video games are over 50, according to the Entertainment Software Association’s most recent data. Among baby boomers specifically, 65% say one of their main reasons for playing is to keep their minds sharp. The question worth asking is whether the games are actually doing that. The honest answer … Read more
Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed on June 25 that it is laying off a significant portion of Bungie’s workforce, affecting most of the Destiny team and some Marathon staff. The studio, which Sony acquired for $3.6 billion in 2022, will simultaneously end all live content updates for Destiny 2. The game will remain playable, but no … Read more
Hollow Knight: Silksong launched in September 2025, crashed every major digital storefront on day one, sold seven million copies, and won awards at the Golden Joysticks, The Game Awards, and the Steam Awards. That part of the story is settled. What is new is what comes next — and there is enough of it to … Read more
Pokémon GO launched on July 6, 2016. In the summer that followed, people walked into traffic, trespassed on private property, and organized mass gatherings in public parks in the middle of the night. It was the first time augmented reality gaming had broken through to a general audience, and the scale of the cultural moment … Read more
The Steam Summer Sale runs June 25 through July 9, 2026, opening at 10am Pacific and closing at the same time two weeks later. It is Valve’s biggest discount event of the year, and one mechanic matters more than usual this time: prices lock on day one. There are no flash deals, no daily rotations, … Read more
Xbox has had a turbulent twelve months. Phil Spencer, who led Microsoft Gaming since 2014 and defined Xbox’s strategy through two console generations, the Activision Blizzard acquisition, and the pivot to Game Pass, retired as Microsoft Gaming CEO in February 2026. Xbox president Sarah Bond stepped down alongside him. Their replacement, Asha Sharma, came not … Read more