Sony will stop producing discs for new PlayStation games from January 2028, going download-only. Here's what it means for physical culture, the used-game market, ownership, and how it compares to Xbox, PC and Nintendo.
Fumito Ueda, the creator of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, revealed gen ATLAS at Summer Game Fest 2026: a sci-fi action game about piloting a giant robot on a ruined planet, his first title in a decade and his first ever to leave PlayStation.
Sony Group's FY2025 results: record $9.2B operating profit on $79.5B in sales — but net income fell 3.4% as the Honda EV joint venture imploded. PS5 cumulative sales hit 93.6M units, the memory crunch forced Sony to throttle PS5 production, and a fresh TSMC deal cements its image-sensor empire. With Crunchyroll, Demon Slayer's $750M global hit, and a $3.2B buyback, this is the IP conglomerate Disney should be watching.
MAGES. has set August 20, 2026 as the release date for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, launching simultaneously on PS4/PS5/Xbox Series X|S/Switch/Switch 2/PC. The remake adds new worldlines, new endings, fully redrawn CG, and re-recorded voices — and Western VN fans are already debating how it stacks up against ELITE.
SEGA and RGG Studio confirmed STRANGER THAN HEAVEN launches winter 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass day one. The 50-year saga follows half-Japanese, half-American Makoto Daito across five cities and five eras from 1915 to 1965, with Snoop Dogg, Ado, Yu Shirota, and Dean Fujioka in the cast. Here's the full breakdown of the new dual-side combat system, the Tojo Clan tease, and how the international Like a Dragon community is reacting.
PS5 exclusive SAROS launches April 30. In a Japan-exclusive Game*Spark interview, Housemarque's Gregory Louden (Creative Director) and Matti Häkli (Associate Design Director) discuss their 'gameplay first' philosophy, how DualSense haptics convey the weight of the eclipse, and why they designed protagonist Arjun Devraj as a flawed, imperfect human, not a hero.