Earlier this month, it was finally confirmed that Nintendo could hold out no longer. The Nintendo Switch 2 is going up in price, with a $50 increase going into effect globally on September 1, 2026. It's a sign of Nintendo, like XBOX and PlayStation, succumbing to the combined pressures of elements like the memory shortage and tariffs, but according to veteran analyst Joost van Dreunen, this final domino falling is "the canary in the coal mine" that if even Nintendo can't stick to its traditional guns, "none of the old rules" of the video game industry are relevant. If van […]

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PlayStation games on PC were becoming a mainstay for Sony, but plans have completely shifted, and it's bad news for PC players.

Back in March, a report from Bloomberg pointed to PlayStation moving away from bringing its first-party, narrative-driven single-player games like God of War, Ghost of Yotei, Saros, and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet to PC. Multiplayer games like Marathon and Helldivers 2 will still head to other platforms, but not single-player titles. Now, a new report from Bloomberg adds that today, in a town hall meeting, Herman Hulst, chief executive officer of studio businesses at PlayStation, told staff that single-player narrative games will be PlayStation console exclusive titles going forward. It's the latest nail in the coffin of PlayStation's short-lived PC-PS5-parity-era, […]

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Well, it's happened again. PlayStation has announced a price increase for its PS Plus subscription service, but this time it's only impacting new customers, with current subscribers mostly unaffected, unless you live in Turkey or India. In those countries, even current subscribers will see their subscription payments go up. Announced in a short post on the official PlayStation X (formerly Twitter) account, PlayStation confirmed that beginning in just two days on May 20, 2026, new customers will see PS Plus subscriptions start at $10.99 USD/month instead of the previous $9.99/month. Three-month subscriptions will go up to $27.99 USD/three months from […]

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The game runs smoothly for most players, but others report overheating when lingering on the map screen.