Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc production in 2028

Sony will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in 2028, as the company embraces an all-digital future.

Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems
Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems

While Nintendo remains a holdout, this announcement essentially sounds the death knell for physical media in cutting-edge gaming.

Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems
Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems

While Nintendo remains a holdout, this announcement essentially sounds the death knell for physical media in cutting-edge gaming.

Philippine town closes all ‘Pisonet’ computer rental shops in wake of school shooting — incident blamed on violent video games, shops closed ‘for the safety of the youth’

A town in northern Philippines closed down all computer rental shops, with the mayor saying that these establishments distracted students from their studies and led to abuse and other dangers. The move came a little over a week after many people have started blaming a deadly school shooting in central Philippines on a violent video game that the perpetrators played.

Private and community servers for Minecraft and COD are illegal and amount to piracy, ESA tells California Senate — Stop Killing Games-backed bill fails to pass committee

The Entertainment Software Association, in its infinite wisdom, has told a California Senate committee that private and community servers are illegal and amount to piracy.

Designer turns discontinued E-Ink dev board into a 60Hz Game Boy handheld — dual-core chip runs at 100% to power handheld, 960×540 display employs ultra-low-cost ESP32-S3 microcontroller
Designer turns discontinued E-Ink dev board into a 60Hz Game Boy handheld — dual-core chip runs at 100% to power handheld, 960×540 display employs ultra-low-cost ESP32-S3 microcontroller

The hardware is discontinued and the experience isn’t perfect, but the fact that the emulator exists at all is a true technical achievement.

PlayStation is removing over 500 movies from UK customers’ accounts with no refunds — Iconic films like Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, and Mulholland Drive are getting deleted
PlayStation is removing over 500 movies from UK customers’ accounts with no refunds — Iconic films like Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, and Mulholland Drive are getting deleted

Sony will delete 551 movies from PlayStation users’ accounts in the UK on September 1, 2026. These are films distributed by StudioCanal that no longer come under licensing agreements between the two companies.

Steam Machine scalping hits $3,000 on eBay as sellers list preorder reservations — scalpers already flipping queues for 2X the MSRP of the 2TB model
Steam Machine scalping hits $3,000 on eBay as sellers list preorder reservations — scalpers already flipping queues for 2X the MSRP of the 2TB model

Several listings for Steam Machine pre-orders are being sold at markups so high that buyers will have to pay 140% to 167% above Valve’s selling price.