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Yesterday, Sony stunned the games industry by announcing that it will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028, citing "consumer preferences" as the reason for the shift towards an all-digital future. We've already seen plenty of community outcry about the decision, heard rumours that Xbox will be following suit, and speculated about what this means for the PlayStation 6.
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When I wrote, barely six weeks ago, that I liked to occasionally re-read Tom Bramwell's "Microsoft kills game ownership and expects us to smile" editorial to remind me what it's all about, I didn't mean I wanted to actually re-write a tribute act version of that article myself. I also didn't mean I wanted to be writing something like it so soon after bringing it up. And I definitely didn't mean I wanted to have to re-write it not once, but twice, within the space of a few days. I already had to take one stab at it just last week, as the impervious Rockstar nudged the first domino in the ultimate collapse of physical video game media. Now, it's Sony's turn. Only this time it's the big one.
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition, the remaster of the classic Relic action game, was released in June last year, less than one month after its initial unveiling. Curiously, however, the remaster was only announced, and released, for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
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A new report from The Game Business suggests that Obsidian Entertainment is another studio currently negotiating with Microsoft to avoid closure as part of the company's controversial reassessment of its business. Only yesterday, we heard that Dishonored developer Arkane is reportedly one of five studios Microsoft is targeting to close down as part of its big 'reset'. This follows on from previous comments highlighting Double Fine, Compulsion Games and Ninja Theory as other potential victims of Microsoft and Xbox's latest wave of sweeping layoffs. Undead Labs is also affected by the move.
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Frictional Games - the Swedish developer behind Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent - has announced its upcoming release Ontos is being delayed to 2027.
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is set to finish the story that started all the way back in 2020 with the original Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But that ending may not be as definitive as you might have expected.
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Hello! Eurogamer's latest week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming concludes today as Caelyn Ellis looks to a future where mainstream games might tell different kinds of lesbian stories. And if you've enjoyed this, our seventh Pride Week, there's plenty more to discover from previous years on our Pride Week hub.
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The last remaining factory where Sony makes its physical discs is already being repurposed, just days after the company announced it was ceasing physical game production.
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Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios leader and Sony veteran of 32 years, Shawn Layden, has described Sony's surprise decision to end production of game discs as "fairly dramatic". In an interview with me he called it a "spreadsheet" decision, outlined how he didn't think second-hand sales were a deciding factor in it, and explained why Sony had always wrestled with this exact decision in the past.
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In the wake of Sony announcing the end of PlayStation game discs, and as concerns about game ownership swirl around it, PC digital distribution shop GOG has sought to remind people about what's most important.
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Cyberpunk 2077 has just passed another huge sales milestone for CD Projekt Red, showing that despite a somewhat disastrous launch, the retro-futuristic role-playing game remains an incredible success for the Polish studio.
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Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios president, and later the head of indies at PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida has received his Steam Machine, and he has some blunt feedback about the new console.
The first wave of Steam Machines have arrived in the hands of eager early adopters. But while some are celebrating their new toy, others are left to stare at the waiting list.
Valve's Steam Machine has encountered its first major hardware fault, and people have already given it a fitting nickname.
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