[P]hysical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028. Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. This transition has no impact on games that already released, or will be releasing, prior to January 2028 in disc format.
Grand Theft Auto VI is coming on November 19th:
Preorders start at midnight tonight, local time, when you’ll be able to reserve a copy on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S. You’ll be able to order either digital or physical editions of the game, though Rockstar has confirmed that even the physical editions contain “a download code inside the box.” The upside is that they’ll ship from November 12th, allowing buyers of either edition to preload the game ahead of its full release on November 19th.
Neck Deep have released a video game based on their “December” track.
New remakes of the classic Tony Hawk Pro Skater games have been released. The game has been remastered with improved graphics and gameplay, and the soundtrack has been expanded to feature newer songs from artists like Turnstile, IDLES, Denzel Curry, 100 gecs, and more.
Read More “New Versions of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Released” Corey Warning, formerly of The Graduate, now makes video games with Rose City Games. Today they’ve announced the new game Lovesick:
You’re the bass player of a post-punk band on the verge of breaking up. They go through a supernatural event that blows their consciousnesses out of their bodies, and you explore escape room mindscapes to get the band back together.
You can check out a trailer below.
Read More “‘Lovesick’ Video Game Trailer” Jason Koebler, writing for 404 Media:
A 13-year-old competitive Tetris player has become the first known human to beat the game on the original NES by forcing it into a kill screen. In doing so, the player, Blue Scuti, broke world records for overall score, level achieved, and total numbers of lines in the 34-year-old game. Previously, only an AI had broken Tetris.
Tatiana Cirisano, writing for Billboard:
Over the past year, Roblox has hosted immersive virtual concerts with artists like Lil Nas X and Twenty One Pilots. Now, the gaming platform is inviting artists to stream entire albums in the metaverse through virtual listening parties.
For its first-ever listening party, Roblox is teaming with Grammy-nominated musical chameleon Poppy and her record label Sumerian Records to stream her brand-new album Flux in the gaming platform starting today (Sept. 24). Music from the album will be integrated throughout nine popular Roblox games — which collectively boast more than 3 billion lifetime visits — so that fans can listen as they dance in RoBeats, attend Robloxian High School or explore Creatures of Sonaria.
Panic, a company known for their Mac and iOS software, has announced the Playdate, a new handheld video game system:
Playdate is both very familiar, and totally new. It’s yellow, and fits perfectly in a pocket. It has a black-and-white screen with high reflectivity, a crystal-clear image, and no backlight. And of course, it has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB-C, and a headphone jack. But it also has a crank. Yes, a crank: a cute, rotating analog controller that flips out from the side.
It also includes a full season of original games, at no extra charge, delivered each week to the system — games in all sorts of genres that are all hopefully surprises.
This looks adorable. Panic is a Portland based company that has their office not that far from where I live; I walk by their customizable sign all the time. The company is also one of the main reasons I started using a Mac after discovering their editor Coda, which was basically revolutionary to me at the time. This little video game system looks like a whole lot of fun and I wish them the best of luck.
A Stranger Things video game is being developed. A trailer has been released.
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Pre-orders are now up for the game Alto’s Odyssey. This is the sequel to one of my favorite iOS games of all time, Alto’s Adventure.
Stranger Things have released a new retro-style video game in the App Store and on Google Play. This looks annoyingly addicting. Check out a trailer for the game here.
Nintendo will release the Super Nintendo Classic Edition on September 29th. It’ll come with 21 games, including the unreleased Star Fox 2. A full list of the included games can be found below.