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Gaming News September 17, 2026, 06:43 PM
SteamDB says Great Britain, the Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom were added to the purchase-restriction list for Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West on September 16. UK players who already own the games can still launch them from their Steam libraries, but new purchases are currently unavailable. -
Gaming News September 17, 2026, 12:52 PM
A fresh report says Sony's Project Canis handheld is still slated for late 2027, with a custom 3-nanometer AMD Canis chip, 24 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and local support for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games. -
Hardware and Technologies September 17, 2026, 12:07 PM
TheFlow had hoped to finish PS5 Linux support with PS5 Pro compatibility and a 2027 release, but that plan has now been scrapped after a rare hypervisor exploit reached Sony through HackerOne. The PlayStation hacker says he is stepping away from the PS5 scene altogether. -
Gaming News September 17, 2026, 10:45 AM
Retro hardware enthusiast DiscoStarslayer said the PlayStation 2's MechaCon security chip is no longer a black box after a four-year effort that included decapping, optical dumping, and a software solution. The chip, identified as the CXP102064, had remained one of the console's final unresolved hardware mysteries more than 25 years after launch. -
Gaming News September 17, 2026, 08:27 AM
Dragami Games, Nada Holdings, and JP Universe have put Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back on the PlayStation Store, and the page is already live on the service.
The game is being positioned as a completely new entry in the Lollipop Chainsaw series. It is planned for release in 2027, and it will also be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026. -
Hardware and Technologies September 16, 2026, 05:09 PM
European buyers looking for a PS5 Pro are now increasingly running into reseller-only listings, after Sony Interactive Entertainment listed the console as unavailable in its official German PlayStation store, with no restock date shown. The shortage now appears to stretch across Europe, where the console is reportedly no longer available at normal retail prices. -
Hardware and Technologies September 16, 2026, 03:34 PM
Sony has enabled the Enhance PSSR Image Quality setting by default on PlayStation 5 Pro following the latest system update. The option is automatically activated after installing firmware version 26.06-14.00.00, which Sony Interactive Entertainment released for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on September 16, 2026. -
Articles September 13, 2026, 06:00 PM
A few years ago, PlayStation was considered the most player-friendly platform on the market. By 2026, almost nothing is left of that image: Sony walked away from a joint project with a living legend of the industry — and that project went straight to a direct competitor, stopped development on one of the oldest live-service games around, shut down a studio that never shipped a game under its ownership, raised console prices twice in seven months and subscription prices on top of that, refused to share tariff refunds with customers, and argued in court that players don't consider themselves owners of the digital games they bought. We've rounded up all of Sony's key failures of 2026 here — and we'll keep adding to the list as it grows. -
News September 10, 2026, 07:52 PM
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Gaming News September 9, 2026, 11:12 AM
In a Kiwi Talkz interview, former PlayStation chairman Shawn Layden argued that the real pressure on Sony's hardware strategy has always been internal competition for money and staff. Layden said that during the era of the original PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 was already taking regular losses, and the company's budgets naturally tilted toward the larger home console. In his view, PlayStation Vita was effectively sacrificed so PlayStation 4 could launch successfully. -
Gaming News September 7, 2026, 11:29 PM
Playground Games says PS5 players can already wishlist Forza Horizon 6 on the PlayStation Store, where they'll be notified when it becomes available. The studio still hasn't announced a precise release date, though it has reiterated that the game is due in 2026. -
Hardware and Technologies September 7, 2026, 07:52 PM
has announced that starting January 2028, it will cease production of physical discs for all new games on PlayStation consoles. New releases will be digital-only, available through the PlayStation Store and select retailers. The move affects PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro, and the major risk is already clear: in countries without regional PSN support, buying new releases could officially become impossible. -
Gaming News September 5, 2026, 03:54 PM
Firesprite announced that Until Dawn 2 will get a physical release on disc and will launch on January 28, 2027, exclusively on PS5. The game already has an official pre-order trailer, and pre-orders will open on September 10, 2026.
The physical edition will be a box with a disc containing the full game, which makes the release notable for one specific reason: Sony is ending physical disc production shortly after this launch. -
Gaming News September 5, 2026, 01:29 PM
Aniplex has opened a PlayStation Store page for the remake of the cult PSP RPG and confirmed that Fate/EXTRA Record will arrive on January 28, 2027. The game is coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam, with the store listing already live. -
Gaming News September 3, 2026, 07:22 PM
Sony has announced Mega Man X: Command Mission, Dino Crisis 2, and the original Ratchet & Clank for the PS Plus Classics catalog later this year. The exact release date has not been revealed yet, so subscribers will have to wait for the next update from Sony. -
Gaming News September 3, 2026, 05:51 PM
Sony and Microsoft are asking courts to throw out consumer lawsuits over higher console prices, saying shoppers who bought PlayStation 5 and Xbox systems are not entitled to any tariff refunds. The dispute follows the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling earlier this year that the tariffs were illegal, which opened the door for affected companies to seek refunds. -
Gaming News September 3, 2026, 03:33 PM
Sony's average annual revenue per active PlayStation user rose sharply between the PS4 era and the PS5 generation, according to analyst Daniel Ahmad. He said the figure increased from 23,580 yen in fiscal 2018 to 37,485 yen in fiscal 2025, or about $230 — a 59% jump. -
Gaming News September 2, 2026, 04:43 PM
RPCS3 is sticking to an accuracy-first philosophy and says that is why it will not add official DLSS 5 support to the PS3 emulator on PC. The developers also said they do not plan to ship AI-based solutions with the project, arguing that the emulator's job is to reproduce PlayStation 3 games as accurately as possible, down to individual CPU cycles. -
News September 2, 2026, 03:58 PM
A leak has revealed a new LEGO PlayStation 1 set from LEGO Group and Sony ahead of its official announcement. Based on the original console, the set is numbered 72306 and will reportedly cost $160. It also includes miniature versions of Ape Escape and Gran Turismo, with a release date set for October 1, 2026. -
Gaming News September 2, 2026, 01:26 PM
Sony Interactive Entertainment argues that "reasonable" PlayStation customers already understood they never owned digital titles, as it seeks dismissal of a California class action over digital game ownership claims. The company filed its response on August 21, 2026, saying its PlayStation Terms of Service and Software Product License Agreement already spell out that digital purchases are licenses, not sales.
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