
Games analyst Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners thinks PlayStation ending physical discs was inevitable due to the rise in digital game sales.
Escape From Tarkov has a new expansions hub that allows players to buy in-game items without having to navigate to the website.

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies now has a TTRPG and one shot — and it’s free-to-play.
Razer’s final Sanrio collaboration drop is a Cinnamoroll-themed Kraken Kitty V2 BT headset with Bluetooth 5.2, RGB lighting, and up to 40 hours of battery life.

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An AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC running SteamOS 3.8 outperformed Valve’s Steam Machine across multiple games, though its significantly higher price limits its appeal.
Dell has launched three new Alienware gaming monitors, led by a brighter and faster 34-inch QD-OLED model priced at $799.99.
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The company behind China’s Alipay just gave away an AI that builds a playable video game world and keeps it running for a full hour. Robbyant, the robotics arm of fintech giant Ant Group, open-sourced its LingBot-World 2.0 world model this week. It gen…
Analysts suggest a Xbox would be too expensive for buyers, and it’s more likely they would go after “specific pieces” of the company instead.