Gaming

Naughty Dog and Bend have not shipped a game this generation. Bluepoint was handed a live-service God of War, then closed. The disc row got the headlines; this is what people are actually angry about.

Your console keeps working. Your discs keep working. Nothing breaks in January 2028 — but three decisions get harder, and one of them is worth making this year.

S-Game moved its PS5 action game out of the most crowded month of the year and into the run-up to the biggest release of the decade. It is a stranger decision than it looks — and probably the right one.

A September date is circulating and nothing is confirmed. Sony has announced no event. Here is the difference between what has been reported and what has been invented.

Microsoft's disc-conversion programme starts testing today. It arrives eight weeks after Sony announced the end of PlayStation discs, and the contrast is the entire point.

Insomniac's M-rated Wolverine arrives on PS5 on 15 September, and Sony is shipping a limited-quantity console bundle and accessories on the same day.

Wolverine on the 15th. Silent Hill and Control on the 24th. Onimusha on the 25th. One game already fled the month entirely — and it was probably the right call.

Sony is expected to receive a significant tariff refund of around $508 million from the U.S. government following a February Supreme Court ruling that deemed Trump-era global tariffs illegal, impacting consumer costs on hardware and accessories. The refunds have been primarily directed towards Sony’s gaming segment, which could see these funds allocated for future improvements or passed down to consumers in the form of lower prices—a point now highlighted by ongoing lawsuits from gamers demanding repayment.

EA's latest proxy filing shows CEO Andrew Wilson received a $38.6 million compensation package after Battlefield 6 became one of the publisher's biggest launches in years. The disclosure comes as the company continues facing criticism over layoffs that affected developers behind the game.