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Box art for Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol. 1 & 2 seems to have leaked the full 32-game line-ups ahead of the official reveal. The collections are due this winter on PS5, Switch, and Steam.
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, the PS1 cult classic from Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa, hits PS5 and Switch 2 this week via Console Archives for $14.99.
A fan translation of the 1992 Sega Mega CD adventure-RPG Mahou no Shoujo: Silky Lip is now available, with quality-of-life fixes that make the game easier to enjoy.
Double Fine and Compulsion Games return to independence as Xbox lets them go, with both studios retaining their game catalogs and receiving investment.
Nintendo will reportedly stop selling the original Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED in Europe from mid-February 2027 due to new battery regulations.
Kevin LaChapelle, the architect of Xbox backward compatibility, is among the layoffs at Microsoft's gaming division, which also cut roughly 25% of Obsidian staff.
The HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Activision Edition launches September 28, 2026 for $69, pre-loaded with 34 Activision Atari 2600 games and Evercade cartridge support.
Nintendo will end service for Mario Kart Tour on September 30, 2026, with no offline version planned, rendering the mobile racer unplayable.
A viral post says Sony's CEO dumped half his shares after the disc backlash. He did sell $4.7 million in stock, but the timing tells a far more boring story.
Microsoft is cutting about 3,200 Xbox jobs, roughly a fifth of the division, and parting with five studios, in what its CEO calls the biggest restructure in Xbox history.