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Nintendo raises the Switch 2 to $499.99 on September 1. Costco's $499.99 member bundle beats the hike with a 256GB card and a year of NSO Expansion Pack.
Xbox is working on an unspecified feature for later this year after being asked about a Platinum Trophy equivalent.
Sony told an earnings call it won't reverse its plan to end PlayStation disc production. One writer argues the backlash was never really about discs.
EA's $55 billion leveraged buyout is set to close on August 4, handing the publisher to a consortium of Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.
Homebrew publisher Midnight Brew's Allan Turvey has teamed with Gremlin founder Ian Stewart to launch Gremlin Graphics Classics, a heritage label debuting this October.
Double Fine has cut 23 of about 90 staff to survive as an independent studio, three weeks after Microsoft spun it out of Xbox with its IP and catalogue intact.
US hardware spending fell 62% year-over-year to $383 million in June, driven by the impossible comparison with Switch 2's 2025 launch, even as Xbox Series spending doubled.
Atari has signed a deal with Universal Pictures to develop movies from 10 classics, including Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Missile Command, and Pong.
Sega president Shuji Utsumi calls digital shift crucial but says the company still values physical media, even as Sony confirms it will stop making PS5 discs in 2028.