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Summer break-down: Seven in 10 parents say the school holidays are the most stressful time of year
Whether it is seeing their children dossing about, snacking constantly while on video games, three quarters of British parents say the summer holidays are the most stressful time of the year.
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Sony will stop making disc-based PlayStation games starting 2028
RIP to physical PlayStation discs.
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PlayStation will stop releasing games on discs in 2028
The firm said future games would still be sold in shops, but they would come with a digital code only.
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Behold my range of handmade Steam Machine faceplates: tasteful fan-covering, on the cheap
Say you’ve sprung for a Steam Machine, and are pondering how to put a personal mark on your new black cube. Upgrading the internals? Bit of a faff, it turns out. Playing with the lighting strip? Maybe, but it’s blue by default, and research has shown that blue is already the best colour. No, aquamarine…
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PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium’s announcements of monthly new games are being changed in some territories, and players aren’t happy about it
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium’s monthly games have been typically revealed and then delivered all at once – this was still true in May – but June’s selection of titles has introduced a major change with gradual rollouts stretched across a few weeks. Read more
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Sony announces an end to the PS3 and Vita digital stores
Sony has announced that it’s ending support for its PS3 and PlayStation Vita stores globally in 2027. In select markets, support will end later this year. Read more
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Sony is closing the PS3 and Vita digital stores
It’s the end of an era for the PlayStation store on PS3 and PS Vita, with Sony now planning to shut down its digital distribution service on both consoles. The PlayStation store on PS3 will close in select markets later this year, including Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua starting in August, with “additional Latin American and…
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‘No bloat, no telemetry, no nonsense.’ Former Microsoft coding wizard makes an OG Notepad clone that’s just 2,686 bytes in size
How about tackling File Explorer next?
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Sony will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028, citing “consumer preferences” as the reason why
Sony has announced today it’s ceasing production of discs for PlayStation games, effective January 2028. Beyond that point, PlayStation games will be available digitally only. Notably, PlayStation games will continue to be sold at retail, just without a physical disc. Read more
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GTA 6 devs have to opt-out of crunch, claim Rockstar North insiders, because it’s baked into their contracts
Three current Rockstar employees in the UK have accused the Grand Theft Auto 6 studio of effectively baking crunch into their contracts, overseeing a widening gender pay gap, and weaponising bonuses to make workers more compliant, in a new report. It comes as Rockstar gear up for the much-trumpeted console release of GTA 6 this…