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Sony to Phase Out PlayStation Game Discs by 2028 as Industry Shifts to Digital-Only Distribution
Sony announced it will stop manufacturing physical game discs for PlayStation beginning in January 2028, completing a transition toward entirely digital distribution. The decision reflects evolving consumer preferences,
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Senator Mitch McConnell Hospitalized After Being Found Unconscious at D.C. Home
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was discovered unconscious at his Washington, D.C. residence in a recent incident that prompted emergency response and hospital admission. Emergency dispatch recordings of the incident
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Defence chief puts pressure on Andy Burnham to find £25bn a year needed to meet NATO target
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said the services require an additional £25 billion on top of scheduled spending for each of the next nine years.
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Who hired the bucket hat bomber? Oligarch blown up in Monaco was sanctioned by Ukraine, ‘had cut deals with Russia’, only to badmouth Putin… and ‘had multiple links to criminal underworld’
A manhunt is underway for the bucket hat-wearing bomber responsible for attacking a Ukrainian oligarch in Monaco on Monday night.
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The funeral for PlayStation discs has begun
Cody Spencer, the co-owner of the small games retail chain Pink Gorilla Games, put it well when I asked about the impact of Sony’s recent announcement that it will stop making discs for new games starting January 2028. “It’s sad to see. This decision is only a negative for gamers. We’re losing the ability to…
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Madonna’s ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’: All 12 Songs Ranked
Ahead of this week’s release of Confessions II, we run down Madonna’s 2005 dance odyssey.
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Frantic dispatch call reveals ‘unconscious’ Mitch McConnell, 84, found at home before being rushed to the hospital
Concerns are growing over 84-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell’s health after the release of emergency dispatch audio.
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Launching Distribution Label For Unreleased Film Festival Pics; First Title Is Butthole Surfers SXSW Docu
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is getting into the distribution business with their new label Alamo Exclusives, which will offer limited run theatrical engagements to unreleased film fest titles on the exhibitor’s screens. The move by Alamo Drafthouse comes at a time when it has been increasingly challenged for independently financed film festival movies to find nationwide theatrical distribution.…
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Good timing? Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is getting a physical Switch 2 release from Limited Run Games
Last year’s Tomb Raider (2013) Nintendo Switch 1/2 port didn’t get off to a smooth start, with some long-time fans declaring it a subpar refresh of the modern action-adventure classic. Over time, however, Aspyr has whipped it into shape. Now, a true physical release for Switch 2 is coming from Limited Run Games, though it’s…
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I Puritani review – Oropesa dazzles in Jones’s engaging Bellini staging
Royal Opera House, LondonBellini’s tale of Roundheads vs Cavaliers requires vocal gymnastics on an Olympic scale. Lisette Oropesa rises effortlessly to the challenge in Richard Jones’s detailed new productionForget Puccini and Nessun Dorma: the right opera composer for a World Cup has to be Bellini. The extreme high notes, the agility, the endurance involved as…