I'm not sure what's more surprising: that Xbox never had a Platinum Trophy equivalent, that Xbox feels the need to have a Platinum Trophy equivalent, or that it's adding a Platinum Trophy equivalent now while restructuring the company. Read more
A new way to show off your completed Xbox games.
Dot Esports•Elizbar Ramazashvili20h ago
Mythic achievements will serve as Xbox's take on PlayStation's platinum trophies
Xbox appears to be ready to launch its own version of PlayStation's platinum trophies. A new update to the Xbox PC app has revealed Mythic achievements, which according to data in the app will appear once a player completes all the achievements in a game. Mythic achievements appear on screen with a unique unlock sound, […]
The Verge•Tom Warren23 Sept
Microsoft is expected to imminently launch Xbox Mythic Achievements, its own version of PlayStation's platinum Trophies, and you can now hear how they will sound when unlocked.
IGN•Tom Phillips23 Sept
Your PS5 Pro will now automatically make supported games look even better without you having to dig into menus for an obscure toggle.
Sony appears to be testing a new PlayStation rewards programme. A number of posts on social media and Reddit have recently appeared showing that purchasing certain games from the PlayStation Store now comes with an associated wallet credit bonus. Read more
PlayStation and Lisa have worked together to bring fans an array of themed goodies, ranging from a limited-edition controller to hoodies and stickers.
To use a sports analogy, Hideo Kojima is like a superstar athlete whose previous team (PlayStation) dropped him for, reportedly, salary-cap reasons. Xbox was all too happy to sign him, and unsurprisingly, they trotted him out at the Tokyo Game Show as the new face of the franchise. As they should. If this really was a sports team, a giant banner featuring Kojima’s face would be hung up on the outside of the stadium, and his jersey would be sold at the team shop.
IGN•Ryan McCaffrey21 Sept
PlayStation has revealed a new collaboration with the K-pop star Lisa that includes a limited edition DualSense controller.
IGN•Blythe Dujardin21 Sept
Kojima feared losing staff after PlayStation withdrew funding.
Dot Esports•Elizbar Ramazashvili21 Sept
Last week, we learned that Sony "stepped away" from Kojima Production's previously PlayStation-exclusive "action espionage" game Physint. Following the announcement, which saw Xbox take over publishing duties for the in-development title, a new report has claimed Sony's decision was the result of concerns over "budget, potential profitability and exclusivity". Read more
Hideo Kojima reveals what happened with Sony in his first interview since PlayStation ditched Physint.
IGN•Wesley Yin-Poole20 Sept
Former PlayStation executives Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes have recreated their iconic "this is how you share your games on PS4" moment - now with a very timely game-less picture. Read more
Reacher star Alan Ritchson is reportedly in talks to star in PlayStation's upcoming Helldivers movie.
IGN•Michael Cripe18 Sept
Former PlayStation executives Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes have recreated their iconic game-sharing instructional video as Sony helps the industry barrel toward a discless future.
IGN•Michael Cripe18 Sept
When Xbox announced a new feature last month that lets you digitize existing physical game collections, I immediately thought of the Xbox One. Disc-to-digital seems like a clever new feature for Xbox, perfectly timed as a response to Sony killing PlayStation discs. But the reality is that it has been 15 years in the making […]
The Verge•Tom Warren17 Sept
Hideo Kojima took to the stage at Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast today to give us an update on his two in-development games with Xbox, OD and Physint. Both games are now being published by Xbox, after we learned last week that Sony "stepped away" from Kojima Production's previously PlayStation-exclusive "action espionage" game Physint. Following the announcement, which saw Xbox take over publishing duties for the in-development title, a new report has claimed Sony's decision was the result of concerns over "budget, potential profitability and exclusivity". Read more
Bill Skarsgård will star as the lead in Hideo Kojima’s upcoming action-espionage video game “Physint.” The casting news comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that “Physint” would now be published by Xbox after being scrapped at Kojima Productions’ longtime partner publisher, PlayStation. Kojima (the creator of the “Death Stranding” and “Metal Gear” video […]
Variety•Jennifer Maas17 Sept
The first console I ever bought, it was hyped as a threat to the PlayStation, then mocked as a flop. But now, as it marks its 25th anniversary, it’s looked back on with misty-eyed reverence This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube, the first console I ever bought with my own money. I vividly remember getting on the bus after school with a year’s worth of savings safely zipped into the pocket of my bag and going to a branch of Currys, where I dumped a bunch of notes, coins and vouchers on the counter to collect my pre-order. (It turned out that some of the vouchers from the previous Christmas had expired, but the guy at the checkout clearly felt so sorry for me that he redeemed them anyway. If you’re out there, Currys guy: thank you for taking pity on a desperate 13-year-old.) If it hadn’t been for the ill-fated Wii U console, whose failure to take off in 2012 resulted in the first unprofitable periods in Nintendo’s game-making history, the GameCube would be remembered as the company’s biggest flop aside from the infamous Virtual Boy, from 1995. Released in Japan this week in 2001 (and in May 2002 in Europe), this surprisingly powerful purple cube sold less than the Xbox and the PlayStation 2. With its squat, colourful form and unusual controller, arranged around a big traffic-light-green A button and small analogue sticks designed for small hands, it had a hint of Fisher-Price about it. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Keza MacDonald16 Sept