Sony has announced that LittleBigPlanet 3 and LittleBigPlanet DLC are being removed from the PlayStation Store. ThePS4platformer and the entire range of DLC for the franchise will be pulled from sale on August 04, 2025. “Anyone that currently owns or purchases LittleBigPlanet 3 or any LittleBigPlanet DLC before it is delisted for sale, will still be able to access their purchased games and content after its removal,” the platform holdersaid....

Mahershala Ali is reportedly being lined up to play the lead role of Joel in HBO’s upcoming The Last of Us series. That’s according to a report from pop culture siteThe Illuminerdi, which claims the actor was offered the role after it was turned down by Matthew McConaughey. Ali has starred in TV shows including True Detective, House of Cards and Luke Cage, won Best Supporting Oscars for his performances in Moonlight and Green Book, and will portray Blade in an upcoming Marvel movie reboot....

Square Enix has delayed the release of Marvel’s Avengers’ Kate Bishop DLC and the next-gen versions of the game. Kate Bishop was due to be added to the title this month, while the game was scheduled to be available at launch forXbox Series X/SandPS5in November. In a blog post addressing the state of the game, which has been troubled since itsPS4,Xbox One,PCandStadiarelease on September 4,Crystal Dynamicsstudio headScot Amossaid“sorry” for the “slight delay” to the Kate Bishop content....

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has been rated by the ESRB, and it appears some of its more controversial content may have remained intact. The US rating board has decided that the remake will be rated M for Mature, due to “blood, sexual themes and violence”. A description of the rating goes into more detail, revealing that certain scenes and the ‘Peep Demo Theater’ unlockable appear to still be in the game....

A trailer for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has gone live early, revealing the game’s release date. The trailer, which is currently visible on thePlayStationstore page for the remake, shows that the game will be released on August 28. According to the page, the game will bePS5Pro enhanced. The trailer also confirms that the Snake vs Monkey mode from the original game will make a return in the remake....

Microsoft has started publicly testing Xbox Cloud Gaming on consoles. The feature, which will eventuallyenable Xbox One users to play “many” Xbox Series X/S exclusive gameslikeMicrosoftFlight Simulator, is now available to test for “a random subset of Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha [Xbox] Insiders”. It allows players to access Xbox Game Pass titles without downloading them and jump into multiplayer sessions with friends for games that aren’t installed on the physical console....

Xbox and PC players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II have discovered that they can’t directly disable crossplay in the latest CoD entry. ThePlayStationversions of the game contain an option allowing players to either enable or disable crossplay with other platforms, as has been the case in recent CoD titles on all platforms. However, theXboxandPCversions are now completely lacking this option, causing players to take to Twitter to voice their frustration....

Naughty Dog has released The Last of Us Complete, a two-game compilation for PlayStation 5. The collection, which features both The Last of Us Part I andThe Last of Us Part IIRemastered, is available from today digitally for $99.99 / £94.99, with a physical version available for pre-order on thePlayStation Directwebsite. The physical version is a $119.99 / £109.99 Collector’s Edition, releasing on July 10, which comes in a Steelbook case, with AmericanDreamsComics #1-#4 featuring new cover art, a set of four lithographic art prints, and a “Thank You letter” from directorNeil Druckmann....

A selection of July’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue titles have seemingly leaked. Writing onDealabs, ever reliable dataminer billbil-kun published a list of six titles expected to be added to the subscription service this month. The following games will reportedly be made available forPlayStationPlus Extra and Premium members on July 17: The leaker also expects Remnant: From the Ashes to be among this month’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue titles, but so far they’ve been unable to confirm this....

Nintendo has announced the discontinuation of one of Splatoon 2’s most useful online features. The Online Lounge feature of theNintendo SwitchOnline mobile app allows players to send URL links to other users, which then allows them to quickly and easily join matches. However, as of Jun 08, 2025, the Nintendo Switch Online app will no longer support the Online Lounge feature,Nintendoannounced on Wednesday. The Switch Online app will continue to allow friends to voice chat, and no other changes to game-specific services will be made “at this time”, it added....

Nintendo has officially announced the release date of Nintendo Switch 2. Switch 2will be released worldwide on Thursday, June 5. The console will be available in two versions – a standalone Switch 2 console, and a Switch 2 bundle which includes a digital code forMario Kart World. Shortly after announcing the Switch 2 release date,Nintendothen started listing the console on its My Nintendo Store,revealing the price of both editions. The standalone console will cost $449....

Virtuos is working on an unannounced remake built with Unreal Engine 5 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC. That’s according to the LinkedIn profile ofOleksii Moskovchenko, a technical art director atVirtuosin Shanghai, China. While the identity of the project remains a mystery, it’s reignited speculation that a remake of 2006’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion could be in development at Virtuos. In July 2023, a Reddit user said to be a former Virtuos employee claimed that the studio wasworking on a remake of Oblivion....

Facebook used Wednesday’s Oculus Connect developer conference to announce several major updates for Oculus Quest, the standalone virtual reality system that runs without a gaming PC. Beginning in November, Quest users will be able to access content and experiences designed for thePC-basedOculusRift headsets by connecting Quest to a gaming PC via a USB cable and running the new Oculus Link software. “Your Quest is basically a Rift now too,”FacebookCEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the event, according toVariety....