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July Update: PlayStation 6 and PlayStation Portable future visions

 The recent PlayStation video about the "simulated" technology in development, discussed between AMD and Sony engineers that will power the PlayStation 6 was interesting from a geek point of view. But from a gameplay perspective, there is - IMO - no need for a PlayStation 6 for another few years. Especially with the limp Xbox is-it-isn't-it launch .  July 2026 Update : Sony managed a cannon-fire sized self-inflicted injury by announcing the end of physical releases across the end of the PS5 era and the launch of the PS6. Due to lack of sales (only 7 titles have passed the 100,000 mark in the last year) and economics, it still doesn't matter to PlayStation owners, collectors are stores, who can now only sell digital codes in a box.  June 2026 Update : The latest snippet of gossip for Sony's next-gen systems is a modular/external drive that will connect to both devices. Allowing installation on the portable of physical games, and reducing the cost of the PS6 by ma...

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment trailer

As the current game ships out to fans in physical form via Limited Run, and as the games industry was chucking awards at each other last night, the new Shovel Knight expansion trailer, a prequel in fact, slipped out at The Game Awards show. All of a sudden the world has to look up about a dozen different spellings of "Spectre", but us writing types will cope.

The clip reveals the deeply impressive looking Specter of Torment, a pixel tour de force that looks hellishly challenging to play. I guess its coming to the Vita too, with lots of comments around the web suggesting it might be a Switch launch game, which would be cool.

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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