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Saros delivers Returnal 2 in all but name

Housemarque's Returnal remains one of the best PS5 games. Built to kill, raised to die, and fine-tuned to annoy the shit out me while dragging me back in for yet another go at  2AM.  Not-a-sequel Saros ropes in my one of my favourite actors Rahul Kohli into the mix with proper shields, greater weapons freedom, Indian-styled visuals, and borrowing  Xenon 2: Megablast's palette and violence.  Saros is set on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet. It changes on every death, where a total eclipse changes everything (very Pitch Black!). The video shows the first biome, hopefully the others shift up the palette more than Returnal did.  Along his journey he finds Nitya Chandran (Shunori Ramanthan), adding some depth to the Returnal-mayhem. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse.  Saros lands in March 2026, check out the PlayStation blog post for more details on w...

The Xperia Play phone is back as Ayaneo's Pocket Play

 After the retro Pocket DMG, Ayaneo is lining up a launching-soon Kickstarter (the brand's first) to give the world another shot at liking Sony's Xperia Play design from 2011. 


Update: A Kickstarter pre-launch page is now live listing features like the 6.8-inch OLED screen, camming in 2400 x 1080 resolution pixels with a 165hz refresh for buttery gaming. 

The Pocket Play does look good, but looks like nothing more than a modern take on Sony's briefly famous Xperia Play. 

The XP was a great piece of kit, capable of playing original PlayStation games via a PSN app, emulated and Android games, with a neat slide mechanism. But since Sony and PlayStation never really took firm ownership of the gadget, it wasn't exactly a roaring success. 

Ayaneo pocket play

Likely an Android device and rather over-priced, enjoy the images and wait for the campaign to launch for an early-bird price. 

Sure, the screen and processors will be to spec for retro and mobile games. But, as with many modern gadgets, will Ayaneo really do the R&D to master the slide mechanism or will it be a cheap clunky point of weakness? 

Find out in 2026

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