With each generation we’ve seen console players continue to adopt digital game purchases at an increasing rate. While not quite at the level of PC gaming yet, Sony’s PS5 has managed to shift the pendulum to near-complete digital dominance; with just 15% of recent sales being attributed to physical media.

As part of the company’s most recent fiscal earnings report, Sony revealed – collated by the publication PushSquare – that 85% of all game sales during the past Quarter (ending on the 31st of March 2026) were digital.

Of course, the PS5 represents the first home console from Sony to offer an SKU without a disc-drive, meaning a solid percentage of the total user base are all-in on digital gaming. Even so, 85% is a massive percentage and suggests that the PlayStation 6 will further embrace the digital space come its inevitable arrival.

In terms of overall console sales, the PS5 is continuing to truck along, with Sony confirming that it has pushed past 93.7 million units. This puts the console comfortably as the 8th best-selling system of all time – currently sitting behind the Nintendo Wii (101.63 million); the OG PlayStation (102.49 million) and Sony’s last-gen PS4 (currently at 117.2 million).

Given that the PS5 has continued to receive price increases more than half a decade on from its initial launch, it will be interesting to see whether Sony’s latest and greatest manages to surpass the PS4 when all is said and done.

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Apple is still a fair distance away from unveiling the 2027-launching iPhone 20. Yet, the iPhone has been the focus of supply chain leaks for quite some time, which is hardly a surprise given the quantum of change that Apple is reportedly bringing to the proverbial table. Now, a well-known tipster has tried to wholly demystify the iPhone 20 by pairing feature leaks with plausible speculation. Apple iPhone 20 to sport an all-glass look, replete with solid-state buttons, a quad-curved display, and hefty use of under-display tech, and topped off with a massive battery The Weibo-based tipster Instant Digital has […]

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Another hike has been implemented, which makes buying SSDs even more difficult than ever. Samsung and Kingston Increase Price of All SSD Products by Around 10%, Marking Another Significant Price Hike When Prices are Unusually High Remember the Micro Center shelves, which were fully stacked by the high-end SSDs selling for thousands of dollars? Yeah, they are about to get even more expensive. This thing isn't stopping anytime soon and we don't know how long this will continue, as at hundreds of dollars for 1 TB of SSD storage, it is becoming super difficult to build a budget gaming PC. […]

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While in many ways a classic of the early 2000s FPS space, Serious Sam has had a bit of a mixed past with many of its more recent releases failing to live up to the series’ legacy. That said, in a surprise announcement, publisher Devolver Digital and Dead By Daylight’s Behaviour Interactive have officially unveiled Serious Sam: Shatterverse – a co-op focused first person rougelite.

Releasing an official announcement trailer comprised of both cinematic and gameplay snippets, Devolver Digital officially unveiled Serious Sam: Shatterverse: a “co-op roguelite FPS for 1 – 5 players” in which you’ll “blast through shifting universes, stack wild boons, bend the rules with run modifiers, and hunt Mental's deadliest forces.”

Unlike the mainline entries which are developed by Croteam, Shatterverse is being worked on by Behaviour Interactive – the studio best known for creating the highly-successful Dead By Daylight series. That said, Shatterverse looks nothing like the team’s previous output, with the first-person shooter taking a lower-poly retro aesthetic more akin to the franchise’s earlier entries.

Neither a price nor a release date (aside from a vague 2026) have been announced for the game, however the team did confirm that when it does launch, Serious Sam: Shatterverse will land on PC; Xbox Series X|S and PS5 – meaning no Switch 2 version (at least for now). 

As mentioned, while the Serious Sam series is a bit of a mixed bag overall, Shatterverse looks set to be a fun FPS roguelite from a team who is intimately familiar with how to do online co-op. Hopefully the upcoming release proves to be the best entry in many years. We will have to wait and see.

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BALL x PIT has launched on mobile, bringing the full PC and console version of Kenny Sun and Friends’ BAFTA‑nominated brick‑breaking roguelite to phones and tablets. The mobile release includes all current features, right up to the recently added Regal Update, and future updates such as Shadow and Naturalist will arrive day‑and‑date with other platforms.

Originally released on PC, BALL x PIT quickly became a breakout hit thanks to its fast, repeatable gameplay loop and deep upgrade systems. It went on to become one of the highest‑rated games on Steam Deck, regularly appearing in the handheld’s most‑played charts and earning a reputation as a “just one more run” timesink. The core idea blends brick‑breaking physics with roguelite escalation, with players firing bouncing projectiles into dense enemy formations, gathering resources, expanding their base, and pushing deeper into increasingly hostile biomes.

The mobile version retains the full feature set. Players can fuse more than 60 types of balls to create powerful synergies, build over 70 structures to strengthen their settlement, and battle through deserts, caverns and forests filled with enemies and bosses. Recruitable heroes add additional modifiers, changing how each run unfolds and encouraging experimentation across multiple builds.

Devolver positions the mobile edition as the complete BALL x PIT experience rather than a cut‑down port, with cross‑platform update parity and no missing systems. The mobile version is available now on iOS and Android, available as a free-to-try app, but costing £9.99 to unlock the full game and retain permanent access.

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KitGuru Says: I've spent quite a lot of time on this game on my Steam Deck during the evenings. A mobile port opens it up to even more players. It helps that this is the exact sort of game that should work well on mobile. 

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Such is the relentless cadence of Apple's convoluted product launch cycles that the iPhone 17e has not even reached physical stores just yet, and already Apple has started beating the proverbial drums for the iPhone 18e, which is not expected to debut until the spring of 2027. Apple has broken ground on the preparatory work for the iPhone 18e The notable tipster, Fixed Focus Digital, has declared in a new Weibo post (translated below) that Apple has formally commenced development work on the iPhone 18e: "Confirmed. Although 17E has just been released, 18E has already been finalized." Do note that […]

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The RAM-apocolypse continues of course, with hints of it hitting general manufacturers, and delay of gaming systems and even spinning harddrives.  At least Micron is making some PCIe 6 drives you cannot…

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