Ahead of what will undoubtedly be the biggest gaming release of the year and potentially of the decade, with GTA 6, developer Rockstar and publisher Take-Two are letting players still engaged with GTA 5 have a nice freebie. If you're someone who is still playing your digital copy of the PS4 or Xbox One version of GTA 5 on your current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, then starting tomorrow, you're getting a major upgrade, as owners of the digital version of the last-gen version of the game are getting a free update to the current-gen version. Announced in a blog […]

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Prior to the official announcement for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4, Activision confirmed that this year’s entry would be leaving last-gen consoles behind – marking the first game to be released exclusively on current-gen hardware. At the time, it was unknown what would become of COD’s free-to-play Warzone. Now we know, with Activision confirming that Warzone will be delisted (on PS4 and Xbox One) as soon as next week.

Making the surprise announcement on their blog, the team at Activision revealed that they are leaving last-gen Warzone behind in a rather rapid fashion.

Though the game will technically be playable on PS4 / Xbox One up until the arrival of MW4 Season 1 (likely sometime in November / December), the last-gen version of Warzone is being officially delisted from storefronts next week on the 4th of June.

As mentioned, you’ll still be able to redownload the game and keep playing for now, but come Season 1 of MW4 all last-gen support will be officially ended.

The full post (including an FAQ detailing what will happen to you COD Points etc) can be found HERE, with more information on Modern Warfare 4 itself available HERE.

KitGuru says: Are you surprised by this upcoming delisting? What do you think this means for the future of Warzone? Let us know down below.

Video game studios don't often comment on rumours, but when they do they offer welcome points of clarity for players. Today, Activision chose to comment on a rumour that ran rampant yesterday and most of today, which was that the next Call of Duty game (which is largely reported to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4) is being made for last-gen consoles, specifically PS4. The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the shooter franchise cleared the air on that, and seemingly confirmed one of the biggest questions surrounding 2026's Call of Duty entry. "Not sure where this one started, […]

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Battlefield Hardline remains one of the more interesting entries in EA’s massive FPS franchise, with the 2015 title being primarily developed by Visceral Games (as opposed to DICE) while moving away from military conflicts in order to focus on the “war on crime” – having you play as either police special response units or bog-standard criminals. Over a decade on from the game’s initial release, EA have now announced that BF: Hardline will officially be delisted from consoles this May; though it will remain playable and purchasable on PC.

Taking to Twitter to make the announcement, the official Battlefield Comms page confirmed that “On Friday, May 22nd, Battlefield Hardline on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be removed from digital storefronts, and you will no longer be able to purchase it and all extra related content, such as DLC.”

They continued, “Online services on these platforms will end on Monday, June 22nd. While Hardline will no longer support online functionality on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, players who own the game will still be able to play the single-player component.”

As mentioned, this delisting only pertains to the console version of Hardline, with EA confirming that “Today’s update does not impact PC. Battlefield Hardline on PC will remain available, including online services.”

No direct explanation was given for this decision, however it is safe to assume that the game no longer has enough of a population on console to justify it remaining online. Of course, Hardline released in an era prior to the rise in crossplay, and so the game relies on there being a healthy playerbase across each platform individually.

Given that Battlefield Hardline was a PS3/PS4 generation title, it is unlikely that many console players are going back to experience what was a pretty controversial release. All that said, here’s to hoping that the PC servers remain online and active for years to come.

KitGuru says: What did you think of Battlefield Hardline back in the day? Are you glad that pretty much all multiplayer titles released nowadays include crossplay? Let us know down below.

Security researcher Markus Gaasedelen delivered a presentation at the RE//verse 2026 conference, where he unveiled a boot ROM-level exploit for the original Xbox One. This discovery is particularly significant because the Xbox One has long been regarded as the “unbreakable” console, having survived over a decade without a public hardware breach.

According to Tom's Hardware, during his talk at RE//verse 2026, Gaasedelen demonstrated that by targeting the platform security processor's boot ROM, he could patch, decrypt, and boot code from the very bottom of the firmware chain. This level of access sits effectively below the OS and standard security layers, granting supervisor-level control over the hardware.

Note that this is not a simple software modification or an easy end-user “softmod”. The exploit requires physical intervention via a two-stage voltage-glitching process named Bliss. The first glitch bypasses the Memory Protection Unit (MPU) setup, while the second hijacks execution during a header read. Furthermore, the researcher explicitly stated that this breakthrough applies only to the original “fat” Xbox One model from 2013. The more modern Xbox One S, Xbox One X, and current-gen Xbox Series consoles remain unaffected by these findings.

Gaasedelen's motivations appear to be rooted in the technical challenge and the long-term viability of the hardware rather than the traditional piracy associated with console hacking. Having published work on Xbox security for several years, his focus remains on hardware preservation and repairability. He mentioned during the talk that he views the project as a way to prevent these machines from becoming e-waste. Unlocking the hardware at this level could eventually allow for the installation of third-party operating systems, turning these platforms into functional Linux workstations or media centres.

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KitGuru says: It was only a matter of time before someone with enough patience cracked the Xbox One. Still, it took a lot longer than anyone expected.