GameStop has announced it will open a series of retro gaming outlets that will offer physical consoles, discs and cartridges from classic Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Sega platforms. The company announced on X that it will cover 18 classic systems, from NES to PS Vita. You can search the Gamestop website for retro-friendly locations within a 100-mile radius, but most will find these stores as rare as a mint copy of Chrono trigger.
This makes sense for the game retailer. Most of us download our games from online stores – or have them delivered to us from Amazon – so GameStop could play to its strengths with a combination of physical media and a certain level of expertise. The biggest challenge could be piracy.
— Matt Smith
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The billionaire must remain in France for the foreseeable future.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been charged by French prosecutors and banned from leaving the country. On Wednesday, Durov was officially charged with “complicity in the distribution of child pornography, illegal drugs and hacking software” via the messaging app he founded. He must remain in France “under judicial supervision” and report to a police station twice a week while the investigation is ongoing.
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Despite being released on PC and PS5.
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a first-person shooter from PlayStation. Firewalk Studios’ debut game, the 5v5 team shooter Unityhas failed to capture players’ imaginations. Is it the lackluster characters or the sometimes blatant theft of the Guardians of the Galaxy vibe? Well, that probably doesn’t help, but less than 700 concurrent players on Steam (and no fanfare announcements from Sony about player counts/copies sold) points to a flop.
Anecdotally, no one asked me to play the team shooter – no one asked me what I thought about it Unity.
However, Kris Holt of Engadget points out that PlayStation had a good year. Helldivers 2published by Sony, is having a great year, while the PlayStation Portal and PSVR 2 hardware continues to find willing buyers thanks to strong support from handheld gamers. And some discounts on VR headsets.
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Oh, just like Google.
Apple’s latest developer betas for iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 include a few more Apple Intelligence features. Most notable is a cleanup tool in the Photos app that’s very similar to Google’s Magic Eraser. The Photos app identifies distracting background elements for you so you can remove them with a tap. Otherwise, you can circle or swipe over an object you want to remove. The tool is also compatible with any image in your Camera Roll.
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