Game News Round-Up

Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

• Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only

PlayStation Store for PS3 & PS Vita Closing Down

• Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua: PlayStation Store on PS3 will close starting August 2026
• Additional Latin American and Middle Eastern countries: PlayStation Store on PS3 will close starting late 2026
• In all other countries, PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita will close in July 2027

Persona is getting the live-action show treatment at Netflix, Star Trek: Picard and 9-1-1 writer Christopher Monfette attached as showrunner

• Netflix, 21 Laps, and Story Kitchen are teaming up (with producers like Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Robert Atwood involved) for the show

Godot to ban (almost all) AI coding contributions. Godot will still allow AI assistance like 'code completion, regex, or find and replace.'

July’s three PlayStation Plus Essential monthly games are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, For The King II and CrossCode

2K co-founder Christoph Hartmann joins Ubisoft to lead Creative House 2, which focuses on Tom Clancy titles

• Hartmann co-founded 2K Games and served as its president until 2017

Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds' CEO resigns as Krafton has settled its lawsuit with the former leadership team of Subnautica 2 developer, Unknown Worlds, and agreed to pay the $250 million disputed bonus