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🎮 PlayStation, Multi-platformPlayStation Users Report New Online License Checks For Digital Games
A new quirk--whether it's a bug or a feature remains unclear--has begun affecting PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 owners with digital game purchases. It appears the systems' latest updates have introduced a 30-day online license check for digital games, leaving those who have extended internet outages without access to certain games. Several users, including the game-accessibility Twitter account Does it play?(https://x.com/DoesItPlay1/status/2047947842031857899), have reported that all new PlayStation Store purchases--those made before March 2026 appear to be unaffected--feature a 30-day timer that shows when you will need to connect to the internet again before losing access. This timer doesn't appear to be visible on the PS5, but according to Does it play?, it is still being tracked in the background. > Potential major DRM issue rolled out by PlayStation (and Xbox as well, allegedly). All new PSN purchases now have a 30 day validation countdown. Already investigating to find out more details. pic.twitter.com/4hqMdWfJ2T(https://t.co/4hqMdWfJ2T) > > — Does it play? (@DoesItPlay1) April 25, 2026(https://twitter.com/DoesItPlay1/status/2047947842031857899?refsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) While unlikely to be a tangible issue for most players, there are definitely use-cases that could see a PS4 or PS5 disconnected from the internet for extended periods of time. It's unclear as of now if this was rolled out as an intentional feature or was a bug included(https://x.com/DoesItPlay1/status/2048023064193966588?s=20) with the recent firmware updates. The online-support bot on the official PlayStation website(https://x.com/hazzadorgamin/status/2048861141850583480?s=46) implies it was done on purpose, but AI has certainly given us false information in the past. GameSpot has reached out to Sony and will update this post if and when we receive a response. Continue Reading at GameSpot(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-users-report-new-online-license-checks-for-digital-games/1100-6539651/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/)
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformBest Nintendo Switch games deals during Amazon Gaming Week
Nintendo's first-party Switch game sales during Amazon Gaming Week include Fire Emblem and some of the console's best
🖥 PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PC, Multi-platformBest Amazon Gaming Week 2026 deals include MLB The Show 26 and more
Amazon Gaming Week 2026 deals include discounts on some of the best keyboards and gaming mice, along with essential PS5 games
🎮 Multi-platformTarantino's Django Unchained is reportedly getting a sequel movie titled Django/Zorro
Based on the 2014 comic book miniseries, Django/Zorro will be adapted into a film by the Mystic River screenwriter
🎮 Multi-platformDiablo 4. Lord of Hatred gives us first Korn song in 4 years
Blizzard and Korn teamed up for a new song inspired by Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred. We spoke to Korn frontman Jonathan Davis about the new collab.
🎮 Multi-platformGerry Conway, comics legend and creator of The Punisher, has died at age 73
Gerry Conway was a comics legend who created countless iconic characters across Marvel and DC.
🎮 Multi-platformBig Arc Raiders update adds a massive new enemy
Arc Raiders' Riven Tides update launches on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X tomorrow, adding a new map, large arc, and limited-time event
🖥 PC, Multi-platformPokémon would never try the things this Steam clone game does
Olympus Rangers comes with vast customization options, mod support, and multiplayer modes that are entirely absent from Game Freak's titles
🎮 Multi-platformStalking Other Players Is The Best Part Of This Consequence-Driven Game | Tides Of Tomorrow Review
Tides of Tomorrow(https://www.gamespot.com/games/tides-of-tomorrow/) is the first single-player game I've played that desperately wanted me to stalk other human-controlled characters, and that sentiment alone was a compelling enough gimmick for me to jump into its consequence-driven story. While that story stumbles in a few places, and the gameplay never quite rises to anything beyond serviceable, Tides of Tomorrow does a great job of incentivizing you to participate in its "we're all in this together" apocalyptic fantasy and care about the ramifications of your choices and actions beyond how they impact you. If you're looking for a game that makes you feel good about helping others and being helped by others, there aren't many options that hit that sense of community like Tides of Tomorrow. In Tides of Tomorrow, you play as a Tidewalker, an individual who can see glimpses of the past. These visions always involve the actions of other Tidewalkers, creating a network of individuals who can all learn from each other. Fished from the ocean, you find yourself in a world that's been flooded, restricting civilization to makeshift island towns and repurposed oil rigs. A sickness is also worming its way through the population, slowly causing people to transform into plastic. You count yourself among the infected, quickly learning that only the regular consumption of a medicine known as ozen keeps you from turning completely into plastic and dying. !No Caption Provided(https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scalesuper/1587/15875866/4688665-3.jpg)(https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4688665-3.jpg) You play through the game in first-person as a largely silent individual who only speaks when prompted to with a dialogue option. Other than your supernatural sight, you move through the world simply--running, crouching, jumping. In certain locations, you can open your sight to see what a Tidewalker--who, like your Tidewalker, is also controlled by another human player--did there, allowing you to lean on the knowledge you glean to better move through the world. A bouncer who welcomed in a Tidewalker the previous day will allow you inside the club if you also offer up to them the same alias, for example, and seeing a Tidewalker hide some ozen in a grate lets you then nab it for yourself. Continue Reading at GameSpot(https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/stalking-other-players-is-the-best-part-of-this-consequence-driven-game-tides-of-tomorrow-review/1900-6418486/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/)
🎮 Multi-platformResident Evil's Leon Is, In Fact, Named After A 1994 French Action Film
The namesake of Resident Evil's Leon S. Kennedy has been revealed, and, as many fans suspected, he's named after director Luc Besson's 1994 French action film Leon: The Professional(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/). Resident Evil 2(https://www.gamespot.com/games/resident-evil-2-1998/) director Kideki Kamiya recently took to X(https://x.com/HidekiKamiyaX/status/2048258973082726835?s=20) and casually confirmed the long-held fan theory in response to a fan pointing out the apparent references to the film in Resident Evil. He said Leon's name came about after talking with Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, who shot down several name ideas before Kamiya offered up another suggestion. "Well, why don't we just take it from that movie I watched the other day," Kamiya said (via Google Translate), that movie being Leon: The Professional, starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and a young Natalie Portman. Kamiya said Mikami said "Yeah, that works," and the rest is history. Continue Reading at GameSpot(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/resident-evil-leon-is-in-fact-named-after-a-1994-french-action-film/1100-6539647/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/)
🎮 Multi-platformMagic: The Gathering Arena developers file to unionize with CWA
MTG: Arena developer cite concerns about layoffs, remote work policies, and generative AI use as the reasoning behind efforts to forge a labor union.
🖥 PC, Multi-platformLast Flag, The Third-Person Shooter From Imagine Dragons Singer, Goes Free Every Weekend For Now
Last Flag, the multiplayer PvP game from Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds and developer Night Street Games, will host free weekends every weekend(https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2721340/view/506233956051452656?l=english) for the foreseeable future. Players can try the demo version of Last Flag each Friday through Monday until the game's summer patch arrives, though we don't know when that will be. The demo version of Last Flag is the full game, and players will match up against other demo and non-demo players on Steam and the Epic Games Store. The demo version contains all nine characters and the game's two maps, Copper Falls and Snowfield. Players on the demo version can level up and earn free cosmetics, too. Continue Reading at GameSpot(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/last-flag-the-third-person-shooter-from-imagine-dragons-singer-goes-free-every-weekend-for-now/1100-6539645/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/)