what're you buying?

Microsoft has announced significant price rises for Xbox consoles, blaming the ongoing “components crisis.”

Xbox console price rises June 2026:

Xbox Series S 512GB: $399.99 ---> $499.99  
Xbox Series S 1TB: $449.99 ---> $599.99  
Xbox Series X 1TB Digital: $599.99 ---> $749.99  
Xbox Series X 1TB: $649.99 ---> $799.99

When the games came out, I remember the old 4 screen multiplayer Mario Kart 64 days. Then soon after Goldeneye 007, which blew my mind.

Some games will be more obscure than others. But I promise every game I post will have had a retail English translation.

Can you guess this game ?

I will post the answer in 8 hours (if not answered)

> sell the company to playstation

> stop updating or supporting your most successful game

> ???

> layoff your developers

> profit?

Sega is facing backlash after a recent Sonic the Hedgehog alternate-reality game - a sort of marketing campaign that takes place online - was revealed to be training AI models on participant data.

Steam and PS5 on October 15, Xbox in early 2027.

Today's game is Castle Crashers. I had some friends somehow talk me into playing it, which is impressive as i am not a fan of Beat Em Ups usually.

Why? Well, mainly they just end up overwhelming me and i end up feeling like i just mash the attack button and hope for the best. It's a me issue for sure and no shade to these games, but it's also an issue i definitely encounter.

Surprisingly though i didn't feel a lot of that. A little? Maybe, but i do think playing with friends helped to take the metaphorical "heat" off my back with this and make it more enjoyable.

The humor i could take or leave in a few spots, but overall it's not too bad in that department, and the art style is kind of nice too which is good.

The soundtrack i ended up recognizing from other places. I assume it was a youtube video or something because i recognized one specific track and it was an interesting experience.

Anyways, despite my enjoyment, One of my friends ended up not so much. He dropped out and we all went with him to play with him next time he felt up for it. It wasn't a hard no, but yknow, only so much in small doses. Anyways, it was just another fun social detour before going back to Jedi Survivor (if the steam sale tomorrow doesn't add 50 million other things to my steam Library that is)

There are pros and cons for either demographic: whilst being older may be ideal since not only you bypass age restrictions, you also have the capability on purchasing it with your own money without having to ask parents for that given that you have employment and recurring income. Gaming as a kid gives more time without having to dwell much on responsibilities that adults have to worry about but at the same time are held by school.

Video Games Plus, a gaming retailer based out of Canada, and an independent gaming retailer known as Loot Box Gaming have both stated that they won't be selling GTA 6.

Not huge retailers in the grand scheme of things, but interesting to see at least some taking a stand especially when they are almost certainly losing out on money by doing so.

Personally, the PS3 is my favourite. The OG backwards compatible one. And the emulation capabilities are still awesome to me.

So I by the powers that be I decided to look up some sonic games and was pleasantly surprised that they're all on sale and was looking for some recommendations. My only exposure to sonic is I know its a sort of action platformer and the franchise has changed a lot. Only games I've played was like a browser version of the OG and some spin off racing one on the Wii U.

I was definitely was gonna get frontiers and strongly considering sonic x shadow generations for like 30 bucks but I was wondering if there were any must haves

Not games with a convoluted mysterious story, per se, but if it's something that re-contextualizes the story somehow, that's the kind of thing I'm interested in.

Inspired by my digging into the FF:06:5B mystery in my current playthrough of Cyberpunk. There are all sorts of weird codes and ciphers, bizarre rituals you have to do at certain places and times, and vague clues in weird places. One clue was even in an update to The Witcher 3, apparently. Based on my reading, the community found a sort of conclusion to this one, but it really doesn't clearly explain things (though it fairly strongly hints at Night City 2077 being a simulation, and us not really playing V, but rather whoever is breaching the system at the title screen).

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/55364693

Rockstar said GTA 6 costs $79.99 across PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, confirming a $10 jump from the standard $70 we’ve seen this generation. The Ultimate Edition, meanwhile, is $20 more, priced $99.99.

GTA 6 physical copies do not include a disc, Rockstar has confirmed. They're just a code in a box