Sony has patented a touchscreen PlayStation controller that lets players choose where to put the buttons
Standard controllers aren't comfortable for everyone, Sony says
VGC January 2026
31st Jan 2026
‘It certainly seems that way’: Season 3 of The Last of Us could be its last, HBO boss hints
HBO's boss says 'it seems' The Last of Us will end with Season 3
30th Jan 2026
WWE 2K26 release date, editions, new match types, Ringside Pass system, Showcase mode and pre-order bonus revealed
2K Sports shares a wealth of information on WWE 2K26
Nintendo comments on Dispatch’s Nintendo Switch 2 censorship
All versions of the game feature optional censorship, however it can't be turned off on Nintendo’s platform
Podcast: Why is Dispatch censored on Nintendo Switch 2?
Plus: 3 hours with Resident Evil Requiem
UK retailer Game looks like it’s about to enter administration again
Game Retail has put administrators on alert
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VGC Newsletter for January 30
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Director assures Ubisoft ‘remains committed’ to Beyond Good & Evil 2, despite recent upheaval
“We remain committed and focused on delivering a remarkable game for our players"
A Nintendo Direct is reportedly coming next week, dedicated to Partner games
The last Nintendo Partner Direct featured Star Wars Outlaws, Octopath Traveler 0, and more
Google rolls out prototype of Project Genie, an AI tool which generates playable worlds
Users have already started posting examples, often using copyrighted characters
Yakuza Kiwami 3 studio says the full game won’t have the graphical issues being reported in the demo
A day one patch "will address the lighting issue and other quality concerns", it says
29th Jan 2026
Twice as many developers surveyed by GDC say they want to make games on PS5 or Switch 2 than on Xbox
PC remains the most popular system among developers by far
RE3 Remake: Subway train route puzzle solution
How to quickly and easily solve the Subway Route Setting puzzle in Resident Evil 3 Remake.
Virtua Fighter 5 REVO Switch 2 release date marks the first Nintendo release in the series’ 33-year history
An Open Beta test will take place in February to prepare for its release
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Off-Topic: Sailors? I’ll look for some
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Nintendo reveals more Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream info, including its release date
The game will be coming to Switch in April
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will include same-sex relationships and non-binary characters, fulfilling Nintendo’s promise
A same-sex 'bug' in its 3DS predecessor caused backlash when it was patched out
More than a quarter of devs surveyed by GDC were laid off in the past two years, and half of them don’t have a new job
"Execs are throwing people overboard and expecting these scuttled ghost ships to keep making them infinite money"
Dispatch is censored on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and this might be the reason why
Nudity and other mature content has reportedly been censored in the Nintendo versions
10 years after Mighty No 9, Keiji Inafune’s studio, Comcept, has officially dissolved
Former Mega Man producer's studio was behind the much-criticised Kickstarter campaign
Kingdom Come: Deliverance appears to be getting a PS5 upgrade, after the PlayStation Store briefly mentioned it
The listing has already been edited to remove references to the new version
Pokémon Ascended Heroes cards won’t be tournament legal for European Championship following fan concerns
Special sets now won't be tournament legal until two weeks after their Elite Trainer Box is released
28th Jan 2026
February’s PlayStation Plus Essential monthly games have been confirmed
Subscribers can claim four games next month
Disney Afternoon Collection appears on Switch eShop, confirming its release with two extra SNES games
A rating for the NES bundle was previously spotted on the ESRB website
Indie dev who turned to social media to lengthen their game’s credits ended up taking 300 hours to add 60,000 names
The developer promised to add anyone who liked their tweet, expecting 100 to reply