Pokémon Champions Director Vows to Keep Turn-Based Battles Forever as Stadium-Style Modes Stay Out

Pokémon Champions aims to preserve classic turn-based battles, focusing on PvP gameplay and expanding its audience. Director ...
XDA Developers

I keep a bootable USB with 10 free tools on it, and it has fixed every PC problem I have had this year

I keep a bootable USB drive, a one-stop solution for the most common system problems. These tools can analyze hardware, ...
ESX Virtualization

How to Recover Deleted Files from Virtual Machine

Lost important files from a virtual machine and are not sure how to get them back? Virtual disk recovery may seem complicated ...
GameSpot

Xbox’s Disc-To-Digital Program Officially Announced, And It Sounds Pretty Great

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Microsoft has officially announced a new Xbox feature that lets you ...
The Verge

Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games

Xbox Insiders will get access to this new feature on August 31st. Xbox Insiders will get access to this new feature on August 31st. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been ...
VICE

Xbox Disc to Digital Is Now Official – Here’s How It Works

Rumors that Xbox has been testing a disc to digital program have been swirling for the better part of 2026, but now the news is official. The program isn’t live quite yet, but a new announcement has ...
ecoustics

Here’s Why 8K Blu-ray Disc Isn’t Coming Soon and 4K UHD BD May Be Our Final Physical Media Format

Will 8K Blu-ray ever happen, or is 4K Ultra HD the final disc format? Our favorite physical media format, Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc, turned 10 years old this year. Happy birthday, UHDBD! 4K Blu-ray, as it ...
Kotaku

Xbox’s Disc-To-Digital Plan Rolls Out This August According To Leaked Roadmap

According to a leaked roadmap and a report sent to publishers that’s been reviewed by The Verge, Xbox’s previously reported disc-to-digital program will roll out to the general public this month. The ...
Polygon

Xbox's disc-to-digital plan rolls out soon, according to supposed leak

Video game players might soon be entering an all-digital era. Highly anticipated games, such as Grand Theft Auto 6, will no longer be available in disc form; those who get the physical version will ...
CNET

Sony’s Plan to Kill Physical PlayStation Discs Faces Gamer Backlash

The age of the physical disc is ending on the Sony PlayStation. Despite backlash from gamers, the company intends to continue with its plans to end PlayStation disc sales as of January 2028.
CNBC

Sony’s 'ironic' PlayStation disc decision upends gamer conventions and threatens a $7 billion resale market

In 2013, Sony mocked Xbox by showing how easy it was to share a PlayStation disc. More than a decade later, gamers say Sony is becoming the very thing it poked fun at. Sony’s decision to stop ...
Game Rant

GOG Weighs in on PlayStation's Physical Disc Controversy

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...