Digital sales on PS5 increased from 70% to 76% year on year. So yeah, given the trend will continue for the next few years, there’s no way PS6 will have a disc drive.

Played a good few more hours of Avowed last night. Also, I love Avowed.

Good review here for The Midnight Walk. Happily a patch is on the way for the low resolution in VR, which will address one of the main criticisms here too. www.pushsquare.com/reviews/psvr...

I’d definitely be up for playing an updated version of GTA IV. I can’t remember why, but I never finished it on PS3 and it always annoyed me that I never went back and completed it.

Pics from my helicopter ride over London with my son today! Epic day out.

Been playing Super Mario Bros Wonder again, and I swear this is the greatest ever Mario game. Pure creativity, fun, silliness and perfectly judged challenge. Simply wonderful.

GTA 6 is looking insane in the new trailer. Rockstar are just on another level - let’s hope it plays as good as it looks!

No GTA? No problem! Here’s the games I hope to play this year anyway… South of Midnight Ghost of Yotai Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Jedi Survivor Days Gone Remastered Star Wars Outlaws Expansion Blue Prince Citizen Sleeper 2 Silksong Switch 2 will be held til Xmas, so there’s that too!

Today’s purchases!

Just watched Thunderbolts*. First impression? Best MCU thing since Endgame. Florence Pugh rules.

The 2TB Series X is now more expensive than the PS5 Pro in America.

This gen is crazy

While I didn’t get Glastonbury tickets, I’m making my own festival line up for the same weekend. Got tickets to see Haim in Margate’s Dreamland on the Friday, followed by Linkin Park at Wembley Stadium on the Saturday. Now I just need a Sunday headliner…

A great example of how modern life is rubbish - trying to book a trip to Disneyland. The website has a queue to access it. Tickets are dated, there's 14 days for 7, early park access, virtual queue apps, Lightning Lanes, Dining Plans. Has no-one stepped back to ask, what the fuck are we doing here?

Likelihood of 2025 ending up as one of the best ever years in gaming?

Ghost Town is out and we have it a glowing review! Which you can watch in the link below. We also wanted to let you know that we have an affiliate link that can save you 10% off your purchase. 10% off - meta.com/affiliates/Ajp… Review - youtu.be/8l01oTHMI7w Enjoy!

This is true, there’s been loads of opportunities to preorder a Switch 2 here, all the main retailers keep getting restocks.

People upset at the lack of physical copies in Collectors Editions - the vast majority are buying games digitally, and many players only own digital-only consoles too. Having physical editions just complicates things unnecessarily, when the majority don't want/need them.

Here's UploadVR's excellent written review by the ever-busy @henrystockdale.com, which aligns with my views on the game exactly. Now we just need @fireproofgames.com to announce a follow up in what deserves to be an on-going franchise.

I've now finished Ghost Town on Quest 3, and it's one of my favourite VR games ever. It does everything so well, and I can't wait for other people to play it. Please check out our review video below, and drop us a sub while you are there 😜

You lot all debating whether to play Oblivion or Clair Obscura, meanwhile I’m here still plugging away diligently (and having a great time!) on Avowed.

This must be the best run ever for Gamepass right? Since Indy it’s been relentless.

Glad they were able to change the ending of Mythic Quest so it didn’t end on a cliffhanger and gives a more satisfying ending in light of not being renewed for another series. Felt like they got as much as they could out of the scenario, and it’s better it ended before it got bad.

This looks like it’ll be a lot of fun, and it’ll be great to have an excuse to jump back into the excellent Star Wars Outlaws and continue Kay Vess’s adventure! Demo now available too, so no excuse for not checking it out 😜 youtu.be/c27kWaF7umo?...

Back home after a week away in Greece. Night flight and 3am drive round the M25, finally in bed at 4:30. Beloved kids up at 7:30 asking if we can go and get the dog from our dog-sitting friends… 😴

Really want to get a Playdate, always have. £250 though, with delivery and a case. Just too expensive to justify, right?

Meta: You WILL play and enjoy Horizon Worlds!

Right Brits, phase one is complete: we’ve secured a Universal theme park. Now for phase two: Super Nintendo World. Time to write to your MP, collect signatures, organise marches. Whatever it takes.

Super excited - this is 20 mins away from me. Much easier than flying to Florida! Hoping there’s a Nintendo World there too…

In the last year, Xbox has put out Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones, Avowed, and now South of Midnight. Credit where it’s due, it’s been my favourite console recently. Love the commitment to new IP too, something that’s too rare in the industry right now!

Very impressed by the opening chapters of South of Midnight. Another game, like Indiana Jones, that also runs at 60fps on Series S. Devs are working miracles with this tiny little box now!

Spoiler: I'm loving Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate so far. The combat is poor and arguably unnecessary, but playing on Easy is giving me an epic puzzle adventure game that encapsulates so much of what I love about VR.

Hey folks After a wonderful six months, sadly April is my last at GamerGuides as my current contract comes to an end. This means I am wholeheartedly back on the job market! I'm a Nintendo/Pokemon expert with years of editorial experience, as well as video editing + presenting

Finished the first season of Severance last night. What a final episode! Edge of the seat stuff for the whole thing - what a pay off after a season long build up. Also very glad I don’t have to wait years to see what happens next.

“Liberation day” latest:

Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate is another VR banger that plays brilliantly on PSVR2. Amazing graphics and haptics and the VR interactivity is awesome.

I suspect my Switch 2 Xmas day line up will involve... MK World Hyrule Warriors DK Bananza Metroid Prime 4 Mario Party Jamboree Kirby and the Forgotten Land (upgrade) Princess Peach Showtime (my daughters have asked for this one!)

And relax...

I might be ready to declare Hitman: World of Assassination as my favourite ever VR game. It’s remarkable.

I've never played a Gamecube, so you bet I'll be getting that controller to play the games for first time - Wind Waker, finally!

I'm not going to get a Switch 2 pre-order invite, as I'm on a Family Group with friends and I'm not the lead! Ah well, as long as I get one by Xmas I'll be happy.

The rest of the videogame industry will be celebrating that Nintendo, who can easily absorb the flack, has gone first with the game price increases, giving them the cover they need to now follow suit. It sucks for players, but it is what it is I guess.

Oof, that's some price bump to games. Wonder what other retailers will sell physical copies for?

Mario Kart World (obviously), DK Bananza, Prime 4, Mario Party Jamboree with an expansion, Silksong, TOTK Hyrule Warriors, an enhanced Kirby with an expansion, all the Gamecube games. What a launch year line up!

Fair play Nintendo, that was an awesome show.

Mark Kart World alone is a system seller

The videogame community’s hype level is currently off the chart 📈

Prediction for today’s Direct: Mario Maker - what better way to show off the mouse joy con?

Come on then Nintendo, let’s see what you’re cooking

PSVR2 Owners, It's Time to Immerse Yourself in the Headset's Best New Game.