This is a whole separate topic, really, but it’s worth mentioning here. Sony is widely reported to be working on a handheld PlayStation to compete with Nintendo’s Switch 2 as well as the Steam Deck, Xbox Ally, and other PC handhelds. The key question about this device is its level of compatibility with the PlayStation catalog. Full PS4 compatibility would seem to be a given, and most reports suggest the handheld will be able to run PS5 games too — if not necessarily all of them, or at the same quality as PS5. In fact, some level of PS6 compatibility is even possible, because the handheld is ru
Xbox Games Showcase 2026 will stream live on Sunday, June 7, starting at 10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. CEST. The show will be broadcast on Xbox's YouTube and Twitch channels.
After the main showcase, Xbox's Gears of War: E-Day Direct promises to take Gears fans "into the start of Emergence Day, offering new details, gameplay and insights about the hugely anticipated origin story to the Gears of War saga." Maybe we'll even get an update on that long-awaited Gears of War movie. Gears of War: E-Day was announced at 2024's Xbox Games Showcase. Xbox's showcase focused on Gears of War: E-Day will start immediately after the Xbox Games Showcase. Microsoft has not announced how long the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 will run. Polygon
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At last, here’s a question we can answer with a degree of certainty. It’s highly likely that the PS6 will be backward-compatible with PS5 games, and probably PS4 games, too. Like Microsoft, Sony has announced that it’s going to continue to work with chip supplier AMD on the processors for its future hardware. Reports suggest that the PS6 will use a next-gen Zen processor that’s compatible with the x86 architecture used in PS4 and PS5, making backward compatibility easy to implement. Backward compatibility has also become an expectation among players, who have become used to bringing their game