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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
What we know about PS6 (and what we don’t know)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.
Xbox's next era officially starts Sunday — here's how to tune inAfter 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 Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, w
Xbox's next era officially starts Sunday — here's how to tune inAt 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
What we know about PS6 (and what we don’t know)Sign in to your Polygon.com account This article is part of a directory: Summer Game Fest 2026: The game announcements livestream Previous Paramount announces new games studio to get serious about Star Trek, TMNT, and SpongeBob Next Capcom's resurrecting Resident Evil: Code Veronica at last The cre… …
… Sharma and new Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty will probably have something new to say about the next-gen Xbox , code-named Project Helix , at Xbox Games Showcase 2026. …
… But don't expect a major update on the next-gen Xbox , Project Helix; chief content officer Matt Booty says Project Helix won't have a major presence at Xbox Games Showcase 2026. …
… The same holds true for Xbox One and Xbox Series X. For this series, that's unprecedented. PlayStation 3 saw 10 Call of Duty games, but only three cross-gen titles that also came out on PS4 — and the last of these, Black Ops 3 , was severely cut back on the older console. …
… But regardless, Sony is surely already planning for the next PlayStation, and considering how it’s going to extend PS5’s dominance of the dedicated home console market and crushing defeat of Xbox into the next generation. …
… And earlier in May, Xbox also announced a cheaper "starter edition" version of Game Pass as part of its partnership with Discord. Related Everything we know about PlayStation 6, Sony’s next-gen console Here’s what we know, what we think we know, and what we don’t
… This is driving up the price of current-generation consoles in turn, including the PlayStation 5 , and, as it stands, would have a severe impact on the cost of a next-gen machine like the PS6, pushing the price into the high three figures or even over $1,000. …
… Fumito Ueda's Project Robot is now Gen Atlas The first game from Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda in more than a decade has been fully revealed: gen Atlas is the debut title from GenDesign, and it's coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X. …
… Read Article gen Atlas revealed as next game from Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creators The creative minds behind inventive action-adventure games Ico , Shadow of the Colossus , and The Last Guardian fully revealed their next project at Summer Game Fest on Friday: gen Atlas , a single-player, ope… …
… For context, in the U.S., the fastest commercial train is the “next-gen” Acela , which went into service earlier this year and can reach a top speed of 160 mph at certain points on its route. …