It Weighs You Down

If Steam says "You've made too many requests recently," don't worry: it's not just you.

Sony's PlaYStation Network is experiencing network issues currently. The official PlayStation Status page notes that, "All services are experiencing issues." This includes account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, and PlayStation Direct. Oof. Developing...

Mojang's blocky sandbox game is currently inaccessible--a rarity for Minecraft. The last major widespread Minecraft outage was in October 2025, when the global Microsoft Azure cloud disruption affected services, including Minecraft authentication and Xbox Live. Around 12:30 AM PT on June 1, players began to report problems with launching Minecraft via Downdetector. Attempting to connect to the game via the Minecraft Launcher shows the message, "Oh no! Something went wrong, and we couldn't connect to the Minecraft services. Please connect to the internet to refresh your offline access." A furth

Beast of Reincarnation looks set to kick off a busy August when it launches early in the month, and ahead of its arrival, we've gotten a fresh look at Game Freak's upcoming action-RPG. While Game Freak is well-known for its Pokemon games--including Pokemon Winds and Waves in 2027--Beast of Reincarnation is unlike anything that the developer--and several external teams--has made before. The studio has produced fan-favorite games like Pocket Card Jockey and Tembo the Badass Elephant between Pokemon releases, but with Beast of Reincarnation, it's mixing tactical gameplay with the sharp edge of Se

Diablo 4 Season 14 will receive its first update on July 14, and while it does bring some welcome changes to what has proven to be an unpopular season so far, those hoping it would fix everything will have to keep waiting. Season 14 launched June 30, and its main hook is what Blizzard coined "Mythic Uniques 3.0," an overhaul of the game's item chase that made it so every Unique in the game (of which there are well over 100) can become an even more powerful Mythic Unique. Patch 3.1.1 makes a few core changes that should result in players being able to acquire far more Mythic Uniques than ever b