Good morning!

Hope your backlog’s crying quietly in the corner, because we’ve got even more to distract you this week. From Kojima’s package-delivering fever dream to a Titanic “game” so fake it might as well have been made by ChatGPT on Ambien, it’s been a week.

In this edition, we’ve got:

• My hands-on with Death Stranding 2 (yes, I carried boxes again)

• A Titanic game that’s comically fake - and somehow got on the PS Store

• Big swings from The Witcher 4, Sony lawsuits, and a Switch 2 accessory controversy

Here’s everything you need to know this week in the world of gaming.

TOP STORY

🧠 I Played Death Stranding 2 So You Don’t Have To (But You’ll Probably Want To)

Hideo Kojima’s back with another weirdly compelling fever dream, and yes, it still involves carrying boxes and fighting ghost goo with your bodily fluids. But this time? It slaps.

Set in post-apocalyptic Australia, because why not, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach brings back Norman Reedus (Sam), your friendly neighborhood mailman, now older, sandier, and somehow even more emotionally burdened. You’ve also got Elle Fanning as “Tomorrow” (sure), and more creepy-cool NPCs from Kojima’s actor Rolodex.

Kojima heard your complaints about slow pacing and 30-minute monologues about interdimensional babies. This time, he trimmed the fat. Exposition's now optional, like salad at a pizza buffet.

Combat? Reworked. Menus? Smoothed. Graphics? Juiced. It runs stupidly well in performance mode, and even at 30 FPS, it looks like a tech demo for the next-gen of PlayStations we don't even have names for yet.

Should you play it?

• If you loved DS1, it’s the glow-up sequel you deserve.

• If you hated DS1? DS2’s not here to win you over, and that’s okay.

• If you’re new? This is the better jumping-in point. Less trudgy. More punchy.

Final verdict:
It’s Tears of the Kingdom to DS1’s Breath of the Wild. Familiar, but turbocharged, and still delightfully deranged.

👉 Want to see it all in glorious 4K chaos? Watch my full hands-on video breakdown, packed with gameplay, commentary, and yes, plenty of weird Kojima moments.

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• The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead'

• The Witcher 4 dev says "it's very clear" that Ciri is the right choice of protagonist, but that players shouldn't "make opinions" until the game is out

• ‘Nobody holds their Switch 2 like this’: Dbrand responds to claims its Killswitch detaches Joy-Cons

• Sony sued in Netherlands over "Sony Tax" and its perceived monopoly on digital sales

• Even Death Stranding 2's Solid Snake doppelganger thought he was playing a Metal Gear Solid character, but Hideo Kojima had to tell him "you're not Snake"

• Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games announces round of layoffs

• Video games calm the body after stress, even when players feel on edge

LATEST VIDEO

🚢 A Titanic Game... That Isn’t Real (And Somehow Got on the PlayStation Store)

You ever see something so fake it loops back around to being hilarious? Well, grab your life jackets, because the PlayStation Store just got hit by a rogue wave of AI-generated nonsense disguised as a Titanic game.

Yes, that Titanic.

This “game”, if you can even call it that, is nothing but an AI slideshow of melted doorframes, warped staircases, and crew members with high heels and no arms. The developers didn’t even bother to get the name “Titanic” right. The ship in the trailer is labeled something like “The…” (we’re guessing “The Mistake”?)

And yet, brace yourself, it somehow ended up wishlisted on the PlayStation Store. Millions of views, 164K likes, and absolutely zero real game behind it. PS Store, what are we doing?

Now if you actually want a proper Titanic experience, go check out Titanic: Honor and Glory, a project made by folks who respect history and know that fire alarms with LED strobes didn’t exist in 1912.

But seriously, this whole saga is comedy gold, and the YouTuber CYBER BOI broke it down beautifully. Fake trailers, AI hallucinations, historical absurdities, all there.

👉 Watch my full breakdown and let your faith in digital storefronts sink just a little more