E3 kicks off this week, and due to a worldwide pandemic still currently raging about, the Electronic Software Association of America has decided that shoving a few thousand nerds into the confined space of a Los Angeles convention center probably isn't a wise idea. This year's E3 is thus an all-digital event, and future incarnations of the show might be going for a hybrid approach in the future.

For those old school gaming fans despairing over never being able to play certain PS3 games without having to fork out for an expensive physical edition, fret not! Sony has decided to do a 180 on two-thirds of those plans, and keep the PS3 and PS Vita stores alive. The PSP is still scheduled to be taken out to the shed, where you’ll hear a shotgun being loaded with fresh retirement buckshot.

Forget about Bitcoin or turning your collection of questionable Jpegs into NFTs to score a big buck, because the next best resource that you can hoard right now might just be PS3 and PS Vita games.

E3 looks set to continue as a digital-stream event from June 15 to 17, if the ESA can grab some big names to support the proposal.

Unless you bought Afro Samurai 2, in which case you're out of luck.

In an annual shareholders meeting, Capcom confirmed that digital sales had pretty much taken over wit their various titles, and the company was looking to increase that number in the years to come.

Currently scheduled for a convention date of August 25 to August 29, that puts one of the best gaming shows of the year strictly in the verboten crosshairs of the German government, forcing Gamescom to adapt to a digital strategy for this year.

In a showcase effort of just how much creativity you’re afforded within the game, Media Molecules senior designer John Beech whipped up the reason why my desktop monitor is now coated in drool and tongue smears, much like my current anime waifu body pillow.