If you’ve been waiting for a white PlayStation 4, then there’s some good news, as long as you don’t live in the United States.
Sony has just announced the new Glacier White PS4, and it’s set to release January 24 in Europe, Japan, and Asia.
The new variant looks just like the redesigned, slimmer, version of the PS4 released in September of last year. It will still have HDR support and will come bundled with a controller and 500GB hard drive. Unfortunately, for more hardcore gamers who have a predilection for all things white, a white PS4 Pro was not announced. As of now, the PS4 Pro can only be had in black.
The PlayStation 4 was launched in November of 2013. A little more than two years later, and with 53.4 million consoles sold, it’s about time Sony released some new colors. That’s not to say there have never been options outside of the traditional black. Gamers in the U.S. have had opportunities to get a white and gold PS4 with the limited edition Destiny: The Taken King bundle.
There was also a Batman: Arkham Knight Steel Gray bundle, a Taco Bell Gold bundle via contest, and the highly sought after 20th-anniversary gray bundle. All of these, however, were only available for a limited time, and in some cases are selling far above the retail price of $299.
Microsoft last August launched the Xbox One S, which included HDR and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, the latter of which isn’t even supported on the PS4 Pro. It came in white and had a dramatic redesign. Considering Sony’s strong momentum and holiday sales of 6.2 million, however, there may be little pressure at the company to reinvent the wheel if the current one is rolling along just fine.
Imagine tapping a Zelda icon on your iPhone and jumping straight into Hyrule. A new open-source project called nxnative makes that possible by repackaging Switch games you’ve bought into apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with no emulator in the middle.
Why does this run so well on Apple devices?
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”