Halo Studios has officially confirmed that Halo: Campaign Evolved has gone gold — development on the 1.0 version is complete, and the game is on track for its July 28 global release. For Singapore players, that means the wait is almost over: early access kicks off this Thursday, 24 July, for Premium and Collector’s Edition owners, with the full launch following on Tuesday, 29 July.
As we covered earlier this month, this marks the first time a mainline Halo campaign has ever come to PlayStation — so PS5 owners in Singapore are finally getting their shot at the Chief.
Image courtesy of Halo Studios / Xbox
When Can Singapore Players Start?
The global release date of July 28 at 8 AM PDT works out differently for the Asia-Pacific region. Halo Studios confirmed in the official launch FAQ that Singapore and other Asia-Pacific markets are on the same schedule as Japan:
Premium & Collector’s Edition early access: Thursday, 24 July 2026 (SGT)
Standard Edition global launch: Tuesday, 29 July 2026 (SGT)
If you were planning to buy a physical copy at local game retailers and electronics shops, the disc should be on shelves for the 29 July date — physical availability in retail was confirmed as part of the July Community Q&A.
Halo: Campaign Evolved | Cinematic Story Trailer — via HALO on YouTube
What the July Community Q&A Revealed
Alongside the gold announcement, Halo Studios published a detailed community Q&A on Halo Waypoint answering fan questions ahead of launch. A few highlights that were not part of earlier coverage:
Machinima Mode is included — it supports freecam, lowered weapons, and controlling a Spartan without needing skull unlocks, so content creators and long-time fans of the original’s machinima scene will have tools to work with from day one.
Weapon dropping works differently here: you can drop a weapon for a teammate without automatically swapping to whatever is on the ground, which sounds small but makes co-op much cleaner.
Friendly fire can be toggled on or off by the fireteam leader — handy for co-op sessions where you’d rather not grief your squadmates.
AI behaviours have been improved since the earlier preview build that media played ahead of launch.
LASO mode uses a curated assortment of skulls rather than all 42, making it — per the team — “technically more like LAASO.”
Image courtesy of Halo Studios / Xbox
Operation: METEORITE — The Three New Story Missions
Every edition of the game includes Operation: METEORITE, a brand-new three-mission arc set a year before the events of the original Halo. The prequel follows Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson on a clandestine UNSC operation aboard a Covenant research vessel — it is effectively new canon, filling in story that Halo: Combat Evolved only implied.
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Editions, Pricing and Game Pass
The game launches at USD 49.99 for the Standard Edition. The Premium Edition (USD 59.99–69.99) adds five days of early access — so Thursday 24 July in Singapore — along with a digital art book, weapon skins, armour cosmetics, and a digital manual. The Collector’s Edition at USD 199.99 is available via Halo Waypoint and mirrors the Premium digital bonuses with physical extras.
If you are on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass, the Standard Edition is included in your subscription at launch — no extra charge. That is genuinely one of the better deals in gaming right now if you have not picked up Game Pass yet.
Pre-ordering the digital version before 7:59 AM PDT on 28 July also nets you the Foundry Armory Pack — legendary-style cosmetics for the Master Chief’s Mark V Mjolnir armour — which is also bundled with physical copies.
Image courtesy of Halo Studios / Xbox
Steam Deck Verified, Handheld Optimized on Windows
One more piece of good news for portable players: the July Q&A confirmed Halo: Campaign Evolved has earned Steam Deck Verified status (the highest Steam Deck rating) and is rated Handheld Optimized on Windows handhelds. Given how popular handhelds are becoming in Singapore’s gaming scene, that is worth flagging — the Chief plays just as well lying on your sofa as he does at a desk.
Image courtesy of Halo Studios / Xbox
Nine days to go — or four if you have the Premium Edition. You can follow all our gaming news coverage here on GameTrader.SG.
The PlayStation Store Summer Sale 2026 is now live, offering up to 75 per cent off hundreds of PS5, PS4 and PS VR2 titles until 12 August. The sale runs in two waves: the opening catalogue is live right now, with a mid-sale refresh landing on 27 July — so it’s worth checking back even if nothing grabs your attention today.
The Summer Sale covers hundreds of PS5, PS4 and PS VR2 titles. (Image: PlayStation Blog)
What’s in the sale
The sale spans a wide range of genres, from blockbuster action-adventure titles to indie standouts and PS VR2 experiences. Both first-party PlayStation releases and third-party titles are included, and the catalogue is broad enough that nearly any wishlist will have something discounted. The 27 July mid-sale refresh adds a second wave of reduced titles — so the total number of deals on offer will grow partway through the promotion.
Singapore accounts get SG-region pricing when browsing on PS5 or via the web store. Prices displayed on your console or the PlayStation website reflect your regional account, so there are no surprises at checkout. To see the current full lineup, head to the PlayStation Store directly from your PS5 or visit the PlayStation Store online signed in to your SG account.
Picks worth highlighting
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Sandfall Interactive’s debut has been one of the year’s most talked-about RPGs, earning strong reviews for its painterly visual style and a combat system that blends turn-based tactics with real-time parrying. Set in a Belle Époque-inspired world shadowed by a recurring apocalypse, it’s a genuinely ambitious title from a small French studio. If you missed it at launch, the Summer Sale is an excellent entry point.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the standout picks in this year’s Summer Sale. (Image: Sandfall Interactive)
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced — Ubisoft’s enhanced return to the Caribbean brings the beloved pirate-era open-world to PS5 with updated visuals and performance. Sail between islands, hunt bounties on the high seas, and manage your crew across a hand-built open world. Black Flag remains one of the most loved entries in the Assassin’s Creed series, and this PS5-native version is the definitive way to experience it — whether you’re revisiting or playing for the first time.
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced brings the fan-favourite pirate entry to PS5. (Image: PlayStation Blog)
When and where to shop
The PlayStation Store Summer Sale 2026 runs until 12 August 2026, with a mid-sale catalogue update going live on 27 July. Browse the full selection on your PS5 under Store > Sales, or visit the PlayStation Store website and sign in to your SG account to see the full regional catalogue with SG pricing. If something’s already on your wishlist, don’t wait too long — the best titles at the deepest discounts tend to move quickly.
The Ghost of Tsushima universe is heading to anime in 2027 — and Aniplex and Crunchyroll have confirmed the creative team behind it, led by legendary dark anime writer Gen Urobuchi.
Ghost of Tsushima Legends | Official Teaser | Crunchyroll — via Crunchyroll on YouTube
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Anime Announced for Crunchyroll
A character art teaser from Aniplex and Crunchyroll reveals three extraordinary warrior figures rendered in a dark ink-brush style — already a strong signal of what KAMIKAZE DOUGA brings to animation. The series is set to premiere on Crunchyroll in 2027.
The anime is based on Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, the supernatural folklore co-op mode from Sucker Punch Productions’ acclaimed PlayStation game Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut. As relayed by Gematsu from Crunchyroll’s announcement, the anime “follows one of the last remaining samurai as he defends his homeland of Tsushima against the Mongol Empire.”
The teaser already signals the tone: three supernatural warriors — an armoured fighter bound in chains, a bow-wielding figure with spectral serpentine tendrils, and what appears to be a skeletal sorcerer draped in funerary cloth — presented against a weathered scroll-paper background. The Legends co-op drew deep from Japanese folklore’s darkest wells, and this character art stays fully in that register.
Image courtesy of Sucker Punch Productions
Gen Urobuchi Is Writing It — Yes, Really
Gen Urobuchi (NITRO PLUS) is handling both story composition and script alongside NITRO PLUS colleague Satoshi Maejima. Singapore anime fans will need no introduction to Urobuchi — he wrote Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, Psycho-Pass, and Aldnoah.Zero, and carries a reputation for emotionally brutal, morally complex storytelling that earns the nickname “Gen the Butcher.” His fluency with supernatural mythology and historical Japanese settings makes him a genuinely exciting fit for Tsushima’s haunted warrior legends rather than just a prestige hire.
Character designs are by Takashi Okazaki, creator of the Afro Samurai manga — an artist whose high-contrast, ink-heavy samurai aesthetic is already unmistakable in the teaser’s linework. The animation is produced by KAMIKAZE DOUGA, a studio known for hyper-stylised cel-art productions, with Takanobu Mizuno directing and HAYATE Inc. overseeing production.
Taken together it is one of the stronger creative teams announced for any game-to-anime adaptation in recent memory — each collaborator chosen for a specific visual or narrative reason rather than filler credits.
Image courtesy of Sucker Punch Productions
When Can Singapore Fans Watch It?
The Ghost of Tsushima: Legends anime is confirmed for 2027 on Crunchyroll, with no specific date announced yet. Given that Crunchyroll operates fully in Singapore and across Southeast Asia, this should be standard day-one streaming access for SG subscribers — barring regional surprises, which are unlikely for a Crunchyroll co-production.
If you have not played Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, the Director’s Cut is available on PS5, PS4, and PC via Steam. The co-op missions sit at the intersection of samurai action and Japanese folk horror, which is precisely the creative space Urobuchi’s script will inhabit. For more upcoming anime and manga news, check out our full section.
PS Plus subscribers in Singapore can now claim July’s three free games — they went live on PlayStation Store from today, July 7, and can be added to your library until August 3. The lineup this month covers good range: a major AAA multiplayer shooter, a deep indie RPG, and a co-op roguelite that’s ideal for weekend sessions with friends.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III — The Big One
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The headliner is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cross-Gen Bundle), which covers both PS5 and PS4 in a single claim. The package includes the full campaign — Captain Price versus the resurgent Makarov — 16 remastered classic multiplayer maps drawn from the original MW2 (2009), and the open-world co-op Zombies mode. Timing is deliberate: with Modern Warfare 4 expected later in 2026, offering MW3 free is a clear on-ramp for the franchise’s next chapter. If you’ve been sitting on the fence about the MW series, this is the moment to dive in.
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CrossCode — The Indie Gem PS Plus Keeps Delivering
Image courtesy of Radical Fish Games
CrossCode is the sleeper pick of the month, and if you haven’t heard of it, pay close attention. This critically acclaimed indie RPG (Metacritic 85) pairs retro 16-bit visuals with a smart sci-fi premise: you play as Lea, a girl navigating a fictional MMO while piecing together her lost memories. Combat is physics-based and fast; the dungeon design is puzzle-driven in a way that rewards experimentation. The game originally launched in 2018 to strong critical reception and has since built a devoted fanbase on PC — PS Plus is often where console players discover it and become obsessed. Expect this one to be the word-of-mouth recommendation of the month among SG gamers on Discord.
Image courtesy of Radical Fish Games
For the King II — Co-op Dungeon Crawling With Friends
Image courtesy of IronOak Games
For the King II completes the lineup with up to four-player online co-op. It’s a roguelite with a hand-painted tabletop aesthetic — hex-grid maps, procedurally generated worlds, and party-RPG strategy mixed with chaotic dungeon crawling. The story sends your party to overthrow the tyrannical Queen Rosomon, but in practice it’s an excuse to drop four friends into increasingly hostile dungeons and see who makes it out. Solo mode works well too, but the game finds its best form as a shared evening with a full squad. It’s the kind of game where one failed run always ends with “just one more.”
How to Claim Your PS Plus July 2026 Free Games
On your PS5 or PS4, open PlayStation Store, navigate to PS Plus > Monthly Games, and add all three titles to your library. You must claim them by 3 August 2026; once claimed, they stay in your library for as long as you hold an active PS Plus subscription. Singapore accounts are on the same global PS Plus Essential tier as the rest of Asia and receive the same lineup — no region differences to account for here. The full PlayStation Blog announcement has additional details on each title.
If you love buying physical PlayStation games — and there are plenty of us in Singapore who do — Sony just made a call that changes the equation. On 1 July, PlayStation confirmed on its official blog that physical disc production for all new PS games will cease in January 2028. After that date, every new PlayStation release will be digital-only: available through the PlayStation Store or via digital codes sold at retail, but not on a disc you can hold in your hand.
What Sony Actually Said
The announcement came from Sid Shuman, Senior Director of Sony Interactive Entertainment Content Communications, writing directly on the PlayStation Blog. Sony’s statement was unambiguous: “Physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028. Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.”
Games released or announced before January 2028 are unaffected — if a disc version ships before the cutoff, it stays in production. Publishers will also reportedly retain the ability to re-order physical stock of existing PS5 titles after the cutoff, meaning beloved older titles could continue getting pressed in smaller quantities. But any game launching after January 2028 will never see a disc version.
Sony’s framing was measured: this reflects “a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs.” They have the data. And the numbers, at least globally, are pointing one way.
Does This Confirm the PS6 Will Be Disc-Free?
PlayStation Disc Production to End January 2028 — IGN Daily Fix on YouTube
Not officially — Sony has not announced the PS6. But analysts are connecting the dots. Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis wrote, as reported by Video Games Chronicle, that the disc discontinuation “almost certainly guarantees that the PS6 won’t arrive until 2028 at the earliest,” with Ampere’s current expectation being a launch at the end of 2028. The logic is straightforward: if there are no new game discs after January 2028, shipping a next-gen console with a disc drive as standard makes very little sense. At minimum, the PS6 will almost certainly launch without one built in.
Whether Sony offers an optional disc-drive add-on — as it did with the PS5 Slim’s detachable drive — or introduces a disc-to-digital transfer programme for existing physical libraries remains to be seen. But the direction of travel is clear.
Image courtesy of PlayStation / via Gamefile.News
What Happens to Your Physical Games?
Nothing changes for what you already own. Physical PS4 and PS5 games on disc remain playable on any disc-equipped console. The PS5 Disc Edition still fully supports physical media and will do so for its lifetime. What changes is that the library of physical games will stop expanding after January 2028 — if you are playing physical, you will increasingly be drawing from a fixed catalogue that does not grow with new releases.
The longer-term concern is what digital-only means for ownership security. Sony has already sunset the PS3 and PSP digital stores, raising real questions about what happens to digitally purchased titles when storefronts eventually close. Going all-digital does not make that risk disappear — it makes it the only risk, with no physical fallback.
Image courtesy of PlayStation / via Gamefile.News
The Singapore Picture: Trading, Collecting, and What Comes Next
For Singapore gamers, physical media has always carried a specific economic logic: buy a new release, finish it, sell it back, repeat. That cycle works precisely because games have resale value when they sit on a disc. Once new releases stop shipping on disc, that loop breaks. The flow of recent titles into the pre-owned market will slow to a trickle from whatever was released before January 2028.
Pre-owned game retail — a staple of Singapore’s gaming scene — will feel this shift over time, though the impact will be gradual. The existing physical catalogue for PS4 and PS5 is enormous and will remain tradeable for years. The real question is what the new release landscape looks like post-2028: a world where every game you buy is locked to your account, with no second-hand value and no ability to lend it to a friend.
There is a collector’s silver lining: physical versions of games released before the cutoff may appreciate in value as production ends permanently. If you are building a PlayStation physical library, the January 2028 deadline is effectively a hard last call — nothing new gets added after that. For those who have always preferred the shelf of cases to a download queue, there is still a window.
More details on Sony’s transition plan — including how publishers will handle digital retail codes and whether a disc drive add-on is planned — are expected in the months ahead. Watch this space for updates as they come.
Crunchyroll had a packed stage at Anime Expo 2026 this weekend, but the image that’s still echoing around the convention floor came from one announcement: the first character visuals for Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, the 2027 anime series heading to Crunchyroll. Drawn by Takashi Okazaki — the artist and creator behind Afro Samurai — the four portraits are unlike anything else shown at the convention this year. Dark, dense, folklore-soaked, and rendered in Okazaki’s unmistakable ink-heavy style, they make a statement before a single frame of animation has screened.
Takashi Okazaki’s Designs Are the Real Story
If you know Okazaki’s work on Afro Samurai, you already have a feel for what these visuals are doing. They abandon the clean character-sheet aesthetic common to anime announcements entirely and lean into something older and more tactile — ink-black linework, parchment textures, dramatic negative space, and slashes of blood-red calligraphy bleeding across each portrait.
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / PlayStation Productions
The group visual alone shows you the tonal distance this series is travelling from Ghost of Tsushima’s original campaign. These are not the grounded, historically textured samurai designs of Jin Sakai’s story. They are supernatural in every line — an archer wrapped in bone and shadow, a kitsune-masked figure bristling with blades, and looming behind them both, something far older and more dangerous. The aesthetic signals that Legends is taking its folklore inspirations seriously.
This Isn’t Jin Sakai’s Story — and That’s the Right Call
The anime adapts Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, the free co-op mode added to the original game that diverged sharply from Jin’s solo campaign. Where the main game told a grounded story about a samurai fighting the Mongol invasion, Legends dropped players into Japanese mythology — fighting oni, navigating the spirit realm, and teaming up across four archetypes (Samurai, Hunter, Ronin, and Assassin) in missions drawn from folktales.
That supernatural register gives the anime a distinct identity rather than retreading ground Jin’s story already covered. It also hands Okazaki, director Takanobu Mizuno, and writer Gen Urobuchi a canvas that suits their strengths. Urobuchi built his reputation on dark mythological drama — from Puella Magi Madoka Magica‘s deconstruction of the magical girl genre to Fate/Zero‘s brutal war of Noble Phantasms to the oppressive world of Psycho-Pass. A series rooted in supernatural horror and Japanese folklore is exactly where his storytelling lands hardest, and his involvement here is the single biggest creative signal that this won’t be a safe franchise tie-in.
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / PlayStation Productions
The Team Behind It
The full creative lineup, confirmed by Crunchyroll:
Director: Takanobu Mizuno — previously directed Star Wars: Visions “The Duel” at Kamikaze Douga, which showcased the studio’s capacity for stylised, high-impact short-form animation
Series Composition & Script: Gen Urobuchi and Satoshi Maejima (both of Nitro Plus)
Character Design: Takashi Okazaki (creator of Afro Samurai)
Animation Studio: KAMIKAZE DOUGA (also known for Batman Ninja, Batman Ninja vs. The Yakuza League, Sand Land The Series)
Production: HAYATE Inc., Crunchyroll, Aniplex, Sony Music, PlayStation Productions
Image courtesy of Crunchyroll / PlayStation Productions
Crunchyroll in 2027 — and What This Means for Singapore
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends the anime is set for a 2027 premiere exclusively on Crunchyroll. No specific window has been announced beyond the year, and no trailer has dropped yet — the AX 2026 reveal was character visuals only. Given the production lineup, a full teaser is likely still months away.
For Singapore’s PlayStation and anime communities, this is one to watch closely. Ghost of Tsushima was one of the biggest PlayStation exclusives to land in the region — the game’s Japanese aesthetic resonated strongly with Southeast Asian players — and the Urobuchi-Okazaki-Kamikaze Douga combination is the kind of creative pedigree that gets the anime community here genuinely excited. Urobuchi’s past work has consistently performed well in Singapore, and a series threading dark folklore through prestige PlayStation IP feels well-calibrated for this audience.
We’ll keep tracking this one as more details emerge. For the latest anime news, check our Manga & Anime section.
Physical game discs on PlayStation have an expiry date: Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed on 1 July 2026 that all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will stop being sold on disc from January 2028. It is the end of an era stretching back to the original PlayStation in 1994.
PlayStation Disc Production to End January 2028 – IGN Daily Fix — via IGN on YouTube
What Sony Actually Announced
In a post on the official PlayStation Blog, Senior Director of content communications Sid Shuman stated: “This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs.”
The move covers all new releases — Sony’s own first-party titles and third-party games alike — from January 2028 onward. Titles already on shelves or launching before that date are unaffected; any disc you own will continue to work on your PS5. Physical retail will not vanish entirely: Sony confirmed new games will still be sold at retailers, but in “digital format only” — most likely through download cards or code-in-box packaging, though the exact format has yet to be confirmed.
The numbers back Sony’s call. According to the company’s own FY2025 financial results, roughly 85 per cent of full-game sales on PS4 and PS5 are already digital.
Image courtesy of Sony Interactive Entertainment
Remember When PlayStation Mocked Xbox Over Exactly This?
Here is the part that stings if you have been gaming long enough. At E3 2013, Microsoft floated an original Xbox One built around always-online checks and restrictions on used and shared games. Sony went straight for the throat. On stage it confirmed the PS4 would happily play used games with no online check-in required, and the crowd erupted. Then it drove the point home online with a now-legendary clip — the “Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video” — in which the entire tutorial for sharing a game was one person handing the disc to another.
Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video — via PlayStation on YouTube
That clip became one of the most celebrated moments in console-war history, and for years it was the cleanest summary of what PlayStation stood for: you buy the disc, you own the disc, you do what you like with it. Thirteen years on, Sony is quietly walking that promise to the door. The company that won so much goodwill by defending physical ownership is now the one retiring it.
What Changes — and What Doesn’t
Here is a quick breakdown of what the announcement actually changes:
New games from January 2028 onwards: no disc version will be produced.
Games you already own on disc: continue to work on PS5 exactly as before.
Pre-owned and resale of existing disc games: still possible — just not for new-gen titles released after the cutoff.
Physical retail: remains open, but the format shifts to something code-based (to be confirmed by Sony).
Collector and limited editions: publishers may still release physical-style boxes with download codes after 2028, but disc-inside packaging ends.
In practical terms, if you are planning to build a physical PS5 library, the window is now clearly defined: anything releasing before January 2028 may be your last chance to own it on disc.
PS3 and PS Vita Stores Are Also Closing
Bundled into the same announcement, Sony confirmed that the PlayStation online stores for PS3 and PS Vita will close globally in 2027. This echoes the 2021 closure attempt that Sony reversed following intense fan backlash — this time, the decision appears final. Digital-only games on those platforms that you have not yet purchased will no longer be available to buy once the stores close, though previously purchased content will remain downloadable “for the foreseeable future.” If you have a PS3 or Vita backlog you have been meaning to clear, now is the time to complete those purchases.
When the Servers Go Dark, Your Games Can Go With Them
The Vita and PS3 store closures are a preview of the real cost of an all-digital future, and it is worth being honest about it. A disc is yours forever — pop it in and it plays, servers or no servers, publisher alive or long gone. A digital licence is a permission slip. When the storefront shuts, the servers go offline, or a publisher pulls the listing, the game you “bought” can simply vanish, and there is no shelf to pull it back off.
We have already watched it happen — delisted titles, de-authorised licences, and live-service games switched off for good with nothing left to show for the money. That is an entire slice of gaming history a future player may never be able to legally buy, borrow, or trade. Physical media is how games survive their own era; it is the reason a curious kid can still dig a PS2 classic out of a bin at a flea market decades later. Take the disc away and you do not just lose convenience — you chip away at the whole culture of retro gaming and preservation that keeps these games alive.
What Singapore Gamers and Collectors Should Know
For Singapore, this announcement lands on several fronts at once.
The local pre-owned game scene — shops that buy and resell physical PS5 discs — depends on a steady pipeline of new disc releases. Once January 2028 passes and no new discs are pressed, that pipeline runs dry for new-gen titles. The trade-in market for games released before the cutoff will persist for some years, but its long-term outlook changes considerably. Expect to see how major game retailers and electronics chains in Singapore adapt their trade-in and resale offerings as we get closer to 2028.
For collectors, particularly those who favour limited editions and steelbooks, the situation is more nuanced. Premium physical editions of titles launching before 2028 will still come on disc. After that, whether publishers will produce collector-tier packaging with download cards is genuinely unknown. If there are upcoming physical editions on your radar — GTA VI disc copies, for instance, or highly anticipated JRPGs and action titles expected in late 2026 and 2027 — picking them up in disc form while you still can is worth considering.
There is also the Japan import angle. Singapore’s gaming community includes many players who source games from Japan, where the physical market remains exceptionally strong. Sony’s announcement is global, so Japanese PS5 releases will also go disc-free from January 2028. Japanese-exclusive physical editions — a popular collector target precisely because they are distinct from Western releases — will disappear for new-gen titles after the cutoff.
Image courtesy of Sony Interactive Entertainment
Why This One Hits Home for Us
We will be upfront: this news is personal for us. GameTrader.SG started as a passion project, back when the only way Singapore gamers swapped titles was posting on online forums — a thread here, a “WTT” reply there, meeting a stranger at an MRT station to trade a game you had finished for one you hadn’t. We grew up doing exactly that: lending discs to friends, swapping cartridges with our cousins, arguing over who got to borrow the good one first. Those trades were how we discovered half the games we still love today.
So we built GameTrader.SG to keep that alive — the first and longest-running platform in Singapore dedicated purely to game disc trading. Today the community has grown to 19,584 members, with 73,616 listings posted and 50,740 games sold and traded — every one of them a physical copy that moved from one player’s shelf to another’s. None of that works without discs. A digital licence cannot be lent to a friend, gifted to a cousin, or resold once you are done with it. That simple act — passing a game to someone else — is exactly what an all-digital future quietly takes away, and it is the very thing we have spent years building this community around.
Is the PS5 Disc Edition Still Worth Buying?
If you already own a PS5 disc edition, your console is not going anywhere — it plays every disc you have now and every disc released before January 2028. The real question is whether the disc drive justifies the premium over the PS5 Digital Edition going forward. For players who already buy digitally, the Digital Edition becomes the clearer value proposition sooner. For collectors building a physical library right now, the disc edition remains the right call — at least until the cutoff arrives.
One more item to flag: Sony has made no official statement about the PS6’s hardware, but analysts are widely reading this announcement as a strong signal that Sony’s next console will launch without a disc drive at all. Nothing is confirmed, but it is the logical read of this policy direction.
Stay across the latest game industry news on GameTrader.SG as more details emerge on the post-2028 physical retail strategy.
PS Plus July 2026 brings three very different games to the Essential, Extra and Premium lineup — and at least one of them is a genuine hidden gem that Singapore gamers should not overlook. All three titles are available to download from 7 July through 3 August 2026 on PS5 and PS4, as announced on the PlayStation Blog.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Cross-Gen Bundle
Image courtesy of Activision
The headliner this month is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III’s Cross-Gen Bundle — available for both PS4 and PS5. The 2023 entry from Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games brought back 16 remastered multiplayer maps from the beloved 2011 original, a reworked open-world Zombies mode, and continued integration with the broader Call of Duty ecosystem including Warzone. If you want to catch up on the current storyline before the next major CoD release, getting in for free is the right time.
For the King II — bring three friends
IronOak Games’ turn-based roguelite RPG For the King II supports up to four players in online co-op. The sequel builds on the original with new map biomes, expanded character classes, and stronger online functionality. If you have a group that can coordinate a session, this one justifies itself immediately — it is the kind of game that plays best when someone is shouting about the wrong tactical decision from across a shared chat.
CrossCode — the indie RPG worth staying up for
Image courtesy of Radical Fish Games
CrossCode from Radical Fish Games is the quiet standout this month. A pixel-art action RPG that layers fast-paced twin-stick combat onto puzzle-heavy dungeons — all framed by a clever science-fiction MMO narrative — it offers anywhere from 30 to 80 hours of content depending on how deeply you explore. It has earned a devoted following since its 2018 launch and routinely surfaces in discussions about the best indie RPGs of the last decade. If it has been on your wishlist for years, this is the push to finally play it.
What to do before 7 July
Before this month’s games go live, check the PlayStation Blog post for the full list of titles rotating out of PS Plus this month. Adding any departing games to your library before 7 July locks them in for the duration of your active subscription — even if you play them later. PS Plus subscribers in Singapore can access all three new titles through the PlayStation Store on their PS5 or PS4.
For ongoing PlayStation and gaming deals coverage, head to our Game News section.
Sony’s June 2 State of Play ran for over 60 minutes and packed in more than a dozen game reveals — but one announcement silenced every PlayStation fan in the room. We now have a new God of War, and Kratos is not the one holding the axe.
State of Play | June 2, 2026 [English] — via PlayStation on YouTube
God of War Laufey — A New Protagonist, a New Era
The show’s finale dropped the biggest surprise of the night: God of War Laufey, starring Faye — Kratos’ wife, Atreus’ mother, and a warrior who was supposed to be dead. The premise is tantalising: “Death was supposed to be the end, but for Laufey, a new adventure is just beginning.”
No release date was confirmed beyond TBA 2026, but the gameplay footage shown was clearly running on PS5 hardware, and the mythology-soaked world looks every bit as stunning as Ragnarök. For Singapore PS5 gamers who have been waiting for the next chapter after Ragnarök‘s cliffhanger, this is it — and we are watching Faye’s story unfold.
Marvel’s Wolverine Gets a Date: 15 September 2026
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Insomniac Games’ long-awaited Marvel’s Wolverine finally has a launch date — 15 September 2026, PS5 exclusive. The extended gameplay reveal showed Logan fighting alongside Jean Grey and clashing with cybernetic Reavers serving the industrialist Bolivar Trask. Sabretooth appears to be lurking as a key antagonist.
Combat looks brutal in the best way: a Rage meter builds with successful hits, Tier 3 unlocking a stylised monochromatic slaughter mode. The Healing Factor activates as a Last Stand mechanic when health hits critical. This is a full single-player action game — no multiplayer, no live service — and that alone has us excited.
Confirmed pricing: Standard Edition at US$69.99 / ¥8,980; SGD pricing has not been officially announced at the time of writing, though local PlayStation partners typically price at a comparable SGD rate to Japan’s yen figure. Keep an eye on the PlayStation Singapore store.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword — 25 September, and It Looks Stunning
For fans of Capcom’s beloved samurai series, Onimusha: Way of the Sword now has a firm date: 25 September 2026 on PS5. Set in early Edo-period Kyoto, the game brings the demon-slaying, oni-gauntlet action of the classic PS2 series into full modern 3D for the first time. A playable demo was also announced as part of the State of Play reveal.
This one matters particularly for Singapore and Southeast Asian gamers — Onimusha has always had a devoted following in this region. The feudal Japan aesthetic, the brutal sword combat, the yokai enemies: it all holds up, and then some.
The Full Fall 2026 PS5 Lineup at a Glance
Beyond the headliners, the State of Play confirmed a stacked September–October 2026 window for PS5:
Dune: Awakening — 22 September (open-world survival MMO)
Marvel’s Wolverine — 15 September
Control Resonant — 24 September
Silent Hill: Townfall — 24 September
Onimusha: Way of the Sword — 25 September
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve — 2 October
Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition — 1 October
Rayman Legends Retold — 1 October
Phantom Blade Zero — 29 October
No Rest for the Wicked — October (date TBC)
That is eight confirmed releases between mid-September and end of October. Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition alone will have Southeast Asian gaming cafes buzzing — the Warriors franchise is a staple here.
Longer-Term Reveals Worth Noting
Until Dawn 2 is coming in 2027 as a standalone horror sequel from Firesprite, this time dropping ghost hunters onto an abandoned tropical island — branching choices intact. Kemuri, a yokai-hunting co-op action game from Ikumi Nakamura’s studio UNSEEN, also debuted for 2027; the Tokyo setting and supernatural enemy design look genuinely original.
PlayStation Plus subscribers get some treats too: Runescape: Dragonwilds hits Game Catalog day one, and Premium members get Gitaroo Man this June and Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams in August — great timing to revisit the series before Way of the Sword drops.
Last Words
For Singapore PS5 owners, the State of Play just turned the second half of 2026 into one of the most expensive gaming seasons in recent memory. God of War Laufey has no date yet, but Wolverine, Onimusha, Dune Awakening, and Dynasty Warriors 3 all land within six weeks of each other. Budget wisely.
The full 60-minute show is on PlayStation’s YouTube channel if you want to watch every reveal back to back. And check out our coverage of other gaming news to stay up to date ahead of Summer Game Fest this week.
