The News of the Week (#20 2025)

This week we have welcomed Doom: The Dark Age, one of the great Xbox bets for the first half of the year, and The Precinct, a sandbox like the classic GTA but with a protagonist policeman. We also discover that Stellar Blade for PC will be put on sale on June 12, while Nintendo has detailed the improvements that some of its switch games on Switch 2 will have, and recognized that the sales forecasts of its new console are conservative for the price and not for the production capacity. Continuing with Switch 2, it has been clear that Nintendo cannot use the console in Europe for inappropriate use, but letting a game unusable.

We do not abandon the consoles to talk about PlayStation 5, which has managed to reach 77.8 million units dispatched after suffering an interannual fall of sales of 37 %. On the other hand, we have Ubisoft delaying the launch of all its great projects to improve its quality, while Valve has sent a message of calm by ensuring that a recent filtration is harmless for players because Steam systems have not been violated. In addition, Hideo Kojima has confessed that his personal assistant has a USB with games ideas that his team can use when he dies.

In technology we have the mobile Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge that stands out for its 5.8 mm thick and the Sony Xperia 1 VII that emphasizes the audio. These two smartphones Possibly they will end up installing the new version of Android with the Material 3 Expressive design language and the new protections against scams and telephone fraud. On the other hand, MSI has taken advantage of the Computex 2025 to show its new range of OLED monitors for games. We end with the Fallout series, whose second season will be available in December in Prime Video while the third is already insured.

Nintendo

Xbox

• Renewed Fallout for a third season and the second will arrive in December.
• Available Doom: The Dark Ages, a delivery with a more landed combat and a Sierra shield.

PlayStation

• Helldivers II is updated with new enemies and weapons customization.
• PS5 reaches 77.8 million units sold.
• Sony does not rule out uploading the price of PS5, at least in the United States, for the impact of tariffs.
• Gran Turismo 7 Add new cars including Ferrari 812 Superfast.
• Sand Land, Soul Hackers 2 and the Stalker trilogy between the new additions to the PS Plus catalog.
• Stellar Blade confirms the release date for PC and reveals its requirements.
• Jade Raymond leaves Haven Studios, the PlayStation Studios team he founded.

PC/Mobile
Multiplatform
Technology/Internet

• Sandisk advances SSD units up to 512 TB by 2027, with 128 TB albums already imminent.
• The Sony Xperia 1 VII arrives with Snapdragon 8 Elite, improved and special emphasis on audio for 1,499 euros.
• Samsung reveals the Galaxy S25 EDGE, with Snapdragon 8 elite and 3,900 mAh battery in just 5.8 mm thick.
• Microsoft announces the dismissal of more than 6,000 employees.
• Android announces the material design language 3 Expressive and new protections against scams and telephone fraud.
• Riders Republic will have a film adaptation with the directors of Bad Boys for Life.
• The European Commission accuses Tiktok of violating advertising transparency laws.
• MSI updates its OLED range for games with new 27 -inch monitors at 500 Hz with AI to avoid burned.