Mia Caldwell

Trials of Mana is among five games leaving PlayStation Plus in August, ahead of the release of forthcoming series addition Visions of Mana.

Five games are now in the ‘Last chance to play’ collection on Sony’s PlayStation Plus catalogue: NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition, Need for Speed Unbound, SpellForce 3 Reforced, Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed, and Trials of Mana.

All five will leave the service on 20th August.

Visions of Mana | Launch Date Trailer

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Pokémon Unite, the hugely popular free-to-play MOBA from Tencent’s TiMi Studios, is being yanked offline in Belgium and Netherlands from November next year, amid the countries’ ongoing crackdown on loot boxes in games.

All versions of Pokémon Unite – that is, on Android, iOS, and Switch – will be pulled from digital stores on 30th November 2025, but subscriptions and in-game items will cease to be available much earlier. They’ll no longer be purchasable from 31st October this year.

“We’d like to thank our players in Belgium and Netherlands for their support,” The Pokémon Company wrote in an announcement on its website, “and we apologise for any inconvenience.”

UK: Pokémon UNITE is coming this summer!

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Epic Games has offered a few more details on its under-wraps Disney project, which will connect into Fortnite.

The mysterious project was announced earlier this year alongside a $1.5bn investment by Disney into Epic Games, strengthening the already-close bond between the two companies.

Fortnite features dozens of Disney skins, including characters from Star Wars, Marvel and now Pixar franchises. In the coming weeks, Disney animation villains such as Cruella De Vil and Maleficient will also join the game’s ranks.

All of these skins can be used without restriction: Spider-Man and Luke Skywalker can team up to headshot enemies with shotguns and uzis before doing the floss dance to celebrate. But it sounds like this won’t be the case with Epic Games’ Disney-…

England superstar Jude Bellingham makes the box art of EA Sports FC this year.

Fresh from unpacking his bags after England’s attempt at glory in the Euros, Bellingham was announced today as having taken the coveted cover slot.

It’s not a huge surprise. Bellingham also features on the EA Sports FC 25 Ultimate Edition cover, alongside football/product placement legend David Beckham and Spanish star Aitana Bonmatí. Zinedine Zidane and Gianluigi Buffon also appear.

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