It might only be July, but Hallmark is already revealing its first wave of 2026 Keepsake Ornaments. The star of this year’s gaming-themed collection is an impressively accurate recreation of the original PlayStation, complete with light effects and the console’s iconic start-up sounds.

The ornament, which is the first time Hallmark has ‘adapted’ a PlayStation console, is now available for purchase exclusively from Hallmark with a retail price of $28.99.

For a decoration that only measures four inches wide, Hallmark's take on the PlayStation packs in the details. Artist Orville Wilson managed to squeeze in pretty much every divet and button you'd find on the actual console, including the trio of Power, Reset, and Open buttons.

Given recent news about the digital-only future of PlayStation games, it almost brings a tear to my eye to see that 'Open' button accompanied by a beautiful disc drive. A detailed rendition of the OG controller sits on top of the console and is also 'plugged in' with a true-to-life wired connection. Turn the console around and you’ll even find tiny AC and AV ports.

An ever-growing trend in the Hallmark collections is lighting and sound effects. In this case, when you press the PlayStation’s Power button, you’ll see a little green light and hear the console’s particularly iconic startup sound. To power its special effects, the ornament comes with three alkaline LR44 replaceable button batteries.

The Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Premiere is a week-long event revealing over 250 new ornaments for 2026. A second batch of around 150 new ornaments will be revealed in another premiere event this September. Yes, it really is that serious.

Unlike the Hallmark-exclusive PlayStation console ornament, most other new Hallmark ornaments are available on Amazon.

Nintendo is definitely getting a lot of love from the holiday retailer this year. Yoshi is getting his own high-tech ornament that features real motion reminiscent of the ‘Hatchin Yoshi’ toy that was released alongside The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

The new collection also extends beyond just ornaments. You could make Santa Pikachu the very literal star of your celebrations with a tree topper of the iconic Pokémon on a light-up Poké Ball.

One company name missing from the list of new reveals is Xbox. In Hallmark’s defense, they’ve released tons of Xbox ornaments over the years, including an ornament of the original console that plays the theme music from Halo: Combat Evolved.

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A new look at Kingdom Hearts 4 may be imminent.

Disney has confirmed its plans for D23, a Disney-specific convention that covers movies, TV shows, and anything Disney related. While you can expect updates on a bunch of major projects, there is one project that gamers are particularly interested in: Kingdom Hearts 4. While Disney hasn't explicitly confirmed a new look at the game at D23, it did confirm that there will be an hour-long panel celebrating 25 years of Kingdom Hearts.

"Join us for a journey through light and darkness as we commemorate 25 years of Kingdom Hearts," reads the description for the panel. "Discover how this saga united Disney, Pixar, and Square Enix, with insights from the creative minds, character voices, and more behind the magic."

It would be pretty surprising if they let a celebratory 25th anniversary panel come and go without some news on Kingdom Hearts 4... but this is Square Enix we're talking about. It's not unheard of for this company or franchise to have a missed opportunity to promote a new game. However, it does seem like we're getting fairly close to its release.

Last month, Kingdom Hearts 4 got its first trailer in four years at a Nintendo Direct. While it didn't exactly set the world on fire with any mind blowing new reveals or release date news, it did show that Square Enix is revving up the marketing machine for the game. Perhaps this D23 panel will feature a glimpse at new content in the game or give us a 2027 release window. Either way, we will just have to cross our fingers and hope Square Enix doesn't let us down.

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Montreal-based developer Compulsion Games, who avoided closure amidst the mass layoffs by Xbox Game Studios this month by negotiating its independence, has taken to LinkedIn to let other developers and publishers know that they are open for business – and seemingly open to working as a support studio and/or co-developer on another team's project.

"With Compulsion Games returning to its roots as an independent developer, we are expanding opportunities to collaborate with studios across the games and entertainment industry," the studio's LinkedIn post reads. "We invite partners to leverage the talent and creativity of the award-winning team behind South of Midnight...We are excited to support the development of memorable experiences that engage and entertain players around the world." The full statement is below:

Compulsion released 2025's South of Midnight to critical acclaim, receiving an 8 out of 10 (Great) from IGN and a "Generally Favorable" rating on the review-aggregate website Metacritic. Xbox acquired the studio in 2018 after it had developed We Happy Few and Contrast prior to that.

Xbox's parting of ways with Compulsion (and Double Fine, Undead Labs, Ninja Theory, and Arkane) comes as the first-party publisher looks to focus its efforts on its biggest franchises – a strategy I've got an idea for regarding how it might play out.

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