Tencent's Secret Bet on Highguard Collapsed in Two Weeks
Chinese gaming giant Tencent secretly funded shooter Highguard, then pulled the plug just two weeks after launch when the game failed to hit retention targets.
Yuki Tamura Article Archive
All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
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Pokémon Turns 30: Gen 10 Revealed, But Fans Must Wait Until 2027
Pokémon Wind and Waves confirmed as Gen 10, launching on Switch 2 in 2027. The 30th anniversary showcase also revealed Pokémon Champions, GameCube classics, and mobile updates.
Mitchell Tan 
Tencent Shuts TiMi Montreal After Five Years, Zero Games Shipped
Tencent has closed its TiMi Montreal studio without releasing a single game in five years, the latest sign of Chinese publishers pulling back from North American studios.
Sarah Cheng 
Epic's Better Revenue Deal Means Nothing If Nobody's Buying
New Blood Interactive CEO Dave Oshry says the Epic Games Store's generous revenue split is worthless without customers. His Christmas experiment proved him right.
Tom Whitfield 
Ubisoft Installs Veteran Trio to Lead Assassin's Creed as Tencent's Billions Reshape the Franchise
Ubisoft has appointed three franchise veterans to lead Assassin's Creed into its next phase under Vantage Studios, the Tencent-backed subsidiary now central to the publisher's survival strategy.
Mitchell Tan 
Insomniac Locks In Wolverine for September as PC Gamers Plan Their Wait
Insomniac Games has confirmed Marvel's Wolverine launches on PS5 on September 15, 2026, setting up a familiar waiting game for PC players based on Sony's porting history.
Mitchell Tan 
French Games Publisher Nacon Files for Insolvency After Parent Company's Loan Default
French AA publisher Nacon has filed for insolvency after parent company Bigben Interactive defaulted on a €43 million bond repayment, putting 16 studios and more than 1,000 jobs at risk.
Sophia Vargas 
The Bloodborne That Never Was: How Sony Lost a Studio and a Decade of Fan Hope
Bluepoint Games pitched a Bloodborne remake in early 2025, but FromSoftware vetoed it. Months later, Sony shut the studio down, leaving 70 people out of work.
Darren Ong 
Albanese Backs US Action as Khamenei's Death Reshapes Middle East
PM Albanese says Khamenei 'will not be mourned' as US-Israeli strikes kill Iran's supreme leader and threaten global oil supplies.
Victoria Crawford 
Discord Retreats on Age Checks After Surveillance Fears Grip Users
Discord has delayed its global age verification system to late 2026 and dumped contractor Persona after users raised serious concerns about surveillance links and data handling.
Rachel Thornbury 
Amazon Drops Maverick Games Racer as Gaming Retreat Deepens
Amazon has ended its publishing deal with Maverick Games, leaving the ex-Forza Horizon studio hunting for a new partner as Amazon retreats to Tomb Raider and its Luna streaming service.
Yuki Tamura 
Sony's PS5 Pro Gets Smarter Upscaling While AMD Leaves PC Gamers Behind
Sony has confirmed an upgraded PSSR upscaler for PS5 Pro, co-developed with AMD, while owners of AMD's RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 cards remain locked out of the equivalent FSR 4 technology.
Helen Cartwright 
OpenAI Raises $110 Billion in History's Largest Private Tech Funding Round
OpenAI has closed a record $110 billion funding round backed by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, valuing the company at $730 billion and reshaping the global AI infrastructure race.
Zara Mitchell 
Sony's PC Retreat: The Console Wars Are Back, Whether We Like It or Not
Reports suggest Sony is pulling back from releasing major single-player exclusives on PC, reversing a strategy it invested in heavily just four years ago.
Nina Papadopoulos 
Intel Loses Another Foundry Chief as Qualcomm Swoops In
Intel's foundry chief Kevin O'Buckley has joined Qualcomm, the latest in a string of senior exits testing the chipmaker's turnaround under CEO Lip-Bu Tan.
Helen Cartwright 
California's OS Age Law and Discord's Verification Mess: A Warning for Australia
California now requires every operating system to collect user ages at setup. Discord's botched rollout shows how badly tech and governments are handling this.
Riley Fitzgerald 
GoldenEye Veterans Bet on Words, Not Bullets, With Balatro-Style Indie
The creators of GoldenEye and TimeSplitters have ditched shooters for a word-game roguelike, and early signs suggest the indie market may reward their pivot.
Mitchell Tan 
Stardew Valley Turns 10, and the Internet Has Opinions About the Blacksmith
Stardew Valley hits 50 million copies sold at 10, but fans are divided over update 1.7's surprise romance candidate: Pelican Town's awkward blacksmith, Clint.
Oliver Pemberton 
Dead Medieval MMO Gloria Victis Returns From the Grave Under New Publisher Gamigo
Gloria Victis, the medieval sandbox MMO that closed in 2023 after a decade in development, is returning under publisher Gamigo as a free-to-play title.
Yuki Tamura 
Bungie's Marathon Hits 143,000 Players but Feedback Is Divided
Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon drew nearly 143,000 concurrent Steam players during its Server Slam, but complaints about UI, sparse PvP, and ammo scarcity are clouding an otherwise promising debut.
Mitchell Tan 
Antarctica's Ancient Fungus Is the Star of Cryptica, a New Psychological Horror Game
Cryptica casts players as Ari Harper, searching for a sister who vanished with a documentary crew in Antarctica, where melting permafrost has unleashed a hallucination-inducing fungus.
Yuki Tamura 
Debt, Brawls, and Black V8s: Samson Locks In April 8 Launch
Liquid Swords has confirmed Samson: A Tyndalston Story launches April 8, blending car combat and hand-to-hand brawling in a debt-fuelled action romp.
Yuki Tamura 
Hubris and a Missing Mic: How Highguard's Leadership Sank Wildlight
Former staff say Wildlight leadership's belief they could replicate Apex Legends' success doomed Highguard before it launched.
Priya Narayanan 
Paramount Seizes Warner Bros in a $111 Billion Media Earthquake
Paramount Skydance has clinched a $111 billion deal for Warner Bros Discovery after Netflix declined to match the higher bid, reshaping Hollywood in ways that will echo across the Pacific.
Yuki Tamura 
Marathon's Brutal TTK Sparks Debate as Bungie Bets on the Hardcore
Bungie's Marathon launches March 5 with a deliberately fast TTK that rewards coordinated squads, setting up a sharp design contrast with genre rival Arc Raiders.
Priya Narayanan 
Cicadamata Demo Offers a Solo Alternative to Marathon's Divisive PvP Vision
A free demo for the indie FPS Cicadamata is capturing attention from players drawn to Marathon's striking aesthetic but put off by its extraction shooter format.
Rachel Thornbury 
The YouTuber Who Proved Hollywood Wrong: Markiplier's $50M Wake-Up Call
Markiplier's self-financed horror film Iron Lung has grossed $50 million worldwide, forcing Hollywood to reckon with the audience power of YouTube creators.
Ella Sullivan 
A BioShock 2 Idea That Never Was Is Finally Getting Its Moment
A scare mechanic abandoned during BioShock 2's development is finally coming to life in The Killing Stone, an occult deckbuilder from a studio led by former BioShock veterans.
Daniel Kovac 
Resident Evil Requiem Arrives, and Its Final Choice Divides Players
Resident Evil Requiem is out now, and its climactic Elpis decision is splitting the gaming community. Here's what you need to know.
Aisha Khoury 
The Little Studio That Won (Against Its Will)
Indie outfit Suspicious Developments has announced a breakout year for Tactical Breach Wizards, doubling its own sales record — then accidentally winning an award it tried very hard to lose.
Kate Morrison