Video games, esports, gaming industry, and interactive entertainment
Embark Studios has ended its relationship with co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Rob Runesson following allegations of sexual misconduct. An external investigation did not substantiate the claims, but the studio said it found the situation untenable.
Rachel Thornbury 
Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 now let players add private notes to their friend lists. It's a sensible quality-of-life feature, but raises a question: why did it take this long?
Tom Whitfield 
Nintendo's new system update allows most original Switch games to run at higher resolutions and frame rates while handheld, closing a long-standing gap between docked and portable play.
Jake Nguyen 
The lead AI programmer on The Sims 4 made a bold call during development: completely rebuild the system controlling how Sims behave, just weeks before the game's alpha phase.
Zara Mitchell 
Everwind arrives on Steam as a voxel-based survival RPG that borrows from Minecraft but charts its own course through procedurally generated islands and airship exploration.
Tom Whitfield 
Death Stranding 2 will receive significant updates when its PC version launches on 19 March, including a harder difficulty mode and previously cut live-action scenes.
Sophia Vargas 
Sony has released a major software update for the PlayStation Portal with a new 1080p High Quality streaming mode and refined cloud gaming features, as the device becomes the most-used PS5 Remote Play solution.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Australian gamers are bracing for the most expensive PC hardware market in years as manufacturers hike prices up to 30%, budget components vanish, and a global supply crunch takes hold.
Jake Nguyen 
Arrowhead's latest content drop escalates the Illuminate threat with new enemy types, environmental puzzles, and a galaxy-shaking mystery on the storm-ravaged planet Seasse.
Jimmy O'Brien 
After months of stunning PC footage, Crimson Desert's PS5 gameplay reveals what console players should actually expect: solid but ordinary-looking graphics at lower resolutions.
Jake Nguyen 
In a 10-hour livestream, Jeff Kaplan disclosed he pushed hard to make World of Warcraft a first-person experience during its early development stages.
James Callahan 
At GDC, Overwatch director Aaron Keller acknowledged the team waited too long to address player concerns about the shift from 6v6 to 5v5 format, admitting the delay cost them trust.
Ella Sullivan 
Japan's major developers are boosting salaries to retain talent, but Western studios facing costly mergers are heading in the opposite direction.
Oliver Pemberton 
The Grand Theft Auto wiki has migrated to an independent site, joining dozens of gaming communities frustrated with Fandom's aggressive advertising and content restrictions.
Sophia Vargas 
Valve's claim that more games are succeeding on Steam looks impressive until you do the maths. Industry voices are pushing back hard.
Jake Nguyen 
Just two weeks after launching, Bungie is running a limited duos mode test in Marathon, answering one of the community's most consistent requests since the game's server slam.
Patrick Donnelly 
A free indie game is helping World of Warcraft raiders prepare for Midnight's raid encounters without the pressure of wiping their guild. Vellum: Raid Night Study Hall has earned perfect reviews since its March 9 release.
Tom Whitfield 
Sony's upgraded PSSR upscaling technology is now available across dozens of PS5 Pro games, with surprising support for Cyberpunk 2077 coming within weeks.
Jake Nguyen 
Fortnite is bringing official Star Wars creation tools to its development platform this week, expanding the franchise's creative ecosystem. The launch coincides with a controversial price increase that has prompted community pushback.
Sophia Vargas 
A Final Fantasy 14 player racing to complete the entire MMO solo finally hit an insurmountable barrier. His solution: spend 233 days secretly levelling an alternate character to beat the game twice.
Fatima Al-Rashid