Video games, esports, gaming industry, and interactive entertainment
The actor behind Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem has seen the internet's thirst trap content and finds it "funny as hell." A reminder that video game fame is a genuinely strange thing.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Resident Evil Requiem has sold 5 million copies in just five days, surpassing the launch pace of Village and the RE4 remake to become the fastest-selling entry in franchise history.
Priya Narayanan 
Pearl Abyss is under pressure to show Crimson Desert running on base PS5 and Xbox Series X, with fans citing Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous console launch as a cautionary tale.
Tom Whitfield 
Activision has legally forced one of the Call of Duty community's most trusted insiders, TheGhostOfHope, to stop leaking confidential information about the franchise.
Jake Nguyen 
US physical video game sales fell to just $1.5 billion in 2025, the lowest figure since tracking began. The shift mirrors trends playing out in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific region.
Mitchell Tan 
Scott Pilgrim EX launches on PC and console on March 3, reuniting the original creative team for a fresh take on the side-scrolling brawler genre.
Priya Narayanan 
A US preservation non-profit defeated a copyright troll who filed bogus DMCA notices against a 1999 Japanese game, exposing how easily automated takedown systems can be abused.
Tom Whitfield 
Capcom's latest quarterly report reveals PC now accounts for around half of all unit sales, with the company vowing to keep investing in the platform.
Sophia Vargas 
Highguard closes after just 46 days, while Battlefield REDSEC pulls its overpowered Marauder vehicle. Two cautionary tales from the live-service gaming world.
Patrick Donnelly 
Sony's surprise-launched God of War spin-off offers a layered combat system and striking pixel art, but its clunky metroidvania design holds it back.
Aisha Khoury 
Ratatan, the long-awaited spiritual successor to Patapon, finally has a console release date: July 16, 2026, across Switch 2, PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series.
Jake Nguyen 
Denshattack! — the anime-infused trick-train game drawing comparisons to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater — launches 17 June on PC, PS5, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X/S.
Tom Whitfield 
The Division 2's new Realism Mode ditches the HUD, cuts health regen, and makes every shot count — but it only runs until April 2.
Jake Nguyen 
Melbourne's Beethoven & Dinosaur has locked in May 7, 2026 for Mixtape, its nostalgia-soaked follow-up to BAFTA winner The Artful Escape.
Tom Whitfield 
Ubisoft has locked in March 31 as the global launch date for The Division Resurgence, its long-delayed free-to-play mobile entry in the Tom Clancy shooter series.
Jake Nguyen 
Phil Spencer has retired as Microsoft Gaming CEO after 38 years at the company, handing the Xbox brand to AI executive Asha Sharma amid declining revenue and deep uncertainty.
Tom Whitfield 
Highguard, the free-to-play shooter from former Apex Legends developers, will shut down permanently on March 12 — just 45 days after launch — as player numbers collapse and funding evaporates.
Sarah Cheng 
Wildlight dev Alex Graner says Highguard's punishing 3v3 format and steep learning curve turned away too many players from the start.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Monster Hunter Wilds broke Capcom sales records, then fell apart on PC. Now the company is vowing to do better, with a big expansion and pricing cuts on the way.
Sarah Cheng 
Finnish indie developer Antti Tiihonen, co-founder of Almost Human and a designer on Legend of Grimrock, has opened a pre-alpha playtest for Reconfigure, a puzzle-RPG-FPS set on a self-destructing starship.
Tom Whitfield