Video games, esports, gaming industry, and interactive entertainment
CD Projekt Red has moved its mysterious third franchise, codenamed Hadar, from the drawing board to active prototyping, signalling real momentum on the studio's most secretive project.
Oliver Pemberton 
Within 24 hours of Mega Crit announcing a major balance patch, Slay the Spire 2's Steam rating plummeted from 97 per cent to 83 per cent as players used review bombing to voice disapproval.
Tom Whitfield 
Microsoft's Gaming Copilot AI launches on Xbox consoles later this year. Early footage suggests it works, but raises uncomfortable questions about where the AI gets its information and who actually benefits.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Resident Evil: Requiem has demolished sales records to become 2026's biggest game so far, while Nintendo's console continues its record-breaking performance.
Jake Nguyen 
Marvel Rivals' Season 7 balance patch gives Captain America substantial gameplay changes but leaves the game's dominant Strategist meta largely unchecked, with Gambit's nerf falling short of what competitive players say is needed.
Yuki Tamura 
Pearl Abyss's highly anticipated open world RPG has launched to mixed reviews, with players unable to run the game on Intel Arc graphics cards and complaining about unintuitive controls.
Zara Mitchell 
Crimson Desert players have discovered that disabling 120Hz on PlayStation 5 fixes blurry visuals, but PC users say the solution is far less straightforward. Some high-end PC gamers report the game looks worse than lower-resolution titles.
Tom Whitfield 
Bungie has locked Marathon's two major endgame activities to weekends only, acknowledging the move will exclude some players while defending the design as necessary for server stability and preparation time.
Yuki Tamura 
Crimson Desert drew 239,000 concurrent players on Steam but faces "mixed" reviews as players struggle with unintuitive button mappings that treat simple actions as elaborate puzzles.
Jake Nguyen 
Ubisoft art director Thierry Dansereau reflects on Assassin's Creed Shadows' anniversary, highlighting the game's technical innovations and legacy systems that will benefit future titles.
Tom Whitfield 
Sunset Visitor, the Vancouver developers behind critically acclaimed 1000xResist, is ready to surprise players again. The studio will reveal a new project on April 9 at the Triple-I Initiative Showcase.
Jimmy O'Brien 
In 1989, the business brain behind the legendary Ultima series told an industry conference that PC gaming had too many games and confused consumers. His diagnosis sounds like a 2026 problem.
Tom Whitfield 
Australia's game development sector has reached AU$608.5 million in annual revenue, with state governments and federal agencies pouring millions into a pipeline of over 150 local titles slated for 2026 and beyond.
Jake Nguyen 
Blizzard's game director defends Diablo 4's constant system overhauls as a natural consequence of live-service action RPGs, where design problems only surface once players sink thousands of hours into the game.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have apologised for a controversial $5 voice pack DLC and made it free to all players after the gaming community roundly rejected what many saw as incomplete and misleadingly advertised content.
Riley Fitzgerald 
A hidden orb in WoW's Midnight expansion has reignited a year-long mystery hunt, confirming that Blizzard's multi-expansion puzzle still has layers to uncover.
Zara Mitchell 
The Marathon community has solved an intricate alternate-reality game puzzle, unlocking the launch date for Cryo Archive, the game's most challenging endgame map.
Aisha Khoury 
CD Projekt Red has hired more than 220 people in the past year, with the majority joining The Witcher 4 team. The company invested over 513 million PLN in game development in 2025.
Andrew Marsh 
Destiny 2 players can dress as iconic Magic planeswalkers next week, with three new armour sets and exotic cosmetics arriving in the Eververse store.
Daniel Kovac 
Capcom's 12 consecutive years of profit growth highlight a strategic shift: PC games now account for roughly 50% of sales and the company expects that share to keep rising.
Oliver Pemberton