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#67 Weekly Gaming News Industry Trends Round Up
Mar12-Mar18
Treeverse now live on Google Play Store and Epic Games. Jurassic World is coming to The Sandbox. Six web3 games now announced for consoles. Immutable's revenue is growing but there’s a problem. Assassin's Creed Shadows is one of the best-looking open-world games ever and surges on Steam's top sellers charts. Rainbow Six Siege X is going free-to-play and brings big tech improvements. New PlayStation studio announced called Dark Outlaw Games. Xbox has paid 5 billion to indie developers via ID@Xbox program. Ubisoft reportedly considering fresh business to own big franchises, co-owned by others like Tencent. Avengers director says future of entertainment lies in the blending of gaming and linear storytelling, and Baldur's Gate 3 CEO weighs in on the "single-player games are dead" argument. All this and much more!
Also in our weekly round-up:
Roblox open sources 3D Cube model in first launch of genAI tools
Unity says 79% of game developers "feel positive" about AI in gaming
Discord is trying to burrow deeper into the fabric of gaming
Operative Games unveils AI-driven interactive storytelling platform
Web3 Games 🎯
Treeverse now live on Google Play Store and Epic Games, iOS version coming soon
Six web3 games now announced for consoles
Moku reveals super battle Moki trailer ahead of closed beta test
Kuroro wilds alpha 2.0 launch has been suspended
Yield Guild Games GAP season 9 is live with new rewards map and announces first game LOL Land
Soneium and LINE partner to bring web3 mini-apps to millions
Forgotten Runiverse introduces web3 powered player economy early access launching soon
Jurassic World coming to The Sandbox
Immutable's revenue is growing but it's burning capital faster
Diamond Dreams signs exclusively with Saga
Arcade game Code of Joker coming to Sui in first of Japanese IP wave
Web3 horror FPS The Bornless coming to Xbox
SKALE launches $2 million indie game accelerator for web2 devs
AMGI's My Pet Hooligan will launch on new gaming blockchain Studio Chain
Saga Origins expands AI-driven gaming with four new partnerships
Beamable partners up with POG Battle
Gaming News 🕹️
Assassin's Creed Shadows is one of the best-looking open-world games ever and surges on Steam's top sellers charts, overtaking a major recent hit
Call of Duty 2025 planned to have six fully-fledged round-based zombies maps and issues an extreme warning to cheaters
Rainbow Six Siege X is going free-to-play and brings big tech improvements
Resident Evil 9 is taking so long to release because it is a reinvention of the series
Tactical shooter promoted by Shroud shutting down just a year after $30 million investment
PlayStation logo on Starfield website ignites PS5 launch speculation
The 17 best co-op games you can play right now
Resident Evil 3 is the latest RE game to join the Apple Store
Nvidia releasing playable Half-Life 2 RTX demo with "cutting-edge ray tracing"
Dark Outlaw Games is Sony's new first party PlayStation studio
Star Wars Hunters will be going offline on October 1st but Bit Reactor & Respawn Entertainment will reveal their Star Wars game in April
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 3 officially in development
Disco Elysium mobile version announced to "captivate the TikTok user"
Google is bringing a lot more Android games to PCs
Trends 📈
Avengers director says future of entertainment lies in the blending of gaming and linear storytelling
Unity claims 79 percent of developers are 'feeling positive' about generative AI
Discord is trying to burrow deeper into the fabric of gaming
Aloy voice actor Ashly Burch 'worried about this art form' after Horizon Zero Dawn AI demo leaks
Counter-Strike modders are remaking the classic shooter, and they're using Valve's official Source Engine SDK to do it
Switch 2, Steam Deck, and the next-gen console wars
Roblox open sources 3D Cube model in first launch of genAI tools
Roblox just released Cube on Hugging Face
A Roblox View of 3D Intelligence
— AK (@_akhaliq)
3:18 AM • Mar 20, 2025
Xbox Copilot for gaming announced as the "ultimate gaming sidekick"
The latest alternative iOS app store in Europe is all about games
GTA 5 Enhanced official modding utility is on its way
EA Sports increases payment to players in College Football 26
Unity says 79% of game developers "feel positive" about AI in gaming
Baldur's Gate 3 CEO weighs in on the "single-player games are dead" argument
The inspirations behind big Netflix Games and pushing transmedia boundaries
Game studios deal with uncertainty by doing more with less | Unity
Industry News 🛡️
Netflix Games confirms departure of former president and VP of GenAI Mike Verdu
Niantic sells gaming division and Pokémon Go to Saudi-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion
Palworld dev says it was "a depressing day" when Nintendo sued as they were shocked by Nintendo's patent infringement lawsuit
Xbox has paid 5 billion to indie developers via ID@Xbox program
Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell is founding a new PlayStation studio called Dark Outlaw Games
Ubisoft reportedly considering fresh business to own Assassin's Creed and other big franchises, co-owned by others like Tencent
Sensor Tower acquires gaming data company Video Game Insights
Operative Games unveils AI-driven interactive storytelling platform
Level Up Your Hardware 🎧
NVIDIA releases new driver, confirms DLSS 4 multi frame generation for The Last of Us Part II and Darktide
Noble Fokus Apollo headset review – astounding audio with an astounding pricepoint to match
Retro N64 "reimagining" Analogue 3D delayed once again
Experts predict a huge June launch — and a high price — for Switch 2
Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive joystick is now available
Every gaming headset should have a backup mic like the new Cloud III S Wireless
Xbox 360 consoles can now be hacked with just a USB key
Esports Players & Teams News 🏆
'We're cursed, man': HECZ discusses OpTic Texas CDL woes following 0-15 record
OpTic Texas drops Kenny days before CDL Major II
OpTic Texas finally wins a series as CDL Major II bracket is locked in
ZywOo passes S1mple in major Counter-Strike milestone
The @OpTicTexas World Championship Rings 💍
#CDL2025
— Call of Duty League (@CODLeague)
5:11 PM • Mar 20, 2025
Esports World Cup $20 million Club Partner Program 2025 revealed
OpTic Texas hits 0-18 map streak as Kenny lands lowest KD in COD esports history
All pre-stage one VALORANT roster moves (post-VCT Kickoff 2025)
Skyz is officially the newest member of OpTic Texas
Gaming On Screen 🎬
Amazon's God of War TV series is already looking toward season 2 eventhough first is still being written
New Mortal Kombat movie will actually feature a Mortal Kombat tournament this time
The Last of Us season two promises viewers "a different evolution" of infection, plus spores make a return
Insider Gaming Weekly Meet The Creator Behind Call of Duty Skill-Based Matchmaking
Games industry investment overdrive
Game Scoop! 802: Next-Gen Xbox - Too Soon?
The Pocket Gamer Podcast Episode 24 - Daywalkers, Taxation and Porting
Blockchain gaming weekly roundup: 14th March
…Gaming News Continued 🕹️
PUBG 2025 roadmap revealed, includes current console versions
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons gets two new fighters as free DLC
God of War Ragnarök Dark Odyssey Collection update coming March 20th
Monaco 2 pilfers an April release date for PC, PS5 and Xbox
Fortnite is coming to Windows on Arm
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners game, based on the Netflix series, is an incredible value
Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly working on mystery PlayStation franchise
Fallout and Obsidian veterans ditch open-world game plans as team shrinks to a "skeleton crew"
STALKER 2 Patch 1.3 is here with another 1,200 fixes
Hello Sunshine looks like an Iron Giant inspired survival RPG
Fallout 76's newest update adds player ghouls, live now
Seven games leaving PlayStation Plus game catalog in April
Next wave of Xbox Game Pass games revealed
Escape from Tarkov's AI upgrade has been released in the latest patch
Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster release date announced
Zynga teams with Fast & Furious for year-long event series in CSR2
Guides, Tips and Tricks 🗝️
How to survive Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
How to improve your ground combat game in Civilization VII
Finding Avowed's best armor, mastering Monster Hunter Wilds' best weapon, and more of the week's tips
Assassin's Creed Shadows – how to find legendary chests for best gear and loot
Assassin's Creed Shadows – quick mastery and levelling guide
Where to find all legendary animals in Assassin's Creed Shadows
How to use scouts in Assassin's Creed Shadows (full guide)
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