#67 Weekly Gaming News Industry Trends Round Up

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

• 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

• 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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