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Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick tells The Game Business podcast that generative AI cannot magically churn out a blockbuster on the scale of GTA 6. He also says machines do not have moral agency.
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The official Cyberpunk 2077 trading card game from WeirdCo and CD Projekt Red reached its $100,000 Kickstarter goal in five minutes and passed $6 million with over 7,000 backers. Cards ship Q3 2026 and the game uses a dice-based Gig Dice system.
Embark Studios has cut ties with co-founder and CCO Rob Runesson after allegations surfaced involving a streamer. The studio says an external investigation did not substantiate the claims, but the situation was deemed unsustainable and they mutually agreed to separate.
Riot unveiled this year’s April Fools’ cosmetics for League of Legends. Patch 26.7 on April 1 brings Bubble Bash Blitzcrank, Pug Trainer Sejuani, Fried Chicken King Swain, Choncc Tahm Kench, Surprise Party Vex, and a Prestige Money Miser Mordekaiser.
Players using accessibility controllers, including sip-and-puff devices, were wrongly flagged as cheaters in Arc Raiders. Embark Studios says it is investigating and will review appeals.
Krafton, the studio behind PUBG, has signed a strategic alliance with Hanwha Aerospace that includes up to $1 billion in investment to build a 'physical AI' ecosystem and pursue defense applications. The move follows Krafton declaring itself an AI-first company and a $70 million GPU cluster commitment.
Bethesda says it tries not to say no to players, and now the studio is actively reworking Starfield based on feedback — from better exploration and customization to a possible PS5 release and new expansions.
Players are buzzing about Crimson Desert ahead of its March 19 launch. The big question: can its huge 80 km² world be more than eye candy and actually feel alive?
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick says he is not worried older, time-poor players will skip GTA 6. The game launches November 19 and marketing will ramp up this summer.
Patch 12.05 brings a musical Controller named Miks, a new Knockout mode, Lotus A-site changes, and several agent adjustments including notable Yoru nerfs.
Bethesda says the April 7 update, plus the Terran Armada DLC, are just the next steps — the studio plans ongoing support for Starfield even as many developers move to The Elder Scrolls 6.
Embark Studios' CEO Patrick Söderlund says Bungie's Marathon had a rough technical test in April 2025 but was turned around quickly, and he respects the work the team put in. He also says there is room for both Arc Raiders and Marathon in the extraction shooter space.