Are Pokémon Go data a treasure trove tempting to military drone manufacturers?
According to a Dutch publication, the data Niantic collected by having millions of players play Pokémon Go is at the center of an agreement made with a company active in the defense sector. A year ago, the US software house developed within Google and later becoming an independent company sold its gaming division to focus on geospatial mapping.
More game overs at Ubisoft
In recent hours, Ubisoft, which had reached over 20,000 employees across 40 locations from Asia to South America, including the USA and Europe, has closed two more studios. The unions have fiercely criticized CEO Yves Guillemot, considered the main person responsible for the crisis. The top executive recently appointed his son as CEO of the studio in which the Chinese giant Tencent has invested.
Playing around too much with prices harms consoles. The lesson of Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo has also been forced by market adversities to raise the prices of its Switch 2 console, as its rivals Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X|S have done in the recent past (and on multiple occasions). The move in Japan has already caused a drop in sales, but at the moment the gaming platform is collecting better data than its successful and bulky predecessors Switch 1 and Wii. Additionally, Redmond has to deal with the hemorrhage of users from its online subscriptions.
The epic battle between Epic and Apple will end at the Supreme Court
Despite Fortnite’s return to Apple’s App Store, Epic Games may be celebrating prematurely: Cupertino intends to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.
Sony’s troubles, abandoned by Honda and with PlayStation 5 sales declining
In 2025, PlayStation 5 sales experienced a sharp slowdown, with the largest declines occurring recently. The release of the blockbuster video game GTA VI in stores next November could help, but the looming challenge remains the difficulty in sourcing RAM. Meanwhile, Sony is saying goodbye to four-wheel projects with Honda (which is in crisis) and is focusing on entertainment.
Like Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo is also toying with prices: the price of the Switch 2 is increasing.
After holding out for almost a year, selling its flagship at a loss, Nintendo has also had to give in and will raise the price of the Switch 2, just as has already happened with Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S. It remains to be seen if and how much the new policies will affect sales, which have been good but not as exceptional as those of the console that preceded it.
The Italian company Digital Bros is dabbling with the video game “Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.” But the team has been laid off.
According to the Italian group founded in 1989 by Abramo (Rami) and Raffaele (Raffi) Galante, the total consideration for the intellectual property made in China amounts to approximately 4 million euros and will be financed through existing credit lines. However, rumors are spreading that the team that developed the video game has been dismissed due to poor sales performance of the title.
War is not a game. But it is a video game. Report Le Monde
Drone piloting with console controllers, shooting games to recruit soldiers… For sixty years, the video game industry and military headquarters have maintained a codependent relationship. An in-depth report by the newspaper Le Monde
Sony, chased by Chinese and South Korean rivals, revises its priorities: fewer devices, more PlayStation.
The Japanese giant, besieged by Chinese and South Korean competitors, is changing strategy: less consumer electronics and more PlayStation video games. At the same time, it is reducing the number of exclusives for PC, a sector closer to its rival Microsoft’s Xbox. The high cost of RAM makes everything even more uncertain and could extend the lifespan of machines on the market, whose prices continue to rise.
This is how the EU plays around with Nintendo’s Switch 2.
Not even a year after the release of its latest console, the Switch 2, which came out last June 5th, Nintendo is preparing an update to comply with the new European regulations on environmental and consumer rights.
Game Over at EA. Is Kushner and the Saudi ownership’s diet about to begin?
Electronic Arts, better known as EA, which just a few months ago made headlines for its $50 billion acquisition by a consortium that brought together Saudi Arabia’s main sovereign wealth fund, Trump’s son-in-law, and Silver Lake, has reportedly resumed cuts. And the criticisms from gamers of its Battlefield 6 seem to expose the company’s strategy: video games created partly by AI to keep costs low but aimed at maximizing monetization.
The game over for tariffs could cost Trump dearly, Nintendo sues the White House.
Over 1,000 companies intend to drag the Trump administration into the courtroom of the United States Court for International Trade because, with the stroke of a pen by the judge of U.S. laws, every legal basis supporting the tariffs paid so far would have been lost: in addition to Nintendo, the French beauty giant L’Oréal, the U.S. hypermarket chain Costco, and the American shipping company FedEx have taken action. For the Japanese video game giant, the total damage amounts to 200 billion dollars.
