Thursday, 5 March 2026

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 5 March 2026.

General2 stories

Assassin’s Creed boss provides updates on Hexe, Invictus, and Jade, confirms Black Flag remake - Plus AC Shadows updates are winding down and AC Unity is getting a 60fps patch this week

VGC

Final Fantasy 11 locks down yet another server as overpopulation continues to hit Final Fantasy 14's predecessor, over two decades after its original launch

Eurogamer

Free Games / Subscription1 story

Nintendo Switch Online's March update to the Classics library is all about Mario - Mario Tennis (Virtual Boy), Mario Clash (Virtual Boy) and Mario Vs Donkey Kong (GBA)

Eurogamer

Business4 stories

Industry veteran, Fiona Cherback, launches indie-focused talent agency Rocket Game Talent - Former PlayStation and Xbox recruiter aims to provide AAA hiring expertise for small studios, startups, and indie teams

GamesIndustry.biz

Build a Rocket Boy confirms more layoffs amid further claims of "organized espionage and corporate sabotage"

GamesIndustry.biz

Good Games Group has bought the Humble and Firestoke back catalogues. Now, newly renamed as Balor Games, it wants to invest in triple-I

GamesIndustry.biz

Paramount makes no reference to game studios in first WB call to investors

GamesIndustry.biz

Rumors2 stories

Rumour

PlayStation is reportedly ditching its PC release strategy, and most single-player first-party games will now be console exclusive

Eurogamer

Rumour

Unity Technologies will close its operations in France

origami.ng