Thursday, 26 March 2026
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 26 March 2026.
General3 stories
Half-Life 2 writer Erik Wolpaw says some people at Valve are looking at AI tools, but he's not "worried about AI taking over creative writing" anytime soon
Jason Schreier: Exact budgets of video-game productions can be tough to corroborate but the numbers I've heard floating around AAA game dev these days are $300 million or more — sometimes much more! — which I think helps explain the current state of the industry
Business3 stories
Crimson Desert sales top 3 million
Team17 parent company Everplay Financial Results
- Revenue: £166 million, flat year-on-year
- Gross profit: £76.3 million, up 10% year-on-year