The Game Industry Is In BIG Trouble - This Week In Gaming

This week in gaming saw monumental layoffs at Epic games, insane price hikes for PlayStation consoles, troubling info about the future of Marathon, and much more... Articles https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-dev-lays-off-staff-shutting-down-games/1100-6538980/ https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/todays-layoffs https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/4/22213102/epic-games-buys-mall-new-headquarters-cary-towne-center/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-layoffs-included-artist-who-designed-jonesy-the-face-of-the-game/1100-6538999/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/so-many-late-nights-so-many-weekends-fortnite-developer-shocked-at-being-laid-off-101774420602620.html https://www.pcgamesn.com/fortnite/epic-layoffs-kills-modes https://www.pcgamesn.com/rocket-league/layoffs-2026 https://kotaku.com/tim-sweeney-epic-fortnite-layoffs-ceo-resign-2000681859 https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mhvx2lohzs2j https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/marathon-has-sold-1-2-million-copies-per-alinea-estimates/ https://kotaku.com/marathon-cryo-archive-patch-casual-shroud-bungie-2000681057 https://www.eurogamer.net/bungie-tackles-slow-marathon-matchmaking-in-isolated-geographical-regions https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/comments/1q6ouz7/epic_games_store_grew_users_by_173_over_6_years/ https://www.theverge.com/games/902224/sony-ps5-playstation-price-hike https://www.eurogamer.net/playstation-store-dynamic-pricing-reportedly-spotted-march-2026 https://insider-gaming.com/playstations-dynamic-pricing-nearly-doubles-prices-of-some-games/ https://insider-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PlayStation-Dynamic-Pricing-Means-You-Could-Pay-Nearly-Double-For-Games-news-1-1536x864.jpg https://insider-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PlayStation-Dynamic-Pricing-Means-You-Could-Pay-Nearly-Double-For-Games-news-2-1536x864.jpg https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstations-dynamic-pricing-appears-to-offer-a-huge-gap-in-what-you-pay-for-ps5-games/1100-6539037/ https://www.pcgamesn.com/battlefield-hardline/delisted https://www.pcgamesn.com/counter-strike-2/cs2-ban-wave-farming-bots https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/crimson-deserts-steam-reviews-recover-from-mixed-launch-as-the-open-world-game-crosses-3-million-copies-sold-5-days-after-launch-devs-promise-more-fixes-to-go-with-the-fixes-they-just-fixed/ https://www.ign.com/articles/crimson-desert-doesnt-work-on-intel-gpus-but-pearl-abyss-is-working-on-it https://x.com/CrimsonDesert_/status/2035992453564752263 https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/splitgate-studio-1047-games-is-working-on-something-new-if-youre-a-fan-of-games-like-titanfall-or-black-ops-3-we-would-love-to-hear-from-you/ https://gameinformer.com/xbox-partner-preview/2026/03/26/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyls-first-expansion-cost-of-hope-arrives https://kotaku.com/xbox-game-pass-netflix-cheaper-ad-tier-asha-sharma-2000681806 https://mp1st.com/news/the-finals-season-10-update-update-1-000-131 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-new-star-fox-game-in-development-for-switch-2-report/1100-6539069/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/console-desktop-pc/joao-silva/nintendo-is-reportedly-working-on-a-switch-2-hardware-revision-to-meet-eu-repair-laws/