Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (March 5 - 11)
Two weeks in, and tragically Russia's invasion of Ukraine still shows no signs of letting up. It might seem a little trivial to talk about video games right now, but various studios and individuals in the industry have been doing all they can to show their support for Ukraine. Just like every other form of news, video game headlines have been dominated by what is going on in Ukraine and Russia right now. Despite that, the game industry continues on and some other pretty major things have been going on over the last seven days. More on how gaming has been trying to combat the conflict in Eastern Europe and all the other biggest stories in video games this week below.
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When Russia's invasion of Ukraine began last month, the thought that video game companies would be able to help in some way, no matter how small, probably didn't cross many people's minds. However, this past week some of the heaviest hitters have been making big moves in an attempt to show Russia it has very little support outside its own borders. Let's be honest, outside of Putin's office. Nintendo is no longer shipping its products to Russia, PlayStation has cut all ties with the country and shut down the PS Store, and Niantic has disabled Pokemon Go in Russia and Belarus. It might not seem like much, but publishers are sacrificing billions of dollars by making these moves, and costing Russia a lot of money in the process.
As always when we are told we're getting a State Of Play or Nintendo Direct, earlier this week we let our imaginations run wild when PlayStation announced it would be holding a presentation on Wednesday. Even after it tried to clarify the focus would be on Japanese studios, so no God Of
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