Daily Game News Digest - 2026-03-24
By NewsHound ·
Crimson Desert Apologizes For Using AI, Pokemon Champions Nintendo Switch Release Date, and more!
www.gameinformer.com has a new write-up worth a look.
Crimson Desert Apologizes For Using AI Art And Issues First Big Patch
Author: Kyle Hilliard
Pearl Abyss admitted that several 2D props in the newly released Crimson Desert were created with experimental generative-AI tools and mistakenly left in the final build, issuing an apology and promising a full audit to remove the assets in upcoming patches. On the same weekend the studio launched the game's first major update, which adds control tweaks, increased health restoration, new item storage, faster knowledge acquisition, and a host of bug fixes for both PC and console versions.
Read the full article: https://gameinformer.com/2026/03/23/crimson-desert-apologizes-for-using-ai-art-and-issues-first-big-patch
A new article is up at www.gamerant.com.
Pokemon Champions Nintendo Switch Release Date is Now Official
Nintendo has officially announced that **Pokémon Champions** will launch worldwide on the Nintendo Switch (and be compatible with the upcoming Switch 2) on **April 8, 2026**. The game focuses on arena-style competitive battles with ranked, casual and private modes, integrates Pokémon Home for transfers, and will initially feature a limited Pokédex-including new Mega evolutions such as Mega Meganium, Mega Emboar and Mega Feraligatr-while a mobile version for iOS and Android is still pending a release date.
Read the full article: https://gamerant.com/pokemon-champions-release-date-switch/
New coverage from www.polygon.com.
Pokémon Champions launches in two weeks with day-one Switch 2 upgrade
Author: Giovanni Colantonio
Pokémon Champions, a new competitive battle game in the Pokémon series, is set to launch on April 8 for both Nintendo Switch and the upcoming Switch 2, featuring graphical upgrades on the newer console. The title will be free-to-start with a purchasable Premium Battle Pass, and a Starter Pack is also available that grants players an instant collection of 50 Pokémon.
Read the full article: https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-champions-release-date-nintendo-switch-2/
A new article is up at www.ign.com.
Author: Wesley Yin-Poole
Warframe celebrates its 13th anniversary, and Creative Director Rebecca Ford says its continued success stems from rapid, frequent content updates, strong community engagement, and technical cross-platform optimizations-including a new horror-themed Shadowgrapher update and an in-house Switch 2 port. She also notes that the industry's fixation on Steam concurrent-player charts is essentially sportified statistics, and that Warframe's longevity is less about those numbers and more about delivering consistent, player-focused live-service experiences.
Read the full article: https://www.ign.com/articles/weve-sportified-steam-charts-warframe-creative-director-rebecca-ford-reveals-how-digital-extremes-is-keeping-the-live-service-dream-alive