A player wrote a short message to FACEIT (third-party competitive platform) admins explaining that he and his friend had to abandon a match mid-game because they were being bombed and had to get to a shelter. He even linked the match directly so admins could cross-check the timing of the missile attacks.

He’s very understanding, he says he gets why they lost ELO for losing the game, but asks whether the team might get their points back given the circumstances. "It's no one's fault. I'm very sorry." That's the whole vibe of it.

FACEIT does have an admin team that can manually review matches and situations. So unlike Valve's automated system, there's at least a human being who could theoretically look at this and make a call. Whether they actually do is another question.

The post got 25 upvotes and 20 comments. For context, this is on a fairly niche subreddit, so that's not nothing, people clearly felt something reading it.

It's a small story in the grand scheme of things. But it's also one of those moments where real life crashes into gaming in a way that's hard to ignore. 

On March 6th, Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit against the US government, specifically the Department of Treasury, Homeland Security, and US Customs and Border Protection, to get back money it says was taken illegally.

Here's the background. Starting in February 2025, the Trump administration imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from most countries. Nintendo, which manufactures its hardware in Vietnam and China, got hit hard. 

The timing was awful, this was right as they were gearing up to launch the Switch 2. They had to delay US pre-orders entirely because they couldn't figure out what the console would even cost with the tariffs factored in. 

They also raised prices on the original Switch and most accessories.

The court ruled the tariffs were illegal, it didn't say companies would get refunds. Nintendo decided that without a court order specifically in their case, there was no guarantee they'd see that money again. So they filed suit.

They're asking for a full refund, with interest, on every tariff they paid since February 2025. The complaint says those tariffs collectively pulled in over $200 billion from companies importing goods into the US.

For what it's worth, Trump responded to the Supreme Court decision by calling it "extraordinarily anti-American" and immediately announced new 15% tariffs using a different legal authority.

The Switch 2 launched in the US at $449.99, which was already a shock to a lot of people. Nintendo says the tariff situation directly caused that price and the accessory increases.

Toshihiro Nagoshi is the creator of the Yakuza series. He spent decades at Sega building it into one of the most beloved franchises in gaming. In 2021, he left Sega, started his own studio, and got backing from Chinese publisher NetEase to make his next game.

That game is called Gang of Dragon. It was revealed at The Game Awards in December 2025 and was a big deal. People were excited.

Three months later, employees at Nagoshi Studio were told that NetEase is pulling their funding as of May 2026. According to Bloomberg, the trigger was NetEase finding out that Gang of Dragon still needs an additional $44.4 million (about 7 billion yen) to actually get finished. That was apparently enough to make them walk.

NetEase says Nagoshi and his team are free to keep working on the game and even take the assets with them, but they'd have to cover the "corresponding costs" themselves and find new funding. Nagoshi is reportedly looking for new investors, but hasn't found anyone yet.

For Yakuza fans, this one stings. Gang of Dragon looked like it was going to be special. Now it might not come out at all.

That’s it for now.
Till next time - framerate