Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery, the head of Techland enters the top 10 richest residents of Poland, FromSoftware did not allow Bluepoint Games to remake Bloodborne — here's a rundown of the key events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.
- Paramount and Skydance managed to outbid Netflix's offer and negotiate the purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. They announced they would pay $31 in cash for each share of the media giant, totaling $110 billion for the entire deal. The agreement still needs approval from Warner Bros. Discovery's shareholders and antitrust regulators. If all goes well, the purchase will be finalized in the third quarter of 2026, from July 1 to September 30.
- Forbes published its latest ranking of the richest residents of Poland as of early 2026. Among others in the top ten is Techland founder and CEO Pawel Marchewka, whose fortune was estimated at 8.52 billion złoty or approximately $2.38 billion. This amount secured him the eighth position. Marchewka is not the only gaming industry representative in Forbes’ list, as CD PROJEKT executives also made the cut, albeit much lower. Marcin Iwiński ranked 29th with a fortune of $939.4 million, Michał Kiciński placed 30th with $885 million, and Piotr Nielubowicz held the 69th spot with $508.6 million.
- The recently closed studio Bluepoint Games aimed to create a remake of Bloodborne, according to journalist Jason Schreier's sources at Bloomberg. Apparently, Sony, Bluepoint Games’ parent company, was open to the idea, considering it promising from a financial perspective. However, FromSoftware, the creator of the original game, was not on board, refusing to approve the project. Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida previously stated that FromSoftware President Hidetaka Miyazaki wishes to work on a Bloodborne remake himself but is currently too busy.
- Over the weekend, Resident Evil Requiem's online presence on Steam reached a new peak. According to SteamDB, on Saturday, February 28, concurrent players in this version of the game exceeded 344,200, making it Capcom’s second most popular paid project on the platform. The only Capcom game to have a higher peak was Monster Hunter Wilds with 1.38 million players. Including free-to-play titles, Resident Evil Requiem ranks fourth, surpassed by Capcom Arcade Stadium (488,800 players) and Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium (463,900 players).