This month in the meta: Nintendo, Pikachu, gaming lounges in the US (finally) and skin gambling! (Don’t get too excited about that last one.)
Nintendo releases the Nintendo Switch Lite (Polygon).
Meanwhile, Nintendo faces serious criticism over defective Joy-Cons (Kotaku).
Detective Pikachu becomes highest grossing video game movie, beating Warcraft (Verge).
Pikachu may be heading to China as The Pokémon Company teams up with Tencent (Polygon).
Simon Property Group (America’s largest mall owner) teams up with Allied Esports to bring gaming events to malls (CBS).
UK regulators perusing “skin gambling” on third party websites (Casino).
Iconic video game character Cuphead will get a Netflix show (Dankanator). Netflix has not commented on any plans to create more series based on video games.