Tom Warren

Microsoft veteran Ralf Groene has retired after 17 years at the company. Groene was responsible for the design of Microsoft’s Surface tablets, and has been a key part of the company’s tablet and PC hardware efforts over the past decade. Groene has retired less than a year after former Surface chief Panos Panay departed for Amazon, and just weeks after Microsoft named a new Windows and Surface chief.

Nintendo has confirmed to both Eurogamer and German site Games Wirtschaft that it won’t be attending this summer’s Gamescom event. The Nintendo Switch 2 was reportedly demonstrated to developers at Gamescom last year, so it’s very unlikely we’re going to get a repeat of that leak again. Recent reports suggest Nintendo is now targeting March 2025 for the Switch 2 launch.