The writers' walkout began on 2 May, which members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) joined on 13 July, making it the longest strike to affect Hollywood in decades. They were striking in a row over pay and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry.

EA Sports has made an acquisition that gets it back into baseball video games. The sports game division of Electronic Arts is adding to its lineup Metalhead Software, a Victoria, British Columbia, studio that makes Super Mega Baseball video games. "Super Mega Baseball 3," released in March 2020, has an arcade look, but "it's a really well-made game," EA Sports executive vice president and general manager Cam Weber told USA TODAY. It plays like a simulation under the hood. One of the largest video game publishers in the U.S., EA posted revenue of $5.5 billion in fiscal year 2020.