A lot of things

app/Http/Requests/StoreEntryRequest.php

@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ class StoreEntryRequest extends FormRequest
             $rules['files_metadata'] = 'array|nullable';
             $rules['files_metadata.*.online_patcher'] = 'nullable|boolean';
             $rules['files_metadata.*.secondary_online_patcher'] = 'nullable|boolean|required_with:files_metadata.*.online_patcher';
+            $rules['files_metadata.*.play_online'] = 'nullable|boolean';
+            $rules['files_metadata.*.play_online_core'] = 'nullable|string';
+            $rules['files_metadata.*.play_online_threads'] = 'nullable|boolean';
         }
 
         if( $isEdit && $this->user()->can('moderate', $this->route('entry') ) ){

app/Http/Requests/StoreNewsDraftRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+class StoreNewsDraftRequest extends StoreNewsRequest
+{
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        $rules = parent::rules();
+        $rules['submit-state'] = 'required|string|in:draft';
+
+        $rules = array_map(function($rule){
+            if( is_array($rule) ){
+                return array_map( fn($r) => $r === 'required' ? 'nullable' : $r, $rule);
+            }
+
+            return preg_replace(
+                ['/\brequired_without\S*/', '/required_with\S*/', '/\brequired\b/'],
+                ['nullable',                 'nullable',           'nullable'],
+                $rule
+            );
+        }, $rules );
+
+        return $rules;
+    }
+}

app/Http/Requests/StoreNewsRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use App\Models\News;
+use App\Rules\PublicFileExists;
+use App\Rules\XfUserExists;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ValidationRule;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class StoreNewsRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     */
+    public function authorize(): bool
+    {
+        $news = $this->route('news');
+        if( $news )
+            return $this->user()->can('update', $news);
+
+        return $this->user()->can('create', News::class);
+    }
+
+    public function prepareForValidation(): void
+    {
+        $this->merge([
+            'gallery' => $this->input('gallery') !== '' ? $this->input('gallery') : null,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, ValidationRule|array<mixed>|string>
+     */
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        $isEdit = (bool) $this->route('news');
+
+        $rules = [];
+
+        $rules['title'] = 'required|string|max:255';
+        $rules['category'] = 'required|integer|exists:categories,id';
+
+        $rules['description'] = 'required|string';
+        $rules['gallery'] = 'array|required|min:1';
+        $rules['gallery.*'] = [ 'string', new PublicFileExists ];
+
+        $rules['entry_id'] = 'nullable|integer|exists:entries,id';
+        $rules['release_site'] = 'nullable|url|max:500';
+        $rules['youtube_video'] = 'nullable|url|max:500';
+
+        if( $isEdit ){
+            $ss = 'draft,pending,published';
+            if( \Auth::user()->can('moderate', $this->route('news')) && \Auth::user()->can('view-hidden', $this->route('news')) )
+                $ss .= ',hidden';
+            if(\Auth::user()->can('moderate', $this->route('news')) && \Auth::user()->can('view-locked', $this->route('news')) )
+                $ss .= ',locked';
+            $rules['submit-state'] = 'required|in:' . $ss;
+        } else {
+            if( $this->user()->can('skip-queue', '\App\Models\News') ){
+                $rules['submit-state'] = 'required|string|in:draft,pending,published';
+            } else {
+                $rules['submit-state'] = 'required|string|in:draft,pending';
+            }
+        }
+
+        if( $isEdit && $this->user()->can('moderate', $this->route('news') ) ){
+            $rules['staff_comment'] = 'nullable|string';
+            $rules['owner_user_id'] = [ 'required', 'integer', new XfUserExists ];
+            $rules['comments_thread_id'] = 'nullable|integer';
+        }
+
+        return $rules;
+
+    }
+}