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"The old school publishing model is dead" – Silver Lining Interactive joins the new wave of pick and mix publishers

"It's the most open market I've ever seen, where anyone can do whatever they want," says founder Luke Keighran

May 13, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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Why the founder of Kongregate believes that Roblox is its successor

Jim Greer on why Roblox has a "similar creator community" to legacy Flash titles, and how its supporting developers to make hits and reach older audiences

May 11, 2026 Sophie McEvoy

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"I'm not going to fight the Chinese Communist Party" – Why Eve Online firm CCP Games rebranded to Fenris Creations

Plus, CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson explains the decision to break away from Crimson Desert maker Pearl Abyss, and why they've partnered with Google DeepMind

May 8, 2026 Alex Forbes-Calvin

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"These guys are really nice" – Why the developer of PlateUp has joined forces with Yogscast Games

In a reversal of the usual state of affairs, a game studio is investing in a publisher, with the simple aim of finding more cool indie games

May 7, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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Rebellion has its fingers in all the pies

Games, books, comics, board games, movies, even costumes – the independently owned UK company has built a transmedia empire

May 6, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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"It's a totally crazy market" – The seismic impact of the AI boom on video game hardware

Industry experts share their thoughts on the skyrocketing cost of components such as RAM, GPUs, and SSDs, how development is affected, and how long this could go on

May 5, 2026 Alex Forbes-Calvin

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Inkle's Jon Ingold on why self-publishing is where it's at

"You can never have a conversation with a publisher across an equal gradient, because it isn't an equal gradient. They have all of the power."

April 30, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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How Evil Empire makes one of the most effective indie showcase events – while juggling Castlevania, live ops, and building its own IP

The flat-rate Triple-I initiative has a high hit ratio. "We had several games that made more than 100,000 wishlists only five days after the event"

April 29, 2026 Alex Forbes-Calvin

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"There was that period in time, pre-Sonic, where it was, 'You're so lucky that Hollywood is even looking at you'"

Adaptation specialists Story Kitchen on what it takes to get a video-game movie off the ground – and how Hollywood has changed its tune

April 28, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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Why publishers and investors are increasingly backing user-generated games over conventional ones

Andrew Porat and Brogan Keane from management firm Double Black discuss how "kids in bedrooms" are doing eight-figure deals with firms that previously backed PC and console

April 27, 2026 Jon Hicks

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"More charities than ever are looking at games": Meet Cause+Select, the platform linking the games industry to top charities

Founder Wayne Emanuel explains how developers, publishers and content creators can work with charities, and the unexpected benefits of doing so

April 26, 2026 Alex Forbes-Calvin

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Tools to tell if your game is broken

Gameworks and PerfCop are part of a new wave of tools for keeping a beady eye on game performance throughout development

April 24, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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The Warner Bros. acquisition: a timeline of events so far

There have been months of twists and turns as Paramount and Netflix compete for the prize of Warner Bros., including its video game division. Here's the full story

April 24, 2026 Sophie McEvoy

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How have things been going at Rovio since it was bought by Sega?

Angry Birds creative officer Ben Mattes on life under Sega, Rovio's transmedia ambitions, and why there won't be an Angry Birds first-person shooter any time soon

April 23, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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"This is not a sustainable business model" – Why Google Cloud's Jack Buser thinks AI can save the games industry

The global director for games believes AI has the potential to "right size" business models in an era of shrinking margins

April 21, 2026 Alex Forbes-Calvin

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"You can't buy a BAFTA." Why commercial influence is a red line for the BAFTA Games Awards

BAFTA head Jane Millichip on corporate sponsorship, gender representation, and why BAFTA might consider showing game trailers in future

April 17, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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Sponsored | "You have to step into it" – Women in leadership

Testronic CEO Sharon Baylay-Bell discusses the challenges and opportunities of leadership with Women in Games CEO Dr Marie-Claire Isaaman

April 16, 2026 Sponsored Article

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"Be creative 99% of the time" – Glen Schofield on how creativity can help fix AAA industry woes

The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI – although he doubts its cost-saving credentials

April 15, 2026 Gendel Gento

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Infinity Nikki and Love and Deepspace dev: "AI lacks the soul to replace human creators"

Infold Games CTO Ji Zhang on the future of AI, RAM prices, and tech that powers Infinity Nikki and Love and Deepspace

April 15, 2026 Daniel Robson

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Follow a game's rules, not its story: Exit 8 director Genki Kawamura on the secret to a successful movie adaptation

"People try to take the story of the video game and translate that into a movie – I don't think it really functions that way"

April 13, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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Sara Veal's framework for a more sustainable and supportive games industry

The GamesAid chair and member of Games London's Ensemble initiative on the processes, pitfalls and metrics behind improving studio culture

April 13, 2026 Sophie McEvoy

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Rockfish Games lands €8m grant as Germany boosts game industry support

Everspace developer reflects on the impact of Germany's grant program, which increased its annual funding for the sector to €125 million

April 9, 2026 Sophie McEvoy

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Evil Landfall is the latest publishing label from an indie developer

The developer behind Peak has launched a publishing arm – Kirsten-Lee Naidoo, the new CEO of Evil Landfall, explains all

April 8, 2026 Lewis Packwood

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New matchmaking platform Sail.game launches to combat "discovery fatigue" between developers and publishers

MD Guillaume Jamet says curated matchmaking platform gets games "in front of people who actually care about your genre"

April 8, 2026 Sophie McEvoy

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The rise, fall, and resurgence of Australian game development

The Australian games industry was battered by the financial crisis of 2008 – but boosted by government help, it has surged back with a fresh resilience

April 7, 2026 Lewis Packwood