The Irish Games Fund has been expanded and relaunched by the Irish Game Makers Association and Screen Ireland Digital Games Portfolio for 2026 and will now consist of three separate funding strands designed to support developers at different stages of the production cycle: the Development Fund, Prototype Fund, and Release Fund. The first of those…
English日本語한국어繁體中文ไทยPortuguêsItalianoDeutschFrançaisEspañol KEY TAKEAWAYS Gamestarter has launched 55 blockchain gaming projects since 2021, raising approximately $9.09 million per CoinCarp data. The GAME token runs on Binance Smart Chain with a total supply of 100 million tokens and roughly 70.98 million tokens currently in circulation. Developers on Gamestarter raise funds by selling in-game assets as NFTs, retaining…
The Sega Super Game project canceled search reflects a decision about investment risk, not the end of every live-service project at the company. Sega’s president has explained that the much-hyped program was stopped after the company reassessed the money and operating risk attached to its original plan. Sega announced the Super Game idea in 2021…
The finalists of the 2026 Australian Game Developer Awards have been announced, with a host of critically-acclaimed and well-loved Australian-made games amongst the nominees. Games including Bluey’s Happy Snaps, Don’t Stop, Girlypop!, Malys, Mixtape, Go-Go Town! and more have been nominated in categories celebrating excellence in art, gameplay, music, sound design, accessibility and beyond, with…
Best for full-cycle Unreal development at startup-friendly pricing NipsApp Game Studios is ranked first because it gives clients a practical Unreal development option without pushing them into the cost range of large AAA vendors. NipsApp is based in Trivandrum, India, and describes itself as a full-cycle game development company founded in 2010. Its public pages…
Campaign Middle East is back with the 2026 edition of the Marketing Game Changers Awards – a dedicated platform to celebrate the client-side marketers shaping the future of our industry. Although Campaign Middle East previously recognised standout marketers editorially, 2025 marked the launch of an official awards programme – which continues on in 2026. The…
Frontier Developments has entered into an agreement with Disney to develop and publish a new game drawing on Disney’s portfolio of intellectual property. The Cambridge-based studio announced the deal on September 3, 2026, confirming that it will fully fund the project itself. The game will build on the company’s experience in the Creative Management Simulation…
The fifth edition of the SwkGDC Game Jam has concluded at TEGAS Digital Village, bringing together seven teams for a 66-hour game development challenge centred on this year’s theme, “Roots.” Supported by Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (TEGAS), the Game Jam was formed under the wider Borneo Animation & Games Festival (BAGF) 2026 programme as…
Ubisoft is rolling out a new platform aimed at offering players expanded input on its early-in-development games called The Player Council. Announced at Gamescom 2026, the new platform is being “soft launched” with an invitation for players to sign up for the opportunity to test “early concepts, prototypes, and live experiences” before they’re launched to…
Artificial intelligence has moved from a conference buzzword to a working part of the game production pipeline, touching everything from code completion and asset generation to non-player-character behaviour and localization. By 2026, most developers report using some form of AI in their day-to-day work even as the community remains sharply divided on its impact, and…
