Here is this week’s summary of game development news. You might find something that interests you! 🎮 Game Development News Digest Delivered on Friday, October 16, 2026 📌 Today’s Highlights Godot 4.8 Beta 1 Released The open-source game engine Godot has released its 4.8 beta version. It includes numerous new features such as Trail3D, multi-bounce…
GamingCon Bharat 2026 could be a useful opportunity for aspiring game developers, indie studios, and gaming content creators looking to make their mark in the industry. The event will feature IndieVerse, a showcase for Indian indie games, alongside the Level Up Conference, which covers game development, career opportunities, publishing, and the creator economy. Scheduled for…
Epic Games is accelerating its adoption of artificial intelligence across game development, marking a significant change in how the company plans to build games and developer tools. CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed on October 12, 2026, that Epic is reorganizing teams to maximize AI-assisted development, with the goal of helping employees create more content and software…
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Epic Games has pushed back the release of its long-awaited collaboration with Walt Disney Co., and the reason has nothing to do with a bug list or a missing boss fight. According to reporting from Bloomberg and GamesIndustry.biz, Epic told the development team working on the project to rebuild its workflow around an “AI first”…
LEVEL UP KL 2026 is returning to Kuala Lumpur from 14 to 16 October, bringing developers, publishers, investors, technology companies, and other industry players together under one roof. This year’s edition once again focuses on business connections, industry knowledge, talent, and opportunities for studios across the region. The event will take place at the Connexion…
Taking place earlier this week, Games Connect Asia Pacific 2026 felt different to its predecessors. After all, the world is now a very different place. Months of economic, political and technological turmoil have created an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear for those who value stability – and who doesn’t? At GCAP 2026, in developer roundtables…
GamesIndustry.biz reports that the Australian Game Developer Awards 2026 crowned Beethoven & Dinosaur’s Mixtape as Game of the Year, with additional wins for Excellence in Art and Sound Design. For teams shipping narrative-driven or presentation-heavy games, that’s a useful reminder that cohesive visual identity and audio can still carry major awards weight. Tempo Lab Games’…
Capcom is gradually transforming its RE Engine into an ‘AI-generation game engine’, the company revealed during its Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026 in Japan on 2 October. Programmer Satoshi Ishida said the REX project will help developers build, test and maintain large-scale games alongside artificial intelligence. The announcement does not mean Capcom is replacing artists…
Capcom plans to evolve the RE Engine gradually through a multi-stage project called REX, with the long-term goal of making it an AI-generation game engine. The focus described so far is on using AI to speed up and streamline development, not on generating game assets wholesale. At Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026 on October 2,…
Become a member of GB MAX to gain exclusive access to the industry and to the most influential global B2B leadership community in the business of gaming, entertainment, and tech. Join now and also get a VIP ticket to GamesBeat Next (Nov 2-3, SF). Brad Wardell started Stardock 33 years ago in 1993 and he…
