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…
An editorial guide that matches studio to project category by category, because the right partner depends entirely on the shape of the work. Most rankings of game development companies pick one winner and treat the list as final. That approach breaks the first time a real buyer applies it. A studio ideal for a live-service…
TL;DR The GDC 2026 survey shows 28% of game developers were laid off in two years and 36% now use generative AI. Former Boston Dynamics engineer Robert Brownstein runs Gnarled Helix, a ~10-person indie studio that used AI-assisted development to prototype a chess-resource-management game in days after spending years on a higher-budget project. He keeps…
The U.S. gaming market is still the largest and most demanding in the world, and 2026 has raised the bar for anyone shipping a title. Players expect polished releases across mobile, PC, console, VR, and cloud from day one, and studios have to hit that bar while dealing with rising production costs, AI-augmented pipelines, and…
Recruitment announcement image for the 2026 Game Development AI Transformation (AX) Support Project [Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency] The Busan Metropolitan Government and the Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency announced Wednesday they will run the “2026 Game Development AI Transformation (AX) Support Project” to help small and independent game companies in the region improve development…
BBC report on gaming industry trends.) Rising interest rates have made access to capital more expensive, impacting venture funding for startups and making it harder for established companies to justify aggressive expansion. Economic uncertainties, including inflation and fears of recession in various global markets, lead to a more conservative approach from investors and executives. When…
