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Atari has announced that Andreas Deptolla has been appointed President, Atari Europe, a new position reporting to Wade Rosen, Atari chairman and CEO. In this role, Deptolla will oversee Atari’s growing European presence, including development studios in the UK and Sweden, and business operations in Germany.

Global demand for gaming gift cards and vouchers continues to accelerate as players increasingly use them to manage spending across digital entertainment. New data from G2A.COM, the world's largest digital entertainment marketplace, shows global gaming gift card purchases rose 64% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, increasing from more than 1 million to over 1.7 million.

"As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028.  Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. This transition has no impact on games that already released, or will be releasing, prior to January 2028 in disc format."

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Rokky, the PC game distribution platform responsibly delivering publisher-approved keys to global markets, has today announced the launch of the Steam Key Checker. This free service provides game studios with new visibility into the activation status of …

Oro Interactive has secured a minority investment from video game publisher Kepler Interactive, giving the independent publisher additional resources and expertise to grow its work with developers.  

Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver are proud to announce that the critically acclaimed Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. 

An estimated 400 million (20%) Gen Z regularly engage with esports, according to a new multi country study released in collaboration by ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), a global leader in esports and gaming entertainment, Hero Esports, Asia's leading esports company, and Niko Partners, the leading market research and consulting firm specializing in video games, esports, and livestreaming across Asia and MENA. 

MY.GAMES, a leading international video game developer and publisher, announces that its hit title Rush Royale has earned $500 million dollars in lifetime revenue. Since its launch in 2020, the captivating strategy tower defense game has been growing steadily, surpassing 105 million downloads. 

Jagex: The RuneScape Company, the iconic British games studio and creator of the legendary RuneScape franchise, today announced two major publishing partnerships that will bring RuneScape: Dragonwilds to Japan, South Korea and South East Asia. This represents the first time in Jagex’s 25-year history that a Jagex-developed game has been published in partnership with third-party regional publishers and is another milestone in the company’s transformational RS25 anniversary year.

The beloved fantasy franchise Guild Wars expands into new territory with the announcement of a brand new free-to-play digital collectible card game (CCG), Mistbound. Officially licensed by ArenaNet, developed by NC, and globally published by bilibili, Mistbound marks the first CCG spin-off set within the Guild Wars universe. Designed around new multi-directional card movement mechanics, Mistbound aims to bring new energy to the traditional CCG universe and honor the legacy of Guild Wars for players.