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This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. London Games Festival will expand a number of its core events for 2027 with a move to the Business Design Centre as its central venue next year. Public showcase New Game Plus, flagship business to business event …

The winners of the Develop:Star Awards 2026, hosted at the Brighton Dome during Develop:Brighton, have been revealed. The Develop:Star Awards saw winners crowned in 18 categories before this year’s Develop:Star Award recipient, Monument Valley-creator ustwo games, was celebrated for its contributions to the video game industry.

Riot Games has revealed the full details for League of Legends Classic, the biggest update for the game in over a decade, ahead of its launch on Wednesday, July 29.

After nine years of public relations service at Bethesda Softworks, Jonnie Bryant today moves to team17 to join the independent publisher's expanding marketing team as Communications Director.

Saber Interactive, the global video game studio behind acclaimed, best-selling titles such as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, SnowRunner, and World War Z, is thrilled to announce the addition of Steve Allison as its new Chief Business Officer. Allison joins Saber with over 30 years of executive experience in the games industry.

Tencent has announced “Worlds of Play: The Game Art Exhibition,” a first-of-its-kind global art exhibition co-hosted with leading game studios from around the world, set to take place during gamescom 2026. Showcasing 40 iconic game titles through gallery-worthy artworks and immersive installations — some making their global debut — the exhibition celebrates the artistry and cultural significance of game creation. “Worlds of Play” will be open to media, influencers, and the public from August 27 to 29 at WASSERMANNHALLE, Cologne, Germany. The exhibition is organized around five themed zones — Reality, Experiments, Abyss, Epics, and Wonderland — each offering visitors a distinct journey through the diverse worlds of gaming.

KRAFTON, Inc. has announced that MIMESIS, a four-player co-op horror title from KRAFTON's creative studio ReLU Games, has surpassed two million cumulative copies sold worldwide. Last month's major update added further content to the game's Early Access run, helping drive the new sales record.

Screen Burn Interactive has been announced as the sponsor of the Development Impact Award at the forthcoming Women in Games Awards.

Innovecs Games will be at Develop:Brighton 2026, with Nader Alikhani, VP of Innovecs Games, joining this year’s speaker lineup in Brighton. Nader will present “PARTy Composition: Building Balanced Art Teams In An Unbalanced Industry” on Wednesday, 15 July, from 2:00 to 2:45 pm in Room 2 as part of the Art track.

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. FORMATGG: The Ultimate Gaming Social, Europe’s largest games industry social event, is officially returning to Liverpool on Friday, October 2nd, 2026, with its biggest and most ambitious Liverpool edition to date, taking place at BOXPARK Liverpool.  Over …