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Electric Square has been announced as the sponsor of the Outstanding Achievement Award category at the Women in Games Awards 2026. Charlotte Pook, Talent Acquisition Manager at Electric Square, said: “Electric Square is proud to sponsor the MCV Women in Games Awards in celebration of the incredible women who have …

The New Guys, a new audience-risk and narrative-reception consultancy for the video game industry, has announced its launch at TheNewGuys.gg.

Develop:Brighton marked its 20 year anniversary last week, drawing  5,804 game developers, publishers, and industry professionals from around the world, to sunny Brighton. This figure represents around 5% increase from 2025 and set yet another new attendance record for the conference. In addition, around  3,000 meetings were scheduled through the event’s professional matchmaking platform, Meet@Develop, highlighting the unique networking …

The Esports Foundation (EF) and Saudia, the national air carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, today announced an expanded partnership naming the airline the Official Airline of the Esports World Cup 2026 (EWC).

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

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.

Fenris Creations has been announced as the sponsor of the Rising Star category at this year’s Women in Games Awards event. George Kelion, Fenris Creations’ Communications Director, said: “Fenris Creations is delighted to support the Women in Games Awards again this year as sponsor of the Rising Star category. Events …

"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."

The annual Women in Games Awards are back again this Autumn, and you can now nominate friends, co-workers, and those that you admire in this great industry. You can even nominate yourselves (we won’t tell anyone!). There are 11 categories to choose from this year, so please take the time to understand them …

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 …