Game development news

Inner Pocket, a new label co-founded by industry veterans from CRITICAL REFLEX, Gaijin Entertainment, and indie studio Nozomu Games, launches today. By combining extensive experience across games marketing, publishing services, development, and business strategy, the Inner Pocket team aims to utilize its well-rounded composition to empower indie studios.

Leading games Quality Assurance specialist Testronic has unveiled a strengthened executive leadership team to drive the company’s next chapter of international growth, innovation and operational excellence, with Sonia Kerr appointed as Chief Executive Officer.

Game Devs of Color Expo (GDoCExpo) has revealed the full schedule for its online conference, running September 22–25. Organized by the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Game Devs of Color, the four-day event kicks off Tuesday, September 22 with a full day of online networking and social programming, including career and publishing conversations, a speaker & developer mixer, structured networking sessions, and Community Demo Night. Conference programming runs Wednesday through Friday, featuring 38 sessions from more than 40 speakers across three daily themes: "Craft and Culture" (Wed), "Building for the Future" (Thu), and "Humanity Through Games" (Fri).

NC (formerly NCSOFT) has announced that it will transition the global publishing service of Throne and Liberty from Amazon Game Studios to its own online publishing services this year.

G2, one of the world’s leading esports and entertainment brands, today announced Wizards of the Coast, the publisher behind iconic franchises including Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, as its new global partner on G2's Counter-Strike jersey. Marking the start of a long-term creative collaboration, the partnership will bring different games from Wizards of the Coast's portfolio to one of esports' most recognisable jerseys.

GamesAid, the UK's games industry charity, has appointed six new trustees to its board - including Dom Shaw as Vice Chair, Amelia Suchy as Treasurer and Catherine Anderson as Secretary - as £82,000 raised in the 2025/26 financial year begins making a tangible difference for the seriously ill, disabled and neurodivergent children and young people it supports.

SAGA Barcelona Game Fest has unveiled its international programme, expanded cultural offering and new visual identity for its first edition under their new banner, designed by Conrad Roset (Creative Director of Nomada Studio, creators of GRIS and Neva)

Amazon Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced Batman: Caped Crusader — Chronicles, a brand-new interactive experience developed in collaboration with Blazing Griffin, the Glasgow-based independent studio behind detective and mystery games Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin. The game launches exclusively on Amazon Luna — Amazon's cloud gaming service — as part of its GameNight collection on 31st July 2026, the same day Season 2 of Batman: Caped Crusader premieres globally on Prime Video.

This is a press release posted alongside our usual editorial content. CodeDev Group today officially announces the launch of its new studio, Full Spectrum Interactive (FSI). Building off the group’s expert-first ethos, the new studio is steered by a core team of UK game development veterans, and is set to …

The Ukraine Pavilion will return to gamescom 2026 in Cologne, bringing together leading Ukrainian game development companies and independent studios to showcase their projects, services and expertise to the global games industry.