Game development news

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).

Independent Australian developer The Tea Division is proud to announce that Vanguard Exiles, the strategic auto-battler designed in collaboration with Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering, will officially launch into 1.0 on Steam on February 4, 2027.

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. HGlobal interactive entertainment brand HoYoverse officially announced its complete lineup for gamescom 2026 today. From August 26 to 30, players and fans are invited to visit Hall 6.1, Booth B030 at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, where approximately …

Eight years ago, The Story Mob was founded as a communications consultancy specialising in esports. Born out of the competitive gaming scene, the agency built its reputation helping teams, tournament organisers, players and publishers tell their stories, as esports navigated its space within the mainstream and esports fandoms. 

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 …

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.

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.