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The 2026 XDS Insights Report examines how external development partnerships are evolving as they become a core part of modern production pipelines. Based on input from 250+ industry professionals, the report shows an ecosystem moving beyond delivery risk and into a new phase shaped by coordination, governance, and long-term collaboration.

Hi – Matt here. I’m very excited to let you know that MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is now available: https://tinyurl.com/mcv1007 As it’s my first issue on the magazine, I just wanted to leave a personal note thanking everyone who came up trumps content-wise for the issue, everyone who sent me nice welcome …

By Artem Shkafenko, Head of Marketing at Upscale Studio. There is a growing trend among indie developers to skip publishers and self-publish directly to consoles. I work in console publishing, and I often see solo developers asking: “Why should I share revenue with a publisher? I can just buy a …

This year’s 30 Under 30, where we put the spotlight on the best and brightest young talent in the industry that the industry has to offer

Vince Pavey had the chance to speak to the irreverent party game developers at Jackbox Games again

Thomas Dunn, founder and director of RubberBandGames, tells Vince Pavey all about the work his team puts into letting its players live their best Wobbly Life

Vince Pavey had a chat with Laurent Malville at People Can Fly about making their new base-building survival and extraction shooter hybrid game Lost Rift, which is currently in Early Access

Richie Shoemaker has taken shore leave from steering the good ship Debug++ to talk with Catt Small, executive director of Game Devs Of Color

We caught up with Sky Tunley-Stainton, Safe In Our World’s Partnerships and Training Manager, to learn more about its brand-new Mental Health Star Accreditation

Ahead of this year’s gamescom trade show, Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus tell Vince Pavey about what makes this year’s event better than all of the other ones they’ve done before