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 NC America officially confirmed today that AION 2, the action-packed, open-world MMORPG, will arrive later this year on Steam and PURPLE platforms. Featuring flight as a signature experience, players can fly freely across a world 36 times larger than the original AION, dive underwater, and engage in aerial combat in PvE and PvP gameplay.

Global mobile publisher SayGames and Vietnamese game developer Doors Studio have announced a partnership to launch the midcore game BagMaster Isekai - the debut title from the studio. This partnership marks SayGames’ first collaboration with a Vietnam-based studio, expanding the company’s global partner ecosystem into one of the fastest-growing game development regions.

Green Man Gaming is proud to announce the launch of its new software charity bundles, a major expansion of its bundles platform offering productivity, creative and game development tools to create a career starter kit for the gaming community. The new software bundles are designed to give gamers, students and aspiring creators access to the tools that support learning, building and creating, spanning productivity software, digital art tools and game development resources. 

Games for Change and Tencent have joined forces to back Raising Good Gamers, a global initiative designed to help parents and caregivers better understand video games and support healthier play. In a new episode of the Good Game Club podcast, Susanna Pollack, President of Games for Change and Danny Marti, Head of Public Affairs at Tencent explore how the public conversation around games, children and wellbeing can move beyond fear and towards understanding.

By Artem Shkafenko – Head of Marketing at Upscale Studio. If you ask any indie developer about their marketing strategy, you will likely hear the same formula: Twitter/TikTok -> Steam Page -> Wishlists -> Next Fest -> Popular Upcoming. Steam has trained developers to value the wishlists as the ultimate …

Games for Change, in partnership with Tencent Games, today announced the launch of a new programme that builds on the Raising Good Gamers initiative, designed to help families engage more confidently with the role video games play in young people’s lives. With 3.3 billion people playing video games worldwide, video gaming is now a central part of everyday life - reinforcing the need for more informed, evidence‑based and balanced dialogue around play.

ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), the leading esports and video game entertainment company, today announced a strategic partnership with KICK, the community-driven livestreaming platform. This collaboration marks an evolution in EFG’s distribution strategy, moving beyond traditional broadcasting to foster long-term audience growth and platform diversification.

CodeDev (popularly known as “The Unreal Guys”), the specialist Unreal Engine co-development studio, today announced the appointment of industry adept Andy Norman as Chief Operating Officer (COO), as they aim to triple headcount in 2026.

Step inside a world that’s alive in every sense of the word. Evolvania, a uniquely unsettling 2D metroidvania from solo developer Elan Manuguerra and indie publisher IV Productions, invites players to explore the insides of a colossal, dying creature and discover every nook and cranny of this organic, ever-evolving universe. Fans can try the playable demo available on Steam and add Evolvania to their Wishlist now. 

Eyebolls has created the new live-action and animation launch trailer introducing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into the Magic: The Gathering universe, developed in close partnership with Wizards of the Coast.