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Digital Extremes announced that Warframe is now available worldwide on the Google Play Store for Android. In this free sci-fi epic, players join an ancient warrior caste, the Tenno, and fight their way through an ever-expanding universe. Android players can look forward to squadding up with players around the world with Cross Platform Play and Cross Platform Save on iOS, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Nintendo Switch, and soon, Nintendo Switch 2, in joining one of the most thrilling and welcoming communities in online gaming.

FirstLook, the first and only player relationship platform built for the games industry, today officially launches with groundbreaking new features to transform games marketing for all studios and publishers with highlights including creator campaign management, community sentiment analysis, and a new free tier for indies.

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. From February 23 to March 30, founders, start-ups, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for Prototype Funding from Gamecity Hamburg. Applicants can receive up to 80,000 euros in funding for the development of digital games. …

Clear Angle Studios, the market-leading 3D and 4D capture and processing company for the film and TV industries, has today announced its acquisition of the tech stack and IP from facial imaging and performance capture specialist DI4D.

Leading UK games publisher and distributor PQube has announced the appointment of Dominic Wheatley as Chairman.

The CatLands demo is now live, offering a cosy landscape puzzle game where you match blocks to solve relaxing levels, then grow a small village as you play (with cats to collect along the way).

G2 Esports, one of the world's most decorated esports organisations, and Theta Labs, the leading blockchain-powered decentralised cloud provider for AI and media, today announced the launch of an AI agent for G2's global fan community across multiple competitive titles including League of Legends, Counter-Strike 2, VALORANT, Rainbow Six Siege, and Call of Duty.

Crimson Capes is out now on PC via Steam, inviting players to step into a 2D sword-and-sorcery world built around mastery, tension, and discovery.

Chashu Entertainment and indie.io are proud to announce that Sands of Aura will debut on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox X|S Series, and PlayStation 5 on February 26, 2026.

Leading games Quality Assurance specialist Testronic has announced a series of senior leadership appointments across its European Centre of Excellence, further strengthening its operational depth, commercial leadership and long-term growth strategy.