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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.

Atari has announced that Andreas Deptolla has been appointed President, Atari Europe, a new position reporting to Wade Rosen, Atari chairman and CEO. In this role, Deptolla will oversee Atari’s growing European presence, including development studios in the UK and Sweden, and business operations in Germany.

Global demand for gaming gift cards and vouchers continues to accelerate as players increasingly use them to manage spending across digital entertainment. New data from G2A.COM, the world's largest digital entertainment marketplace, shows global gaming gift card purchases rose 64% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, increasing from more than 1 million to over 1.7 million.

"As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028.  Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. This transition has no impact on games that already released, or will be releasing, prior to January 2028 in disc format."

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Rokky, the PC game distribution platform responsibly delivering publisher-approved keys to global markets, has today announced the launch of the Steam Key Checker. This free service provides game studios with new visibility into the activation status of …

Oro Interactive has secured a minority investment from video game publisher Kepler Interactive, giving the independent publisher additional resources and expertise to grow its work with developers.  

Fateless has announced the appointment of Noam Sagie as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), strengthening the studio’s leadership team as it prepares for the launch of its highly anticipated fantasy RPG, Godforge.

Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver are proud to announce that the critically acclaimed Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. 

An estimated 400 million (20%) Gen Z regularly engage with esports, according to a new multi country study released in collaboration by ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), a global leader in esports and gaming entertainment, Hero Esports, Asia's leading esports company, and Niko Partners, the leading market research and consulting firm specializing in video games, esports, and livestreaming across Asia and MENA.