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This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Partnership marks digital game store’s latest expansion into football culture Digital game store Loaded has been announced as the new front-of-shirt sponsor for Championship football team Derby County. Loaded’s distinctive logo will appear on the front of the Men’s and …

Snail Games and its indie publishing imprint, Wandering Wizard, have made the strategic decision to partner with and publish three titles from Polish development teams to highlight emerging talent from the region. Studios included in this initiative are Above The Desk, creators of Above the Snow; Donkey Crew, the team behind Bellwright; and Frozen Way Games, who are currently developing Honeycomb: The World Beyond.

Indie developer Bugbyte Ltd has celebrated the full V1.0 launch of Space Haven, the deep spaceship colony simulation developed over the past decade by a three-person team based in Finland. After years of development, community feedback, and continuous expansion throughout Steam Early Access, Space Haven is now available in its complete form on PC via Steam.

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Bit Bot, the indie multimedia studio behind a growing slate of games, films, comics, and consumer products, today announced a major expansion of its leadership team, bringing in top-tier talent from some of the most successful franchises …

Leeds based development studio Just Add Water Development (JAW) is proud to announce the appointment of Gareth Betts as its new Senior Producer.

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Keywords Studios has appointed two new industry veterans as Global Client Partners: Pete Smith and Samantha Ebelthite. Both will be reporting to Blandine Prost, Global Business Development Director. Their core focus will be leading our account teams for …

Gaming-native agency Diva has hired former commercial head of Aardman Games and Interactive Entertainment Division, Lorna Probert, to head up its Creative and Production agency business.  Lorna joins Diva with over 25 years of experience in games, interactive and immersive production, joining Diva's executive leadership team as Head of Production to drive new innovation and operational excellence in the agency’s creative and production services, which deliver campaigns for a global roster of AAA games and entertainment clients.

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. After multiple passion projects together, games industry veteran Alex Oxspring and YouTube musician The Stupendium have founded Stupendium Softworks as a self-funded, independent studio based out of the UK. The Stupendium (they/she) is a Nerdcore music artist …

Pacific Standard Sound (PSS), the award-winning sound design and full service post production and sound company whose work spans some of entertainment's most iconic properties, today announced the launch of Pacific Standard Creative (PSC), a new division purpose-built to serve the evolving storytelling and production needs of video game development studios, advertising agencies, trailer houses, and independent productions who demand world-class sound without compromise. Pacific Standard Creative will be helmed by industry veteran Eric Marks, who brings more than a decade of audio and engineering leadership, as well as two years as the Vice President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. P3 digital services, a technology leader in In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI), announces a new partnership that brings an array of appealing games to its groundbreaking Android Automotive-powered infotainment solution SPARQ OS. P3 has partnered with Slovakia-headquartered Inlogic Games, …