Portside Game Assembly is Set to Continue 2027 Following Another Successful Year

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gamescom Week 2026: All Evening Events

Never have a dull evening at gamescom 2026 with our party guide: Every sundown event, from Sunday to Sunday.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Events

Taipei Game Show Opens Exhibitor Registration and Submissions for Indie Game Award

Exhibitors can now register for the Taipei Game Show 2027. In addition to the trade fair, there will also be an Indie Award in 2027, open to studios worldwide, as well as the Game Linker conference.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Events

Creative Europe Media: 17 Free Slots at Polaris 2026

17 studios from EU countries can showcase their game for free at Indie Arena Booth on Polaris 2026, thanks to Creative Europe Media. Additionally, 10 studios from low audiovisual capacity countries can get travel grants as well.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Pearl Abyss Confirms gamescom 2026 Presence

Pearl Abyss will cooperate with Samsung to bring Crimson Desert to the gamescom entertainment area on modern hardware this year. The developer will also hold two talks at gamescom dev.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Campus

FROG 2026 Submissions Open, Include Subotron Game Jam

Future and Reality of Gaming is leaning ever closer to the games industry this year: The game studies conference, held at Belvedere Museum in Vienna under new organisers, takes place from 20-22 November and welcomes talk submissions for the topic Playing Art until 15 September.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Development

G+ Why AI Makes Sense in All Areas, But Not For All Tasks

Sunrise Village is still online thanks to the use of AI. Thomas Lehr, Director of Game Engineering at InnoGames, talks about the reactions to the Sunrise Village case, when and how the use of AI can be effective and why InnoGames uses AI to drive growth but not for cost savings.

By Stephan Steininger • 7 min read

People

French Consumer Association on PlayStation: "Profoundly Unfair to Consumers"

French consumer association Que Choisir Ensemble sees Sony's decision to stop making physical games possible on PlayStation as a net negative for consumers: Less choice, no second-hand market, no longterm playability are the consequence, says Digital Policy Officer Frithjof Michaelsen.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Products

Nintendo Will Stop Selling Switch in Europe

In preparation for the EU Battery Regulation, Nintendo will replace the Switch 2 and other products with new models. The Switch 1 in all variants as well as some special controllers however will be discontinued, since they will not receive exchangable battery models.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

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Netherlands Pavilion confirmed for gamescom 2026

The Dutch Games Association has confirmed the Netherlands Pavilion at gamescom 2026 business area. 24 companies and institutions from the Netherlands will exhibit there.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read