The Winners of the Finnish Game Awards 2026

Awards

Finalists for the 2026 Italian Video Game Awards

IIDEA, the Italian video game industry association, has announced the nominees for the 14th Italian Video Game Awards.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Awards

Nyx Game Awards 2026 Open Submission

The Nyx Game Awards have opened early submissions for this years' show.

By Pascal Wagner •

Awards

Digital Dragons Awards Celebrate Bloober Team, 11 bit & Pixel Perfect Dude

At yesterday's Digital Dragons Awards, Bloober Team and 11 bit studios took home most prizes. Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur took home the award for best international game. Pixel Perfect Dude won best Mobile game.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read

Awards

Finalists for the 2026 Italian Video Game Awards

IIDEA, the Italian video game industry association, has announced the nominees for the 14th Italian Video Game Awards.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

Business

The Safe-Bet Crisis: Why Live-Service ”Wrappers“ Are Imploding

In this week’s “Update”, Zoran Roso asks whether the industry is still designing games for pure enjoyment, and he suggests that the industry may have fallen into a dangerous corporate trap of designing for operational efficiency instead of creative taste and is facing a brutal reality check.

By Zoran Roso • 4 min read

Business

Wizards of the Coast Not Voluntarily Recognizing Union

With letters urging workers to "consider" their decision, Wizards of the Coast's President John Hight has made clear that the company will not voluntarily recognise the unionisation efforts of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team.

By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read

Products

Dawn of War IV Is Coming Out In September 2026

During the Warhammer Skulls Showcase, Deep Silver and King Art Games announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is set to launch on 17 September 2026. The Crusade mode returns, and a year of free content updates and paid DLC will expand the battlefield.

By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read

gamescom

Gamescom Dev Talk Review: Don’t Ship the Wrong Game From René Habermann

Not sure what sort of talks to expect at gamescom dev? Together with gamescom dev, we’re taking a look back at selected talks from 2025, which you can also rewatch on YouTube. This Time: Don’t Ship the Wrong Game: A Framework for Choosing What to Finish by René Habermann from Bippinbits.

By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read

Products

Bavarian-Made LLM-Battler Promptables for SWR X Lab Is Out

Emergo Entertainment, Ivy Juice Games and Neuroforge have made an LLM-driven creature battler in which you prompt your creature's attacks for the ARD AI podcast. The game is out today.

By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read