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Pocket Worlds acquires Hotel Hideaway, expanding its social world ecosystem to over 80 million registered players

Posted byby Sam Smith
September 10, 2026
2 min

Pocket Worlds has announced the acquisition of Hotel Hideaway, the mobile social world built by Sulake, the Finnish studio behind Habbo Hotel.

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VaultN and Paysafe join to bring real-time B2B payment settlements to game distribution

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 10, 2026
2 min

VaultN, which makes infrastructure trusted by games industry publishers and retailers, announced the launch of VaultN Payments & Wallet – an embedded B2B payments,...

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Azra Games’ UnGodly showcased on Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro Max and iPhone Duo

Posted byby Sam Smith
September 10, 2026
2 min

Azra Games has announced that RPG game UnGodly as part of Apple's unveiling of the new iPhone 18 Pro Max and iPhone Duo.

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Hideo Kojima turns to Xbox to publish Physint after Sony cancels game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 9, 2026
1 min

After Sony told Hideo Kojima that it would not publish his game Physint in June, Kojima turned to Xbox, which announced today it will...

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Gaming Culture

IGDA Foundation’s ‘Download for Charity’ Steam event to return in May 2027

Posted byby Jolie Feld
September 9, 2026
2 min

The International Game Developers’ Association Foundation just announced the return of its annual charity-driven Steam event, after two consecutive years. This time around, organizers...

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Blizzard Entertainment workers ratify first union contracts with CWA

Posted byby Jolie Feld
September 9, 2026
2 min

Nearly 1,900 Blizzard Entertainment employees are now covered by their first union contract, after two years of bargaining with Microsoft over job security, AI...

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Development

FreeAnimal launches as a global gaming creative agency built from 7 Keywords agencies | exclusive interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 9, 2026
5 min

FreeAnimal officially launches today as the first global creative agency built for the entire games ecosystem. It’s a combination of seven award-winning game-native agencies...

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Development

Ramen launches Aura 1.0 to push agentic AI in game development | interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 9, 2026
8 min

Ramen announced today the launch of Aura 1.0, its AI development agent for game developers building on Unity and Unreal Engine. The release of the AI game...

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Frontier reports 16% revenue growth, new Disney game and leadership transition

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 8, 2026
2 min

Frontier Developments, a developer and publisher of video games based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, reported 16% revenue growth in its latest fiscal year. It...

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Gaming Culture

Dubai deepens Xsolla ties with October accelerator launch

Posted byby Jolie Feld
September 8, 2026
2 min

Dubai’s Films and Games Commission is doubling down on its Xsolla partnership, announcing an accelerator programme set to launch this October. The initiative, unveiled...

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