Industry News
This section tracks notable developments across the wider gaming industry — new game announcements, beta launches, trailers, studio updates, and projects entering new phases. It’s a curated stream of news that sits outside dedicated hubs, bringing together releases and milestones from studios and creators I follow.
I focus on updates that are worth paying attention to, whether because of the people behind them, the direction they signal, or the potential impact on players. Deeper analysis and long-form opinion pieces live in the Insights section — this page stays closer to the announcements themselves.
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Magni Games Rebuilds After Shutdown — Coins, Crown & Cabal Development Resumes
Magni Games returns after losing its publisher and shutting down. Coins, Crown & Cabal resumes development, with playtests planned and updates continuing via the studio’s…
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Everwind Enters Early Access on March 17, Full Release Targeted for 2027
Everwind enters Early Access tomorrow, March 17, marking the first public step for Enjoy Studio’s voxel sandbox RPG after several years in development, with the…
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Top 10 Steam Next Fest: What to Play This Week October 13–20
Steam Next Fest: October 2025 Edition is here — and it’s the perfect excuse to dive into fresh demos from some of the most exciting…
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Stormforge Trailer And Playtest Announced
Awesome news everyone: Stormforge has a brand-new gameplay trailer and playtest sign-ups are now live! You might wonder why I’m suddenly sharing this news. Well,…
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007: First Light – Impressions of IOI’s Gameplay Reveal
A Red-Carpet Presentation IO Interactive invited me to the B2B zone at Gamescom 2025 for the presentation of 007: First Light, staged inside a full…
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Shine On, New Dawn! – Cronos Mini Book Surfaces at Gamescom
In my Cronos: The New Dawn hands-on impressions, I briefly mentioned a strange little booklet that Bloober Team handed out during Gamescom 2025. At first…
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Gamescom 2025 First Impressions
Back From Cologne, Head Full of Games This is my Gamescom 2025 first impression after five packed days of an intense press tour in Cologne,…
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Pearl Abyss Reportedly Looking to Sell CCP Games
Unexpected turn? According to an exclusive report from Money Today Broadcasting (MTN), Pearl Abyss has begun actively seeking buyers for its Icelandic subsidiary, CCP Games—the…
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DOOM: Match to Die – A hellish puzzle spin-off arrives this May!
With DOOM: The Dark Ages set to unleash carnage on May 15, fans expected blood, demons, and bone-crunching action. What they didn’t expect? A surprise…
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Goat Simulator: Remastered – Nostalgic Chaos Returns
Why Goat Simulator: Remastered Is Worth the Replay Goat Simulator: Remastered has arrived, and I can’t help but feel a wave of nostalgia mixed with…
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Unifydrive UT2: Compact, Feature-Packed NAS
I just found a potential Xmas present for myself: the Unifydrive UT2 on Kickstarter. It’s a portable NAS (Network-attached storage), roughly the size of a…
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Band of Crusaders Expands to GOG: A Gamescom Discovery Worth Watching
Today, Virtual Alchemy announced an exciting partnership with GOG to bring their classic-inspired strategy RPG, Band of Crusaders, to even more RPG and strategy fans.…
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Elite’s 40th Anniversary: Celebrating 40 Years of Space Sim Revolution
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of Elite, a groundbreaking space sim launched on 20th September 1984. Developed by David Braben and Ian Bell, it ingeniously…
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Satisfactory 1.0 Released: A Factory Builder Success
Satisfactory 1.0 has exited early access after five years and 5.5 million copies sold, leading to a sizable community. The new update adds Tier 9,…