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The Music+Sound Awards have announced the finalists for 2026, globally celebrating the composers, sound designers and wider creative talent whose work is shaping music and sound in gaming.

Gaming is becoming increasingly digital. But that doesn’t mean consumer choice is disappearing with the disc. If anything, as digital becomes the default, players are becoming more demanding about how, where and on what terms they buy.

Fireshine Games announced today it has added Danish indie studio Fair Games and its survival-crafting title Necesse to its growing portfolio. With plans to add key long-tail support to the PC title and its millions of players, the label also confirms plans to develop Necesse for additional platforms. Necesse, originally launched in December 2019, has amassed approximately 2.5 mi...

What does AI mean for games discoverability? Do creator marketing strategies still work? How can developers turn crowdfunding backers into long-term advocates? And what really happens when a game becomes an overnight success? These are just some of the questions being tackled at VIVA! Games Marketing #4, taking place on Wednesday 18 November 2026. Bringing together leading …

by Lokesh Jaral A moving image can communicate a game’s atmosphere long before a playable build exists. That makes it useful for discussing art direction, planning a trailer or explaining a proposed scene. It also creates a responsibility: an audience should be able to tell whether the image shows a game running, an authored visual …