Networking & Multiplayer

XBox Wire says Forest of Deceit has added six new languages, including German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Italian. For a social deduction game built on...

The Cherno shows how AI helped finish Hazel’s multiplayer server work, turning a long-running backend task into something shippable. For teams building online games, the practical takeaway is less...

GamesIndustry.biz says Activision's Team Ricochet is treating cheating like a major business, citing estimates that the market reaches $8.5 billion. A survey of 250 multiplayer studios found 69% see...

eieio.games details Solitaire Alone Together, a multiplayer take on Windows 98 solitaire that lets everyone on the internet play the same game. It’s a tiny premise, but it turns a familiar...

Defold Game Jam 2026 starts Sunday, September 20, with prizes, partner challenges, and free gifts for participants. The Defold Foundation is also running a free online conference ahead of the jam,...

Defold Foundation says the Defold Game Jam 2026 begins Sunday, September 20, with prizes, partner challenges, and free gifts on offer. The run-up includes a free online conference on multiplayer,...

Defold Game Jam 2026 starts Sunday, September 20, with prizes, partner challenges and free gifts for participants. Defold Foundation is also running a free online conference ahead of the jam, with...

Defold Game Jam 2026 starts Sunday, September 20, with prizes, partner challenges and free gifts for participants. The Defold Foundation is also running a free online conference ahead of the jam,...

Looking for a Senior Unity Multiplayer Developer for a Long-Term Indie RPG Project I'm an independent product founder currently developing the concept and technical direction for a large-scale...

XBox Wire says Sea of Thieves is free for all Xbox members to try from September 17-20 on Xbox and PC, while Hell Let Loose: Vietnam is open to Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential members over...

arXiv cs.GR details MoQSplat, a streaming approach for 3D Gaussian Splatting that targets gigabyte-scale scene delivery over QUIC. It splits scenes into spatial Tracks and progressive Subgroups,...

Hi! I'd really appreciate any feedback. I'm making the beta version of my project, currently using the working title HexaWars, publicly available for the first time: project on the gamedev.net:...

GamesIndustry.biz says Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 is stacking its business floor with Capcom, Bandai Namco, Nintendo and PlayStation partners, plus AMD, Lenovo, Razer and more. The...

Season 06 for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone is rolling out as The Haunting, bringing a themed content drop across both games. For teams watching live-service cadence, it’s another reminder...

Hi everyone, I'm an independent game creator currently working on an original project called Earth Rebirth: Pangaea. I'm now looking to put together a small founding development team. I have been...

Unreal Engine Dev Days are heading to EMEA cities, giving local developers a chance to meet, learn, and swap production ideas in person. For teams building in Unreal, the practical value is the...

Xbox Game Pass is adding a mixed September slate led by RuneScape: Dragonwilds, SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, and The Royal Writ. The lineup also includes Shelldiver today, plus TCG Card Shop...

Serious Sam: Shatterverse is taking the franchise into FPS roguelite territory, built in Unreal Engine with peer-to-peer multiplayer and an offline solo mode. Behaviour Interactive says the goal is a...

Dumpster Gang is headed to Xbox PC in December 2026, with day-one Game Pass support. The 1-4 player co-op sandbox casts players as raccoons pulling off house raids, trash runs, and other small-scale...

Weekend two of the Modern Warfare 4 open beta is live, giving players another chance to stress the game’s online stack and content pipeline. For developers, the useful signal is less about the...