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Celebrate Delta Force’s 2nd Anniversary With New Ways to Play, Exclusive Rewards, and More

XBox Wire says Delta Force’s Season Reorientation is live on Xbox Series X|S, kicking off the game’s second-anniversary push on September 26. The update trims match prep, adds cross-region Operations …

Official XBox Wire · 1 day, 10 hours ago
Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta: Weekend Two Intel

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 …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month ago
Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta: Everything You Need to Know

Modern Warfare 4 is opening its beta to all players, giving teams a live look at how a high-traffic shooter rollout is staged. For developers, the interesting part is less …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month ago
Matchmaking platform Sail.game launches free tier for devs ahead of Gamescom

Sail.game is waiving its €99 Entry Cruise fee for PC and console developers through August 31 with promo code SAILFREE. Studios that claim the tier during Gamescom get lifetime access …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 1 month, 1 week ago
Bringing Real-Time Multiplayer to GameMaker with Colyseus

Colyseus is bringing authoritative real-time multiplayer, matchmaking, and state sync into reach for GameMaker teams. That matters for studios that want live sessions without building a full networking stack from …

Official GameMaker · 1 month, 3 weeks ago
"I'm not a creative. I like spreadsheets" – The low-profile team that powers Marathon, Subnautica 2, NBA 2K, and more

Wolfjaw Studios has spent six years building the backend plumbing most teams would rather avoid, and it’s now behind launches like Marathon, Subnautica 2, and WWE 2K26. The Troy, New …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 2 months ago
"Hydra is polished and battle-tested" – Why Saber Interactive is opening up its live-ops tool all developers

Saber is turning the backend stack behind Space Marine 2, World War Z, and SnowRunner into a commercial live-ops platform. The pitch is practical: one modular SDK for matchmaking, cross-play, …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 4 months, 1 week ago
New matchmaking platform Sail.game launches to combat "discovery fatigue" between developers and publishers

Sail.game has launched a new matchmaking platform aimed at reducing discovery fatigue for developers and publishers. With over 200 qualified publishers onboard, it promises a more efficient pitching process tailored …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 5 months, 2 weeks ago