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Activision cites data claiming cheating in games is an $8.5bn industry; 69% of online multiplayer studios consider cheating "a significant or very significant problem"

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 cheating …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 1 day, 12 hours ago
Solitaire Alone Together

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 …

Blog eieio.games · 2 days, 2 hours ago
Defold Game Jam 2026 starts on Sunday

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 …

News PabloTitan21 · 4 days, 8 hours ago
Free Play Days – Sea of Thieves and Hell Let Loose Vietnam

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 …

Official XBox Wire · 5 days, 11 hours ago
MoQSplat: Adaptive Progressive Streaming of 3D Gaussian Splatting via MoQ

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, aiming to cut …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 5 days, 22 hours ago
No More Robots' nine-year journey to releasing its first self-developed IP – "This sounds so naive and stupid, but somehow it's working"

GamesIndustry.biz details how No More Robots is finally shipping its first in-house IP after nine years as a publisher. Cruise Control began as a multiplayer shooter, was shelved after a …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 1 week, 5 days ago
Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show announces exhibitor lineup for 2026

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 Bangkok …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 1 week, 6 days ago
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone Season 06 Content Drop: The Haunting

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, …

Official XBox Wire · 2 weeks ago
EMEA Dev Days | Unreal Engine

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 …

Official Unreal Engine · 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Coming to XBOX Game Pass: RuneScape: Dragonwilds, SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, The Royal Writ, and More

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 …

Official XBox Wire · 3 weeks ago
Serious Sam: Shatterverse – A Brand New Take on a Classic

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 …

Official XBox Wire · 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Chaotic Co-Op Dumpster Gang Coming to XBOX PC in December 2026

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, …

Official XBox Wire · 3 weeks, 5 days 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 · 3 weeks, 6 days ago
State of Decay 3: Closed Beta Playtests Will Open the Game to Even More Players This Year

State of Decay 3 is widening its playtest program, with closed beta access planned before the end of 2026 after an alpha phase that began in April. Undead Labs says …

Official XBox Wire · 3 weeks, 6 days ago
How Hologryph built SAND: Raiders of Sophie for a sustainable live ops cadence

Unity details how Hologryph built SAND: Raiders of Sophie around a live ops pipeline that can keep shipping without destabilizing performance. The team leans on modular compartments, Burst jobs, Addressables, …

Official Unity · 4 weeks ago
GDC Festival of Gaming announces changes to 2027 event, including new Business Hall at Moscone West

GDC Festival of Gaming 2027 is adding a dedicated Business Hall at Moscone West, aimed at meetings, deals, and relationship-building. The show is also splitting access into more focused passes, …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 4 weeks ago
Defold Summer Newsletter 2026

Defold 1.13.1 lands with new Light components, faster warm builds, and broader engine/editor support, while the summer newsletter also tees up a September game jam and a Defold presence at …

Official Defold · 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – Inside the Maps and Movement of Multiplayer

Modern Warfare 4 is pushing Multiplayer toward faster, more readable combat by trimming cover, adding new traversal, and building maps around South Korea. Infinity Ward is pairing photogrammetry-driven art with …

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
Modern Warfare 4 Multiplayer: Movement, Gunplay, Modes, & Maps

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is leaning hard into multiplayer feel, with a focus on movement, gunplay, modes, and map design. For developers, the interesting part is how the …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month ago
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