Carbon Engine Goes Open Source: What Fenris (CCP) Just Handed to Developers
Fenris Creations, the studio most of us still call CCP Games out of habit, just did something rare for a live-service operator: it handed...
Saudi Arabia Moves to Build AI-Native Creative Infrastructure with Genvid and Savvy Games Group
The announcement that Genvid Holdings has signed an MOU with Savvy Games Group and Massive Studios to bring its enterprise AI production platform to...
Adobe Moves to Acquire Topaz Labs, Bringing AI Upscaling Deeper Into Creative Cloud
Adobe announced this week it is acquiring Topaz Labs. If you work in creative production and have not yet heard of Topaz Labs, you...
Sony Just Bet $100 Million That the Dome Is the New Theater
Sony Pictures Entertainment put $100 million into Cosm this week, leading the company's Series C and taking a minority stake. SPE chairman and CEO...
Google Bought Its Way Into the Room Where A24 Films Get Made
Google DeepMind and A24 announced a research partnership on June 22nd. Google has made an investment in A24, reported at around $75 million, comparable...
CAA and TPG Launch $250 Million Fund to Buy Businesses Built by YouTubers and Other Creators
There's a particular irony sitting at the center of this week's biggest creator economy story, and it's easy to miss if you only read...
Origin Lab Lands $8M Seed Round to Turn Game Worlds Into AI Training Data
Lightspeed Venture Partners leads the round as the startup builds licensed infrastructure between game publishers and frontier AI labs Origin Lab has closed an $8...
Epic Games Is Recalibrating. Here’s What the Industry Should Be Watching.
GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT: Fortnite fatigue, a costly legal war, and a generation of young people quietly changing their gaming preferences. Here’s what the headlines...
The Heart of Innovation and Storytelling at GDC 2026
GDC 2026: A creative cornucopia of creators, tech and trends reshaping games, film, and immersive media. Every year I come to GDC telling myself I’ll...
Roblox Introduces New Programs to Encourage More Complex Games on the Platform
At Game Developers Conference 2026, Roblox announced two initiatives intended to support developers building more ambitious experiences on its platform: Roblox Incubator and Roblox...
