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Funding News
Verse8 secures $5m to scale its AI-driven game creation platform
Closure
OpenAI shuts down Sora video-generation app less than two years after launch
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New Partnerships
Krafton signs strategic alliance with Hanwha Aerospace to develop real-world AI systems
The company will back a $1bn fund targeting AI, robotics and defence startups
Layoff News
Meta planning layoffs that could affect 20% of workforce
The potential cuts would be the company’s largest since its 2022–2023 “year of efficiency” restructuring
Industry Insights
How the role of the marketing analyst is changing in the age of AI
Iaroslav Kobozev discusses how AI is reshaping the skills and workflows for marketing analysts
Tencent Tech
Tencent showcases AI lighting tech MagicDawn at GDC
Open-world MMO Roco Kingdom: World was used as a demonstration of new capabilities
New Offerings
Razer reveals AI tools to speed up game development pipelines
The company’s “Future of Play” showcase introduced tools designed to accelerate game development pipelines
Six Fabulous Fireside Chats
From large language models to learning languages - Seven more fabulous fireside chats from PGC London 2026
HyprMX spoke to many of the pioneers and business leaders at PGC London 2026. Here are seven more of the very best conversations from the event
New Offerings
Google Cloud unveils autonomous AI agents as next phase of game development
The company said the games industry is entering its biggest shift since the move from 2D to 3D graphics
Generate Identify & Scale Playables
Beyond the guesswork: introducing Playable Factory’s AI-generated playables
How Playable Factory is using over 50 billion playable sessions to move beyond the ‘guess and check’ era
Data Insights
5 takeaways from the ThinkingData Summit: AI, drowning in data, and Habby's secret sauce
Insights from speakers at Blizzard, Habby, Mavis Games, Reality Games and ThinkingData
New Partnerships
Sumo Digital partners with Arm to explore AI-powered "PC-class" graphics for mobile games
Arm’s neural technology adds AI accelerators to GPUs to push mobile visuals closer to PC quality
Ai And Leadership
ZiMAD’s Anastasia Zaiceva on AI adoption, sustainable growth and advancing diversity in games
Zaiceva discusses how AI is reshaping mobile game development and how the industry can continue improving gender diversity in senior roles
Pgc Summit San Francisco
Helika is building the AI Publishing Engine game studios never had
Game development was democratised. Publishing wasn’t. Helika is going to fix that
Speaker Spotlight
BLKBOX.ai CEO Athar Zia talks marketing trends, ad failure rates and the future of AI
Zia gives insights into the current mobile marketing landscape ahead of his PGC San Francisco Summit talk on March 9th, 2026.
Pgc London Live!
Industry, AI and everything in-between - Seven fabulous fireside chats from PGC London 2026
HyprMX have managed to capture some of the excitement and energy from the pioneers and business leaders at PGC London 2026. Here are seven of the very best
Demo Day
Helika and Avalanche bring Accelerator Demo Day to San Francisco featuring top studios and a first look at Helika’s Publishing Engine
Helika and Avalanche will showcase the standout teams from their joint accelerator on March 9th during GDC week and preview the AI-powered publishing infrastructure to help studios publish, grow and monetise at scale
Leadership Change
New Xbox leadership insists there's no top-down AI directive from Microsoft
Console remains central to Xbox’s identity despite multi-platform publishing shifts
Ai In Games
AI won't make your game, but it can lighten the load
Ludo.ai CTO Jorge Gomes gives his view on the role of AI in game production and where it could make a difference
Giant Growing
Giant secures $8m to expand AI-powered storytelling for children
The startup aims to turn children's screen time into interactive, creative play
Job News
Krafton appoints Kangwook Lee as chief AI officer
He will oversee company-wide AI R&D and foundational tech roadmap
End Of An Era
Phil Spencer retires as ex-Instacart COO takes top job at Microsoft Gaming
Xbox president and COO Sarah Bond also exits the firm as Matt Booty is promoted to EVP and chief content officer
Ai Insights
AI can build your game prototype but it can’t build your strategy
Tom Storr from The Experimentation Group explores how AI is speeding up game prototypes and why experience is still key
Industry Outlook
EGDF urges Europe's games industry to "fight forward" in 2026
The federation called on policymakers to recognise games as a strategic cultural and technological asset
Mobile Mavens
Mobile Mavens: What Google’s AI world-building tech Project Genie means for games
Industry insiders give their opinions on the tech and its potential practical applications
Pgc London
The relationship between games and AI: Mechanisms, history and constant evolution
At PGC London, AI Guys CTO Ken Noland compared AI mechanisms to historic games and genres
Podcast | Episode 82
What do game developers really think of Project Genie? | Week in Mobile Games podcast
The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode 82...
Hot Five
Hot Five: Ares Interactive raises $70m, Google's Project Genie sparks gaming shares decline, and Arknights: Endfield hits $30m in two weeks
Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
Forever Games
2026 live ops trends: Templatisation, personalisation and AI
We speak to Balancy CEO Pavel Ignatov about the latest trends in live ops and the strategies developers can employ right now
New Offerings
Roblox launches 4D generation creation feature enters beta
The new system moves beyond static assets, allowing players to generate fully interactive objects in game
Ai Debate
Google's Project Genie sparks fall in gaming shares as industry experts question use-case
"The direction is right. The timeline is not what traders think it is," says Storygrounds CEO Andrew Green
Industry Outlook
Self-funding rises among game workers as layoffs persist and union interest grows
Co-development, private investment, and venture capital remain limited funding options across the industry
Pgc London
PGC London's industry health check: Investment, AI, D2C, and advantages of the UK
PGC London pannelists discussed a range of topics checking in on the post-pandemic landscape
Mentorship
Supercell opens applications for AI Innovation Lab programme
The nine-week programme is designed for top-tier AI and games founders turning early ideas into breakthrough products
Ai Workshop
Sign up for AI Basics: Thrills or Chills? free workshop with Martin Percy
Continue the conversation: free workshop with the award-winning director
Podcast | Episode 80
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2026 unwrapped | Week in Mobile Games podcast
The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode 80...
Candy Crush Challenge
Crafting Candy Crush’s difficulty: Blockers, level design, AI and the "complexity staircase"
Candy Crush’s senior product manager John Davies shares level design insights and tips on making a challenging puzzle fun
Speaker Spotlight
AI set to bring significant breakthroughs in game development over next 12 months, says Unity China VP
The exec discusses the opportunities in China's games market and the significant role AI will play in the industry's future.
Ai In Games
Shift Up CEO says AI is key to competing with China’s game industry scale
Kim argues AI adoption will boost productivity rather than replace jobs in the games industry
Ai And Games
How games shape AI and how it can be a "saviour to many companies"
Guy Gadney and Ken Noland discuss how games and AI impact each other
Indie Revolution
Is an indie revolution coming in 2026?
Competitive pricing, a tough economy, and "better and better" experiences - is this the formula for indies to soar?
Company Spotlight
Kashkick's Lisanne Vera on AI disruption and bringing value to players
We speak to Vera ahead of Kashkick's big presence at PGC London on January 19th and 20th
Speaker Spotlight
Layer.ai's Alex Engel to discuss AI-led advancements in UA at PGC London
Layer.ai VP of product Alex Engel gives a quickfire Q&A ahead of his talk at PGC London
Podcast | Episode 78
2026 games industry predictions and trends | Week in Mobile Games podcast
The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode 78...
Looking Ahead
The big games industry trends and stories to watch in 2026
We take a look at what's in store for the sector in the year ahead
Ai-assisted Optimisation
Teqblaze - from manual monetisation platform to AI-assisted optimisation
Find out how Teqblaze helps publishers build more predictable, sustainable monetisation without sacrificing transparency or control
Speaker Spotlight
Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu talks up the massive opportunities for AI and UGC
The chief exec of the development agency gives his opinions on the next big opportunities for games companies
Industry Voices
Heavy industry investment during the pandemic "made us all lose sight of building sustainable companies"
How to unlock new avenues in a tight funding climate
Ai Regulation
China tightens rules on emerging gen AI tech
Regulator steps in to provide rules for rapidly emerging sector