Lewis Packwood

Opinion

Gamescom Latam shows Brazil's dev scene has huge potential, but it's waiting for a spark | Opinion

The São Paulo event is growing from year to year – although there's one crucial element that still needs to fall into place

May 1, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

Inkle's Jon Ingold on why self-publishing is where it's at

"You can never have a conversation with a publisher across an equal gradient, because it isn't an equal gradient. They have all of the power."

April 30, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

"There was that period in time, pre-Sonic, where it was, 'You're so lucky that Hollywood is even looking at you'"

Adaptation specialists Story Kitchen on what it takes to get a video-game movie off the ground – and how Hollywood has changed its tune

April 28, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

Tools to tell if your game is broken

Gameworks and PerfCop are part of a new wave of tools for keeping a beady eye on game performance throughout development

April 24, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

How have things been going at Rovio since it was bought by Sega?

Angry Birds creative officer Ben Mattes on life under Sega, Rovio's transmedia ambitions, and why there won't be an Angry Birds first-person shooter any time soon

April 23, 2026 Lewis Packwood

News

GamesIndustry.biz will once again head to Brazil to report on Gamescom Latam

Next week's event in São Paulo is set to showcase titles from South American developers alongside a battery of high-level talks

April 22, 2026 Lewis Packwood

News

BAFTA calls last-minute decision to pull indie trailer from 2026 BAFTA Games Awards "a compliance decision"

Dev says offers to change the trailer were "ignored"

April 20, 2026 Vikki Blake

Feature

"You can't buy a BAFTA." Why commercial influence is a red line for the BAFTA Games Awards

BAFTA head Jane Millichip on corporate sponsorship, gender representation, and why BAFTA might consider showing game trailers in future

April 17, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Opinion

Games and movies are rushing to jump into bed while they're still getting to know each other | Opinion

Screen Play at the London Games Festival captured the tangible excitement around transmedia, as well as the gulf of understanding between the worlds of games and films

April 16, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

Follow a game's rules, not its story: Exit 8 director Genki Kawamura on the secret to a successful movie adaptation

"People try to take the story of the video game and translate that into a movie – I don't think it really functions that way"

April 13, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

Evil Landfall is the latest publishing label from an indie developer

The developer behind Peak has launched a publishing arm – Kirsten-Lee Naidoo, the new CEO of Evil Landfall, explains all

April 8, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

The rise, fall, and resurgence of Australian game development

The Australian games industry was battered by the financial crisis of 2008 – but boosted by government help, it has surged back with a fresh resilience

April 7, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

ProbablyMonsters is betting on an Xbox 360-esque bonanza of single-player AA kookiness

Chief marketing officer David Reid explains why diligent use of marketing spend is the secret to targeting the now much-reduced AA sector

March 31, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

"We were there in the 80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier." John and Brenda Romero reflect on the industry crisis

The pair have had to dramatically downsize their studio since the money dried up – but they're determined to keep on coding to the bitter end

March 27, 2026 Lewis Packwood

News

Newly revealed Nordic Game speaker line-up to include Planet of Lana devs

Exclusive: Swedish conference reveals speaker lineup, along with debut of AI Track

March 25, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

"Heavyweights ruined the industry... now we live on the indies" Nordic Game embraces smaller devs and games with soul

As the program for this year's conference is revealed, program director Jacob Riis reflects on the rise of indie gaming as a reaction to what the games industry has become

March 25, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

This mobile game has been made using AI for a year now – and no one noticed

InnoGames explains how AI enabled Sunrise Village to avoid the chopping block, and why AI-assisted content generation could soon be standard practice in mobile

March 20, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

The Big Debate: What role should AI have in video game narrative?

A games writer and an AI game creator sit down for a serious talk.

March 20, 2026 Lewis Packwood

News

Ubisoft announces layoffs and the cease of game development at Red Storm Entertainment

The studio will remain open, but 105 people are being laid off as part of Ubisoft's cost reduction programme

March 19, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

"You cannot think of game development without thinking about AI" – Ex-NCSoft president Songyee Yoon on investing in the AI future

Now the head of a venture capital firm focusing on AI-native start-ups, she thinks gaming will be at the forefront of AI adoption, but wants to see more protection for artists

March 18, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

"Our engineers are quite for it… Artists are much more emotive." When it comes to AI, HR is on the front line between management and employees

Niki Head from Stellar Entertainment on how HR is "the Switzerland in the middle", and how AI is making her job both easier and much harder

March 17, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

"Can we meaningfully predict how things go?" How AI could shape how publishers invest

Joost van Dreunen thinks that small language models will have a big impact on business intelligence in the games industry, even forecasting the decisions CEOs might make

March 17, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

What place will AI have in game development?

Senior figures from across the games industry weigh in on the future of AI use

March 16, 2026 Lewis Packwood

News

Roblox and Minecraft players are less likely to play traditional AAA video games

Ben Porter from Newzoo explains that the player base has very little overlap with mainstream hits such as Assassin's Creed: Shadows and Ghost of Yōtei

March 13, 2026 Lewis Packwood

Feature

Games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June, as part of sweeping changes to the age-rating system

PEGI director Dirk Bosmans explains why the European body is rethinking how it rates games, taking into account "online interactive risks" such as battle passes and login streaks

March 12, 2026 Lewis Packwood