Inside Zatun’s Path from Outsourcing to Original IP
Abhinav Chokhavatia returned to India in 2007 with an idea. After working at Ubisoft Montreal, he had gained insight into how outsourcing worked from the client’s perspective. He believed he…
Studio Spotlight
Ludo Gamelabs: Building the Fun Factory
Founded: 2025Specialty: Product Development Studio for Video GamesLocation: Manchester, UKWebsite: ludogamelabs.com My Conversation with Matt Knott… Matt Knott is a big believer in mixers. Not the back-to-back meeting format that…
Do Games Expos Need a Shake-Up? Well, To The Moon’s Bringing One.
To The Moon Expo will open at Birmingham’s NEC on November 12–13, 2025. For the organisers, it is the beginning of a long-term vision. One shaped by unusual origins, and…
Blue Tango Street Studios: Finding Rhythm in Games and Community
Blue Tango Street Studios carries the spirit of a shared community space. Bayan describes her studio culture as a “street” rather than a traditional office, open to people coming and…
MakersForge: Shaping a Niche in Mobile Games Recruitment
Andre never planned to work in recruitment. Let alone run his own business. In fact, before the pandemic, he was a musician playing bar residencies. He described his sound to…
Operations Outsourcing with a Purple Shirt: Fox. Chicken. Grain.
Founded: January 1st 2024Specialty: Operational outsourcing, publishing agent servicesLocation: UK (remote-first, global network) Origins & Identity When Phil Foxton’s role was made redundant in September 2023 he gave himself three…
Mudcat Games are Crafting a Solarpunk Future in Flowers of Tipmoore
Mudcat Games is one of this year’s teams on the UK’s Tranzfuser programme, a national initiative that gives graduate developers the time, industry connections, and business knowledge to launch their…
GIGF: Glasgow’s Wonderfully Weird Games Festival
On Saturday 9th August, the Glasgow Independent Games Festival will be taking over the Barras Art & Design (BAaD) building, a beloved space nestled in the heart of a container…
Game Dev Under Fire: Meet RetroStyle Games. The Full Cycle Game Art Company.
If you’ve ever read Jason Schreier’s work—such as Blood, Sweat, and Pixels or Press Reset, or, if you’ve worked directly in the Games Industry, then you will be more than…
Rare Reversee: Pioneering Vietnam’s CGI Game Cinematics Scene
Vietnam’s CGI game cinematics industry is still reasonably young, but Rare Reversee has already carved out a reputation as one of its most reliable and creative players. Founded in 2019 by…