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Leading UK games publisher and distributor PQube has announced the appointment of Dominic Wheatley as Chairman.

The CatLands demo is now live, offering a cosy landscape puzzle game where you match blocks to solve relaxing levels, then grow a small village as you play (with cats to collect along the way).

G2 Esports, one of the world's most decorated esports organisations, and Theta Labs, the leading blockchain-powered decentralised cloud provider for AI and media, today announced the launch of an AI agent for G2's global fan community across multiple competitive titles including League of Legends, Counter-Strike 2, VALORANT, Rainbow Six Siege, and Call of Duty.

Crimson Capes is out now on PC via Steam, inviting players to step into a 2D sword-and-sorcery world built around mastery, tension, and discovery.

Chashu Entertainment and indie.io are proud to announce that Sands of Aura will debut on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox X|S Series, and PlayStation 5 on February 26, 2026.

Leading games Quality Assurance specialist Testronic has announced a series of senior leadership appointments across its European Centre of Excellence, further strengthening its operational depth, commercial leadership and long-term growth strategy.

22cans has released the first full gameplay trailer for Masters of Albion, a God game reimagined by Peter Molyneux.

Bastion, the award-winning communications and marketing agency dedicated to the video games industry, has launched Bastion America, bringing exceptional service, strategic clout and proven international reach to games companies across North America.

After a hugely successful Pocket Gamer Connects London 2026, which saw 3,000 games industry professionals gathering in London for the industry’s most significant UK knowledge-sharing and networking event, the Steel Media Ltd management team has levelled up.

Seismic Squirrel announced on Monday that Aether & Iron, a narrative-driven RPG focused on player choice and character-driven storytelling, will launch on PC via Steam on March 31, 2026.