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As part of its continually growing physical library and digital archive, the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) is excited to announce it is adding a plethora of materials from the Electronics Entertainment Expo (commonly referred to as “E3”), the larger-than-life tradeshow that came to dominate games media and heavily influence the industry itself for over 20 years.

Developer No Brakes Games and publisher Curve Games are today celebrating the 10 year anniversary of beloved physics platformer Human Fall Flat with the launch of a special celebratory anniversary level available for free on PC today. Packed with nostalgia and hidden secrets, the new level invites players to relive iconic moments and classic environments from the game. 

Good Game Club has released a new episode featuring Games for Change Research Director Dr. Rachel Kowert who discusses why parents, policymakers and the games industry need a more balanced conversation around children’s digital lives.

Tencent has announced “Worlds of Play: The Game Art Exhibition,” a first-of-its-kind global art exhibition co-hosted with leading game studios from around the world, set to take place during gamescom 2026.

Eight years ago, The Story Mob was founded as a communications consultancy specialising in esports. Born out of the competitive gaming scene, the agency built its reputation helping teams, tournament organisers, players and publishers tell their stories, as esports navigated its space within the mainstream and esports fandoms. 

Riot Games has revealed the full details for League of Legends Classic, the biggest update for the game in over a decade, ahead of its launch on Wednesday, July 29.

After nine years of public relations service at Bethesda Softworks, Jonnie Bryant today moves to team17 to join the independent publisher's expanding marketing team as Communications Director.

Saber Interactive, the global video game studio behind acclaimed, best-selling titles such as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, SnowRunner, and World War Z, is thrilled to announce the addition of Steve Allison as its new Chief Business Officer. Allison joins Saber with over 30 years of executive experience in the games industry.

KRAFTON, Inc. has announced that MIMESIS, a four-player co-op horror title from KRAFTON's creative studio ReLU Games, has surpassed two million cumulative copies sold worldwide. Last month's major update added further content to the game's Early Access run, helping drive the new sales record.

Atari has announced that Andreas Deptolla has been appointed President, Atari Europe, a new position reporting to Wade Rosen, Atari chairman and CEO. In this role, Deptolla will oversee Atari’s growing European presence, including development studios in the UK and Sweden, and business operations in Germany.