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SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 Takes Shape: Distinguished Keynote Speaker Line-up Unveiled

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Preparations are well underway for SIGGRAPH Asia 2026, the flagship global event for computer graphics and interactive techniques. Taking place 14 December 2026 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, the fourday conference will bring together the worldwide CG community to explore cuttingedge research, emerging ideas and build meaningful professional connections. Event Basic Information Event Name: SIGGRAPH[…..] […]

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Apple Completes App Store Leadership Transition; New Management Pursues Higher Margins, Phil Schiller Steps Back From Day-to-Day Operations

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Amid Apple’s broader C-suite transition, the App Store — an operation estimated to generate more than USD 30 billion in annual revenue — has undergone a major leadership reshuffle. Newly-installed CEO John Ternus and Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue have taken charge of the App Store. Internally, the leadership team is advancing a new[…..] […]

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Apple’s new EU App Store Business Terms Still Violate the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

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Apple’s new EU App Store business terms have been collectively questioned by a coalition of developers, who determined that they still violate the Digital Markets Act (DMA). A coalition of 18 European industry organisations has published an open letter arguing Apple’s revised App Store business terms for the European Union, announced August 18, 2026, still[…..] […]

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Lost and Found Co. Developer Bit Egg Becomes First Game Studio to Win Thailand’s Prestigious Prime Minister’s Export Award

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The award-winning Thai indie studio demoed in Tokyo Game Show following Lost and Found Co.‘s 100,000 sales milestone  Thailand-based indie game developer Bit Egg Inc., the studio behind the critically acclaimed hidden-object adventure Lost and Found Co., has become the first video game developer to receive Thailand’s prestigious Prime Minister’s Export Award. Bit Egg received the Prime[…..] […]

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DRAGONHEIR: SILENT GODS MARKS THIRD ANNIVERSARY WITH COMMUNITY-CREATED HERO AND ORDER VS. CHAOS SHOWDOWN

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Child of Chaos makes his playable debut alongside a community-designed Dark Lady Collector’s Edition Figure and server-wide anniversary events Proxima Beta is celebrating the third anniversary of dark fantasy strategy RPG Dragonheir: Silent Gods with a major event beginning 15th September, putting its community at the heart of the celebrations through two of the game’s[…..] […]

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China Domestic Animation Summer Season 2026 Review: Box-office Boom for Theatrical Animation, Established Web Series Face Headwinds, AI Man-Dramas Explode for New Growth

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The 2026 Chinese summer entertainment season (June-August) has concluded. China’s domestic animation sector presents a tri-layer landscape: robust box-office performance for theatrical animated features, cooling growth for long-form premium web animation series, and explosive traffic expansion of AI-generated man-drama. While the industry harvests unprecedented traffic dividends brought by generative AI, new challenges around content quality[…..] […]

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Tianji: Shadow of the Ancients, Coming 2027 to Multiple Global Platforms

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Grand Tang–Era Fantasy RPG Unveiled: Justdan International Announces Tianji: Shadow of the Ancients, Coming 2027 to Multiple Global Platforms Justdan International Co., Ltd. officially reveals Tianji: Shadow of the Ancients, its first self-developed single-player role-playing game. Led by Hong-Ming Tsai, widely known as “the father of Xuanyuan Sword”, this hand-painted turn-based RPG is rooted in[…..] […]

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China’s Anime-Goods (“Guzi”) Economy 2026 Market Review

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China’s Anime–Goods (“Guzi”) Economy 2026 Market Review: Growing Scale Amid Structural Differentiation, Entering High–Quality Development Phase “Guzi”, phonetically derived from English “goods”, collectively refers to physical merchandise derived from animation, web-novel and video-game IP, including badges, acrylic stands, shikishi art boards, trading cards, figures, plush toys and collectibles; the consumer fandom calls collecting these items[…..] […]

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Newzoo Forecasts Global Games Market to Hit $213.9 Billion by End-2026

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Newzoo Forecasts Global Games Market to Hit $213.9 Billion by End–2026; Live–Service & Blockbuster IP to Define H2–2026 Market Trajectory At Gamescom 2026 in Cologne, leading games-analytics firm Newzoo released preliminary findings from its 2026 Global Games Market Report. It projects the full–year global games market will reach USD 213.9 billion in 2026, growing 6.1 % year–on–year,[…..] […]

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Opportunities Amid Transition: GamesMarket 2026 Industry-Leader Interview Maps Challenges, Resilience and Outlook for European Games Industry

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GamesMarket has released its 2026 Industry-Leaders Survey, featuring an exclusive interview with Shams Jorjani, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, the Swedish developer behind blockbuster title Helldivers 2. Combined with insights from the gamescom dev conference, the Annual Report of the German Games Industry 2026 published by game-The German Games Industry Association, plus official gamescom 2026 research[…..] […]

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