Gaming Indie News
Latest headlines and updates for indie game developers.
Secret Mode opens new Sheffield studio to support internal titles
Indie publisher Secret Mode has set up a new internal development studio in Sheffield to support the label's line-up of games, starting with recent hit Escape the Backrooms and Chained Together, which Secret Mode took over in June. At launch the venture is just three people strong, but over the next twelve months it's planned to expand to around 20 people. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreRoblox's reported user numbers will make it subject to additional EU legislation for regulating social networks
Roblox could become the first game to be classified as a very large online platform (VLOP) under European legislation. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreFIFA World Cup developer Refactor Games cuts 85% of staff
UPDATE Aug 4th: studio owner Nathan Burba confirmed to Gamesbeat that the studio had laid off 85% of its staff. This story has been updated to reflect this information. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreEx-Sumo Group CEO Carl Cavers joins co-dev studio Vertpaint as non-exec director and shareholder
Co-development studio Vertpaint has appointed former Sumo Group co-founder and CEO Carl Cavers OBE as non-executive director and shareholder. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreAtari's core business returns to profit, but consolidated group posts $5.5m net loss as Thunderful drags on results
Atari has released its consolidated financial results for the full 2025-26 fiscal year, reporting revenue growth of 66% year-on-year to $65 million (€56.0 million), its highest level in more than a decade, driven largely by the acquisition of Swedish publisher Thunderful and continued growth across its Games and Hardware lines. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreFirstLook launches creator-first platform Creators.gg with launch partners IO Interactive and Brain Jar Games
Player relationship and marketing platform FirstLook has launched Creators.gg to connect studios with creators of any size, rather than limiting opportunities to those with the largest audiences. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreRazer acquires StreamElements assets
Razer has acquired the assets of the cloud-based live streaming platform, StreamElements. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreThe industry makes great games, but nobody can find them
At the Madeira Games Summit in May, Michal Bujko, senior business development manager at Modma Studios, asked a question: If we were looking back at 2026 five years from now, what should we have fixed when we still had the chance? Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreUstwo Games was pushed out of mobile by the rise of free-to-play � but the mobile way of doing things is coming to PC
Ustwo Games has always been synonymous with tactile mobile game experiences, chiefly their breakout hit Monument Valley and subsequent releases Assemble With Care and Desta: The Memories Between. Earlier this year it announced plans to change that, and shift to a PC-first strategy. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreRoblox's reported user numbers will make it subject to additional EU legislation for regulating social networks
Roblox could become the first game to be classified as a very large online platform (VLOP) under European legislation. Read more
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreAnnounce Your Launch (coming soon)
Gameseek allows indie devs to make a "Grand Announcement".
Public Announcement Feature
Bring a massive wave of traffic to your site.
When you announce your site publicly on Gameseek:
- Your game is featured at the very top of the homepage.
- A notification is sent to our active user base.
- You get a "Featured Today" badge for your own site.
- It creates a dedicated thread for user feedback and reviews.