Briefs on the games industry, funding, and policy relevant to building studios from Pakistan — researched daily, published only after human review.
EA completes its $55bn take-private buyout under Saudi PIF, Secret Mode opens a Sheffield dev studio, Subnautica 2 tops 5M sales, and CEGA lines up its next Lahore animation meetup.
A third-party Steam sale presented by Gamepulse and Pak Game Dev has gathered 52 Pakistani titles in one place. It is a better piece of evidence for the sector than most market-size figures — and our own news monitoring missed it.
EA's $55B Saudi-backed take-private sale closes, Sony details tariff-refund windfall and 2028 disc discontinuation, and Lahore's animation meetup anchors a quiet day for Pakistan-specific gaming news.
A quiet day for Pakistan-specific gaming news, while the global industry saw a Tencent-subsidiary studio cut ~80 roles, Ustwo Games detail its PC-first pivot, and Xbox confirm UK/Europe price hikes.
A quiet day for Pakistan-specific gaming news; global headlines were dominated by EA's $55B take-private deal closing this week and Sony's Q1 PS5 results.
A quiet day for Pakistan gaming news (one CEGA animation meetup in Lahore) alongside a busy week in global industry earnings: EA's $55B buyout nearing close, PlayStation and Xbox Q1 results, and Roblox/PUBG revenue growth.
EA's $55B take-private deal nears close, Sony and Xbox report contrasting quarterly results, Roblox posts strong emerging-market growth, and CEGA announces a Lahore animation meetup for August 12.
Microsoft's biggest gaming layoff round in years collides with a record quarter for gaming M&A, Saudi PIF deepens its bets on EA and Turkish studio Loom Games, Unity leapfrogs Unreal Engine 6, and Pakistan's CEGA keeps building out its investor and animation-meetup pipeline.
Xbox's CEO defends the platform amid revenue declines and a $3,200-job layoff round, Saudi PIF deepens its industry bets, Unity 7 leapfrogs Unreal Engine 6, and CEGA lines up its next Lahore animation meetup.