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Latest·Newsletter·August 6, 2026

Daily Digest — August 6, 2026

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.

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articleAug 6, 2026

Steam is running a "Games from Pakistan" event — 52 titles, 45 developers

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.

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newsletterAug 5, 2026

Daily Digest — August 5, 2026

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.

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newsletterAug 4, 2026

Daily Digest — August 4, 2026

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.

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newsletterAug 3, 2026

Daily Digest — August 3, 2026

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.

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newsletterAug 3, 2026

Daily Digest — August 2, 2026

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.

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newsletterAug 3, 2026

Daily Digest — August 1, 2026

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.

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newsletterJul 31, 2026

DGV Weekly — July 31, 2026

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.

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newsletterJul 31, 2026

Daily Digest — July 31, 2026

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.

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