🇵🇰 Pakistan Industry
No new dated Pakistan gaming-industry items surfaced from CEGA, Ignite Newsbites, TechDestination, GameSource.pk, or Ignite's social channels in the last 24–48h check. One upcoming item worth flagging:
- CEGA's "Lahore Frames: The Animation Meetup" is scheduled for August 12 in Lahore.
🌍 Global Industry
- Nintendo Direct announced for August 4, 2026, expected to cover Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and other titles.
- Square Enix responds to allegations of generative-AI use in Kingdom Hearts Collection promotional artwork.
- Ubisoft's The Division Resurgence exits early access and launches on Steam August 5.
- Bobby Kotick may join Paramount's board following its Warner Bros. acquisition.
- Microsoft marks Xbox's 25th anniversary with a series of celebration initiatives.
📨 From the Newsletters (GamesIndustry.biz Daily)
- Ustwo Games explains its pivot to a PC-first strategy; CEO Maria Sayans says the move — which followed layoffs of 4 of the studio's 30 staff earlier this year — should have come sooner.
- Last Sentinel developer Lightspeed LA, a Tencent subsidiary, cuts roughly 80 roles, citing a change in creative and development direction for its debut title.
- AI startup Reforged Labs shuts down, with its CEO citing a shrinking pool of studios able to afford six-figure contracts.
- Unity announces dedicated engine support for Netflix Games, aimed at cloud-gaming optimization and cross-platform development.
- Microsoft confirms Xbox console price increases across the UK and Europe (up to ~30% on some SKUs), citing rising storage and memory costs.