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Inside Italy's Indie Revolution, 02/07/2026
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (754+ words) I explore the state of play in the Italian video game industry UK PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham tips regional agenda that the local games biz will love Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 leads this week's Steam releases The UK book tour gets underway…...
The Debrief, June 2026
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (101+ words) Video Games Industry Memo The Debrief, June 2026 Summer Game Fest, Stop Killing Games and bad World Cup games (note: not England vs Ghana) Summer Game Fest once again announces more games than we can fathom Global games market crosses $200bn in…...
Young male gamers are twice as likely to believe conspiracy theories compared to the UK public, 25/06/2026
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (572+ words) More in Common research explores how to help young male gamers deal with disinformation and misinformation Steam Machine $1000+ price point sparks conversation and controversy Star Fox swoops onto Switch 2 to save the day in the week's release What do you…...
The Other Putin - Playing Politics, June 2026
2+ week, 4+ day ago (243+ words) Good morning VGIM Insiders, Welcome to a special edition of Playing Politics. Rather than run the usual newsletter, I'm giving VGIM Insiders a special treat: an early preview of a small part of Power Play's audiobook. At the end of…...
How LGBTQ+ video game content is censored across the world, 11/06/2026
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (742+ words) This week's Video Games Industry Memo is sponsored by Moore Kingston Smith Advising businesses across the video games industry, with a full range of commercial and financial services. VGIM publishes 12, 000-word report exploring LGBTQ+ censorship in games Summer Game Fest's…...
Trapped in the network: the rise of LGBTQ+ censorship in games and what we can do about it
3+ week, 2+ day ago (304+ words) Trapped in the Network is a new report from Video Games Industry Memo which explores rising censorship of video game content related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and all other sexual orientations and genders not considered to be cisgender…...
The European games biz goes lobbying, 04/06/2026
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (522+ words) This week's Video Games Industry Memo is sponsored by First Playable The gateway to the Italian video game industry. Europe's games industry tries to strike a balance in Brussels UK online safety minister suggests games should be included in social…...
The Debrief, May 2026
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (60+ words) Switch 2 prices hike as RAMaggedon hits the industry CCP rebrands as Fenris Creations, with a little help from Deep Mind Secret Handshake's arcade pop-up leads the critical chatter Good morning VGIM Insiders, Welcome back to The Debrief, the monthly summary…...
Why has the Esports World Cup moved to Paris? , 28/05/2026
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (682+ words) We ask the Esports Foundation why it moved the Esports World Cup to Paris Ukie distances games from social media in UK ban consultation response IO Interactive has not gotten Bond wrong in the week's release I'm hitting send on…...
Combatting antisemitism in games, 21/05/2026
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (589+ words) China bans latest Nvidia gaming chip during Trump's state visit Forza Horizon 6 screeches its way to the top of the week's releases Welcome to you from noisy North London. It turns out that when Arsenal win the Premier League A…...