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GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 Delivers Five Days of Transformative Connection and Insight for an Industry in Transition

Attendees From More Than 85 Countries Came Together To Hear From 1,100 Speakers, Explore Offerings From 300+ Exhibitors, Join Nightly Celebrations and Participate in Myriad Opportunities To Network With the Full Breadth

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Editorial
Esports Has an Identity Crisis — And the Clock Is Running Out
Prize pools shrank. Viewership peaked. Sponsors fled. The esports boom that promised to rival tradit
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WokHei·2m read
Editorial
The Game Industry Implosion Is Real — And Nobody Wants to Say Why
AAA game studios are collapsing, layoffs are cascading, and yet executives keep green-lighting $400
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WokHei·2m read
Editorial
Video Games Are the New Literature — Nobody Told the Critics
The art form of our generation is being evaluated by critics who never played one. That needs to cha
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WokHei·2m read
SportsRepo
4ian/GDevelop
🎮 Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone.
GitHub · Game Dev·JavaScript·21,278 stars
TechnologyRepo
raysan5/raylib
A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
GitHub · Engines·C·31,537 stars
GamingRepo
hajimehoshi/ebiten
A dead simple 2D game engine for Go
GitHub · Game Dev·Go·13,024 stars
This indie dev is making a Mirror's Edge-inspired freerunning game, complete with an in-game PDA that looks a lot like a PlayStation Portable
PC Gamer — This indie dev is making a Mirror's Edge-inspired freerunning game, complete with an in-g
PC Gamer·3m read
Bethesda drops unusual tease that it'll have Starfield news for us "next week"
Bethesda has teased that we can expect new information about Starfield "next
Eurogamer·2m read
GamingRepo
elishacloud/dxwrapper
Fixes compatibility issues with older games running on Windows 10/11 by wrapping DirectX dlls. Also allows loading custom libraries with the file extension .as
GitHub · Game Dev·C·1,803 stars
EducationRepo
rathena/rathena
rAthena is an open-source cross-platform MMORPG server.
GitHub · Game Dev·C++·3,332 stars
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gmh5225/awesome-game-security
awesome game security [Welcome to PR]
GitHub · Game Dev·Python·2,761 stars
TechnologyRepo
BabylonJS/Babylon.js
Babylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript framework.
GitHub · Engines·TypeScript·25,210 stars
I spent 6 months saving for up for a banged-up truck in GTA RP and now I know exactly what I want from GTA 6's multiplayer
PC Gamer — I spent 6 months saving for up for a banged-up truck in GTA RP and now I know exactly wha
PC Gamer·2m read
TechnologyRepo
ocornut/imgui
Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
GitHub · Engines·C++·71,975 stars
GamingRepo
dkfans/keeperfx
Open source remake and Fan Expansion of Dungeon Keeper.
GitHub · Game Dev·C·915 stars
GamingRepo
godotengine/godot
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
GitHub · Engines·C++·107,882 stars
GamingRepo
FyroxEngine/Fyrox
3D and 2D game engine written in Rust
GitHub · Game Dev·Rust·8,945 stars
GamingRepo
godot-rust/gdext
Rust bindings for Godot 4
GitHub · Game Dev·Rust·4,529 stars
The Simpsons: Hit & Run writer and series showrunner says "never say never" to a possible revival
The Simpsons showrunner and The Simpsons: Hit & Run writer Matt Selman reckons we should "never say
Eurogamer·2m read
GamingRepo
bevyengine/bevy
A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
GitHub · Engines·Rust·45,089 stars
Jackbox Party Pack studio will start publishing absurd games: 'We applaud the baby-slapping'
Jackbox Games is getting into indie publishing with My Arms Are Longer Now, an absurd comedy game ab
Polygon·2m read
Split spacebars are surely the next big gaming keyboard trend
PC Gamer — Split spacebars are surely the next big gaming keyboard trend
PC Gamer·1m read
Arc Raiders CEO says studio has "re-recorded" AI lines: "A real professional actor is better than AI; that's just how it is"
Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has re-recorded some of its AI-generated voice lines, acknowled
Eurogamer·3m read
Xbox is bringing main character energy with Project Helix
At GDC, Microsoft's next Xbox was all anyone could talk about, even though little has changed and it
Polygon·2m read
GamingRepo
enginmanap/limonEngine
3D FPS game engine with full dynamic lighting and shadows
GitHub · Game Dev·C++·675 stars
GamingRepo
stride3d/stride
Stride (formerly Xenko), a free and open-source cross-platform C# game engine.
GitHub · Game Dev·C#·7,512 stars
Chris Perkins reflects on Curse of Strahd’s influence on D&D a decade later
Chris Perkins discusses how adapting and expanding the classic Ravenloft module for 5th edition D&D
Polygon·2m read
Skyblivion project lead says the massive Oblivion remake mod is "in a great place" during its first proper showcase of 2026
The team behind Skyblivion, the massive mod remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, have shown off a
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
The future of JRPGs means leaving the genre's classic combat design behind
From Metaphor: ReFantazio and Trails Through Daybreak to new releases such as Monster Hunter Stories
Polygon·2m read
Silent Hill, Gravity Rush creator Keiichi Toyama is recruiting for a "new large-scale project"
Silent Hill, Siren, and Gravity Rush creator Keiichi Toyama is recruiting for a "new large-scale
Eurogamer·2m read
Why Invincible keeps outdoing itself in season 4: 'Everything has to be an escalation'
Invincible's showrunners Robert Kirkman and Simon Racioppa talk season 4 and
Polygon·2m read
Beaver-themed city-builder Timberborn has gnawed its way out of early access, and surprise! It has Factorio-style automation now
PC Gamer — Beaver-themed city-builder Timberborn has gnawed its way out of early access, and surpris
PC Gamer·2m read
Resident Evil Requiem's Grace had to die for 'two to three minutes' to get the part
Angela Sant'Albano, Grace's VA in Resident Evil Requiem, tells Polygon how she got the role and made
Polygon·2m read
Fantasy heist sim Project Shadowglass is even more inspired by Thief than I had realised, as a new trailer shows off water arrows, blackjack knockouts, and authentically sloppy swordfighting
PC Gamer — Fantasy heist sim Project Shadowglass is even more inspired by Thief than I had realised,
PC Gamer·3m read
Inside Broadway's Lost Boys musical: what changed from the movie
David Hornsby and Chris Hoch on the enduring appeal of Joel Schumacher’s 1987 cult movie, and why va
Polygon·2m read
Christopher Walken gives his creepiest performance in ’90s thriller The Comfort of Strangers
The erotic drama, directed by Paul Schrader, stars Walken and Helen Mirren as an older couple circli
Polygon·2m read
Pokémon Pokopia has finally convinced me that the Switch 2's mouse controls are actually a worthwhile addition, after all
Let's be honest, no-one is going into a shop and picking up a Switch 2 because of Drag x Drive, are
Eurogamer·3m read
GamingRepo
leereilly/games
Archived — A list of games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.
GitHub · Engines··24,591 stars
How to beat every Invasive Monster in Monster Hunter Stories 3
Don't even bother trying to talk to these
PC Gamer·1m read
All endangered species locations in Monster Hunter Stories 3
PC Gamer — All endangered species locations in Monster Hunter Stories 3
PC Gamer·1m read
Embark have been replacing Arc Raiders' AI voice lines with real people, but that doesn't mean they've sworn off using it behind the scenes
The biggest stain on Arc Raiders is easily the use of AI voice acting. It stinks! There's no soul to
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
Eye of the Match is Papers, Please, Severance, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2 mixed up into an enticing concotion
"Popular game, but you do this instead," is a tale as old as time, birthing efforts that range from
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
Hunt witches and question what's right in the murky but compassionate sounding WITCHHUNTER.exe
You know, I wish there were more morally dubious protagonists in the world of video games. I know wh
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
I desperately want the Just Cause creator's new open-city game to be great, but I'm not convinced by its latest trailer
Samson has a great premise, but the new footage leaves me with
PC Gamer·2m read
TechnologyRepo
libgdx/libgdx
Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework
GitHub · Engines·Java·24,898 stars
Total Chaos is a relentlessly bleak and occasionally terrifying remake of one of Doom's greatest mods, though its brilliant legacy is also its biggest weakness
Trigger Happy Interactive's remake is a fun upgrade for fans of the original mod, but it doesn't qui
PC Gamer·3m read
Can you identify these iconic PC games from just a piece of concept art?
Even if you get them all wrong, at least you'll enjoy the pretty
PC Gamer·2m read
Marathon's next update will help your vault feel roomier, and Bungie outlines their plans for higher-end PCs
Marathon has entered its second week of existence, even if it somehow feels like it's already been a
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
Fear not, phobia havers, Slay the Spire 2 will be catering to you in a future update
Broadly speaking accessibility features still have a long way to go in most games, however, one that
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze is still the most fun to be had in a TMNT movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II is best remembered for a scene featuring rapper Vanilla Ice, but it'
Polygon·2m read
The RAM crisis could completely change the way developers make games
At GDC 2026, game developers expressed anxiety over current memory shortages and debated how it coul
Polygon·2m read
Reverse-engineering Marathon's visual mood board magic
If extraction shooters are games in which you duck out of the fray between matches to look at what y
Eurogamer·3m read
What we've been playing - "I have learned the hard way that trusting others is a suckers game"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been pla
Eurogamer·3m read
Latest Slay The Spire 2 update stops you having over a billion HP, while tweaking the deckbuilder's mod support
Roguelike deckbuilder Slay The Spire 2 continues its journey through early access with an update tha
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
Starfield is a game people were "just not ready" for and it'll still come good at some point, reckons Fallout 4 composer
Starfield, despite having fallen short of lodging itself as firmly in the bit of humanity's collecti
Rock Paper Shotgun·3m read
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