Google opens Indie Games Fund 2023 applications for Latin American game devs

Open-world games are popping up more and more, and many franchises have even tailored themselves to be more like an open-world game to bring in more fans. As such, you can expect a lot of these titles in 2023. The real question becomes though…which ones should you get?

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Call of Duty Mobile developer is reviving Delta Force for PC, consoles, and mobile devices.

It’s hard these days to make a superhero movie without teasing another superhero movie to come, and DC’s Blue Beetle is no exception. The film — technically the first release in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s complete reboot of the DC movie universe, now branded as the DCU — saves one of its bigger mysteries for a possible sequel, and teases that sequel in a mid-credits sequence. There’s an end-credits sequence, too, but that one does its own thing entirely. Let’s dig in. (Spoilers ahead for Blue Beetle.)

Kowloon Nights, London Venture Partners and Hiro Capital complete the speaker schedule for the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit in Seattle.

American Truck Simulator's Oklahoma expansion might only just have arrived, but the sim's ceaseless trundle across the United States continues on, with developer SCS Software confirming Nebraska is currently one of several future state expansions in development.

SNK is on a roll. The veteran video game developer had many announcements at Evolution Championship Series 2023, including fresh information on Najd (a King of Fighters XV DLC character), its rollback netcode plans for KOF XIII and Samurai Shodown, and a teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

More huge platform holders, investors and publishers have signed-up to the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX this month.

In early July, Meta Platforms launched the Threads app, a new text-based social media app aimed at capturing the essence of real-time interactions. With a massive launch and an influx of Instagram users transitioning to Threads, the initial excitement was amazing. In fact, Threads was quickly dubbed as a "Twitter-killer". However, this enthusiasm was short-lived, as the app's active user base experienced a steep decline soon after its launch even though it had broken many records initially.

With Forza Motorsport’s October launch getting closer by the day, developer Turn 10 Studios is continuing its rollout of new details on what to expect from the racing sim. After having recently confirmed that players will once again be able to race on the Road American track in the upcoming game, the developer has now also revealed a new batch of cars for its roster.

As countries establish regulations around the use of artificial intelligence (AI), developments in the field continue at a rapid pace. RBI on Thursday proposed a new way of carrying out UPI transactions - through conversations with AI. On the other hand, the UK hired a tech expert for the summit on generative AI.

Epic's antitrust allegations over Apple's App Store regulations reaches a critical point in the process towards a Supreme Court verdict.