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Grand Theft Auto VI is 10 days out: what to know about the Nov. 19 launch
Rockstar's release date has held since it moved from May, making it the biggest game launch of the holiday season.
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SAG-AFTRA adds a pitch agreement for indie game demos
A new union agreement lets small developers hire SAG-AFTRA performers for demos and vertical slices made to raise funding, with negotiable pitch fees.
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Nintendo reports higher first-half profit on lower sales
Nintendo's April to September net profit rose 11% to 220.9 billion yen while sales fell 12% to 966 billion yen.
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Xbox names six Indie Selects for November 2026
The ID@Xbox team picked six indie games for November, including Graveyard Keeper 2, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and Ratatan.
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Toy maker Takara Tomy launches Enjoyn Games, an indie publishing label
Takara Tomy has entered game publishing with Enjoyn Games and three party titles for Steam, starting with a burger-stacking social deduction game.
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Quebec holds its first Buy a Quebec Video Game Day on November 14
La Guilde du jeu video du Quebec is promoting games made in the province with a one-day event and a portal listing more than 400 titles.
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Indie publisher says 11,000 wishlists turned into a 15-player peak
Publisher 2 Left Thumbs blamed a Steam approval delay and a flood of low-effort AI games after Wheel Make It peaked at 15 concurrent players.
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Xsolla buys GamePix, a browser games platform with 10,000+ titles
Commerce company Xsolla has acquired GamePix, which publishes and distributes web games and ports PC and mobile titles to the browser.