https://www.livegameslab.com/news/ Gaming news in short: mobile, Android, esports, chess, board games and South Asia. en https://www.livegameslab.com/news/asian-games-esports-results/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/asian-games-esports-results/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Esports The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games esports event wraps up, with China taking three golds and South Korea beating Chinese Taipei 3-0 in the League of Legends final. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/applovin-sues-unity-ad-quality-sdk/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/applovin-sues-unity-ad-quality-sdk/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry AppLovin wants a California restraining order against Unity, alleging the Ad Quality SDK collected data on its ads to train rival ad models. Unity disputes it. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/nerial-reigns-developer-closes/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/nerial-reigns-developer-closes/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Card games Nerial, the studio behind swipe-based card game Reigns, is shutting down after 13 years and 11 games, the studio and owner Devolver Digital have confirmed. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/chess-club-showdown-9z-globant/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/chess-club-showdown-9z-globant/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT Chess & board Esports organisation 9z Globant win the first Chess.com Chess Club Showdown, beating Team Liquid 53.5-45.5, as Magnus Carlsen loses to a club player. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/android-developer-verification-takes-effect/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/android-developer-verification-takes-effect/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Android From 30 September, certified Android devices in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand only install apps from verified developers via participating stores. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/eu-cpc-virtual-currencies-king-supercell/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/eu-cpc-virtual-currencies-king-supercell/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry The EU's CPC network says ten game firms, including King, Supercell and Mojang, have not done enough to make in-game virtual currency costs clear. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/stratego-ai-ataraxos-beats-champion/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/stratego-ai-ataraxos-beats-champion/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Chess & board Researchers from MIT, CMU, NYU and Stanford report in Nature that their AI Ataraxos beat the strongest Stratego player 15-1-4 using far less training data. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/mario-kart-tour-shuts-down/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/mario-kart-tour-shuts-down/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Mobile Nintendo has ended service for Mario Kart Tour on iOS and Android, closing the mobile racer seven years after a launch that drew 14.7m downloads in a day. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/godot-4-8-feature-freeze/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/godot-4-8-feature-freeze/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Godot 4.8 dev 7 marks feature freeze, adding experimental symbol renaming, mobile screen reader support and Android AAR export before the move to beta. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/trophy-games-acquires-playrion/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/trophy-games-acquires-playrion/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Mobile simulation studio Trophy Games has bought Paris-based Playrion from Paradox Interactive for €2.25m upfront, its largest acquisition so far. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/chess-olympiad-2026-uzbekistan-china-gold/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/chess-olympiad-2026-uzbekistan-china-gold/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT Chess & board Hosts Uzbekistan win the open section of the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand on 20 match points, while China take gold in the women's event. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/asmodee-take-time-325000-copies/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/asmodee-take-time-325000-copies/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Chess & board Libellud's cooperative puzzle game Take Time has passed 325,000 copies printed in under a year, with Asmodee planning two to three global print runs a year. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/xbox-restructure-halo-moves-to-activision/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/xbox-restructure-halo-moves-to-activision/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Microsoft's latest Xbox restructuring cuts 268 roles, hands the next Halo to Activision, moves Rare and Obsidian, and merges Playground with Turn 10. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/android-games-car-screens-general-availability/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/android-games-car-screens-general-availability/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Android Games for Android Auto and Android Automotive OS have left beta. Developers can now ship car-screen games to Google Play production, playable only when parked. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/tokyo-game-show-2026-attendance-typhoon/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/tokyo-game-show-2026-attendance-typhoon/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Tokyo Game Show 2026 drew 257,642 visitors over four days after Typhoon No. 25 forced organisers to cancel the show's first-ever fifth day on 21 September. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/india-online-gaming-authority-zero-registrations/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/india-online-gaming-authority-zero-registrations/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT South Asia MeitY says no online game had been registered with the Online Gaming Authority of India by 1 September 2026, while 201 gaming complaints were received. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/marvels-wolverine-launch-sales-estimate/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/marvels-wolverine-launch-sales-estimate/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Releases Analysts at Alinea estimate Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine earned about $130 million and sold roughly 1.9 million copies in its first three days on PS5. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/cesa-survey-japanese-developers-generative-ai/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/cesa-survey-japanese-developers-generative-ai/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry A CESA survey shared at Tokyo Game Show 2026 found 85.8% of Japanese game developers use generative AI, up from 51% a year earlier, with 63% using it daily. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/xbox-tokyo-game-show-2026-physint-cast/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/xbox-tokyo-game-show-2026-physint-cast/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Releases Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast named Bill Skarsgard as lead of Kojima's Physint and dated Persona 4 Revival, Wo Long 2 and Modern Warfare 4. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/kakao-games-acquires-me2on-stake/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/kakao-games-acquires-me2on-stake/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Kakao Games is buying a 39.56% stake in South Korean developer Me2on, maker of social casino, casual and mind sports games, for ₩98bn ($71.5m). https://www.livegameslab.com/news/valve-steam-frame-price-release/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/valve-steam-frame-price-release/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT Industry Valve priced its standalone Steam Frame VR headset from $1,059 for 256GB and $1,299 for 1TB, using a randomised reservation list for the first batch. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/nepal-esports-league-annual-calendar/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/nepal-esports-league-annual-calendar/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT South Asia The Esports Association of Nepal has published its annual calendar, with a franchise-style Nepal Esports League and esports as a National Games medal event. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/ubisoft-rayman-legends-retold-delayed/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/ubisoft-rayman-legends-retold-delayed/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Releases Ubisoft has pushed Rayman Legends Retold from 1 October to 3 December 2026, saying it wants more time to polish the game even though it has gone gold. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/nintendo-direct-september-2026-recap/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/nintendo-direct-september-2026-recap/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT Releases Nintendo's 9 September Direct revealed Metroid Ravenous and a new Kirby, and dated Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy 7 Revelation for Switch 2. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/krafton-india-250-million-investment/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/krafton-india-250-million-investment/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT South Asia BGMI maker Krafton plans to invest a further $250m in India over three to four years, widening its focus from gaming into AI, robotics and deep tech. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/state-of-play-september-2026-recap/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/state-of-play-september-2026-recap/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT Releases Sony's hour-long September State of Play dated Until Dawn 2, Metro 2039 and Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, and shared new Ghost of Yotei and Wolverine news. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/unity-6-6-webgpu-production-ready/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/unity-6-6-webgpu-production-ready/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Unity 6.6 is out as a supported release, making WebGPU production-ready, adding 64-bit WebAssembly and defaulting to faster Play Mode ahead of Unity 7. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/asmodee-acquires-welcome-to/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/asmodee-acquires-welcome-to/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Chess & board Asmodee acquires the Welcome To… flip-and-write game range from French publisher Blue Cocker Games, a series with over 3 million plays on Board Game Arena. https://www.livegameslab.com/news/ewc-2026-club-championship-ag-al/ https://www.livegameslab.com/news/ewc-2026-club-championship-ag-al/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Esports AG.AL International top the Esports World Cup 2026 Club Championship with 5,300 points, earning the $7 million club prize ahead of Team Falcons and Vitality.