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Two hobbyists with no professional coding experience created viral mobile sports games in a single night using AI assistants. One game hit number one in UK app charts, while another gained over one million players.
Creating video games is about to get as easy as texting a friend. Roblox is launching a new tool that lets anyone build interactive games on their phone using simple text prompts.
A new partnership in Saudi Arabia is turning young gamers into game creators through hands-on education programs. The Next Gen Games Camp teaches design skills while building problem-solving abilities for the next generation.
More than 700,000 high school students across Saudi Arabia are getting hands-on game development training through a new partnership between Roblox and Savvy Games Group. The initiative aims to transform how young Saudis learn coding and creative skills while building the Kingdom's digital economy.
Young Ugandan developers just turned 24 hours into breakthrough gaming careers at a government-backed hackathon. The event shows how investment in creative technology is opening real economic doors for the next generation.
After two rounds of layoffs, all 13 workers at Heart Machine united to form a union that their employer voluntarily recognized. The indie studio behind Hyper Light Drifter joins a growing wave of game developers protecting their careers in an industry facing massive job cuts.
New Zealand's CODE National Funding Programme is giving experienced game developers up to $250,000 to launch their first commercial games. The StartUp Fund supports creators working on everything from VR adventures to mobile games, helping transform innovative ideas into global products.