The State of Digital Asset Management in 2026: Navigating the Heatwave Edition and Industry Milestones

Executive Overview As the Digital Asset Management (DAM) industry marks its 17th year of continuous publication, the global enterprise ecosystem finds itself grappling with a trifecta of compounding pressures: exponential data growth driven by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), increasingly fragmented global field teams, and the perpetual organizational tug-of-war between centralized brand governance and hyper-local marketing…

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The Cost of Creative Freedom: How the "Deprofessionalization" of the Video Game Industry Fuels Workplace Toxicity

By Bryant Francis, Senior Editor Boston, MA Executive Overview It is time to resurrect what has quickly become the most cursed industry buzzword of the mid-2020s: "deprofessionalization." First coined by analyst Simon Carless, popularized by marketing strategist Ryan Rigney, and continually inflicted upon the games industry by yours truly, the term describes a seismic structural…

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The State of the Industry: Layoffs, Mandatory AI Opt-Ins, and Rare Beacons of Hope in Video Games

By Chris Kerr, Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com Published: August 14, 2026 Executive Overview The video game industry finds itself locked in a deeply paradoxical era. On one hand, creative expressions of joy continue to capture the public imagination, exemplified by massive commercial successes like House House’s Big Walk, which crossed one million global sales in…

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Industry Shockwaves: That’s No Moon Cuts 14 Staff Amid Development of Flagship Project Crossfire

Executive Overview The video game industry’s relentless wave of restructuring and workforce reductions continues to claim victims in unexpected places, even among studios backed by heavy financial support. That’s No Moon—a high-profile independent development studio launched by industry veterans from giants like Infinity Ward and Naughty Dog—has reportedly laid off 14 members of its development…

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The Edge AI Revolution: Redefining Infrastructure, Security, and the Future of the Data Center Industry

Executive Overview The rapid ascent of artificial intelligence over the past several years has been built upon a monolithic foundation: the centralized, hyperscale data center. From sprawling facilities in Northern Virginia to massive cloud complexes across Europe and Asia, the paradigm has long dictated that enterprises send massive datasets to distant, hyper-powered servers where resource-intensive…

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The Silicon Sweating Sickness: How AI Swarms Are Tackling the Chip Industry’s Thermal Crisis

Executive Overview The artificial intelligence boom has brought about an unprecedented paradox: the very technology driving the future of global computing is physically threatening to melt down under its own weight. Modern data centers, packed dense with GPUs executing complex machine learning workloads, consume staggering amounts of electricity, much of which is instantly converted into…

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Legal Battles and the AI Boom: How the Anti-Data Center Movement is Driving Industry Litigation

Executive Overview The rapid, unprecedented expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud computing has triggered a massive infrastructure boom, transforming sleepy rural towns and suburban outskirts into high-tech hubs practically overnight. Yet, this summer heat has brought a corresponding rise in temperatures from a rapidly expanding counter-movement: the anti-data center campaign. While traditional Not-In-My-Back-Yard (NIMBYism) is…

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Industry in Crisis: Walmart-Backed Gaming Outlet Restart Lays Off Entire Editorial Team as Media Landscape Collapses

By Chris Kerr Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com August 10, 2026 Executive Overview The video game journalism landscape has been struck by yet another severe blow. In a sweeping corporate maneuver, Restart—the retail-backed digital video game publication supported by American retail giant Walmart and marketing outfit Moonrock—has laid off its entire editorial staff. The abrupt operational…

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German Games Industry Association Demands Urgent Regulatory Overhaul to Boost Competitiveness Ahead of Gamescom 2026

By Chris Kerr Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com August 5, 2026 Executive Overview As the global video game industry continues to expand into a multi-hundred-billion-dollar juggernaut, regional disparities in governmental support are threatening to leave European developers behind. The German Games Industry Association (Game) has issued an urgent, comprehensive call to action aimed at policymakers across…

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The Death of the Free Tier: Inside the Tech Industry’s Post-Acquisition Monetization Playbook

Executive Overview For decades, the standard playbook for venture-backed software companies was built on a foundational premise: get it in front of as many people as possible, let the product viral-loop itself into enterprises, and worry about monetization later. A generous free tier—or "freemium" model—served as the undisputed lifeblood of top-of-funnel customer acquisition. It was…

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