Lunchbreak Dispatch: gaming, indie and browser game news
Lunchbreak Dispatch covers gaming industry, indie and browser game news in short, original write-ups. Every story says what happened, why it matters and links to its source.
SAG-AFTRA adds a pitch agreement for indie game demosA new union agreement lets small developers hire SAG-AFTRA performers for demos and vertical slices made to raise funding, with negotiable pitch fees.
Nintendo reports higher first-half profit on lower salesNintendo's April to September net profit rose 11% to 220.9 billion yen while sales fell 12% to 966 billion yen.
Xbox names six Indie Selects for November 2026The ID@Xbox team picked six indie games for November, including Graveyard Keeper 2, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and Ratatan.
Toy maker Takara Tomy launches Enjoyn Games, an indie publishing labelTakara Tomy has entered game publishing with Enjoyn Games and three party titles for Steam, starting with a burger-stacking social deduction game.
Quebec holds its first Buy a Quebec Video Game Day on November 14La 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.
Indie publisher says 11,000 wishlists turned into a 15-player peakPublisher 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.
Xsolla buys GamePix, a browser games platform with 10,000+ titlesCommerce company Xsolla has acquired GamePix, which publishes and distributes web games and ports PC and mobile titles to the browser.