21 studios from across Aotearoa New Zealand received prototype and production funding in the 2026 NZ CODE national funding round.A total of $885,654 was awarded to 15 studios within the KickStart gran...

Hadouken! Street Fighter is hitting the big screen on October 15th! GamesNight is happy to be giving away 5 double passes to Street Fighter, thanks to our friends at Paramount Pictures New Zealand..

The New Zealand Game Developers Conference returns to Auckland in 2026, for the first time in nearly a decade. NZGDC runs from the 30th September-3rd October at the New Zealand International…

New Zealand’s gaming industry is steadily growing, from NZ On Air’s Game Development Sector Rebate to the Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) helping developers reach the right audience and have a…

Wellington-based studio Dinosaur Polo Club has launched a full te reo Māori localisation for Mini Motorways, with the award-winning title being gifted a new te reo Māori name by te reo Māori…

Whenever someone says modern western RPGs, there are only a few titles that come to mind. The Witcher 3 would probably dominate the conversation here, but there’s also Kingdom Come: Deliverance…

Insomniac’s Jess Reiner-Reed talks reimagining Wolverine, handling MCU/X-Men pressure, and 15 years across PlayStation Studios with GamesNight.

Astronaut Diaries and publisher Ninja Kiwi have announced the release date for Denari, an NZ title we’ve had our eye on for quite some time now. The cel-shaded isometric action title will be arriving…

Christchurch-based studio Disc 2 Games has released a free Steam demo for Canvas City. A turn-based tactics RPG where combat is built around skating and through street art and style. Disc 2 Games was…

Christchurch-based studio Disc 2 Games is releasing a free Steam demo for Canvas City from 8am NZT on Tuesday, 25th August. A turn-based tactics RPG where combat is built around skating and through…

Elfcat Studio has revealed the announcement trailer and Steam page for their debut title, Buru and The Old People, a narrative adventure game that features Indigenous storytelling in an…

Wellington-based studio PikPok have announced that Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days is leaving Early Access and hitting 1.0 in March 2027. The side-scrolling shelter survival game is also coming to…

COSMIC SOUP GAMES is a distributed indie game studio based in AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND. This is our regular/irregular newsletter digest. What we're up to, what we're in to, and what you should get…

Descend into a dangerous, sci-fi underworld in this tower defense roguelike. Explore, gather resources, uncover powerful wargear and upgrades, build and defend your base, and battle a mysterious new species.

Penguin Colony is the next game developed by ORIGAME DIGITAL and published by Fellow Traveller. Penguin Colony swaps Tauranga rooftops from its previous game, Umurangi Generation…

I wasn’t there when Halo: Combat Evolved came out in 2001, nor when the Anniversary Edition arrived a decade later. XBOX simply wasn’t popular where I grew up. My introduction to Bungie came with…

Rockstar has just confirmed that GTA 6 pre-orders will go live on June 25th, available via digital storefronts and certain retailers for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. This likely is locking in the release…

Steam Next Fest is back for June 2026 and we collected up all the ANZ games taking part so you don't miss out on any of them!

I’ll start off by saying I’m not the most experienced Batman fan out there. My history with Batman pretty much starts and ends with the Dark Knight Trilogy and the Arkham Asylum game.

GamesNight is happy to announce that we are partnering with PlayStation NZ for a giveaway for a Saros Merch Pack! Saros is the latest PS5 exclusive from Housemarque, the studio behind Returnal…