UK Games Fund

NEWS The UK Games Fund is to be funded for 2025/6 at a level that eclipses all previous annual grants. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has revealed the £5.5m award at a Creative Industries event in Gateshead. More here: tinyurl.com/3avn67dk @DCMS @Tranzfuser

AETHUS is in the Spring Sale! For one more day until the launch discount runs out and then it's full price again because I am a 100% gamedev professional OK?... store.steampowered.com/app/2541530

Fantastic to see Content Fund company @friday_sundae share this special musical performance on the @FutureGamesShow last night!

Lift some spirits with a high-powered vacuum when There Are No Ghosts At The Grand launches on PC and Xbox later this year. Here's a special musical performance from the game! @friday_sundae

Here's the world premiere for Donut Panic, an anomaly horror cooking sim where you take late night orders and serve up delicious treats, all while keeping an eye out for supernatural phenomena. @KylewBanks

Early bird tickets end tomorrow (Friday 13) for TIGA’s Start-Up, Scale-Up and Grow Conference 2026! Get your discounted game dev ticket for our full day conference for £79+VAT below (TIGA members go FREE)! #GameDev #GamesIndustry #Funding #Startup #Scaleup tiga.org/tiga-start-up-…

AETHUS, my solo-indie debut, launches straight to 1.0 (no Early Access!) TOMORROW, March 6th! Story is usually an afterthought in survival-crafting games... Not so in AETHUS - fully voice-acted, there's always a narrative reason to head underground or build up your mining base!

DunDev News 📢 Congratulations to all four studios on the news that they have secured grant support from the Prototype Fund. "Now that DunDev is complete it's hard to imagine where we'd be without it, and we're thrilled we had the opportunity to take part." lnkd.in/eCdw5Yrt

ICYMI: Entries are now open for the Develop:Star Awards 2026 - Don't miss the chance to celebrate your work and teams! #GameDev #GamesIndustry #DevelopStars @developconf

The Little Collection⭐ Two great games in one bundle! From developer @PurpleYonder, The Little Critters and Little Cities Bundle brings together cozy city creation and mixed reality tower defense in one exceptional package 🤩 Grab the bundle here: bit.ly/4rkt1Xk

Absolutely blown away. Do you know how many games there are on Steam?! 🤯

The UKGF portfolio goes from strength to strength with funded project news. tinyurl.com/bdczfhvm

Content Fund Portfolio News! New funded companies and games in Early Access success! "Without it, we’d have not got to launch in the time that we have.” tinyurl.com/yyra4t6t

We are blown away with the support you have all been showing so far. Thank you for such a supportive reception. 💜 Please keep sharing this first look at the intro to our Hounded demo 🐶

Us trying to get the algorithm's attention on our game.

Just in time for the weekend, Little Critters has just launched on @MetaQuestVR! Check it out.

Little Critters is OUT NOW for @MetaQuestVR 3 & 3S! 👾💚 We just unleashed Little Critters to invade living rooms and bedrooms everywhere, nowhere is safe! Get it here 👉 vr.meta.me/s/xLXWZ9BCJeij… #LittleCritters #MetaQuest3 #MixedReality #Quest3

DunDev Studios Announced Congratulations to the four highly promising early stage studios that have secured a spot on the hothousing residential programme. Running in January in Dundee, DunDev offers a unique experience for the studios. dun-dev.com

Thrilled to be amongst the funded projects of round 18 with @balloon_stu!

New funded projects announced! tinyurl.com/mpekm4vz “This grant enables us to create a stronger prototype which will be invaluable when it comes to securing a publishing or investment deal.”

@ukgamesfund Thanks for all your support 💜 It means so much to our little team at Purple Yonder!