two & a half gamers 🚨📢 BREAKING NEWS: Meta Buys AI Brains, Love & Deep Space Goes Royal, GOG Goes Home
Love & Deep Space celebrates its 2nd anniversary with a massive royal-themed update, CD Projekt sells GOG back to its co-founder, Meta acquires AI startup Manus, Com2uS urges studios to take bigger creative risks, and Gamebyte raises $1M for AI game creation tools.
This week connects live-ops spectacle, founder-led platform resets, and Big Tech’s AI consolidation into one clear story about where gaming is headed in 2026.
What we cover
• Love & Deep Space Version 5.0 anniversary
• Why live-ops are becoming cultural events
• CD Projekt selling GOG back to its founder
• Meta acquiring Manus AI
• Com2uS pushing cross-media IP
• Gamebyte’s AI game creation funding
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Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaric
Podcast:
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Chapters
00:00 — Love & Deep Space anniversary madness
01:45 — Live-ops as global IP events
03:10 — CD Projekt sells GOG back to founder
04:40 — Why this GOG deal actually matters
05:45 — Meta acquires Manus AI
07:05 — Com2uS calls for creative risk
07:10 — Gamebyte raises $1M for AI game tools
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Matej Lancaric
User Acquisition & Creatives Consultant
https://lancaric.me
Felix Braberg
Ad monetization consultant
https://www.felixbraberg.com
Jakub Remiar
Game design consultant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar
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