LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 18, 2025--
Xsolla, a leading global video game commerce company, announces the launch of the GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 Scholarship Program - Powered by Xsolla, an initiative designed to support indie and mid-tier developers who face financial limitations preventing them from attending the GDC Festival of Gaming in San Francisco. As GDC celebrates its 40th edition and enters a new era designed to drive connection, discovery, and collaboration for everyone who imagines, builds, ships, markets, scales, and sustains the world’s most impactful, successful games, Xsolla is committed to helping more creators participate in one of the industry’s most important global gatherings.
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Building on the success of last year’s event, Xsolla will maintain its Diamond-Level Sponsorship while enabling 45 developers to attend the GDC Festival of Gaming 2026.
Scholarship recipients will receive:
“Every creator deserves a chance to participate in the conversations and opportunities that define our industry’s future,” said Berkley Egenes, Chief Marketing & Growth Officer at Xsolla. “This program is a meaningful way for us to open doors for talented teams around the world and support the next generation of innovative game makers.”
Applications open December 19, 2025, and close January 16, 2026, via Xsolla’s dedicated application page. Scholarship recipients will be announced at the end of January 2026, with final coordination completed ahead of the event.
Developers can learn more and apply beginning December 19, 2025.
For program updates and future opportunities, visit the Xsolla GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 Scholarship Program page and follow Xsolla across official channels: xsolla.pro/GDC-Scholarship
About Xsolla
Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.
For more information, visit xsolla.com
About GDC Festival of Gaming
GDC Festival of Gaming is the world’s largest professional game industry event with market-defining content for programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision makers and others involved in the development of interactive games and immersive experiences. GDC brings together the global game industry community year-round through events and digital media, including GDC Vault, GameDeveloper.com, Independent Games Festival, and the Game Developers Choice Awards.
GDC is organized by Informa PLC, a leading B2B information services group and one of the leading B2B event organizers in the world.
To learn more and for the latest news and information, visit www.informa.com
Berkley Egenes, Chief Marketing & Growth Officer at Xsolla
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McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Court documents detailing the divorce of Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, were released Friday by order of a judge, months after she filed citing “biblical grounds.”
The initial batch of documents showed that Angela Paxton sought the divorce on the grounds that Ken Paxton had committed adultery, but included no additional details. She had previously referenced “recent discoveries” when announcing the filing on social media in July. In a separate filing, Ken Paxton denied the allegations in the divorce petition. More records could still be released under an agreement between the Paxtons and a coalition of media outlets to make the documents public.
“It’s a victory, I think, for the American public and for the Texas voters,” Tyler Bexley, an attorney for the media intervenors, told reporters after the judge ordered the documents unsealed.
The divorce and the surrounding speculation have only fueled attacks against Paxton in one of the nation’s most heated Republican primaries as he seeks to unseat Sen. John Cornyn. Whether the divorce details resonate with voters remains to be seen, with the Senate primary set for March 3 next year. Despite years of controversy, the three-term attorney general has remained competitive in the race, which includes Rep. Wesley Hunt.
The divorce comes after 38 years of marriage, during which Angela Paxton had supported her husband through a series of legal troubles, including state and federal corruption investigations. A state securities fraud indictment against Ken Paxton was dismissed after a 2024 plea deal in which he agreed to pay restitution and complete community service, and the Justice Department dropped a federal corruption probe earlier this year.
Angela Paxton also stood by Ken Paxton's side during that impeachment trial, which publicly exposed his extramarital affair. The 2023 impeachment trial ended in an acquittal for him.
Paxton’s support in Texas has remained strong amid a decade of legal troubles. He won reelection in 2022 by nearly 10 percentage points.
Paxton launched his bid to unseat Cornyn in April and has since drawn attacks from Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, with some in the party concerned that while Paxton could prevail in the GOP primary, he may complicate the general election and force national Republicans to spend heavily to hold the seat. On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are facing off in their party’s primary.
Groups supporting Cornyn have spent more than $21 million on television ads this year, according to AdImpact, to promote the four-term senator and attack Paxton.
“What Ken Paxton has put his family through is truly repulsive and disgusting,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez said in July. “No one should have to endure what Angela Paxton has, and we pray for her as she chooses to stand up for herself and her family during this difficult time.”
Paxton has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, while Cornyn has at times drawn criticism within his own party for working with Democrats. Trump’s endorsement is expected to be a decisive factor in Texas, which he won in 2024 by nearly 14 percentage points. Trump has not yet endorsed in the race.
Judge Robert Brotherton approved the agreement on Friday to release the records, which had been originally sealed at the Paxtons’ request shortly after Angela Paxton filed. Media outlets sued to have them released.
“If there’s new information that hasn’t been released publicly yet, we certainly think the voters have the right to know that when they are making decisions in the upcoming elections,” Bexley said Friday.
Follow the AP's coverage of Ken Paxton at https://apnews.com/hub/ken-paxton.
FILE - Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of suspended Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, walks through the Senate Chamber during the impeachment trial for her husband at the Texas Capitol, Sept. 16, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, right, listens as his wife, Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton, speaks to anti-abortion activists at a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
