Julia Rosenthal

As artificial intelligence continues its rapid evolution, 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for agentic payments: payment transactions initiated, managed, and executed by adaptive AI systems that can act autonomously, with delegated authority to act on behalf of a user. While automation in payments has existed for a long time (think “autopay” for recurring payments), agentic AI takes automation to another level by making decisions and taking actions to achieve goals defined by the user.

The battle between Google and “Fortnite” developer Epic Games is set to reshape how developers, publishers, and their financial backers approach Android as a commercial platform. On November 4, 2025, Google and Epic outlined a proposed settlement changing how the Google Play app store distributes Android apps.

This year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco gave Fenwick’s Games Group an inside look at how triple-A publishers and indie studios alike are tackling the challenges that come with chilled market conditions and cutting-edge tech integrations. Here were our key takeaways from the whirlwind week that was GDC 2025: 1. Continued uncertainty carries into 2025.