The European Central Bank has selected 36 payment service providers to take part in tests of the digital euro ahead of a pilot programme due to start in the second half of 2027. The ECB plans to move the project from the design stage to a testing stage and run a 12-month beta test. The list includes fintech firms such as Stripe and Revolut and banks including Deutsche Bank and UniCredit.

Superfast, the holding company of mobile game developer 111 Percent, will launch Steam-focused publishing subsidiary Offmoon and offer its first lineup of four indie games at a uniform price of 1,100 won, it said on Tuesday. The move is part of a strategy to diversify its platform ecosystem beyond mobile into PC, console and Steam. Offmoon plans to release up to 50 games sequentially through the second half of this year.