¡Vamos Ecuador! Cheering on Ecuador in today's World Cup match! An excellent excuse to play/pickup @despelote.game, a slice-of-life adventure set in 2001 Quito, Ecuador during the World Cup qualifiers ⚽🇪🇨
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despelote is a soccer game about people, set in Quito, Ecuador. made by julian cordero, sebastián valbuena, gabe cuzzillo, ian berman, and niall tessier-lavigne OUT NOW! https://despelote.game/
in ONE WEEK we will be hosting our FIRST EVENT with the creator of despelote, a live let's play as part of @torontogamesweek.com!! excellent time to pick up the game ahead of the big to-do!!! more info: torontogamesweek.com
🎸🎙️✍️Annie Mok 🔎4 work ❤️🔥@heyanniemok.bsky.social · 2mo agodespelote, A Game Of All Time and a fabulous Bildungsroman about football ⚽🥅 video games, and growing up in Ecuador in 2001 is half-off on Steam and it was cheap originally!! Get this if you can!!! From a duo of developers and the iconic publisher @panic.com! store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...
i gave a talk about my favorite part about making despelote at gdc and they made it free to watch! it was a really nice opportunity to gather all my thoughts and put into words this idea that games can actually be really great at capturing the world. watch it here! gdcvault.com/play/1035816...
'despelote': Capturing the Feeling of 2001 Quito, Ecuador
When we think about media that captures the world around us, we tend to think of photography, film, or literature - but rarely video games. Through the process of making
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Oh nice, they made the @despelote.game GDC talk free! Awesome talk - 99% of attendees rated it ‘excellent’ gdcvault.com/play/1035816...
'despelote': Capturing the Feeling of 2001 Quito, Ecuador
When we think about media that captures the world around us, we tend to think of photography, film, or literature - but rarely video games. Through the process of making
gdcvault.com
if u are going to gdc please come to this talk about how we made despelote schedule.gdconf.com/session/desp...
'despelote': Capturing the Feeling of 2001 Quito, Ecuador | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming
When we think about media that captures the world around us, we tend to think of photography, film, or literature, but rarely video games. Through the process of making "despelote", a slice-of-life so...
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if u are going to gdc please come to this talk about how we made despelote schedule.gdconf.com/session/desp...
'despelote': Capturing the Feeling of 2001 Quito, Ecuador | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming
When we think about media that captures the world around us, we tend to think of photography, film, or literature, but rarely video games. Through the process of making "despelote", a slice-of-life so...
schedule.gdconf.com
The new MinnMax Interview is a dev one-on-one discussion about the rise of autobiographical games! We have @gcuzzillo.bsky.social and Julian Cordero from @despelote.game, Jenny Jiao Hsia and @apthomson.bsky.social from Consume Me, and @meredithgran.com from Perfect Tides! youtu.be/RhS732KU1kg
sat down to read at breakfast and was delighted to discover that @despelote.game won Edge magazine’s narrative design of the year!! Hooray for despelote!
if u are in berlin, don't miss out on this full despelote playthru tomorrow at a film theater! it will be followed by a Q&A session with our amazing sound designer Ian Berman kulturfabrik-moabit.de/16-01-gamera...
16.01. || Gamerausch: DESPELOTE – KULTURFABRIK MOABIT
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Hey you know despelote, that medium-redefining video game that’s on every cool person’s best-of-2025 list? Did you know there’s also a dope sweater based on the game? Get it here: ⚽️ despelote.game
despelote out now on nintendo switch in the americas! with a 35% discount! ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
despelote for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy despelote and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.
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The #NewYorkGameAwards nominees for Game of the Year are: 🔵 Blue Prince 🔵 Split Fiction 🔵 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🔵 Despelote 🔵 Sword of the Sea 🔵 Silent Hill f 🔵 Hades II 🔵 Ghost of Yōtei
Congratulations to @nicanor.bsky.social for getting nominated for a Games Journalism Award at the NY Game Awards, hosted by the New York Video Game Critic Circle! This marks the first time a No Escape contributor has been nominated; read his essay on Despelote here! noescapevg.com/despelote-re...
Despelote review: an ode to a dream
There’s relics. There’s jerseys and there’s songs. We have songs for everything. We still sing those songs.
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The best games of 2025 give a glimpse into a better world — where artists can invite audiences into their memoirs, where AAAs are thematically ambitious and small teams can sculpt epics. This is also my 100th(!!) proper video on YouTube, a milestone seven years in the making youtu.be/tJ4X6FsLn6Y
few more reviews for despelote to hit 500 and overwhelmingly positive 🙏🏽
despelote out now on nintendo switch in the americas! with a 35% discount! ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
despelote for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
Buy despelote and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.
nintendo.com
From the Latin American Games Showcase team and all of LATAM, huge congratulations to @despelote.game on scoring two nominations at #TheGameAwards. We’re all in the stands rooting for you tonight! ⚽💙
despelote 35% off right now. that's less than $10 in the US, less than $5 in latam! i know a bunch of u wishlisted the game after @thegameawards.com nominations, now is ur time to buy it! store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...
Save 35% on despelote on Steam
A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.
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We are so happy to announce that despelote, our incredible and transportive story game by Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, has just won an Apple App Store Award for Cultural Impact! Thank you Apple! Great work despelote! And if you haven't played it, this is your sign… despelote.game
despelote 35% off right now. that's less than $10 in the US, less than $5 in latam! i know a bunch of u wishlisted the game after @thegameawards.com nominations, now is ur time to buy it! store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...
Save 35% on despelote on Steam
A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.
store.steampowered.com
thank you press friends for nominating despelote for two awards at TGA :)))) I FORGIVE YOU FOR NOT NOMINATING IT FOR BEST SPORTS GAME A ALA SIFU FOR BEST FIGHTING GAME
despelote ⚽ OUT NOW!@despelote.game · last yr.⚽ despelote is OUT NOW on Steam, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Coming soon to Switch. A bittersweet and sometimes dreamy semi-autobiographical tale of youth taking place in 2001 Quito, Ecuador. Hecho con pasión.
despelote by julian cordero + sebastian valbuena takes home Excellence in Narrative prize from DevGAMM Awards 2025! 📚
gonna talk about despelote alongside the wonderful consume me and baby steps next thursday. if ur in nyc u must come!
NYU Game Center@nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 9mo agoNYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents: Alumni Developers Panel Next Thurs. Nov. 13th 7pm - 8:30pm In-person & live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a panel discussion with the developers behind Consume Me, despelote, and Baby Steps! RSVP Here: alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com
Score Despelote and @pantaloon.io's It Takes A War, with the Five A Side Bundle available now on Steam! 🎮 store.steampowered.com/bundle/61073/FiveASide/
Save 3% on Five-A-Side on Steam
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pantaloon | OFFBEAT OUT MIAOW 🙈@pantaloon.io · 9mo agoOh! And if you want to couple ITAW with another thematically-linked game, we're chuffed to be partnering with @panic.com for the Five A Side Bundle - a package bringing Despelote and It Takes a War under one unexpected roof. store.steampowered.com/bundle/61073...
