Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cover. @time.com time.com/article/2026...

Once again I am asking why this happens to indie games and not big blockbusters where you can fuck the bear or go to strip clubs. And once again I know the answer

Dave Gilbert@wadjeteyegames.com · 2w ago

We are aware that Steam has classified Nighthawks as an adult game and has excluded it from searches (and delisted it entirely in certain countries). We are working on it. Valve is under the impression that this game is way sexier than it actually is.

Finished 'The Blood of the Dawnwalker'. The soft time limit and day-night-cycle are nothing to be afraid of and its greatest strength. Wouldn't have finished it otherwise. Yes, you won't experience everything in one playthrough. That is fine! Also it's no Witcher 3 clone - the combat is way better.

Big games going over budget shouldn't surprise nor scare Sony. Clinging to exclusivity so much that PC ports aren't acceptable also won't help in changing public opinion that Playstation has no games. Now it has none minus Physint!

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 2w ago

This week, PlayStation announced that it had pulled out of publishing Hideo Kojima's next game, Physint. But the company didn't give a reason. So I made some calls. Here's why PlayStation bailed and why Xbox snapped Kojima right up: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I don't care for Sony or Microsoft but how do you basically gift the competitor a Kojima game?! What do you mean, you don't want to print money? Another huge fumble by Playstation.

Hideo Kojima@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 2w ago

lol for metroid going ok ok samus is gonna talk again but this time instead of going on about adam she's going to say she wants to eat you. are you happy now. is that what you freaks want

Who would've thought it could be even possible that Nintendo would forget what an artstyle is on *Zelda*. Once again very funny move if it wasn't *Zelda*.

THEY HIRED THE MAN

After the harrowing debates around 'Lanterns' and the Zach Cregger Resident Evil-Movie producers should once again realize that listening to fandoms is never worth it. These people don't know art, they just want easter eggs. Fandoms crave Glup Shittos but never thoughtful adaptions.

the next couple years of every developer having to be like yeah we use ai all the time it speeds up our process like crazy it's fully integrated into our pipeline; also none of it is in the game which is all fully human game are going to be really funny

Ricardo Juchem@ricardojuchem.com · 3w ago

www.eurogamer.net/owlcat-gen-a...

After a really rough demo the developer's show attitude like they're selling GTA VI. You know that people just... won't buy your game? Let's be honest, AA development is an uphill battle - you can't just burn goodwill *before* early access.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"We live in a world full of AI, let's be honest with ourselves" - 1666: Amsterdam developer still using AI tools despite recent controversy, but promises again "it won't be in the final product" www.eurogamer.net/1666-amsterd...

That's seven times the number of steam alone. Probably more than all of PC gaming combined at this point. Locking in to this insane goal *again* is just not healthy for your career. But Sharma is very much just a willing sacrificial lamb to sunset Xbox.

IGN@ign.com · 2mo ago

Xbox boss Asha Sharma tells staff she expects to be halfway to a billion daily players by 2030. https://bit.ly/4h7KyQI

Great now it's not even the question *if* the AI bubble could burst but *how* hard, and mainstream financial journalists downplay the extreme risks. We know it's coming and we know It's going to hurt workers - but stopping the orphan grinder would mean less profits four our sweet billionaires!

Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo ago

Could an AI market crash rival 2000 or 2008? Unlikely reut.rs/4pVoZFh

Great. Now the Star Wars AND cool superhero movies starring Ryan Gosling are made by the director of Free Guy. People love their bland nothingburgers when going to the cinema, can't have nice things ever again.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'Ryan Gosling joins the MCU in Marvel Studios' Ghost Rider, directed by Shawn Levy. Only in theaters 2028'

Dark Souls 2 is so mechanically obtuse that it makes me love it more. Armor is basically meaningless and a full Havel’s set has the same damage reduction as a single specific ring. Poise is fake. Your I-frames are dictated by two arbitrary stats that both contribute to a third arbitrary stat. ❤️

We at Bethesda aim to please with at best mediocre crowd-pleasers that take decades of development time. Somehow we also never learn about announcing our titles two generations before they release. Here, have some remasters that don't work with thousands of mods the community painstakingly crafted.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: Bethesda has announced a slew of new Fallout games, including Fallout 5 and Fallout 3 + New Vegas remasters. The company also confirmed my scoop last week that it is working with Obsidian on a Fallout game. I spoke to Todd Howard about the roadmap: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The newest 'Top 10 Games'-trend is pretty humbling. Even outside 'Gun & Ball'-gamers like 95% of the participating accounts post only AAA open world titles and not a single indie. This, the crashing industry and young people pretty much playing Roblox exclusively seems really bad for the future, huh

read the article lmao

GG TRIBUNE@ggtribune.com · 3mo ago

OPINION: I Think I Know How To Solve the Video Game Industry’s Problems ggtribune.com/2026/07/10/o...

“Terrible posters are nothing new,” Jonathon Yule, executive creative director for design at Concrete Design tells us. But with these posters, it comes with “none of the charm” that may accidentally come from a business owner making something low quality.

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."

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Sick. Awesome. Thanks for that. Really preferred this to funding a Blade game by the Dishonored people or people at Obsidian having jobs.

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 3mo ago

everywhere you look, things are goin' great

The game industry is so fucking back

We knew it was coming but seeing those numbers spelt out is just... numbing. Sacrifices for a hallucinating machine-idol that makes everything worse for the majority of people.

IGN@ign.com · 3mo ago

3,200 Xbox staff are set to lose their jobs this year, with 1,600 layoffs today. Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will become independent studios. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be under new management, and Arkane is entering consultation. https://bit.ly/4eOBEGk

Studio develops game that sells incredibly well? Believe it or not, also layoffs.

Knoebel@knoebel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

According to The Game Business, Obsidian is also on the risk of shutting down, currently they're negotiation with Xbox to avoid closure. www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-divid...

Reminder that modded PSPs and Vitas are pretty affordable and really, really fun. Also learn to get, well let's say security copies for legal reasons. Has never been easier than now.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"We're ending physical disc production, but don't worry — we're ALSO shutting down our digital stores!" blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/a...

Der logische Endpunkt von rechtem Gedankengut? Uwe Boll abfeiern, weil die Botschaft passt. Wir brauchen wirklich nicht die hundertste Reportage, warum Extremes ankommt - es ist am Ende doch einfach der plumpe Rassismus.

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 3mo ago

Musk promoted a brief upload of Boll's anti-migrant thriller Citizen Vigilante to his 200 million followers this weekend.

Kadokawa being in western news again as 'From Software's parent company' is still extremely funny. Like, that's one of the biggest entertainment corps in Japan - they own pretty much half of the anime and manga market!

So, Rockstar will not only ruin the discourse about realism in games for a decade *again* but they just killed physical editions for good. If they can sell 80$ games without a disc - which they absolutely can - this will become industry standard. Things are so dire, man. It's hard to stay positive.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Physical editions of GTA 6 will apparently be available from 12th November, several days ahead of the game's 19th November release, but as a download code rather than a disc. https://bit.ly/4b7m5Hb

Haven't seen people talk about 'Spider-Noir' - probably because it was dropped all at once - and can't recommend it enough. Nicolas Cage and Brendan Gleeson are acting their heart out and have visible fun with a comic adapation. Production should've fully committed to b&w though.

In deutschen Medien wird das wohl kaum thematisiert werden, aber in der geleakten Mitgliederliste von Peter Thiels ultrarechten Geheimgesellschaft taucht als prominentester Deutscher *Jens Spahn* auf. Natürlich.

maia arson crimew 🏴@crimew.gay · 3mo ago

SCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members.

Damn, after the layoffs in the past few years I've always feared for Double Fine and Ninja Theory. Negotiating for your life with the ever-hungry behemoth that threw billions around to feed on studios just a few years ago is such a grim, endstage capitalism nightmare scenario.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...