EA's annual Ebitda is around $1.5 billion, which should be enough to service the interest payments. But the publisher has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million in annual costs including $170 million in "organizational efficiencies," per Bloomberg. In other words: mass layoffs

The 500 FINGER FILLET demo is OUT NOW!!! 500 STABS. 20 MINUTES TO ESCAPE. A horror roguelite about stabbing yourself in the hand 500 times to escape a deadly trap. Can you make it out with all your fingers? Or will you bleed out on the table? store.steampowered.com/app/4973880/...

The Kitfox Publisher Sale is live! Buy any and all of our games at a discount, whether it's the freshly-1.0 Ostranauts or our timeless classics! Thousands of hours of exploratory play at good prices: store.steampowered.com/sale/kitfoxf...

Welcome to the Kitfox Festival 2026: In Space 🌌

Major deals and major updates

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I had a chat with @harvey1966.bsky.social about growing up poor, dealing with the deaths of his parents, and how those things shaped his outlook on work and life. www.gaming.firezidechat.com/p/firezide-c...

Firezide Chat with Harvey Smith

A chat about deaths of his parents, growing up in poverty, and how those things shaped his outlook on life.

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NEW VIDEO: In 2006 a Washington DC based think tank hired future lead designers of Civilization and XCOM to make a strategy game based on a documentary about nonviolent protest. 20 years later I'm here to tell you why. youtu.be/dmL7Ph4Us8o

A Force More Powerful: this game is political

YouTube video by Alien Bob

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new blog post: blog.vbuckenham.com/announcing-t...

Announcing: Tools for Creativity at the School For Poetic Computation

I'm running a class for the School of Poetic Computation! It's about making creative tools. Nick Murray is going to be my assistant teacher. Applications are open til Monday 10th August! Let me expl...

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Palestinian trade unionists have long called on workers worldwide to refuse arms shipments to Israel. Dockworkers answered—from Belgium and Sweden to Italy. Now unions in six countries are organizing for October 30.

Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes and Protests Against War and Genocide

Unions representing workers at 40 ports in Europe and the Mediterranean are calling for an international day of action on October 30.

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We’re hiring - come join the Fellow Traveller marketing team as a Product Manager! This is a senior role leading the marketing for some very cool games. More info and how to apply here bit.ly/FTPMJob

Job Opportunity - Product Manager — Fellow Traveller Games

We have the rare opportunity to join the Fellow Traveller marketing team as a Product Manager. Product Managers play a key role at Fellow Traveller, taking ownership of a portion of our game…

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Digital ID scrapped. DSIT shuttered. AI policy reshuffled. New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is already making moves to change the government’s approach to tech policy. Justin Hendrix asks James Ball, Gavin Freeguard, and Rachel Coldicutt to make sense of the "muddle."

Taking Stock of the UK Tech Policy 'Muddle'

A conversation with Tech Policy Press fellow James Ball, State of the Future's Gavin Freeguard, and Careful Industries' Rachel Coldicutt.

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btw if the ESA or any of these studios wanted to put together an initiative to provide financial relief to laid off game workers, they have ~$60M in total assets that they could allocate towards one. They're welcome to reach out to me if they need info on how to set one up.

Shayna Moon (she/they)@themoonis.gay · 4d ago

Devs, pay attention to who is actually, practically offering support to our laid off colleagues. It’s not the companies, it’s not the ESA, it’s the union, it’s us.

13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.

All money, minus processing fees for itch, goes to out of work game developers to pay for food, housing, healthcare, and whatever they need to make it through. Neither we as the organizers nor UVW take any of the money from the bundle. Game developers can apply here: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun...

Game Worker Hardship Fund

Who is eligible to apply for this fund?This fund is for game workers in the US and Canada impacted by record layoffs & other hardships in the games industry within the timeframe of January 2024 to the...

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In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Just a reminder that Rogue Eclipse (iA) comes out in ONE WEEK, where you'll be able to zoom zoom and pew pew across an Arabesque Futurism inspired cosmos! Reposts and shares much appreciated 😎🚀💥👍 Wishlist here! bit.ly/4bRLumD #gaming #indiegames

Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE LAUNCHES AUGUST 7th 😎🚀💥!@mcdoogleh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Epic. Spaceflight. Action. Roguelike. This is Rogue Eclipse, launching NEXT MONTH ON AUGUST 7th! 🕹 Arcade Flight Controls 💥 Merciless Armadas to Blast Through 👾 Epic Boss Fights to Overcome 🚀 A Story that unfolds over roguelike campaign Wishlist Here! bit.ly/4bRLumD #gaming #indiegames #gamedev

For all who enjoyed 1000xRESIST, play Boreal Tenebrae! We are so lucky that Daniel (the creator) is here with us at sunset visitor.

Boreal Tenebrae@boreal-tenebrae.bsky.social · 6d ago

Boreal Tenebrae Act 0 is finally here! A indie narrative adventure, set in a forgotten Canadian town. It's available now on Steam. #indiegame #horrorgame #analoghorror #psxstyle #lowpoly #indiedev #gamedev #steamwishlist #indiehorror #weirdcore

In response to the hostility, the court is overhauling its American-dominated tech and financial systems. The court’s records and other data storage have been backed up at different sites, and finance and communications systems are being shifted to European platforms.

In a month’s time, it’ll be the middle of #gamescom! Will you be visiting? If so, make plans to stop by the All Will Rise booth in the @indiearenabooth.de! We would love for you to play All Will Rise, chat to the team, and share your feedback. See you there! #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

"transforming Game Pass into a bustling indie library could work to both rapidly shrink the costs of running the service, as well as retain more subscribers" IMO the primary reason Game Pass failed to hit its subscriber targets is because the mass market simply does not care to play lots of games.

Game Pass Was Supposed To Be the Netflix-Style All-You-Can-Play Subscription That Would Save Xbox – Instead, It’s Killing the Company

Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company.

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This is true, and the critics/journalists that play 100 games a year have trouble really grokking that a whole lot of people just stick with a handful of games/series and keep going back to them, often for years

Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · last wk.

"transforming Game Pass into a bustling indie library could work to both rapidly shrink the costs of running the service, as well as retain more subscribers" IMO the primary reason Game Pass failed to hit its subscriber targets is because the mass market simply does not care to play lots of games.

Fucking tell that to my mate in Pudsey who has had to sell the house his brickie father built to pay mums £80,000 a year care costs to a company based in a fucking tax haven. Charles Moore's family will doubtless have millions left to pay for this care. Most working class families have a house.

Interesting that almost all analysis of Xbox in freefall completely ignores an organized boycott intended to harm the company financially. Meanwhile, multiple news stories on the home page all month about PlayStation boycotts that haven't even happened yet.

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Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company. https://bit.ly/4pIIUau

Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%

This would be a great opportunity for Britons to ask themselves whether it’s wise to prosecute protestors throwing paint as if they were ISIS

Tomorrow, Lord Walney, who was responsible in part for the proscription of Palestine Action, will publish an article in The Times arguing that BASH BACK be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. We will not be intimidated. Neither should you. xoxo BASH BACK

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

Anushka Asthana observed this several times - how come Starmer was so generous and considerate to his peers, and yet he was a relentless bastard to everyone he considered inferior and beneath him? And the explanation should be obvious to anyone who’s had a job, or been to school.

Listen, I agree there’s loads of good signs re Burnham, but taking a firm pro-immigration stance should be a basic requirement for an ostensibly progressive politician. And sorry for being biased here as an immigrant myself. Mahmood made me want to leave the UK and keeping her is incredibly hurtful.

> Today we leverage the power of the .ass format to commit some [AI poisoning] tomfoolery.

Poisoning AI with ".аss" subtitles

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 2w ago

> No single person suggests making a logo that resembles an anus, but when everyone's feedback gets incorporated, that's what often emerges. Risk aversion in corporate environments naturally pushes designs toward familiar, "safe" territory, which apparently means anatomical openings.