This is deeply emotional for us.🥹 Scarlet Deer Inn, our dark medieval folk tale with physical embroidery, is OUT NOW on Steam! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us on this journey. ❤️ Steam: store.steampowered.com/app1553260
This took me several weeks to make because I went through several years worth of corporate/investor/earnings reports but... here it is! The actual, long-term reason Sony killed physical discs, and why they can't go back. youtu.be/_Znc7MVsSlg?...
everyone is missing the point
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3 more killer tracks join the Stage Tour setlist. Get ready to headbang. 🤘 • Castle Rat – Siren • Rise Against – Broken Dreams, Inc. • Slipknot – Psychosocial ⚡ 16 songs confirmed. More to come.
Proud to announce you can now pre-order the Levelling The Playing Field 101 Video Courses. Practical, focused 101 video courses for indie game developers. Business, marketing, budgeting, production, pitching and more - €40 (excl. VAT) per course, with bulk & group discounts! courses.ramiismail.com
Levelling the Playing Field - Courses by Rami Ismail
Practical, focused courses for indie game developers. Business, marketing, budgeting, production, pitching and more - by Rami Ismail.
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Launching a new website about video games today. Meet @respec.net. A sibling to @rpgsite.net, a spiritual successor to VG247, & a brother from another mother to other 100% independent UK media brands like @videogameschronicle.com and @trueachievements.com. www.respec.net/feature/87-w...
Welcome to Respec: A word from the Editors | Respec
Welcome to our new little corner of the internet. Why a new video game website, and why now? Allow us to explain...
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Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...
Vampirium: 1997 on Steam
1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...
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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game takes the stage at #EVO2026! 📅 June 26 ⏰ 7:00 PM PT Featuring: ⚡ Exhibition Matches ⚡ Year One Character Reveal ⚡ Character Vote Candidates ⚡ Much more~ Get ready for the future, see you there!
As storage and RAM prices skyrocket and make powerful PCs and consoles feel increasingly out of reach, there's only one real option: Everyone go back to 2D
What's the secret to Final Fantasy VII Revelation only taking three years to make? A consistent vision and retaining 95% of their staff. I spoke to director Naoki Hamaguchi about Revelation's development, what he's doing next (no more remakes!), and much more. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Final Fantasy VII Revelation’ Took Only Three Years to Make
Director Naoki Hamaguchi says the keys were retaining staff and sticking to his vision
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So… this whole ‘we use gen AI to think through an idea before wasting dev cycles making it’ talking point… Like if I take that on the best possible faith, that the chatbot is used before human concepting… Are you publicly owning up to needing AI to do the job of thinking and scribbling some notes?
A reminder that the only answer to "did you use AI to develop this game" that will gain you goodwill instead of get you paraded as money-hungry ghouls is "absolutely the fuck not, we take pride in our craft" www.rockpapershotgun.com/tomb-raider-...
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis studio have used "AI-assisted tools" during development, but swear "any AI-assisted assets were either replaced or refined by humans"
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has been delayed to February 2027 and had an AI generated content disclosure added to its Steam page.
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She's about to celebrate being an only child. Tomorrow, the world will see Azula burn with all of her madness and glory. 🔥 Fire Nation, you won't want to miss @ComboBreaker at 3:30PM CT on 5/23 (Saturday).
If the games industry had the power to make certain games a cultural phenomena with global hit sales, it would so all the time. However, the games industry cannot even agree on what "alpha" means
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we hit 1 MILLION crawlers in the first week of Vampire Crawlers launch 😭🎉 we can't fathom such a big numbie for our first Vampire Survivors spin-off, it means so much to us! truly, thank you to everyone who has picked up the game so far!
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
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Vampire Crawlers is OUT NOW 🧛🍷 Master the Turboturn™️ and obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards 💥 be tactical or play as fast as humanly possible... fate is in your hands https://youtu.be/2uBGewEqOVg
Vampire Crawlers | The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by poncle - Vampire Survivors
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This really sucks. My apologies to everyone I got hyped up with my #FFXIV Fan Fest cosplay... Sorry for the long read via discord photos, but I needed to show you exactly why I'm so upset.
legendary composer, Yoko Shimomura, made the MAIN THEME for our new upcoming game - Vampire Crawlers!! 😭🎉 we're still stunned and have had this track on repeat for DAYS 🤩 full version is on our YouTube, go give it a listen!! 🫵🤯
During a brutal time for funding in the video-game industry, the developer of the acclaimed 1000xResist found money from an unexpected source: the developer of Slay the Princess. This week's column goes inside the team-up between two beloved narrative games: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
In a Brutal Video-Game Industry, Two Indie Developers Are Teaming Up
The makers of the acclaimed Slay the Princess are funding the next game from the maker of the acclaimed 1000xResist
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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game drops July 2nd on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch & Steam. 👊 Twelve fighters 🌎 Rollback netcode + crossplay 🎨 900+ hand-drawn frames per fighter 📖 Story & Arcade mode Preorder on Steam now. #AvatarFighters youtube.com/watch?v=NSPaqSNHupo
Pre-Order Trailer (Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game)
YouTube video by AvatarFighters
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What do you think the largest bundle of game assets in the world costs? $30 million? $500,000? 7 kidneys? $30,000,000 again? How about $19.95! 🤑 kenney.itch.io/kenney-game-...
Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 by Kenney
Includes 60,000+ game assets including 2D sprites, 3D models and more!
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Starter Kit Match-3 for @godotengine.org is out now! It's a basic open-source implementation of the popular puzzle game type, perfect as a base. #gamedev github.com/KenneyNL/Sta...
With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man. I was asked to return for Mega Man: Dual Override, but only on the condition I work without the protections of a union contract.
As Square Enix gears up to officially reveal Part 3 of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy, I probed director Naoki Hamaguchi for some teases of what's coming. Wutai? Yes. Space? Yup. Chocobo breeding? Not clear... www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Final Fantasy VII Remake’ Director Teases the Trilogy’s Finale
“I’m hoping it’s not going to be too far in the future,” Naoki Hamaguchi tells us
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We're making a game where you play a courier rider in 13th century Mongolia No combat, just you, the horse(s) you've tamed, bred and trained and the vast wilderness. Would you play this?
NEW: Last year, Bluepoint Games pitched a Bloodborne remake. Sony didn't turn it down... but FromSoftware did. Inside the tragic closure of Bluepoint, what they've been doing for the last five years, and why the studio was shut down: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure
The inside story of why PlayStation closed its beloved subsidiary
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STAGE TOUR - Coming Fall 2026 in partnership with @gibsonguitar! 🥁 Build your Band. 🎸 Pick your Style. 🎤 Own the Stage. Sign up & join the next era 🤘 stagetour.com