Rishi Alwani
@rishialwani.bsky.social
☕️🎮📸 *makes history, leaves* linktr.ee/0451games
I wouldn’t be in games without Sony. FF7 and MGS1 on the PS1 are why I wanted to make life in games. In the last few years it’s obvious Sony stopped caring. Time to remind them them. Join @doesitplay.org and me in a blackout of all things PS. Details in the image. #PSBlackout
The one where @halfbloodvince.bsky.social @darthrahul.bsky.social and yours truly talk about what’s good, bad, and butt ugly about Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. Stay a while and listen. open.substack.com/pub/dayzerom...
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review: A Pirate Classic Reborn
Steam Deck performance, a faux physical release, gameplay, and more.
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This isn't really the gotcha they think it is, it's just very very convenient to report to a very very ill informed public. Try to think about how many BIG games launch a year. It's known that the physical split favors big tentpole releases, and it's been known for years.
Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2w ago2 PlayStation video games sold more than 10k physical units in the US during week ending July 11, 2026. 7 have sold more than 100k physical units year-to-date. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
Mat deliberately missing the point here, because if these games make profits why should it matter how many were sold? Vinyls and CDs are still being sold, you think they they do much better than these numbers?
Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2w ago2 PlayStation video games sold more than 10k physical units in the US during week ending July 11, 2026. 7 have sold more than 100k physical units year-to-date. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
Mat, why don't you share the digital sales numbers for those same games in the US during the same period? A fair comparison needs both physical and digital sales. Also, which games exceeded 100K physical copies, and how far above that mark did they go?
PlayStation has more community notes than exclusive games this generation.
The one where @halfbloodvince.bsky.social @darthrahul.bsky.social and yours truly talk about what’s good, bad, and butt ugly about Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. Stay a while and listen. open.substack.com/pub/dayzerom...
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Review: A Pirate Classic Reborn
Steam Deck performance, a faux physical release, gameplay, and more.
open.substack.com
PlayStation Isn't Ready for Its Digital-Only Future There's ways to go before it can amp up digital adoption on the PS5 let alone PS6 in markets like India. 0451games.substack.com/p/playstatio...
PlayStation Isn't Ready for Its Digital-Only Future
There's ways to go before it can amp up digital adoption on the PS5 let alone PS6 in markets like India.
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Monster Hunter Wilds is getting a permanent price drop on August 5/6 with new DLC bundles launching the same time. Capcom will also discontinue the current Deluxe and Premium editions and replace them with a Gold Edition that includes all cosmetic DLC: www.rpgsite.net/news/20909-m...
absolute shitshow of inconsistency and stupidity
RPG Site@rpgsite.net · 3w agoWe've updated our feature keeping track of Square Enix's Switch 1/2 cross generation releases to include both Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II. They will not have a Switch 1 to Switch 2 upgrade path & save data is incompatible between versions: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1865...
since closely reading one in january it's become so apparent that ign's editorials are on an ideological streak at odds with it's own reporting and criticism. from january: autumn-wright.com/if-you-ask-n...
IGN@ign.com · 3w agoXbox brass wants more of its biggest franchises more often: Halo, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, etc. Here's how we'd go about utilizing Xbox's remaining resources to make it happen. https://bit.ly/4gt7NEs
Felipe stays GOATED. Great thread as usual.
Felipe Pepe@felipepepe.bsky.social · 3w agoThe problem here is that the Western AAA industry isn't "the only world we've ever known or can conceptualise"... Most people have been living in a very different world for over a decade. It's games media that actively chose to stay in Geoff Keighley's PR Dreamland, where 2012 never ended...
Disk Cleanup time! This week, a fascinating chat with @chrisbodegard.bsky.social. We talked about his love for Paradox grand strategy, and delved into a couple of the key inspirations behind his acclaimed RPG Esoteric Ebb. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
2026's best RPG might look like Disco Elysium, but it was heavily inspired by Deus Ex, and its creator wants 'to do a first-person game at some point'
The designer of Esoteric Ebb guides us through the games on his PC.
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag’s narrative was always strong, & the remake doesn’t change that, fleshing out the story with meaningful additions. Except parkour - that's worse than the OG game. Resynced works quite well, a reminder of the franchise's peak. www.gamewatcher.com/assassins-cr...
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Review | GameWatcher
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced modernises a fan favourite without losing its soul.
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GTA5 was the first midnight launch I covered. Take Two kills midnight launches and independent retail by not releasing GTA 6 on disc at launch. The culture of video games and what makes them special goes away if you’re just sitting in front of a screen hoping your game unlocks. #gta6
Interviewed Asia's hottest gaming company on who is the Indian gamer, why this market needs businesses to be on ground, and so much more. | One of the Top GTA 6 Content Creators in the World Will Be Indian: Nodwin on the Future of Play substacktools.com/sharex/eDX25PbV #gta6 #india
One of the Top GTA 6 Content Creators in the World Will Be Indian: Nodwin on the Future of Play
Asia's hottest gaming company on who is the Indian gamer, why this market won't be swayed by programmatic spends, and so much more.
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I do not fully trust critics who are not both lovers and haters. All I want is for you to have some kind of taste, some kind of ethic, and I want you to argue in favor of it, which should inevitably mean that you greatly admire some works in your chosen field and definitely don’t admire others.
From a small 2 person team to IGDC, IGS & now this interview, it's been quite a ride🏎️ Thank you so much @rishialwani.bsky.social for giving us an opportunity to talk about our journey! 😇 Hope this BTS lets people see the ins & outs of indie game dev life! 💻 0451games.substack.com/p/malhaar-de...
"Making the Game is the Easy Part": Malhaar Developer Coffee For Two on the Realities of Scaling an Indian Indie Studio
From building the game of their dreams to burn out and back again.
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Week's over but we're not done. New podcast about all things SGF — and well — one thing we decided *not* to opine on. substacktools.com/sharex/OvekE...
Why FF7 Revelation, GoW Laufey, & Xbox Exclusives Won Summer Game Fest
Plenty of Ws to go around. For once.
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Week's over but we're not done. New podcast about all things SGF — and well — we decided *not* to opine on one thing in particular. open.substack.com/pub/dayzerom... #SummerGameFest #PS5 #Xbox
Why FF7 Revelation, GoW Laufey, & Xbox Exclusives Won Summer Game Fest
Plenty of Ws to go around. For once.
open.substack.com
Peak propaganda slop is saying Indian game developers don’t get recognition for working on international games because “they were working for someone else”. Influencers straight up lying for clout these days.
I was curious what paper scanner there is to get if money is no object and it turns out the best one is a Metal Gear
I've seen some trailers in my day but damn that Raji Kaliyuga gameplay trailer is rough. Extremely poor dubbing and voice acting. Randomly sliced up gameplay. Camera too far back in certain scenes. I guess no one in-house flagged this. Yikes.
"You know Mando, I guess we really are the last of us," Grogu at the end of #TheMandalorianAndGrogu
yes yes make systemic crunch that’s been documented for nearly a decade an “indian work culture issue” dipshit
