Coming out of my Bluesky silence to say: why do people in the Labour Party think we like Wes Streeting more than Kier?? I can't think of someone I like less in that party than Wes Streeting...

Pleased with this. On the same day @fallout.bethesdastudios.com series 2 drops, we spoke to @bethesda.net about the making of Fallout Shelter and why the game is going strong 10 years later. play.google.com/store/apps/e...

Making a better living underground: 10 years of Fallout Shelter

When Bethesda made its first entry into the Fallout franchise in 2008 with Fallout 3, fans couldn’t get enough of its take on a post-apocalyptic US meshed with the RPG gameplay the studio was known fo...

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Also, very pleased with this year's Best of Play awards on Google Play! As always, it's been great to select the very deserving winners and to celebrate with them via videos and our award ceremonies around the world. You can see the winners here play.google.com/store/apps/e... #GooglePlay

The best games of 2025

Introducing Google Play’s Best Games of 2025. These winners, carefully selected by our editorial council, are this year’s must-play games. They’re the experiences pushing the boundaries, showcasing th...

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Something to warm you up as winter approaches! Google Play spoke with GAGEX.CO founder and CEO Kensuke Imura about the Hungry Hearts series and being a developer tapping into cosy, food-based fun. play.google.com/store/apps/e... #indie #indiegames #android #GooglePlay

Meet Kensuke Imura, CEO of Gagex

The indie studio showcasing authentic Japanese cuisine and heart-warming stories

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This month on Google Play we speak to Lili Ibrahim, lead artist at @ustwogames.co.uk about building design-forward games and the latest entry into the Monument Valley series. play.google.com/store/apps/e... #indie #mobilegames #googleplay #interviews #indiegames #indiedeveloper #design

Meet Lili Ibrahim, lead artist at Ustwo Games

Unraveling Ustwo Games' design-forward process

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Another month, another spotlight on Google Play! This month we spoke to @landfall.se about their journey to bring TABS to #android with TABS Pocket Edition! play.google.com/store/apps/e... #indie #indeidevs #mobilegames #googleplay

Meet Kirsten and Rebecca, business leads at Landfall Games

The Swedish studio pioneering wacky physics and multiplayer mayhem

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This month's indie dev spotlight is with @arnoldrauers.com of Tinytouchtsles, the mind behind Guncho, Card Crawl and many others. play.google.com/store/apps/e... #googleplay #indie #androiddev #indiegames #interview

Meet Arnold Rauers, founder of Tinytouchtales

The creative force stacking one successful card game after another

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This month #GooglePlay spoke to @neutronized.bsky.social's Gionathan Pesaresi about his love of game development, pixel art and platformers. #indie #interview #mobilegames #italianindie #androidgames play.google.com/store/apps/e...

Meet Gionathan Pesaresi, founder of Neutronized

How a love of programming and pixel art spawned a successful feline franchise

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Wtf is going on in west London

This month's indie dev interview on Google Play is with the wonderful @pank0.bsky.social and her charming bunny collecting game Usagi Shima! play.google.com/store/apps/e... #indie #indiedevs #googleplay #usagishima #studiorabbiko

Meet Jess Yu, solo developer of a bunny haven

How a love of art, bunnies, and an abandoned Japanese island inspired a cozy collectathon

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Another month and another one of our developer interviews has gone live on Google Play. This time we speak to @rustylake.com co-founders Robin Ras and Maarten Looise about their adventures into the surreal. play.google.com/store/apps/e... #indie #indiedevs #googleplay #rustylake

Meet Robin and Maarten, co-founders of Rusty Lake

How a Dutch studio became an architect of puzzles and surrealism

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Other than for political posturing with a small (and probably more right-leaning) industry, I really don't understand why there's so much focus on fishing vs all the other UK industries that provide significant impact to the GDP which Brexit hit far harder than fishing was/would be...

With the news of Raymond's departure from Sony, I do start to wonder at what point do you just decide to go do your own thing? Since launching Assassin's Creed, I don't believe she's seen anything else she's worked on get to release. Gotta be disheartening and tiring.

I did not gel with Clair Obscur and when I read things like this I feel like I must have been playing something entirely different? I found that opening incredibly trite. Perhaps that's why I never saw value in any of the characters or their stories. search.app/iv7we

Clair Obscur gets it - a strong and simple hook goes a long way

How often does a game grab you from the very beginning?

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End of an era. Although I lost direct access to my press account a while ago, it was still a joyous time when I had it.

I've given up on COE33, I just don't gel with it and, unlike BG3 (which I also didn't gel with) I can't really see why people are gushing over it so much? Part of me thinks it's because it's a western-made JRPG and that's it really...

I'll stick with Expedition 33 but, at the moment, I'm really not gelling with it. I know this is an issue of a lot of RPGs that only get going like 10-20 hours in (I presume this fits that description given it's basically a JRPG) but ATM it's giving me a lot of vibes I'm not into that much...

At the Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen and this is a wild game choice to use to show off evolution of gaming software from the 90s to 00s...

Went on a walking tour of Victorian London the other day and as part of it passed by the epicenter of the Fire of London. I had no idea that 1666 is also written with all Roman numerals in descending order!

The third indie dev interview with Google Play is live! This month we speak to @bartbonte.bsky.social, a wonderful solo dev who pushes the boundaries of play through colour, curiosity, and fun! play.google.com/store/apps/e...

Meet Bart Bonte, the solo dev with a colorful journey

How a puzzle enthusiast from Belgium captivated millions

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There's something quietly depressing about seeing all of the fixtures and fittings of the Game warehouse up for sale on am auction site. bidonline.ncmauctions.co.uk/auctions/924...

Wonder if we'll still need to buy that overpriced horse armour in the Oblivion remake...

I'm not sure I'm totally sold on the Switch 2 you know... Especially as some of the easy wins feel like a bit of a fumble. Why pay for that "game" about the Switch 2? Also wondering how much these Switch 2 Edition upgrades are on titles you already own...

Nintendo Switch 2 powered by Google Meet 😂

The best thing Ireland should do as retaliation is properly tax all the American companies that use Ireland as a tax haven in Europe. That'll certainly put pressure on Trump to rethink if all these billionaires get pissed at him. search.app/M7xri

Trump tariffs: Ireland expected to be among hardest hit countries

EU goods are expected to face a tariff of around 20% when entering the United States.

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The second of our indie dev interviews has just landed on Google Play. This month we're talking to @blacksaltgames.com's 3D Artist Michael Bastiaens about their journey into dark depths and cosmic dread with their first game DREDGE play.google.com/store/apps/e...

Meet Michael Bastiaens, 3D artist at Black Salt Games

A New Zealand indie’s journey into dark depths and cosmic dread

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Pleased with a new series we've launched on Play where we interview some excellent indie devs from around the world. Kicking us off is @jakubamanita.bsky.social from @amanita-design.net! play.google.com/store/apps/e...

Meet Jakub Dvorský, founder of Amanita Design

Sound, art, and plenty of puzzles: how this Czech indie made its mark

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Started playing Avowed this evening. Enjoyable but there's something very TES Oblivion about it. I'm unsure if I mean that as a compliment or not. It's fun but definitely feels like an Xbox 360 RPG (aside from its legit excellent visuals and art style).

Idk if I'm being unreasonable, but can someone explain to me why it's a big deal that Grenfell will be demolished? Surely that's the only sensible option. Nobody would live in that place if it was renovated, the cost to renovate is probably more than demolition and rebuild (1/2)

Given that SV is nowhere near San Francisco or any actually interesting parts of California, it's not surprising that Croydon is a better fit than Old St but it's still a bit too close to London Croydon ‘transforming into UK’s new Silicon Valley’, data shows www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Croydon ‘transforming into UK’s new Silicon Valley’, data shows

Research by GoDaddy suggests town is leaving the rest of London in its wake

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