Unfortunately, my situation at home means I won't be attending Gamescom. 😭 First time not going in years, and being at no events this year makes my imposter syndrome buzz badly! Still hit me up, as others at LIC will be going - let's do physicals together! ❤️

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷@toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 3d ago

Got a Carer's ID card now, so I guess I'm legally a carer now. Still going through a hard time at home, unfortunately this particular crisis has consumed the last few months, with no end in sight - very exhausting, very isolating! Sorry for not being about as much. ❤️🙏

Unfortunately, my situation at home means I won't be attending Gamescom. 😭 First time not going in years, and being at no events this year makes my imposter syndrome buzz badly! Still hit me up, as others at LIC will be going - let's do physicals together! ❤️

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷@toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 3d ago

Got a Carer's ID card now, so I guess I'm legally a carer now. Still going through a hard time at home, unfortunately this particular crisis has consumed the last few months, with no end in sight - very exhausting, very isolating! Sorry for not being about as much. ❤️🙏

Got a Carer's ID card now, so I guess I'm legally a carer now. Still going through a hard time at home, unfortunately this particular crisis has consumed the last few months, with no end in sight - very exhausting, very isolating! Sorry for not being about as much. ❤️🙏

this seems good and not at all worrying

Announcing new physical games... ⚔️ DREAD DELUSION (SW2/PS5) 🕹️ SEKTORI (SW2/PS5) 🚚 EASY DELIVERY CO. (SW1/PS5) Tested and fully on-cart. EDITIONS versions and Retail+ with free pre-order bonuses. Pre-orders liiiiive: 👉 www.lostincult.co.uk/editions

Physical games are important. 💪 Now more than ever. Ownership, preservation, availability, celebrating a game tangibly. This stuff matters. Here's our short video on why we make physical games the way we tuned. New game reveals at 6pm BST. ❤️ (Watch our short doc on YouTube here)

My 2025 GOTY (and this year's, too, since it came out on Switch 2), @gimblll.com’s Sektori, is getting a glorious physical edition and soundtrack from my friends at @lostincult.co.uk. Get them while they’re 🔥. More details about the gorgeous innards will be revealed soon. Do not miss out on this.

Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk · last wk.

Sektori from @gimblll.com is an intense,fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno. Focus up,for the quick runs have a lot of challenge and replay ability. Pre-order a Retail+ or EDITIONS version on Switch or PS5 and get the Sektori OST on CD www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/sektori

These are off to a really strong start - thank you so much! Remember, the EDITIONS are limited to 1500 on Switch 2, 1000 on PS5. They are flying atm and previous games have sold out before. (Ofc, standard versions are unlimited)

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷@toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · last wk.

Announcing new physical games... ⚔️ DREAD DELUSION (SW2/PS5) 🕹️ SEKTORI (SW2/PS5) 🚚 EASY DELIVERY CO. (SW1/PS5) Tested and fully on-cart. EDITIONS versions and Retail+ with free pre-order bonuses. Pre-orders liiiiive: 👉 www.lostincult.co.uk/editions

These are off to a really strong start - thank you so much! Remember, the EDITIONS are limited to 1500 on Switch 2, 1000 on PS5. They are flying atm and previous games have sold out before. (Ofc, standard versions are unlimited)

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷@toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · last wk.

Announcing new physical games... ⚔️ DREAD DELUSION (SW2/PS5) 🕹️ SEKTORI (SW2/PS5) 🚚 EASY DELIVERY CO. (SW1/PS5) Tested and fully on-cart. EDITIONS versions and Retail+ with free pre-order bonuses. Pre-orders liiiiive: 👉 www.lostincult.co.uk/editions

Incredibly stoked for DREAD DELUSION'S PHYSICAL RELEASE, courtesy of the amazing folks over at @lostincult.co.uk! 🎨EDITIONS copy: art cards, essays, a poster & more 🍒Coming to both Nintendo Switch 2 & PS5 🛒Regular retail versions too! CLICK ME GO ON: www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/dread... YEEESSSSS

Announcing new physical games... ⚔️ DREAD DELUSION (SW2/PS5) 🕹️ SEKTORI (SW2/PS5) 🚚 EASY DELIVERY CO. (SW1/PS5) Tested and fully on-cart. EDITIONS versions and Retail+ with free pre-order bonuses. Pre-orders liiiiive: 👉 www.lostincult.co.uk/editions

I cannot overstate what an honour it is to be directly working with @doesitplay.org. Our partnership isn't a gimmick - multiple games were patched as a direct result of their testing, and our releases are better for it. They've been heralding the physical + preservation pushback lately. ❤️

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷@toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · last wk.

Physical games are important. 💪 Now more than ever. Ownership, preservation, availability, celebrating a game tangibly. This stuff matters. Here's our short video on why we make physical games the way we tuned. New game reveals at 6pm BST. ❤️ (Watch our short doc on YouTube here)

Physical games are important. 💪 Now more than ever. Ownership, preservation, availability, celebrating a game tangibly. This stuff matters. Here's our short video on why we make physical games the way we tuned. New game reveals at 6pm BST. ❤️ (Watch our short doc on YouTube here)

Had to delete that physical video post due to a crediting error - oops! Please do reshare it when I post it again soon lol. 😅 Do still stay tuned for some sick physical game announcements tomorrow. 😉

Does anyone happen to have any leads on any Java Software Engineering roles? 🙏 My partner lost his job, and has fallen into a very dark mental health spiral. It's a very, very bleak and tough time at home right now. Getting him back to work could literally be a lifesaver.

Announcing The Game UI Bible by @eddcoates.bsky.social + @lostincult.co.uk! ✨ Years in the making, this 500+ page behemoth dives into the UI/UX of your favourite games, as well as the history and ethos behind UI. Cannot wait to read this beaut. ❤️ lostincult.co.uk/gameuibible

Stats on these are skewed, because it counts for add-on + digital-only sales. That said, everyone knows digital sells more. That doesn't change the fact that physical has a big audience still, and that ownership, choice, and price competition matters.

GameSpot@gamespot.com · 2w ago

XBOX is introducing backwards compatibility for PC (i.e. PC ports), bringing four OG Xbox games to PC platforms today. (Read more at Xbox Wire)

UK games retailer GAME entered into administration in April, owing over £16M, a new report reveals. While the last remaining major UK video game-specific chain announced its administration months ago, the reasons - and their debt - was unknown. (Read more at Eurogamer)

I'll be honest, most industry people think this. Publishers have been quietly saying this to each other for years. I've always been critical of Game Pass and its long-term damage - great deal for consumers, and buy-out deals have been too juicy to ignore, but overall damaging.

Perennial Order is the best argument against "just make a good game." This game perfected what it aimed to be - a one-hit-death horror boss rush with a beautiful, dark art style & music. It's perfect. It has less than 700 reviews. Terribly overlooked. store.steampowered.com/app/1411020/...

Does anyone happen to have any leads on any Java Software Engineering roles? 🙏 My partner lost his job, and has fallen into a very dark mental health spiral. It's a very, very bleak and tough time at home right now. Getting him back to work could literally be a lifesaver.

An absolutely gigantic congrats to the @denshattack.bsky.social team for the launch of their game. 🎉 Looks to be the next indie hit, my timelines are ablaze about it! I'm especially proud of them, having worked together years ago on their game SuperEpic. I always knew they were special ❤️

My home situation unfortunately continues to be very difficult - tonight is another really bad one. Feel a bit helpless as a partner with my other half in mental health crisis that I'm unable to help him from. Just crying and death threats non-stop. Incredibly draining. 💔

Sending more beauuuutiful full on-disc physical games out the door. If you haven't seen our physical games yet, check 'em out - all content on disc, gorgeous extras, proper art pieces for the shelves. 🙏

Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk · 4w ago

EDITIONS wave 2 is proceeding well and we're expecting to ship them out around mid-late October! 🎃 Arco, NORCO, Paper Trail & Promise Mascot Agency are next in the queue and we're making sure our EDITIONS are seaworthy before we send them out the door.

I think one thing statistics don't show is that even for people that primarily buy digitally, many still want the option available to them, and physical borrowing/second-hand games kept them in the ecosystem. How many will take this as a reason to fully switch focus to Steam?

Seeing a lot of misinformation, guesswork, and misinterpreting of stats in order to attack gaming analysts just doing their job re: physical games. Physical games are my life, and I want better preservation/ownership rights for games - we can only achieve things by facing facts.

Why did we let them buy Activision-Blizzard? Can someone remind me why that was supposedly such a good idea for business, competition, gamers, and workers? 🤔

Y'ALL I am genuinely so excited to have Emma join my games team here at LIC and help make lots of cool-ass physical games at a time when we need them the most! 🙏 Already know Emma is going to kill it here and make the world of difference. Please send them your congrats! ❤️

emma k park@emmakpark.bsky.social · 4w ago

heeheehee!! thanks to everyone who wished me luck when i asked for it about a month ago... it seemed to work, because i'm starting at @lostincult.co.uk today! 💜

I'm very proud to say that our physical game EDITIONS are nominated for Creativepool awards in Print and Publishing categories! All credit to our killer design team - if you care about physical games, please give us a vote, it'd mean the world! 🥹 (Please vote for us here!)