Weekly News Recap for 15 - 21 Sept will be going later in the week, gang. Hopefully up by Wed 🤞

Absolutely stellar work by Phil! Brought my little turtle lad to life 🐢. Hit him up for your D&D commissions! You'll be so happy you did 🤩

🥽 Nintendo brings back the Virtual Boy for some reason. 👻 Acclaim rises from the dead. 🤨 Pokemon awarded questionable patents. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/rpt1cqiR0dA #indiegames #gamingnews #virtualboy #nintendo #pokemon

🔥 Capcom says the PS5 is too expensive. 🤡 Xbox refused to give over Perfect Dark IP to save jobs. 💣 Fairgames loses another key developer. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/xeS9_zffwfo #indiegames #gamingnews #capcom #007firstlight #perfectdark

🔥 Capcom says the PS5 is too expensive. 🤡 Xbox refused to give over Perfect Dark IP to save jobs. 💣 Fairgames loses another key developer. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/xeS9_zffwfo #indiegames #gamingnews #capcom #007firstlight #perfectdark

Pour one out for the guides writers, creating Silksong guides like utter machines, likely for near-criminal pay. You are seen.

🙌 Silksong lives! And is out soon. 🤿 Bioshock 4 devs laid off. New lead installed. 💰 Bloodlines 2 paywalls sexy vamps. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/6xrDgj-w5VQ #gamescom #indiegames #silksong #gamingnews

🚨 Roblox, why don't you take a seat over here? ✊ Arkane devs demand MSoft stop working with Israel. 🚫 Wuchang's censorship undermines plot. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/-4-mbhgql64 #roblox #indiegames #wuchang #gamingNews

😲 Sony admits live-service push not going well. 🤡 Take-Two CEO says good games are bad actually. 🚫 Nintendo blocks games appearing at charity event. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/RLHa2G5vzfE #indiegames #nintendo #gamingnews

😰 Mastercard feeling pressure from censorship. ⚖️ Sony suing Tencent for copying Horizon. 🤡 Xbox sells more games on Playstation than Sony. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #mastercard #itchio #indiegames youtu.be/kdCZet5MQTQ

😰 Mastercard feeling pressure from censorship. ⚖️ Sony suing Tencent for copying Horizon. 🤡 Xbox sells more games on Playstation than Sony. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #mastercard #itchio #indiegames youtu.be/kdCZet5MQTQ

🤬 itch .io latest hit with Mastercard censorship. 🪦 Zenimax devs working in a 'graveyard'. 🤡 Vtuber manager spends charity money. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! A bit late this week 😅 youtu.be/SGtP420i0vs #itchio #censorship #indiegames

the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!

We don’t make much that would fall under “adult content”, but I think it is very wrong for payment processors to seize moral control of what can be sold. ‘Adult content’ has long been the canary in the coal mine. And it is wrong and dangerous for art and creators to be attacked this way.

🤡 Ubisoft's naked nepotism with new CEO. 💰 Payment platforms decide what games you'll play. 🤖 King devs trained their own A/I replacements. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #indiegames #ubisoft #steam youtu.be/5l_oTMnd7XA

🤡 Ubisoft's naked nepotism with new CEO. 💰 Payment platforms decide what games you'll play. 🤖 King devs trained their own A/I replacements. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #indiegames #ubisoft #steam youtu.be/5l_oTMnd7XA

Reading internet reactions to the Krafton vs. Unknown Worlds drama, I think something getting lost is that dozens of employees thought they were on track to get life-changing bonuses and then suddenly saw them blow up. There’s still hope that Krafton will remedy that, but no straight answers yet

😋 Microsoft treats itself to more layoffs. 🤡 EA expects 100M players for next Battlefield. 🥺 Gen Z spending less on games. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #indiegames #xboxlayoffs youtu.be/8PQsXlv52d8

😋 Microsoft treats itself to more layoffs. 🤡 EA expects 100M players for next Battlefield. 🥺 Gen Z spending less on games. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #indiegames #xboxlayoffs youtu.be/8PQsXlv52d8

the thing about layoffs of this scale is that so much is happening it involves days and days of discovering fresh horrors

Neat looking PS1 era survival horror 'Heavy Metal Death Can'. In the ocean, no one can hear you blubglubblub youtu.be/8zvmV8jRCLc #indiegames #survivalhorror #steamwishlist

Layoffs under these conditions should be illegal.

So many lives upended and projects destroyed and they're making insane profits. Just not insane enough for the greed-rotten ghouls. Msoft's fiscal year starts on 1st July. It's not a coincidence

🎰 Riot Games wants that gambling money. 🤑 EA's CEO "earned" 260 times the pay of average employee. 🕳️ Netflix to delist 20% of its game library. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! Including the Capcom spotlight, new game reveals, and releases. #RiotGames #IndieGames youtu.be/fLbExN6Fqi4

🎰 Riot Games wants that gambling money. 🤑 EA's CEO "earned" 260 times the pay of average employee. 🕳️ Netflix to delist 20% of its game library. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! Including the Capcom spotlight, new game reveals, and releases. #RiotGames #IndieGames youtu.be/fLbExN6Fqi4

✊ Voice actor strike ends. 🏍️ Days Gone devs laid off. 🤡 Embracer CEO thinks now is the time to step down. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #gamingNews #indiegames youtu.be/lJXW2XmwZXo

the telekinetic combat is so well implemented in this. Would love to play it again

🛡️ Sony asks 'When's Marvel?'. 👐 Xbox teases its handheld. 🤡 Geoff continues to be Geoff. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #indiegames #gamingnews #asusrog #playstation #xbox youtu.be/Z4i6EWU2Np8

🛡️ Sony asks 'When's Marvel?'. 👐 Xbox teases its handheld. 🤡 Geoff continues to be Geoff. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #indiegames #gamingnews #asusrog #playstation #xbox youtu.be/Z4i6EWU2Np8

🎨 Bungie steals art for Marathon. 🙄 Another Sony live-service flop on the way, with Fairgames? 🤖 A/I Darth Vader loves milkers. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/2lY3GCWGSO0 #gameNews #indieGames #bungie

Randy is embellishing history a bit here. Back in the day, he actually made his fortune selling USB sticks. Google "Randy Pitchford USB stick" to learn more.

🎨 Bungie steals art for Marathon. 🙄 Another Sony live-service flop on the way, with Fairgames? 🤖 A/I Darth Vader loves milkers. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/2lY3GCWGSO0 #gameNews #indieGames #bungie

I think I'm cursed? Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

That's because it's not AI. There's nothing intelligent about it: it's entirely artificial. They're large language models, or LLMs. Calling them AI is a hugely successful marketing stunt on behalf of their owners.

Loved doing this

Big thanks to @phildragash.bsky.social for bringing this silly idea I had to life. Excited to follow skelly's instructions while playing Doom: The Dark Ages, lol

🕳️ GTA6 makes room for your backlog. 📰 Polygon sold for parts. 💰 EA treats itself to more layoffs. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #gta6 #borderlands4 #polygon youtu.be/ZAn5UZFCJ8E

polygons masthead last week vs today

What happened with Polygon today is so fucked. Vox Media has made some atrocious decisions in my six years here but this is really something else. And to do this in the middle of us bargaining a new union contract, where they scold us for asking for better protections, is just unconscionable.

Giant Bomb and Polygon in one week. What are we even doing?

🌌 Galaxies Show Recap. 🔫 Star Wars but make it X-Com. ⁉️ Sony jacks up the price of PS5 everywhere except the US. It's time for the Weekly News Recap! #videogamenews #playstation #starwars #indiegames #galaxiesshow youtu.be/4ta2Z4l7rdQ

Research for my thesis paper. Lurking on Reddit. A ton of stumbleupon. And more than a little privateering

It's time for the Weekly News Recap! 💰 Nintendo Switch 2 will be $450. 💰💰 And the games will be $80. 💰💰💰 Even the instruction manual costs money! youtu.be/NXAJcwcW_V4 #NintendoSwitch2

Not making this free/included with the system is such a massive L.

New「RISINGSUPERBLOG」Post! The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (DEMO) Fans of TRPGs should absolutely not miss out on the freshest take on the genre since 2018’s Into the Breach, and if you also like Danganronpa, this'll surely be your latest hyperfixation. risingsuper.blog/2025/04/02/t...

I was only saying on the channel update how I really struggled to enjoy the game because it was real-time-with-pause. Glad they're planning to bring in turn-based combat. And it's great to see this level of support for an older game. www.rockpapershotgun.com/please-let-p...

✊United Videogame Workers union forms. 💀We're all playing games from 6+ years ago. ❓Does Day One with Game Pass still mean Day One? It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/SY0T6TpQB8Y #gdc2025 #indiegames #videogamenews

✊United Videogame Workers union forms. 💀We're all playing games from 6+ years ago. ❓Does Day One with Game Pass still mean Day One? It's time for the Weekly News Recap! youtu.be/SY0T6TpQB8Y #gdc2025 #indiegames #videogamenews

Got rejected from an Aussie games showcase, so would you help us out and share this around if it looks like something you'd be interested in playing?