De horrorgame Resident Evil Requiem – negende in de reeks – wil een oude verhaallijn netjes tot een einde brengen. Daarin slaagt het prima, mede door slim gebruik van vertelperspectief. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Cup Noodle and Umbrella Corporation have collaborated for a hilarious "UMBRELLA NOODLES" RE9 commercial in Japan. Please take a look! #RE9 #ResidentEvilRequiem #Gaming

De horrorgame Resident Evil Requiem – negende in de reeks – wil een oude verhaallijn netjes tot een einde brengen. Daarin slaagt het prima, mede door slim gebruik van vertelperspectief. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

the secret to game design is that as much as players may claim otherwise they all love choosing one out of three things

Na uitverkoop Nederlandse gamesites: ervaren gamejournalisten starten 'Unpause'

NieR luminary Yoko Taro is to write a new Evangelion series, it's been revealed, and longtime NieR composer Keiichi Okabe will provide music.

It looks like the U.S. newspaper industry lost about 8 percent of its remaining employees in just one year in 2025. I wish I could say that was unusual, but as this recently updated graphic shows, it has been going on for a long time... My story here: reportearth.substack.com/p/2025-was-a...

This is what being a UI Programmer is all about (Titanium Court demo)

i get that hollywood portrays all reporters as slimy villains (guess why), but in real life, 95% of reporters are just regular people with families in an industry getting nuked by bad actors who are under tremendous pressure to do a poorly paid but critical job. maybe we can think before we type

EXCLUSIVE: Xbox head Phil Spencer is retiring on Monday, and Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Spencer's heir apparent, has resigned. The new CEO of Microsoft Gaming will be Asha Sharma, currently the President of Microsoft’s CoreAI product. https://bit.ly/4rZUZI7

Sony buys remake studio in 2021, shuts them down in 2026 and lays off 70 workers without them releasing a remake: aftermath.site/sony-buys-rema...

Wel een mooi Olympisch seizoen om Culemborger te zijn

Dat gevoel wanneer de radiotechnicus de camera net zo neer zet dat die precies de oud papier-en-kartonstapel in de hoek van je woonkamer in het shot weet te krijgen. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...

I was reminded today of one of my favourite features in videogames: reflection. To just sit down on a bench or a chair, pause the adventure and just...stop. Enjoy the sights. Maybe the music. What you left behind. What's ahead. Protagonist might even comment. Just take a moment to reflect. #GameSky

Ben deze week op het Beyond the Black Box-festival voor live kunst. Zitten ook wat game of game-adjacent kunstprojecten bij, altijd tof om te zien hoe er geexperimenteerd wordt.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

I’m kinda glad to see big companies finally getting more comfortable with handing the keys to their big franchises to cool indie devs with a proven track record. Castlevania by Motion Twin, God of War by Mega Cat. Smart! The New Hollywood games moment is perhaps here, baby!

Goed excuus om dit stuk dat ik twee jaar geleden tikte nog eens een boost te geven www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

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Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered from Crystal Dynamics out March 3

what do you MEAN they just announced a new Legacy of Kain game and didn't show it at State of Play youtu.be/XkdJoWcLv0E?... @lenmaessen.bsky.social get in here

Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job. In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike. The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Following mass layoffs impacting 9,100 employees at Microsoft, one sole worker is left to represent the gaming division and Xbox brand. paletteswap.site/dif...

Timberborn going hard on the V1 trailer, goddamn www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGus...

Veel gedoe in de gamejournalistiek, waar veel ontslagen vallen. Maar tegelijkertijd worden er ook interessante nieuwe onafhankelijke producties opgezet. Zoals het feministische Mothership. Ik werd uitgenodigd om daar op NPO 1 over mee te praten. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/d...

ngl als enorme fan van Fallout New Vegas, de homage aan de opening van die game in deze scene m'n #1 geek moment van het jaar

This article captures my experience with Cairn exactly. My real life climbing knowledge really gets in the way of enjoying the climbing in the game as it wants to be played. But I love all the moments around the climbing.

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

More than a quarter of developers surveyed by GDC say they were laid off in the last 24 months, and around half of them say they haven't found a new job yet. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...

UK video games retailer GAME is reportedly falling into administration again. (Read more at Metro)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

'We are shutting it down:' Ubisoft unions call for international strike

Preview of the next issue, out on Wednesday!

Probably the biggest problem with being a game critic is you never hear what other people think of you

Many members of the international games industry are skipping the 2026 Game Developers Conference because of the growing ICE presence and other concerns.

This supposed 'pro-consumer' narrative actually works against indie & aspiring game dev. As somebody who "worked" as part of the modding team behind one of, if not the, largest Skyrim mods (which actually released) and knows A LOT of modders and game developers: Paid mods are a good thing.

In the game design biz we call this "emergent gameplay"

"The 20th Century had no shortage of despots. Ruthless leaders who crushed their opponents and brutalised anyone who dared step out of line. Authoritarians like Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Idi Amin – and Bill the house mouse." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

need it

Als het goed is morgen in print in het boekenkatern!

‘Power Unlimited’ was decennialang het lijfblad van jonge, vooral mannelijke gamers. Nu worden het merk en de website verkocht – alleen het tijdschrift blijft over. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Boy Who Grew Up Playing New Vegas Still Enjoys It as Grown Woman hard-drive.net/boy-who-grew...

‘Power Unlimited’ was decennialang het lijfblad van jonge, vooral mannelijke gamers. Nu worden het merk en de website verkocht – alleen het tijdschrift blijft over. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Het boek How A Game Lives van @jacobgeller.com verzamelt een aantal van zijn beste essays, becommentarieert ze en voorziet ze van verdere context. Het resultaat is een prachtboek - dat ook een lans breekt voor een diepgaandere gamekritiek. Recensie voor NRC. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Me: "Okay, I'm about to hit day x, I'm pretty sure I'm nearing the end of Pathologic 3. This game feels shorter and less complex than previous versions." Pathologic 3:

A moment of reflection in the garden of the Orchard. 🎮 1000xRESIST follow along on #YouTube for more #1000xresist #gaming #virtualphotography #sunday