Jess don’t miss. This thread is an absolute chef’s kiss.

…oh. That’s grim. (I dare not speak the studio name I am thinking of into existence but I dread to say it might be the same one one or two of us are thinking. And god I hope I’m wrong)

It really is hard to look at this — admittedly with cynicism (but Microsoft does have priors in this regard) — and not think, ‘layoffs are coming’.

If this is absolutely true and outlets held onto this under embargo — and I would like to imagine no-one credible would have done so anyway — they should be harangued incessantly and non-stop until they’re forced to explain why they did. It is dubious at best, ethically criminal at worst.

27 people were made homeless after Tuesday night's violence in Belfast, including children.

I'm a little more convinced - if not all the way there - this may end up being half-decent. But the piano notes from the soundtrack of The Social Network at the end got me good. Got genuine goosebumps.

All the warm, gorgeous people in Belfast who welcomed me in when I was still just a kid, and made it my home. All trapped and voiceless because the people in power would rather listen to these racist, destructive hatemakers, time and time again, forcing everyone to live in their misery with them.

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon ("Tommy Robinson") is literally trying to start a race war in Britain, while visiting Russia and singing the praises of Putin, and is funded by "wealthy US backers." In case you don't get it yet.

FFS. It’s not like he has any voters or MPs in NI anyway. How hard is it for him to do the right thing?

#FarageRiots2 weren’t a case of if, purely a case of when the toxic little turd next had opportunity with fellow fascists to seize a tragedy to use to fan division & racist attacks It’s domestic terrorism❗️ We pay him & his Reform MPs £94K a year to destroy UK from within, without consequence FFS🤬

X and Elon Musk has been a threat to public order for nearly two years. The government has taken no action.

X is entirely as expected about Belfast, massive amount of incitement to violence and thousands of likes on posts of pure hatred, don't understand why anyone even vaguely normal is still posting there

It’s really fucking hard not to be cynical about people in Northern Ireland. I like to (maybe naively) believe there is good in people — on both sides of the community — and we are welcoming to everyone who comes here regardless of race, religion, orientation and where they came from.

It’s 2011. An Ocarina of Time and a Starfox remake are coming to the latest Nintendo system It’s 2026. An Ocarina of Time and Starfox remake are coming to the latest Nintendo system

Nintendo Direct time. This is my thread for musings. Watch it here: Twtich: www.twitch.tv/nintendo YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUP... (They're showing trailers for games already released before the presentation. Is that a new thing?)

You’ve met Barbenheimer, now are you ready for… GRAND THEFT ZELDA? (Other palindromes such as Grand Theft Ocarina are also available upon request)

journalism is important, and it is accordingly important that the news is not controlled by billionaires.

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what beak performance looks like.

Shut up! You shut your fucking mouth right now!

So this trailer for Halo: Campaign Evolved is absolutely brilliant. But the best part is what is shown at the start of the trailer in light of recent events less than 24 hours ago: "Captured on PS5 Pro." Outstanding. XD

Nintendo Direct confirmed for tomorrow at 3pm UK/IRE time. No details on length yet, but imagine that will be revealed when Nintendo does the post on socials (this is from the News app).

Not to be ill on a project cancellation but considering this happened with no job losses and everyone moved over to Hellblade III/Senua, I feel I can say this: Good.

Fumito Ueda doesn’t mind getting his hands “dirty on a lot of little things,” even after almost 30 years in the industry. In this interview, he likens the creation of Gen Atlas to "writing a haiku" and wanting to create something as "organic and natural as possible."

wow how embarrassing, after decades of developing video games, everyone has suddenly forgotten how to develop background assets

IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. (happening again in that exclusives are advertised, only to be available on other platforms years later)

Xbox: We’re releasing console exclusives again, starting with Gears and Clockwork Revolution. Also Xbox: *announces three games coming to PlayStation and Switch 2 in the Showcase, including a game previously announced six years ago but was never announced for PS5 until today*

Making a big deal of that just for the rest to still be getting ported is big lol

Xbox time. This is my thread for musings. Watch along here: Twitch: www.twitch.tv/xbox YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RinX... (Worth noting: YouTube is very slightly ahead of Twitch by about eight seconds, if that matters. Usually, Twitch is ahead)

Held out as long as I could, but had to update to the iOS glass update. Weep for me. :’(

Dude…

“As we’re standing in there, Nick pulls out his phone and begins reading a statement off his phone in a room full of 50 heartbroken people. You could hear the groan in the room. They put out a big spread of bagels like we were all going to feel better.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

We really are going back to Mattrick-era decision making, huh?

Good morning to everyone but especially Fumito Ueda. I wish him a blessed day for blessing us with genAtlas.

Good morning to everyone but especially Fumito Ueda. I wish him a blessed day for blessing us with genAtlas.

Probably not worth examining that Stellar Blade 1 was widely celebrated by a certain type of person as a return to sexy female character design and the next step that the studio took to grow that audience was to make the main character look like a literal child.

Genuinely hope any of the teams who paid 500k to have their trailers play with de-synced audio are refunded or compensated in some way. Obviously I know SGF doesn't want this and is likely doing everything they can to fix it, but this moment is SO important to these teams, it's such a huge bummer.

breaking news Geoff Keighley placed in SAW trap live on stage

THIS DAY CONTINUES TO GET BETTER!

Let's watch the thing, then. Thread for musings. No, I ain't linking.

I don't think the problem was what the last game was going to be, dude. The problem is a bit more circumspect and institutional than that. Mainly the fact you shouldn't be the face of the industry for so many reasons. But that's just me, I guess.

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

One whole month since Building A Village came out. I’m so proud of this film, what I accomplished with it and the amount of love it has seen. Really happy with how the press push turned out too. Still one or two things I’d like to do with it before the next thing, but, again, really proud of it ♥️

Remember when you could just play a game that caught your eye and see for yourself how you feel about it, without the howling wind of a thousand losers screaming about seeing a woman? Don’t you miss those times? It’s almost like *they’re* the ones ruining gaming 🤷

4 years ago in the Telltale Games Alumni FB group, Michael Parsons was asking if anyone had advice for helping his 15 year old son Kane achieve his dreams of being a filmmaker. Turned out alright.

I assume this is meant in the wider context of publishing considering IOI self-published First Light. But if IO gets shafted development wise from future games, there won’t be as much interest in it. Certainly not after this, because First Light is a banger.

Guys guys guys GUUUUUUUUUYS! We busting this out again tonight! :D

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