On Wednesday Bruce Springsteen released 'Streets of Minneapolis,' a protest song condemning the violence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis. n.pr/3NUhXSa

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝 Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵

❗️Zelensky: We should not accept the idea that Europe is merely a salad of small and medium-sized powers, seasoned with enemies of Europe.When we are united, we are truly invincible. Europe can — and must — be a global force.

“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”

And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷

Make that two, for what it's worth 🔥

Not every game company is hopping onboard the AI hype train. Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse bans gen AI art in its contracts. "If I sound frustrated, it's because, like, honestly, all this thing has done is made our... https://kotaku.com/hooded-horse-gen-ai-art-ban-4x-strategy-steam-2000658179

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Celebrating the 🎉2nd🎉 release by our Indie publisher Artex, this time it's a cozy farming sim for the original C64 home computer, exclusively bundled with the new Commodore 64 Ultimate 🔥

Happy New Year! In 2025, we organized 💯 #TurnBasedThursday showcases across Bluesky & Twitter!! 🎉 The Turn-Based Games Discord's grown to 2,700+ members, and our annual online festival & Steam sale was a huge success! Want to learn more about this great community? 👇 (1/7)

If a game I worked on made one person's life a little brighter, it's all the reward I need.

To anyone who might need to hear this right now: Remember that even if only ONE person enjoys the content that you create—YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL. Don't get lost in the numbers. Just create what makes you happy. Someone out there is going to LOVE what you make! And a little is a lot if it's enough.

The Commodore 64 Ultimate lovingly recreates the best-selling personal computer of all time with smart modern tweaks and pixel-perfect 8-bit joy. Read our full review: https://t.co/tWfa8qeIoh

You can still see me play "live" 😄 the first game I ever made 👽 over at Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4098020/...

We wish you happy holidays 🎄 If you need a last minute gift for your retro gamer friend, here's one for just a fiver: store.steampowered.com/app/4098020/... #retrogaming #4x #turnbased #strategy #indiegaming

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

How to colonize a 🪨 Rock 🪨 class planet in Exodus: The Colonization of Space? 💫🚀🪐 Find the minerals 💎 #indiegame #indiegaming #retrogaming #turnbased #4x

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Good news for the industry!

Important announcement:

Here's how to support human artists! 🎨

Stalker 2 is adding "hours" of new quests in a major free update coming very, very soon www.eurogamer.net/stalker-2-is...

How to colonize a 🏜️ Desert ☀️ class planet in Exodus: The Colonization of Space? 💫🚀🪐 Make use of these oases! 🌴 #indiegame #indiegaming #retrogaming

👾 Building a Megacity 🏙️ on a Terra class planet 🌏 in Exodus: The Colonization of Space 💫🚀🪐 The turn based game is out now on Steam! #turnbasedthursday #indiegame #indiegaming #indiedev

🔥 Risky 🔥 How to colonize a 🌋 Volcano 🌋 class planet in Exodus: The Colonization of Space 💫🚀🪐 The game is out now on Steam! #indiegame #indiegaming #retrogaming

On my way to Deutscher Entwicklerpreis #DEP2025 Good luck to all nominees! ♥️🏆

YES!! 28 years later 😅 Come on, get one on Steam 😍👽

Ohne dieses Spiel wäre Deck13 womöglich nie entstanden: 18 Jahre nach der ersten Fassung schießt Artex-Gründer Jan Klose @janklose.bsky.social sein Debüt-Spiel Exodus als Retro-Spiel in die Steam-Umlaufbahn.

The history of Artex started back in 1997 with Exodus: The Colonization of Space. And guess what? We're going to re-release the game tomorrow, after 28 years! ♥️💫👽🔥 #indiegames #retrogames #turnbased

My new publishing company Artex is ready for Bluesky! ♥️🎮♥️ Please follow for Indie games news. #indiegames #indiegaming

#Eilmeldung Mit den Stimmen von CDU, CSU und SPD hat der Bundestag soeben den Haushaltsplan des Forschungsministeriums für 2026 genehmigt. Darin enthalten: 125 Mio. € für Games-Förderung, Computerspielpreis und Standort-Marketing.

Among the many achievements in her life, Heineman was perhaps best known for co-founding Interplay Productions, the company that created franchises like Wasteland, Fallout, and Baldur’s Gate.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is launching on November 20 for PlayStation 5!

In 2021, the makers of the indie classic CrossCode got a grant from the German government to fund half of their next game. They thought it'd take ~$1.5 million and 3.5 years. Things didn't go quite as planned. Here's the story behind the follow-up to a masterpiece: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Guten Mittag LaCookies! 🍪 Heute springen wir in ein wunderbares Survivor-like!👑  Ab 19 Uhr spielen wir Royal Revolt Survivors und schauen was das Spiel so kann! 😍 Mit dabei sind drei Freund*innen um den Coop von der besten Seite zu zeigen!  Ich freu mich 😊 Lena 💜

We are at the Polaris Convention! From 10-12.10.2025 you can play our game Cralon in Hamburg! You can find us in hall B7 in the Indie Dev Area! We are looking forward to seeing you! polaris-con.de #cralon #pithead #pitheadstudio #indiedev #gamedev @polarisconvention.bsky.social

Ukrainian streamer goes viral after mistaking movie sounds for a drone.

Die Ankündigung aus #Bayern lässt aufhorchen: Die #Fördermittel für #Games sollen verdoppelt werden! Ein starker Schritt, der die hohen Ambitionen Bayerns bei Games unterstreicht. #Förderung #Games-Branche

Cashflow im Griff behalten, #Crowdfunding & #Finanzierung: Darum geht’s beim nächsten #Games Hub Talk 📅 23. Sept 2025 | 18 Uhr 📍 #Frankfurt Für #Gründerinnen & #Gründer, Indie-Teams, #Startups, #Studierende, Investorinnen & Investoren Jetzt anmelden 👉 www.kompassfrankfurt.de/veranstaltun...

First NATO refused to defend Ukraine’s skies. Now we refuse to defend our own.

Hey. Industrie. Hey. Hey. Schau mich an. Wenn du alle deine junior engineers durch KI ersetzt... dann hast du... in ein paar Jahren... keine senior engineers. 🤯

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

Episode 94: Jan Klose: Neustart 🔊Website: gamedevpodcast.de/94 🎞Youtube: youtu.be/PAqaFE68iUo 💰Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamedevpodcast 💬Discord: discord.gamedevpodcast.de ⭐Gast: @janklose.bsky.social #gamedev #podcast

Per Prompt zu 2.500 €? Nix da: Den KI-Einsatz hat die Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt explizit ausgeschlossen. Bis 5. Oktober lassen sich Vorschläge für das künftige Maskottchen des Games Hub Hessen einreichen.

While there's been a lot of rumors over the last few days, developer Team Cherry has now confirmed the final pricing and launch timing for the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Very-very final wake-up call for Europe.

After the electronic warfare attack by russian terrorists on Ursula von der Leyen’s aircraft the European Union is putting together a Coalition of the Concerned. The coalition will consist of a standing reserve of concern and a rapid reaction force of deep concern.