game awards 2016: we signed a sponsorship deal with schick, here is a bit razor mascot man. he's buff for some reason game awards 2025: we signed a sponsorship deal with a company that knowingly sells ad time to the government agency that kidnaps immigrants

ok so like... this is definitely a paid category, right?

The nominated the Until Dawn movie over Sonic 3 lmao

Psychonauts 2 is the only Xbox Game Studios game to be nominated for Game of the Year.

Getting pretty tired of hearing what CEOs think of gen AI.

I feel like the fussing about the Steam Machine's VRAM is really ignoring the messaging from Valve. I haven't seen any implication that they want it to be anyone's primary platform. It's for console players who want a PC/Steam option and PC players who want something for their TV.

Cleaned out my PS4 Pro today and booted up God of War Ragnarok on it to see how it ran and holy fuck. No wonder tons of people still play on these.

Valve engineer Yazan Aldehayyat "The steam machine is equal or better than ~70% of what people have at home" we actually looked at Steam Hardware Survey. So basically, just to give us a good benchmark of where people's home devices are at in terms of performance. youtu.be/VkW3wTHT-p8?...

ICYMI I made my HD debut on the GSC Weekly News Pod this week!

Been laughing at this for about 10 minutes.

"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"

We are back with another episode of the GSC Weekly News Podcast! The team pick their highlights from the Japan-centric PlayStation State of Play, and discuss the newly announced range of hardware from Valve, headlined by the new Steam Machine! 😱 #gamingnews #videogames youtu.be/Wwkig9LtP1Q?...

Definitely some weird vibes to drop a show that was originally slated for 2026 with less than a month's notice. I guess they really want something Doctor Who on TV for Christmas.

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NEW: the new game Dispatch is a huge hit (1 million copies!). But few people know how close it came to never existing. Here's the wild story, from a canceled Splinter Cell game (scoop!) to a Telltale divorce to the founders not taking paychecks for six months: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The Berlin Apartment Review The Berlin Apartment shows us glimpses into everything beautiful and tragic about humanity and life within these four walls.

Billie Eilish calls out Elon Musk for hoarding his wealth “Fucking pathetic pussy bitch coward”

Promise Mascot Agency and Formless Star.

very excited to add @nocapsbb.bsky.social to the noclip_2 crew. she's gonna help us expand our indie game coverage and produce more scripted shorts about the games we love. youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU

Haven't had a chance to jump into this update yet but if it does everything they've promised then they might just have fixed all of my remaining issues with the game.

Nintendo and Koei Tecmo are a terrifying pair. The final boss of games that will never see a discount.

The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.

Wii Shop Wednesday!

As somebody who has been using their Steam Deck as a PC since suffering a case of "broken laptop" for the past two weeks (and has been enjoying SteamOS far more than Windows), the Steam Machine seems precision targeted at me specifically.

Steam Machine, you say? www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4SF...

Broken Sword's 2024 remaster makes its way to Nintendo Switch 2 today with 4K visuals, mouse controls, and more!

Canadian upload of the Mario Galaxy Direct reveals Yoshi's voice actor

Loved playing Broken Sword on my Steam Deck last year, great to see it's got the full suite of Switch 2 features including mouse controls!

Catching up with Smiling Friends, just had to check the Silent Hill wiki to confirm something...

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds adds new characters to the roster including SpongeBob, Sega Saturn character Nights, and more.

We got lesbians and non-binary rep in the same announcement.

NOOOO DON'T MAKE X-MEN BACKGROUND CHARACTERS

TANGLE AND WHISPER!!!!!

It's just cosmetics??

Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied: "Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀

Dedicated a good bit of this news story to explaining the Game-Key Card stuff because I know the discourse still confuses a lot of people whenever it comes up.

Pokemon Pokopia has received its release date ahead of a new trailer later this week, but fans are concerned that it's a Game-Key Card.

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

istg if tomodachi life is a key card

“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Details Story and Progression Changes Square-Enix has outlined how the team is reworking the story progression in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined.

Hi-Fi Rush's Soundtrack Delisted From All Major Streaming Platforms Without Warning (OST still on Steam) www.thegamer.com/hi-fi-rush-s... also worth noting that the game was removed from PC stores (stores that sell Steam codes) last month. Not sure anyone else noticed at the time

Pluribus good.

Grammys Best Video Game Score category formula: - Anything adapting a John Williams soundtrack - Ubisoft - Austin Wintory

Hamazaki Has To Goh - where does Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio draw the line on casting, and why is it not at sexual assault? by @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social "it’s particularly insulting and disgusting for him to be cast in a series that has historically featured sex pests being (rightly) beat up" Read on:

Ah yes, the yearly "We swear we're making it guys"

"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.

Reporting earnings today, Take-Two Interactive says NBA2K26 broke revenue records, and Mafia: The Old Country beat internal expectations. But the new Borderlands? "We are confident that Borderlands 4 will achieve strong unit sales over its lifetime."