Wild take. You can only sell so many consoles in a few months. No console... not PS4, Wii or any of them... significantly boosted total market while moving their first few million units. The thing just launched, what in the world. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

today was the last episode of my game developer podcast I ran for 10 years hometeamgamedev.com/podcast guests from a mix of experience levels, skills, company sizes, chatting about their career story and tips for new people quoted post helped me notice it ran for half the time podcasts have existed

I remember seeing some video about El Blaze throw animations on my timeline some days ago, so just wanted to remind people how good the throws in DOA are too.

Another year older 🧓

TIL some people are trying to re-release/port/etc mobius final fantasy. Good on them, impressive. Wish S-E remade it as a single player non-f2p/etc game (just like nier reincarnation), it was a lot more interesting than it seemed.

My newest: I reviewed I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002 from @bitmapbooks.com for @nintendoinsider.bsky.social. It was amazing learning about so many games in the genre I missed and the background for many I love: www.nintendo-insider.com/im-too-young...

I've just backed The Dino Run 2 Early Access Campaign (tier 5) on kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/pix...

We don’t want AI slop. Stop sending us AI slop. Stop wasting our time with AI slop. It doesn’t sound good. It’s antithetical to our core values. You didn’t even make it. Knock it off.

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According to Circana's Retail Tracking Service, the Virtual Boy console sold 496k units lifetime in the US, with Wario Land, Red Alarm and Teleroboxer among some of its best-selling games. Stats I never thought I'd be looking up in 2025 tbh.

Wow, 1h long nintendo direct! I guess the surprise KT title is being announced there (among others) then

Because YouTube is doing SOMETHING to the site (and in a way that may specifically hurt small channels like me), expect me to be extra annoying on promoting this video because it currently has abnormally low traction.,

And another Happy (NA) Birthday... this time to Dreamcast! 9/9/99 Bay-Bee. Here are the top 20 all-time best-selling games on Dreamcast in the US, from Circana's Retail Tracking Service.

影山雅司 永眠のお知らせ We are deeply saddened to share that Gimmick! composer Masashi Kageyama has passed away.

good thread

月が地球の影に完全に入り、皆既月食となりました。 空にぽっかりと赤い月が浮かんでいます。 （今撮影）

Slitterhead Day 1 Edition (PS5) is $21.99 on Woot buff.ly/CmExJ6A

*mr robot hacking montage sequence* I just converted the cursors from 7th Guest (with animations), Myst, and ones made by fans for windows 95 theme packs based on GoldenEye 007 and Command & Conquer (GDI, Nod, and EVA versions) into Mac cursors you can use with MouseCape: archive.org/details/mous...

Anyway, time to Silksong. Review at some point in the future. Comparison soon.

Technopolis – Volume 115 – February 1992 has been scanned in 600DPI. Enjoy! Link in reply below. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/09/t...

If I knew it was one of the last days when I went there a few days ago, I would have tried the 3DS guide there. It was still amazing to see so many people use it there, more than a decade later.

Good seat for Clash in Paris !

for anyone waiting on this: Marion's coming to Cotton Reboot High Tension on August 28, as part of a bigger free update that'll add some secret characters, system tweaks, bug fixes, etc

lotta renewed STG interest from folks picking up Gradius Origins, Earthion, etc—if you're a new or lapsed player who wants to dip their toes into the pool of modern, authentic, indie-made shooting games, Blue Revolver should be your first pick stellarcircle.itch.io/blue-revolver

Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

COVER REVEAL: Ninja Gaiden 4, the upcoming revival of the iconic action franchise, graces the cover of the next issue of Game Informer! Subscribe now to secure your copy! gameinformer.com/cover-reveal...

Wow. Daigo Ikeno and Bengus have left Capcom.

brazil is on the way of implementing a similar age-verification system to the uk that is """for the children""" and if that ends up happening i'll have to shut down deck.blue i'm operating under brazilian laws and i don't want to build a verification system that will do more harm than anything else

Wrote extra about two of my favorites of the year. Shinobi and Ragebound are maybe the best double feature I've ever seen in games - pitch-perfect experiences that complement each other in some fascinating ways. I'd even recommend playing both at the same time. www.inverse.com/gaming/shino...

That MGS3 scene that people were dooming about made me realise that people don't know that the HD remaster fucked up the lighting. This is PS2, HD, and Delta. People got duped into thinking a fuckup was authorial intent.

Seriously, what is the point of the machine in that case? IMO allow users to opt into the base PS5 version if they want to at least have some semblance of control over performance and visuals if a dev messes it up, otherwise that is an absolute waste of 799€. Regarding Virtuous, their track record..

Agrred. At least there are more chances of this happening with a big japanese company than a western one.

NINJA GAIDEN 4 is shaping up to be a masterclass in combat. Hats off to Team NINJA and PlatinumGames. youtu.be/dkwEAtiUXkA

Remedy 30th Anniversary artwork revealed (Valentina Paz). Remedy 30th anniversary collection merch announced for iam8bit (Thermos up Aug 20th 9 AM PT. Full collection Aug 21 9 AM PT) Alan Wake Design Works today at 10 AM PT at Lost in Cult

For Chrono Trigger's 30th anniversary this week, I've put together a feature looking at every version of the game played on all the platforms I have for @rpgsite.net to help you find the best version. This goes over visuals, content differences, load times, and more: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1812...

More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy. This seems kinda significant.

I'm old enough to remember a year or two ago when both "we're not killing journalists that's illegal!" and "We're not bombing *hospitals* for god's sake" were major talking points. Violations of these things now no longer seem to even register. Christ.

This is not how corporations respond to an ineffective protest. This is how they respond to a protest that they would like to have go away. So don't let it go away. Keep it going. In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.

Just read a bit of Edge's review of NG Ragebound (they gave it a 6/10) and it sounds insane to me. It's a game made for speedrun and challenges and it's criticized for that. Top 3 GOTY for me so far this year anyway, hugely recommend it.

The last big game I've worked on, Banishers, is in the latest Humble Choice! Along with multiple other nice small games like Persona 5, Lil Gator and Tiny Terry. If you're looking for a nice ~30h AA ARPG with God of War style combat and a dark Dontnod narrative, give it a try!

Didn't expect to see randomly in a talk an unused logo for NG4

Put up a post to help reduce any confusion... sean-noonan.itch.io/super/devlog...

3D fighting game players will complain about DOA but will always be fans of when DOA features are adapted into other fighting games I guess. Anyway, hope VF6 is good and not too different from the rest of the franchise !

NEW: Earlier today, Mastercard denied playing a roll in the Steam and itch.io purging NSFW games. But Valve now says Mastercard communicated concerns indirectly through payment processors and banks. kotaku.com/mastercard-d...

Just finished Donkey Kong Bananza, easy GOTY. Obviously still have postgame & completion to do later, but I definitely preferred it to Mario Odyssey (progression, level size/destruction, etc). Most bosses felt too easy and not a fan of the clothing system but fantastic otherwise.

Well, this statement sucks. Saying 'We support all creativity unless it's unethical art, and we decide what ethical means' is just censorship with one extra step. Art should not have to clear a minimum ethical bar to be considered worthy of existing. Only stores should decide what stores sell.

transition music in a metroid sitcom

ah yeah the familiar whiplash of seeing a legacy media org cover something you're an actual expert in and realizing "oh if this is how badly they're fucking up this, how badly are they fucking up every other topic?"

t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.