Highguard developer Wildlight has reportedly laid off most of its team, says one a level designer sharing the news of layoffs. The live service game launched just two weeks ago after being revealed at The Game Awards. (Read more at Game Informer)

I'm so proud to show this off... 🥲 We've started receiving stock of our first four physical game EDITIONS! First wave games will start shipping at the end of the month. Just... look at 'em. Best physical games in the world. Absolutely stunning. ❤️ mailchi.mp/lostincult/a...

Announcing... Arranger for Switch + PS5 - our first 2026 physical release! All content preserved, and our prestige EDITIONS version - limited to 500 PS5, 1000 Switch (also a standard ed variant). Fantastic, artful puzzler - pick 'em up! 🧩 www.lostincult.co.uk/editions

Mewgenics has passed 3,200+ Steam reviews in under 24 hours. That just really does not happen for indie games, practically every. Many would kill to get lifetime numbers that high. I wouldn't be shocked if it passed 500k sales today. Likely biggest indie launch this year.

Thanks for all the kind messages to this btw peeps - meant a lot! Still at the height of torment and feel like slamming my brains into a wall in the evenings atm, but aware it's gotten bad to the point of not being able to put it off much longer and stop delaying seeking some help on it. ❤️

Announcing... Arranger for Switch + PS5 - our first 2026 physical release! All content preserved, and our prestige EDITIONS version - limited to 500 PS5, 1000 Switch (also a standard ed variant). Fantastic, artful puzzler - pick 'em up! 🧩 www.lostincult.co.uk/editions

New physical game? Well, don't mind if I do.

I hate self-diagnosing, I feel guilty saying it, but I am fully convinced I have pretty awful ADHD. Life is very, very hard for me right now. I am failing to enjoy anything or focus, I'm miserable, I completely obsess about time, and I'm hugely dopamine chasing.

Happy 10th anniversary to Firewatch. Unbelievable it's been a decade - it's remained as memorable as I thought it would, and one of the few games played beside my partner that he loved. My joint GOTY in 2016 - still love it, ending and all. 🔥🧡 (Mirror Games of the Year 2016 article)

Discord is switching to teen-by-default settings next month, with face scanning or ID upload required for full access. Unrelated - this past October, Discord suffered a data breach where 70,000 government IDs and info was stolen. (Discord official press release)

PlayStation's next State of Play airs on February 12, at 2pm PT/10pm GMT. The showcase runs for 60+ mins, in what appears to be a significant event. (Read more at PlayStation Blog)/

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's developers have received knighthoods by France. (Read more at VGC)

Here's Pokémon's Super Bowl ad spot, including Lady Gaga singing the Jigglypuff song. (Pokémon YouTube video)

Which video games have y'all been playing this weekend? 🎮

My fucking head is going to cave in on itself if that Kingdom Hearts 1 remake rumour is true. KH1 was the game that made video games something more for me, and I'm not sure I'd be here without it. I love that game for what it is, but I'd love to see it with modern KH3 visuals.

WARDOGS announced - a tactical multiplayer FPS, where up to 100 players fight over a control zone. Playtesting sign-ups are now live. (Playtest signup page)

This rather beautiful sought-after Okami vinyl boxset has been reprinted, shipping in May. (Data Discs store page)

Roblox has shown off its new AI text prompt game-generation tool by producing a shit rip-off of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on its official channels. (Read more at NME)

MachineGames (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle) say they still plan on completing their Wolfenstein trilogy. (Read more at GamesIndustry)

A Baldur's Gate TV show is the next video game adaptation from HBO, with The Last of Us' Craig Mazin at the helm again. The show will continue on from the story and characters in Baldur's Gate 3. Larian is not involved. (Read more at Deadline)

A Baldur's Gate TV show is the next video game adaptation from HBO, with The Last of Us' Craig Mazin at the helm again. The show will continue on from the story and characters in Baldur's Gate 3. Larian is not involved. (Read more at Deadline)

The Nintendo Direct is now starting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ5l...

Ghost of Yōtei has exceeded the sales of Ghost of Tsushima in the same time period, seemingly exceeding its sales projections so far. (Read more at IGN)

Football Club Manager 26 LIVE - an attempt to create a football management sim that is skill-based without in-app purchases - is shutting down this month, due to a lack of sales. (Read more at Delisted Games)

Take-Two has shot down rumours that it won't have physical versions of GTA 6 on day one to prevent leaks. (Read more at Gaming Bolt)

The PS5 has now shipped over 92.2 million units. This puts it above the PS3 lifetime sales (87.4M), closing in on PS1 lifetime sales (102.4M), and likely to surpass PS4 (117.2M) before its life cycle ends. It will not, however, surpass the PS2 (160M). (Read more at Gaming Bolt)

YouTube generated $60 billion in revenue for 2025, thanks to ads and subscriptions, outperforming even Netflix by quite some margin. (Read more at Dexerto)

Overwatch 2 is being rebranded as Overwatch, in a slightly-confusing title change that will likely add fuel to the criticism of closing the first game to begin with. (Read more at Dexerto)

Port management sim Docked is coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and PC on March 5. (Read more at Gematsu)

Epstein's emails with then-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and others in the gaming + Gamergate sphere paint a picture of how Epstein saw video games as a tool for profit, coercion, and control - a great feature here from Aftermath. (Read more at Aftermath)

Take-Two has paused development of Borderlands 4 for the Nintendo Switch 2. (Read more at Variety)

Crypto bros are lamenting after discovering that Epstein directly funded the development of Bitcoin and his desire to steer the development of crypto and blockchain. (Read more at Futurism)

GAME has gone back into administration, with all standalone stores closing. Concession stands inside Sports Direct/House of Fraser stores will remain, as will the online store. The UK now no longer has a video games retail chain on the high street. (Read more at Game Developer)

Obsidian says that Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 both underperformed sales expectations, with no more plans for future Outer Worlds games (though content for OW2 is coming). Grounded 2, however, was a big hit for the studio. (Read more at Bloomberg)

Roughly half of Nintendo's game sales are still physical sales. (Read more at Insider Gaming)

Netflix will stop supporting the PS3 from March 2, having initially launched on the console in 2009. (Read more at Push Square)

NHL 22 and 23 servers will go offline on August 31. (Read more at Delisted Games)

Ashes of Creation has been removed from Steam, following internal studio turmoil led by mass layoffs and protest resignations. (Read more at Game Watcher)

Nintendo's latest financial update: 🔴 Switch 2 sold 17.3M copies as of Dec 31 🔴 Outsold the lifetime Wii U sales (13.5M units) in 7 months 🔴 Likely to surpass GameCube (21.7M) in a few months 🔴 Still the fastest-selling console of all time (Nintendo financial report PDF)

A big thanks to my pal @laurakbuzz.bsky.social for always keeping me posted on all the rumours, teasers, and updates on My Chemical Romance stuff - she's in the weeds of Discords etc so I don't have to 🙈

I saw Iron Lung in my local cinema last night - I was surprised it had such a wide release to be in my random UK theatre! Amazing stuff to see an indie game with a self-funded movie adaptation do so well. My screening was full!

I spend the majority of my disposable income picking up all the decent indie game releases each month - even if I don't have time to play them yet, I show my support and practice what I preach! 🙏 Any indies this past month I need to make sure I grab? ❤️

We're about to go live with the ICE Out Charity Stream from the MinnMax Studio! We have @grubb.wtf and @danryckert.com and @jacobgeller.com in Minneapolis to help protect our neighbors! www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Donate here - bit.ly/iceoutminnea...

They want almost $1 trillion valuation for a business that has never made money, is uncertain when/if/how it will, has yet to make a plausible case for how its product benefits customers/businesses/society, and they're burning creative industries, job security, information, and the world for it.

52% of game developers think that generative AI is bad for the industry, a new annual survey finds. 33% of people say they use it in their work - a similar result every year since 2021 - while the number opposing AI is drastically increasing YoY. (Read more at PC Gamer)

Without the ability to say too much, please understand that $30 for full-cart Switch 2 physicals is not normal, and cannot/will not be the norm. It is "too good to be true" pricing, being price-matched to SW1/PS5. Don't blame those (i.e. everyone) that have to price above this.

You know we had to do it - Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works, vinyl, and physical TTRPG are available to preorder now! www.lostincult.co.uk

The Disney Afternoon Collection officially announced for the Switch + Switch 2, launching February 26. Now includes Goof Troop and Bonkers, with full on-cart physical versions. (Read more at Nintendo Everything)

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

Mighty No. 9 and ReCore developer Comcept has shut down. (Read more at Eurogamer)