Happy new year! 🎉 There were so many great video games in 2025 and so many more I want to play but haven’t had time to start or finish (trying my best to finish Loading… within the next couple months ;-;). That being said, here are my top 10 video games of the last year (in alphabetical order):

new game release: Rainbows Are Carnivores is an experimental gay fishing romance / aquaculture management sim. Free, 10-20 min, play in mobile or desktop browser radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows

DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER youtu.be/_MXKlgMZ3Jc?...

Angeline Era is OUT NOW!!! 🔍Every level hidden in plain sight… 🗺️… chart your own path through the world! ⚔️Tons of thrilling combat, mysterious places… 👼… and a soul-shattering story! GET IT HERE!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

Shinya Arino has recieved his copy!

SOUP ROOMS is a collaborative minimalist art-game featuring over 100 ROOMS created by cool and talented indie devs from around the world. Admission is free of charge, and you can even make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games to share with others! We hope you enjoy your stay. LINKS BELOW! ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...

I was a judge in the Independent Games Festival again this year - here are some of my highlights from 2026. Not a "who I think's going to win" prediction, just "here's some games I think are cool!" cdrom.ca/games/2025/1...

It's finally coming!! On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!! It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight. Please look forward to it!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920

Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/... or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays before November 21th 9PM CET!

I've said this about writing and art -- the goal was not to replace writers and artists with AI, the result was either: a) *threaten* to replace them with AI, and use that as leverage to be able to pay them less b) replace them unsuccessfully and pay them less to fix the shit the AI barfed out

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t... It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article. Please share :)

For one of my studio courses this past semester, a couple of my students made a very accurate game about what it’s like thrifting in Vietnam. Quyen’s work in general is so funny and charming!! Highly recommend playing all of her games on itch. 👾

utiazulay.itch.io/swordswallower is good wholesome innovative platformer (I'm late to the party it seems!)

~GAME RELEASE~ Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity (OMUI) is OUT NOW!!! on Steam and Itch for F R E E! It is a first-person narrative horror game about the Iranian revolution, nuclear war, and my Uncle Ramin's suicide. Please share and leave a review on Steam if you are able to!!!

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others. Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla: “People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.” 1/3

mainstream games culture in a nutshell. don't share any of that artsy shit that might freak the normies out

tabling this weekend at @vangamegarden.bsky.social with @dzuyanhdo.bsky.social ^o^ come play our game demo!

actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames

Baby Steps is out now on PlayStation 5 and PC! Put one foot in front of the other as you stumble and tumble through an expansive world full of unexpected challenges and hilarious inhabitants.

shop's open! i'll be taking orders until tomorrow (sept 23, 10pm pst) or until i hit 100 orders ^_^👍 www.genicecream.com/store

✨ ANNOUNCE ✨ TAC+ vol. 3 officially out!! You can grab it now on Bandcamp~ quarkimo.bandcamp.com/album/tac-vo...

A great conversation happening now between union organizers from United Video Game Workers - CWA. Learn more about their work here: uvw-cwa.org #gamedev #GDoCExpo2025

Trailer for our new #inidegame called Penguin Colony! We are collaborating with Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium, Ultrakill) to bring this unique re-imagining to life www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...

In this #DevInterview, Sharpie dives in with team members behind "Loading..." a 2D-3D shifting adventure game about a boy who finds out about his brother’s life and death through an all-night gaming spree. #gamedev #GDoCExpo2025

Hi everyone, in case you missed it, we released a new trailer for Loading... during the @gdocexpo.com Direct yesterday! 🥖 We also have an interview for the game this Thursday at 1:30 EST, please stop by and say hello in chat. ⌨️ 🎫 You can get tickets here: www.gamedevsofcolor.org

New trailer for our game Loading... inspired by GBA-era Mother 1+2 commercials! 🥖

New trailer for our game Loading... inspired by GBA-era Mother 1+2 commercials! 🥖

#DevInterview: Loading... Loading... is a 2D-3D shifting adventure game about a boy who finds out about his brother’s life and death through an all-night gaming spree. #gamedev #GDoCExpo2025

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Reminder MDEC/LevelUP KL silently supporting a problematic developer notorious for sexual harassment and fostering a toxic workplace Proof that they were participating in LevelUP KL 2025 festival: store.steampowered.com/sale/levelup... Article link: virtualseasia.com/toxic-workpl...

[ANNOUNCING SOUTHEAST ASIA GAMES ONWARD 2025] SEAGamethetic announced the annual event celebrating video games created by developers/publishers from or based in Southeast Asia. Game Submission Form: forms.gle/qyo8jE36FkK7... Content Creator Form: forms.gle/Zd6vZriEBWhR...

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.info

New Community Dev Newsletter 📰 With an incredible guest post! Thrilled to have @sarahhana.bsky.social, Head of Marketing at Toge, w/ marketing advice for devs who aren't coming from a Western perspective 🔎 Let's talk international marketing! Plus job posts & more! thevtran.kit.com/posts/market...

The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts. Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-... We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.

Since today's discourse is on how "not everyone grew up with Nintendo", I'll reshare this: medium.com/@felipepepe/... And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.

I am excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity bundle page is now live!!! Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

A New Game - Wander in Wonder Steam page is now live! 🌿🐇 store.steampowered.com/app/3939180/...

It’s live! The Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is here!💚🩵 🎮 100+ items from 70+ creators 💰 Just $10 (worth ~$409) 🫶🏾 Save 97% + support GDoC programs Every purchase helps fund events, grants, scholarships & more that uplift #gamedev of color! 👉 Grab the bundle now: itch.io/b/3171/game-...

"I'm proposing that the role of the university is to resist AI, that is, to apply rigorous questioning to the idea that AI is inevitable." danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...

🎨 splash module 7.0 🎨

🌾 Loading… will have a demo at this year’s Vancouver Game Garden! 🥖

music to touch grass to 📱

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity. "What service is Microsoft providing?" Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

@quarkimo.bsky.social @genicecream.bsky.social @richardtvan.bsky.social and i got interviewed to talk about Loading... at this year's GDoCExpo! thanks so much for having us @gdocexpo.com and please by tickets everyone, GDoCExpo always has great talks and cool game announcements

Had a lot of thoughts in my mind this week with the Steam & itchio bans and a book review I've received, so I've decided to write a little article on transgressive games: felipepepe.medium.com/super-columb...

Visa & MasterCard could cut off payments to/from arms manufacturers, genocidal regimes, human rights–abusing governments, neonazis & other fascist bigots, etc. but they go after queer people & porn because they don't give a shit about safety of morality, they just want to bow before the throne

Heres a web page with some consolidated info/scripts/phone numbers etc made by @cereza.zone to help folks who dont know where to start when it comes to calling/emailing payment processors. stop-paypros.neocities.org

A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet. www.wired.com/story/steam-...

✨ MY BOOK IS OUT NOW ✨ "Mastering Community Management" is finally here! 😭 Learn what goes into community management for video games from pre- to post-production. ❤️ Get my step-by-step strategy for creating meaningful online spaces! Shares appreciated. AHH!! Buy: www.victoriatran.com/book