In my line of work we call this phenomenon 'scouting' www.pcgamer.com/games/card-g...

Oscar winner and San Francisco resident Marcia Lucas — the former wife of George Lucas who edited the original “Star Wars,” “American Graffiti” and “Taxi Driver” —  has died.

Balatro publisher Playstack is being sold to GameSpot and Fandom parent company, subject to shareholder approval The proposed majority takeover values the UK publisher at around $169 million

NEW: I spoke to Yacht Club Games about why they decided to charge just $20 for Mina the Hollower and what's next for the studio (Shovel Knight 3D?). Plus: some early Mina sales numbers! This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Mina the Hollower is OUT NOW!🐭🕯️ After 6 years of development, our fright-filled action-adventure is finally in your hands. Whip foes, burrow beneath danger, uncover secrets, and descend into Tenebrous Isle today. Thank you for joining us on this journey. ⚔️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQZM...

Un autre jeu de cartographie (mais en 3D et pour lequel je n'ai pas bossé) vient de sortir si vous êtes en manque de calculs de distance, de points de repère et de tracés topographiques.

Entretien croisé blindé de références dans lesquelles picorer pour étendre sa culture musicale. Ca parle aussi d'Autant en Emporte le Vent, Columbo, La Malédiction, Sister Act 2 ou Total Recall.

Heroes and villains from 17 Indie RPGs unite in Infinite Alliance - represented by stunning artwork from @dicesms.bsky.social 🤩 🚨We've created a Steam Bundle to celebrate - featuring CrossCode, Chained Echoes, Kingdoms of the Dump & more for a discount price! store.steampowered.com/bundle/74256...

The Short Games Bundle for the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is now live! A collection of five highly acclaimed short puzzle games from 2025: • Is This Seat Taken? • Linelith • Öoo • Strange Jigsaws • The Electrifying Incident store.steampowered.com/bundle/76054...

In case you missed it, we had not one but TWO brand new trailer reveals in Thinky Direct. Here's a new look at our upcoming published game, He Who Watches! Play the demo now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...

One Move Away is OUT NOW! 📦 Plan, rotate, and place items into limited spaces as you follow each character’s journey through their life milestones. Play now on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 1 + 2. #puzzlegame #packingsimulator #strategygame #indiegame #newgames

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Anchors away! ⚓ Corsair Cove will release on July 31, 2026. But if you want to start polishing your pirate engineering skills early, the demo is available RIGHT NOW on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/

KABUTO PARK. IS. OUT!!! On Switch!!! 🥳🥳🥳🦋🐛🐝🪲🐞

Pour les personnes prêtes à bosser sur Caen (avec du télétravail flexible) et calées en jeux de stratégie / tactique, y a un poste de réal à prendre dans l'un des rares studios basés en Normandie ! emploi.afjv.com/emploi-jeux-...

🎶 copy this and let mutuals share their first impression of you 🎶

Where is Fael? Find out this summer! @swingswingsub.bsky.social @arteinteractive.bsky.social

Dogspeed to games / teams that got featured in the latest @agfrenchdirect.bsky.social today! Special thoughts to Furyball, Fading Echo, Deer & Boy and Beware of the Cartographer! (because I know the devs and helped them a tiny bit). youtu.be/dnspql4uvSs

Beware of the Cartographer! déplie quelques coulisses de son aventure qui vous met dans la peau d'un cartographe royal dans une France du XVIIIe siècle 🗺️ ✨ Tohu Bohu Games 📅 2027 🎮 PC 📍 Paris 🕹️ Démo disponible

Suivez l'histoire d'un garçon et d'un faon qui grandit à ses côtés dans Deer & Boy, qui annonce sa fenêtre de sortie et l’arrivée d’une démo 🦌 ✨ LifeLine Studio 📅 Juin 2026 🎮 PC, PS5, Xbox Series et Switch 📍 Paris 🕹️ Démo disponible

Fading Echo nous présente une nouvelle zone de son jeu d'aventure, entre maniement des éléments, résolution de puzzles et ennemis à combattre 💧 ✨ Emeteria 📅 Été 2026 🎮 PC, PS5 et Xbox Series 📍 Lyon 🕹️ Démo disponible

Le roguelite d’action Furyball: Rogue Revenge vous arme d’une balle rebondissante à contrôler dans des arènes inspirées du flipper et du cinéma grindhouse ☄️ ✨ Rebound 📅 Q3 2026 🎮 PC 📍 Angoulême 🕹️ Démo disponible

Capcom and Vanillaware veteran spent 6 years in a remote mountain village developing Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle, a gamebook-inspired fantasy RPG with over 300 hand drawn illustrations automaton-media.com/en/news/capc...

The older I get, the more I appreciate an ambitious videogame and the less I'm bothered by a bit of jankiness. Give me a low-scoring Slitterhead any day over yet another 85%+ safe game that's like countless other games I've already played.

Je ne savais pas qu'il y avait eu un jeu d'arcade Fast & Furious (porté sur consoles plus tard) et qu'il avait un rendu PS2 lissé alors qu'il date de 2022. Peut-être qu'il était tellement rapide qu'il a pris de l'avance sur le décroissance technologique ?

Renata Price is my #1 go to mock reviewer. Her insight feels like a cheat code when helping the game get better. It's ridiculous how good and thoughtful her opinions are!! Her reports are also great reads! Here are some of the projects I've worked with her on:

Our first published title under the @midnighters.games banner is out now on Steam! If you've ever worked in retail and some sick part of you wants to relive the customer service related trauma, then boy do we have the game for you 😅

We have BIG NEWS... Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is OUT NOW! ⚛️ Brain-twisting quantum puzzles 👥 Play in both solo or coop 🔬Plenty of secrets and hidden areas 🎨Full cat customisation! store.steampowered.com/app/2111550/...

La Quadrature du Net recrute ! Nous cherchons sur Paris une personne ayant une appétence pour la compréhension et la vulgarisation des systèmes techniques et de leurs impacts politiques. www.laquadrature.net/la-quadratur...

Phonopolis is out NOW on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store 📣 We hope you have fun playing with the cardboard city! All links here 👇 amanita-design.net/games/phonop...

Kabuto Park is coming to NINTENDO SWITCH 💙❤️ 🪲 Catch the cutest and strongest bugs ON SWITCH 🐞 Win the tiniest sumo fights ON SWITCH 🐝 Collect, upgrade and enjoy summer ON SWITCH It will release on May 28, for its anniversary! This makes me incredibly excited and happy 💗

3 weeks ago, I released Gambonanza Since then the game has reached: - 200k+ sales (135k on Steam - 75k on mobile) - 300k+ wishlists I wanted to share the real numbers, what helped the most, and the things that genuinely surprised me as an indie dev 👀 Thread 🧵 1/15

Ne pas pouvoir aller à A.Maze, au BitSummit ou aux évènements satellites de la Nordic ce mois-ci me frise pas mal, donc je compte sur le Game Camp pour envoyer le pâté ! D'ailleurs l'outil de rendez-vous / planning vient d'ouvrir si vous avez pu choper un billet, j'ai la photo de profil parfaite. 🐻

Good news everyone! The PC-88 version of this game just became available on Switch via EGGCONSOLE. It's obviously not as technically advanced as the Sega Saturn version but if you want to solve the murder of a clown, you can!

Meilleur souvenir d'un jeu passablement pénible (que je n'ai d'ailleurs jamais terminé). youtu.be/x7ogV49WGco?...

Hey a 8 hour part documentary, with actual archival footage and interviews, was just released on the company behind games like Night Trap that opens with Bill Gates playing a proto version of the game on a console that never released. youtu.be/QM-I1G_UEr0?...

feels like a lot of people are going to BitSummit next week for the first time this year (exciting!) so thought I'd share a few tips & tricks as someone who's been going for a while -- other folks please shout out your own advice too! (thread)

Dix ans. youtu.be/irmu5QUtxXI?...

We just made the Midgame Fund agreement public. midgame.fund/terms The money TL;DR is: - Devs pay investors back from the game's revenue after it releases (if ever). - 75% of revenue pre-recoup. - 25% of revenue post-recoup, until 6 times the investment or 5 years after release.

We're working on a new demo for our next game Cosmo Cargo, our inventory autobattler roguelite PvE. We changed so many things since the first one! We can't wait for players to try it. New map system, new look, new mechanics, new silly missions... 🔥 Stay tuned! 🚀 store.steampowered.com/app/4028760

did you know @play.date recently got a full-speed Game Boy emulator on its store and the community is ROM hacking some games to add Playdate specific features and updates? 🤯 (video by @bb.wavelengths.online youtube.com/shorts/xAXg7...)

Compilation des deux épisodes + DLC avec quelques ajustements en plus et la VR en moins, donc.

Sektori for Switch 2 is finally out TODAY! Enjoy! (or tear out your hear in frustration, either way!) 🌈 #indiegame #switch2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IQE...

we're an independent games studio based in london founded by @catherineunger.bsky.social, @daisyfern.bsky.social and @georgebatch.bsky.social. we're here to make games that make you laugh before they break your heart. say hi if you see us at @amazefest.bsky.social this week!

Announcing Red Frame - a first-person exploration puzzle game set in a sprawling underground mansion. Solve 100+ intricate puzzles shaped by the people who once lived there, and uncover the mechanism preserving their legacy. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/408200/R...

reset. a new kind of video game magazine.

Yuji Ohno, the composer of Lupin III's iconic jazz pieces, has died at 84:

Si vous avez un faible pour les deckbuilders, la démo du dernier Next Fest était très accrocheuse en dépit de légers soucis d'UI/UX donc hâte de voir ce que ça donne sur la version complète.

When one job closes, another opens! We’re looking a Lifestyle Content Creator to join the Lost In Cult marketing team! You'll be planning, shooting and editing video content that showcases all the beautiful books, games and records that we’re producing. More info below!🔗⬇️

Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada has joined SNK and formed 'VS Studio' ➡️ www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tekken-...