GamesIndustry.biz details how a wave of AAA veterans are leaving unstable studio jobs for indie teams, with ex-Player First Games leads Justin Fischer and Brock Feldman now bootstrapping Airlock Games. …
collinb0607 wrote: Hi Toushif, my name is Collin. I am a software engineer from NJ aspiring to become a game dev. Role: Unity ProgrammerExperience: I have 3 years professional experience …
XBox Wire says Forest of Deceit has added six new languages, including German, French, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. For a social deduction game built on conversation, the update should reduce …
GamesIndustry.biz says Sony is now surveying partners after announcing plans to end physical game releases, a move that has drawn louder backlash than expected. For developers, the bigger issue is …
Tim Ruswick opens a broader discussion on what makes a game “good,” pushing beyond simple sales or review scores. For developers, the useful angle is how quality shifts with audience, …
Tim Ruswick·
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XBox Wire details a packed October 5-9 slate for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Game Pass, led by Gears of War: E-Day on October 6. The week mixes …
GamesIndustry.biz reports that Reigns and Card Shark developer Nerial is shutting down development and entering hibernation after 13 years and 11 released games. The studio says it will regroup, while …
Kenney.nl has released Skyboxes Space, a free CC0 texture pack aimed at teams that need quick space backdrops without licensing friction. The bundle ships as five skyboxes, making it a …
Unity’s September 2026 roundup spotlights a busy month for releases, from Valheim’s 1.0 launch to early access debuts like ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles and Wanderburg. The list also includes sequels and …
XBox Wire says Section 9 Interactive’s End of Abyss lands October 1 on Xbox Series X|S, blending top-down combat with metroidvania-style exploration and horror. The small Malmö team, founded by …
Danielle Partis, XBOX Wire Editor·
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GamesIndustry.biz argues indie teams need to build the studio, not just the game, if they want lasting momentum. The piece frames a studio as team, IP, and distribution, then ties …
I'm not looking for compliments or promotion. I genuinely want to understand why someone would play it for 10-15 minutes and then leave. I want honest answers to questions like: …
GamesIndustry.biz reports Valve is overhauling Steam’s Discount & Events section, replacing manual calendar curation with a more dynamic, personalised system. The change is already boosting visibility for some smaller games, …
GamesIndustry.biz argues indie survival now depends on resilience, not just a hit. Denis Fedorov says studios need 12–18 months of runway, faster validation, and collaboration to weather layoffs, rising costs, …
GamesIndustry.biz reports that a handful of indies are deliberately launching on November 19, the same day Grand Theft Auto 6 lands. Fairy Mount’s Flame, Forest and Flood and Devolver’s Volvy’s …
XBox Wire says Forest of Deceit has added six new languages, including German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Italian. For a social deduction game built on conversation, the …
A sailing survival game sounds like an interesting project, especially with the focus on collaboration and building something together. I always find it interesting to see how different game projects …
Hi Toushif, my name is Collin. I am a software engineer from NJ aspiring to become a game dev. Role: Unity ProgrammerExperience: I have 3 years professional experience and countless …
Hey, I'm a programmer interested in joining Dreamscape Corp. I'm a professional software engineer (JS/TS, Python, C#, some C++) with a QA automation background, and a hobbyist game dev (Unity/C# …
Payne Robinson argues indie dev is now a competition, not just a craft exercise, and frames Steam success as a race for attention. He points to his own projects, including …
Payne Robinson·
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