Educate, celebrate, and commemorate on Juneteenth 🤎🖤 #Juneteenth #FreedomDay #Juneteenth2025 #BlackHistory #BlackCulture #BlackUnity #BlackFreedom #EmancipationDay #CelebrateFreedom

On Game Developer, alessandro fillari sat down with IO Interactive CTO Ulas Karademir about how the team’s experience with the HITMAN series has prepared them for 007: First Light. gamedeveloper.com/design/after-y… #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #gameindustry #videogames #gaming

.川村元気　映画『8番出口』8/29公開's 映画『８番出口』【公式】 – based on the #videogame of the same name – has debuted at Festival de Cannes. Are you ready to experience a #liminal space #horror movie on the big screen? – Dread Central's Josh Korngut dreadcentral.com/reviews/532016… #horrormovies #horrorgames #film

.Digital Foundry’s DF Retro feature-length Road Rash documentary is a loving trip down memory lane. John Linneman has done justice to Electronic Arts’s forgotten racing franchise – and we’re here for it! youtube.com/watch?v=7uCbLz… #retrogame #retrogaming #retrogamer #videogames #gamehistory

On the Unity blog, Emily Raine talks with Psycasso lead developer Ben Lavender (Omni Digital Technologies) about the “playfully gory” 2D pixel retro-inspired open-world game. unity.com/blog/making-a-… #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #unity #2dgames #pixelart #gamedesign

Nintendo Pictures provided CG animation and motion capture for @sony’s PlayStation 5 exclusive Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. The Japanese animation studio was acquired by Nintendo in 2022. – GameSpot’s Eddie Makuch gamespot.com/articles/death… #gaming #ps5 #deathstranding2

On IGN, Verity Townsend reports on ITmedia ビジネスオンライン’s interview with 桜井 政博 / Masahiro Sakurai (creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros.), who believes that the current AAA game development model is “unsustainable.” ign.com/articles/super… #gamedev #ai #generativeai #machinelearning

Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July! How are you celebrating? 🎉 #july4th #4thofjuly #independenceday #julyfourth #fourthofjuly #4thweekend #fireworks #independence #happyindependenceday #happyfourth #happyfourthofjuly #fourthofjulyweekend #summer #summerfun

Happy National Video Game Day! 🎮 What are you playing today? #videogameday #nationalvideogameday #gaminglife #gamercommunity #playon #gamingfun #gamerforlife #gamingbreak #videogames #gaming #gamerlife #gamedev #games #gamesindustry #gameindustry #gamingindustry #gamingnews

Novy knows roguelikes. And a bunch of other genres, too! Check out some of the incredible games we’ve launched since 2011 🎮 #nationalvideogameday #videogameday #indiedev #trailertuesday #game #gameplay #roguelike #roguelite #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev bit.ly/43Ypq7e

.Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen spoke with the @bbc’s Ben Morris about the urgent need for mobile game reinvention and creative risk-taking – citing rising development costs and the industry’s reliance on older titles. bbc.com/news/articles/… #gamedev #gamedevelopment #mobilegame

.Blake Simons interviews adventure game designer Charles Cecil about his work on Broken Sword Reforged – a tweaked edition of the original game. – BFI (British Film Institute) bfi.org.uk/interviews/bro… #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #adventuregame #videogames #gaming

Driven by his ambition to create an immersive sim, Warren Spector was initially going to make Deus Ex a “Command & Conquer RPG” … before John Romero 🤘🏽’s intervention, that is. – Rick Lane on PC Gamer pcgamer.com/games/fps/warr… #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #gameindustry

On Game Rant, check out Matthew Whitehurts’s roundup of 10 games that transcend traditional genre definitions by blending established mechanics, introducing novel concepts – or subverting player expectations. gamerant.com/games-that-def… #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #gaming

Apple is removing the 2016 indie visual novel Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store on July 25 due to infrequent updates – despite developer Santa Ragione’s protests that the game remains fully functional. – @kotaku’s AmericanTruckSongs9 kotaku.com/app-store-deli… #gamedev #indiegame

.CitizenScience.Gov games such as Eterna and Foldit can leverage humanity’s innate problem-solving drive by allowing everyone to contribute to scientific discoveries. – Jeff Yoshimi on The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-citizen-sc… #citizenscience #gamedev #science #technology

Congratulations to Novy Unlimited client JAYFL Games – whose cooking and restaurant management title Diner Bros 2 has peaked at #2 on Steam's New & Trending list 🍳 store.steampowered.com/app/3253150/Di… #indiedev #indie #game #steam #dinerbros #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #steamgame

Novy client Resolute has raised $170k+ on Kickstarter for #VR #MMORPG Eldramoor—exceeding its funding goal within hours & unlocking several stretch goals for its planned 2026 launch. Road to VR's Scott Hayden reports. roadtovr.com/vrmmo-eldramoo… #gameindustry #indiegame #indiedev #mmo

On Nightdive Studios's Deep Dive podcast, John Romero asserted that despite challenges faced with discoverability and funding, #indiedevs are the future of #gamedev. – PC Gamer pcgamer.com/gaming-industr… #game #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #indiegames #indie #games

At Develop:Brighton 2025, Deep Silver's Martin Wein revealed that 2014's Dead Island 2 “sucked” & was scrapped after playtest feedback – leading to an 8-year delay that saved the franchise. – GamesIndustry's Lewis Packwood gamesindustry.biz/it-would-have-… #gamesindustry #gameindustry #gamedev