Kyle Beasley (he/him)
@mrbeabo.bsky.social
Lead User Researcher at 2K Games (My tweets are mine)
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Cool thread about Arco
Short spoiler free story about my experience with Arco.
Back before bsky took off, I saw a post on Twitter from a game dev asking for advice because their game is reviewing extremely highly but it's not reflecting on sales. I wanna help but I gotta try it first. So I make a note to check it out. 1/
Back before bsky took off, I saw a post on Twitter from a game dev asking for advice because their game is reviewing extremely highly but it's not reflecting on sales. I wanna help but I gotta try it first. So I make a note to check it out. 1/
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Cool thread about Arco
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Good old Woz. Good for him.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Good old Woz. Good for him.
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A huge thank you to everyone who played Alloyed Collective on day one!
The team worked incredibly hard to make this the best Risk of Rain 2 expansion yet.
Enjoy the new Survivors, drones, items, stages, enemies, and a few special surprises. See you on Petrichor V.
The team worked incredibly hard to make this the best Risk of Rain 2 expansion yet.
Enjoy the new Survivors, drones, items, stages, enemies, and a few special surprises. See you on Petrichor V.
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
❤️
🙌
Alloyed Collective is out now on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation!
Featuring:
🧑🚀 2 Survivors: Operator & Drifter
👾 6 Enemies
🤖 7 Drones
🛠️ 18 Items
🌄 7Stages
👉 New Interactables
😈 2 Teleporter Bosses
🧿 New Final Boss
➕ More
Drop in: store.steampowered.com/app/2781620/...
Trailer:
youtu.be/Y284lohXoIg
Featuring:
🧑🚀 2 Survivors: Operator & Drifter
👾 6 Enemies
🤖 7 Drones
🛠️ 18 Items
🌄 7Stages
👉 New Interactables
😈 2 Teleporter Bosses
🧿 New Final Boss
➕ More
Drop in: store.steampowered.com/app/2781620/...
Trailer:
youtu.be/Y284lohXoIg
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🙌
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RIP "Burger" Becky Heineman. My heart goes out to her legion of fans, friends, and family. A kind soul. Can we take 2600 Space Invaders out of the High Score rotation to freeze her World Record as a way to commemorate her?
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
RIP "Burger" Becky Heineman. My heart goes out to her legion of fans, friends, and family. A kind soul. Can we take 2600 Space Invaders out of the High Score rotation to freeze her World Record as a way to commemorate her?
😢
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
😢
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Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Why would I want that?
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Why would I want that?
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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The wait is over. Today, you meet Luca & Rhem.
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The wait is over. Today, you meet Luca & Rhem.
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
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#Wartorn adventures out of early access and into 1.0 today on Steam and Epic Games Store!
Explore new realms, tackle new encounters, upgrade your units to their maximum power, and complete the story in the full Wartorn experience!
Full info: store.steampowered.com/news/app/129...
#roguelite
Explore new realms, tackle new encounters, upgrade your units to their maximum power, and complete the story in the full Wartorn experience!
Full info: store.steampowered.com/news/app/129...
#roguelite
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#Wartorn adventures out of early access and into 1.0 today on Steam and Epic Games Store!
Explore new realms, tackle new encounters, upgrade your units to their maximum power, and complete the story in the full Wartorn experience!
Full info: store.steampowered.com/news/app/129...
#roguelite
Explore new realms, tackle new encounters, upgrade your units to their maximum power, and complete the story in the full Wartorn experience!
Full info: store.steampowered.com/news/app/129...
#roguelite
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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Our industry does have peer-voted awards, the most visible being DICE, Game Developers Choice Awards, BAFTA. There are scores of smaller developer-led awards too. We do have spaces to celebrate and uplift one another, please support and watch these shows! The teams work hard for the devs!
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our industry does have peer-voted awards, the most visible being DICE, Game Developers Choice Awards, BAFTA. There are scores of smaller developer-led awards too. We do have spaces to celebrate and uplift one another, please support and watch these shows! The teams work hard for the devs!
Oh boy!
Wartorn is officially launching into 1.0 on November 11, bringing a ton of new content!
Check out some Raw Gameplay from the 1.0 launch, including the new Biome, Tier 5 Units, and more! 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h0y...
#Fantasy #indiegame #Strategy
Check out some Raw Gameplay from the 1.0 launch, including the new Biome, Tier 5 Units, and more! 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h0y...
#Fantasy #indiegame #Strategy
Wartorn is Launching into 1.0 on November 11 - Raw Gameplay
YouTube video by Stray Kite Studios
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh boy!
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As we test changes to Legacy Paths, Victories, and continuous play as one Civ through the Ages, we'd love your help shaping what's next for #Civ7.
Apply to the Firaxis Feedback Workshop for a chance to build these future features with us - 2kgam.es/FFW
Apply to the Firaxis Feedback Workshop for a chance to build these future features with us - 2kgam.es/FFW
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As we test changes to Legacy Paths, Victories, and continuous play as one Civ through the Ages, we'd love your help shaping what's next for #Civ7.
Apply to the Firaxis Feedback Workshop for a chance to build these future features with us - 2kgam.es/FFW
Apply to the Firaxis Feedback Workshop for a chance to build these future features with us - 2kgam.es/FFW
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I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
This looks cool!
The demo of our folk horror card strategy game The Killing Stone is live!
We gots creepy characters and furry friends and so many animated figurines with sweet VFX. Also the enemy AI is pretty diabolical, that's on me.
Please check it out and leave a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
We gots creepy characters and furry friends and so many animated figurines with sweet VFX. Also the enemy AI is pretty diabolical, that's on me.
Please check it out and leave a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
The Killing Stone Demo on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone Demo lets you try out the deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining a...
store.steampowered.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This looks cool!
😢
The studio behind Hyper Light Breaker is ending development on the game and has confirmed it will be laying off some staff as a result.
The game entered Steam Early Access in January.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/develop...
The game entered Steam Early Access in January.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/develop...
Development ends on Hyper Light Breaker as studio Heart Machine says it’s making layoffs | VGC
The Hyper Light Drifter prequel has had mixed reviews while in Early Access…
www.videogameschronicle.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
😢
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Snakes are cool!
October 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Snakes are cool!
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A lot of people are (understandably) focused on the Saudi Arabia and Kushner part of this, but the far bigger immediate impact will come from the new private EA being on the hook for $20 billion in debt. That could mean mass layoffs, more aggressive monetization, and other big cost-cutting measures
September 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A lot of people are (understandably) focused on the Saudi Arabia and Kushner part of this, but the far bigger immediate impact will come from the new private EA being on the hook for $20 billion in debt. That could mean mass layoffs, more aggressive monetization, and other big cost-cutting measures
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in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.
that fox news host still has his job.
that fox news host still has his job.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.
that fox news host still has his job.
that fox news host still has his job.
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Borderlands 4 - Official Accolades Trailer
YouTube video by Gearbox
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM