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NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime for ‘Intergalactic’
The Sony-owned gamemakers have been racing to hit a December deadline
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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current news has me thinking about the Lake House Alan Wake 2 DLC where a bunch of out-of-touch scientists can't figure out why a bad writer like Alan Wake can evoke emotion from people but their gigantic room filled with automatic typewriters only creates slop that kills you
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
current news has me thinking about the Lake House Alan Wake 2 DLC where a bunch of out-of-touch scientists can't figure out why a bad writer like Alan Wake can evoke emotion from people but their gigantic room filled with automatic typewriters only creates slop that kills you
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
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December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
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Indie Dev discovers the game they're making basically already exists, worried of being deemed a ripoff. Original dev responds.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Indie Dev discovers the game they're making basically already exists, worried of being deemed a ripoff. Original dev responds.
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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Social media for the past year: Expedition 33 is probably going to win Game of the Year.
One day after TGAs: How could this happen???
One day after TGAs: How could this happen???
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Social media for the past year: Expedition 33 is probably going to win Game of the Year.
One day after TGAs: How could this happen???
One day after TGAs: How could this happen???
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expedition 33 is going to win every single category at the geoff keighley game awards, but dont let that fool you, its not actually that bad
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
expedition 33 is going to win every single category at the geoff keighley game awards, but dont let that fool you, its not actually that bad
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Why all new games look like
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Why all new games look like
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MEGA MAN finally gets a new game - Dual Override in 2027
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
MEGA MAN finally gets a new game - Dual Override in 2027
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Phantom Blade Zero launches September 9th 2026 on PS5 and PC.
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Phantom Blade Zero launches September 9th 2026 on PS5 and PC.
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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve launched in 2026 on Xbox Series, PS5 and PC!!!!!
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve launched in 2026 on Xbox Series, PS5 and PC!!!!!
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Look all jokes aside I think a game that retailed for $50 and had a reasonable, sustainable budget sweeping the awards is probably a good message to send to the industry, if it's even capable of listening.
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Look all jokes aside I think a game that retailed for $50 and had a reasonable, sustainable budget sweeping the awards is probably a good message to send to the industry, if it's even capable of listening.
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Control: Resonant launches 2026 on Xbox Series, PS5 and PC.
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Control: Resonant launches 2026 on Xbox Series, PS5 and PC.
And obviously happy for Expedition 33. Deserved sweep. But also maybe they should rethink some categories
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
And obviously happy for Expedition 33. Deserved sweep. But also maybe they should rethink some categories
Some good announcement out of the game awards huh? Especially excited for more Control
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Some good announcement out of the game awards huh? Especially excited for more Control
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Announcement:
I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.
Full statement below:
I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.
Full statement below:
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Announcement:
I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.
Full statement below:
I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.
Full statement below:
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Companies paying for the privilege of providing content for someone else's platform, all while losing creative control of one's own IP, was not on my 2025 bingo card but here we are.
Disney and OpenAI sign a deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Companies paying for the privilege of providing content for someone else's platform, all while losing creative control of one's own IP, was not on my 2025 bingo card but here we are.
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Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken) is leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025.
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken) is leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025.
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There's a wild amount of people parroting the claim that unlocking the motorcycle radio player in Metroid Prime 4 can only be through an amiibo is "misinformation", yet they can only point to "well someone else said it" instead of actual evidence.
I've 100%d the game pre-release: It doesn't unlock.
I've 100%d the game pre-release: It doesn't unlock.
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There's a wild amount of people parroting the claim that unlocking the motorcycle radio player in Metroid Prime 4 can only be through an amiibo is "misinformation", yet they can only point to "well someone else said it" instead of actual evidence.
I've 100%d the game pre-release: It doesn't unlock.
I've 100%d the game pre-release: It doesn't unlock.
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german indie developers:
here is our 15th installment of Kraftfahrzeug-Simulation. you drive a 14 ton truck on zhe autobahn. zhe fun is optional.
here is our 15th installment of Kraftfahrzeug-Simulation. you drive a 14 ton truck on zhe autobahn. zhe fun is optional.
![american indie developer deciding on a setting: in a cozy mountain town surrounded by wholesome yokai, ghibli inspired cooperative sustainable cherry blossoms and you can pet the dog
french indie developer deciding on a setting: in a world where the gestalt misery of colonisation's victims has manifested into a sort of misery elemental, three church-like religious organisations hav[nine more paragraphs that leave you feeling like you know less than you knew before you started reading]
polish indie developer deciding on a setting: warsaw👍🇵🇱 it is very bad](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bd5w6iipngycpaldvydcslbd/bafkreifwfovv2nzqcjd2cygzz5a6xqmqrcjclghyc37haz5rwygbg2krsa@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
german indie developers:
here is our 15th installment of Kraftfahrzeug-Simulation. you drive a 14 ton truck on zhe autobahn. zhe fun is optional.
here is our 15th installment of Kraftfahrzeug-Simulation. you drive a 14 ton truck on zhe autobahn. zhe fun is optional.
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What the fuck is in that HORSES game that is so mental that the stores won't carry it. Every time I open up Steam and check the new/trending tab it's ten different variations on something like Hentai Immigrant Stomper
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What the fuck is in that HORSES game that is so mental that the stores won't carry it. Every time I open up Steam and check the new/trending tab it's ten different variations on something like Hentai Immigrant Stomper