Lewis | ICO Partners
@persistentworld.bsky.social
📝 Video game marketing, comms, self-publishing @ ICO Partners
✍️ Worked on Baldur's Gate 3, Orcs Must Die! & Eriksholm
📧 Reach me on lewis@icopartners.com
🔎 View just some of my work here https://www.lewisburnell.com/
✍️ Worked on Baldur's Gate 3, Orcs Must Die! & Eriksholm
📧 Reach me on lewis@icopartners.com
🔎 View just some of my work here https://www.lewisburnell.com/
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6 days after launch Tavern Keeper is about to hit a daily concurrent record and has already surpassed 1,000 reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive!). Big day!
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
6 days after launch Tavern Keeper is about to hit a daily concurrent record and has already surpassed 1,000 reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive!). Big day!
Lovely to see PC Gamer covering Tavern Keeper. Big thanks @chrislivingston.bsky.social www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/ev...
Even in early access, Tavern Keeper already feels like the fantasy pub sim of my dreams
It's been in development for over a decade, and all that hard work really shows.
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Lovely to see PC Gamer covering Tavern Keeper. Big thanks @chrislivingston.bsky.social www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/ev...
Absolute cinema
What did we just witness?! 🤯
Derpypeanut from the Discord turned an impossible fight into a flawless display of survival. 👊💯
Derpypeanut from the Discord turned an impossible fight into a flawless display of survival. 👊💯
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Absolute cinema
Imagine writing this review knowing that the game clearly states it doesn't support Steam Deck
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Imagine writing this review knowing that the game clearly states it doesn't support Steam Deck
Really difficult to see Dead Static Drive's launch. I've been following the game for years and it has released in a difficult spot. A super busy time of year and it's looking underbaked as far as reviews go. It still looks wonderful, but I'll be holding off on buying - I suspect many now are.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Really difficult to see Dead Static Drive's launch. I've been following the game for years and it has released in a difficult spot. A super busy time of year and it's looking underbaked as far as reviews go. It still looks wonderful, but I'll be holding off on buying - I suspect many now are.
Lovely to see x2 ICO projects in the top sellers list (Dispatch and Tavern Keeper)
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Lovely to see x2 ICO projects in the top sellers list (Dispatch and Tavern Keeper)
I have been waiting so long for this game
November 5, 2025, the store page says. I hope it's true. Been waiting for so long I can't even remember when I heard about the game the first time. Feels like a decade at this point.
store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
Dead Static Drive on Steam
Dead Static Drive is Grand Theft Cthulhu. An indie survival-horror game following a nightmarish road trip across a 1980s Americana. Evade police. Equip yourself and those close to you, and follow your...
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I have been waiting so long for this game
Over 11 years in the making, undoubtedly the most accomplished, polished management sim I've ever played and it just launched! Congratulations @greenheartgames.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Over 11 years in the making, undoubtedly the most accomplished, polished management sim I've ever played and it just launched! Congratulations @greenheartgames.bsky.social
Tavern Keeper launches today. It has taken 11 years to develop. Here's a wonderful letter from its creator about their journey. store.steampowered.com/news/app/436...
Tavern Keeper 🍻 - A personal letter to the fans - Steam News
Hi, I'm Patrick, the Director of Tavern Keeper and I wanted to write you a little letter, shortly before release (and sprinkle a few screenshots from the development throughout). Soon, you can finally...
store.steampowered.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Tavern Keeper launches today. It has taken 11 years to develop. Here's a wonderful letter from its creator about their journey. store.steampowered.com/news/app/436...
@laurakbuzz.bsky.social Did you get the answer for Playable Without Timed Inputs?
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
@laurakbuzz.bsky.social Did you get the answer for Playable Without Timed Inputs?
@jonhicks.com Do you have a best email I can reach you on please, Jon?
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@jonhicks.com Do you have a best email I can reach you on please, Jon?
My son went trick or treating last night and he came home with a grapefruit?!
November 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My son went trick or treating last night and he came home with a grapefruit?!
This looks mega
Release date: TOMORROW -- Darkenstein 3D
A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom.
request a key:
requestkey.net/Darken
Make a wish:
store.steampowered.com/app/2195910/...
Not available in Germany..
#gaming #f2p
A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom.
request a key:
requestkey.net/Darken
Make a wish:
store.steampowered.com/app/2195910/...
Not available in Germany..
#gaming #f2p
October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This looks mega
Any journalists I know heading to Spiel Essen next week?
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Any journalists I know heading to Spiel Essen next week?
Huge thank you to Eurogamer 😍
Fantasy pub sim Tavern Keeper finally entering early access after 11 years of development
www.eurogamer.net/fantasy-pub-...
www.eurogamer.net/fantasy-pub-...
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Huge thank you to Eurogamer 😍
After 11 years of development, Tavern Keeper is launching on November 3rd. It's the successor to the multi-million selling Game Dev Tycoon. One to watch.
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
After 11 years of development, Tavern Keeper is launching on November 3rd. It's the successor to the multi-million selling Game Dev Tycoon. One to watch.
Great article from @kerrblimey.bsky.social on what "on the record" actually means. A must read. www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/de...
Please remember what 'on the record' means
Let's discuss the role of journalists and journalism in the video game industry.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Great article from @kerrblimey.bsky.social on what "on the record" actually means. A must read. www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/de...
Latest issue in my newsletter, highlighting some awesome upcoming crowdfunding board games.
Our latest issue of Dice Engine is live, featuring amazing campaigns from the likes of @thelabpress.bsky.social, @theworldanvil.bsky.social and many more #boardgames diceengine.substack.com/p/neon-nosta...
🌆 Neon, Nostalgia & New Beginnings
6 crowdfunding campaigns that offer cooperative deckbuilders, neon-soaked noir, and campfire confessions
diceengine.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Latest issue in my newsletter, highlighting some awesome upcoming crowdfunding board games.
Genuinely, my wallet cannot take any more games.
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Genuinely, my wallet cannot take any more games.
Wishlisting. Supporting. Looks banging.
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wishlisting. Supporting. Looks banging.
More of this type of coverage please
The board game so comically large that it generates its own gravity will be playable on Steam soon.
www.rogue.site/news/twiligh...
www.rogue.site/news/twiligh...
Space cats are invading Steam with Twilight Imperium Digital
Is it too late to refund the deposit on my gaming table?
www.rogue.site
September 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
More of this type of coverage please
Wishing my life away for ARC Raiders launch day 😭
September 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wishing my life away for ARC Raiders launch day 😭
I'm really struggling to understand some releases at the moment and their (seemingly) lack of sales. Arctic Awakening looks wonderful, it has around 6700 Followers, so around 83,000 wishlists, and yet it peaked at 140 players. store.steampowered.com/app/1275550/...
Save 10% on Arctic Awakening on Steam
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncov...
store.steampowered.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm really struggling to understand some releases at the moment and their (seemingly) lack of sales. Arctic Awakening looks wonderful, it has around 6700 Followers, so around 83,000 wishlists, and yet it peaked at 140 players. store.steampowered.com/app/1275550/...
This is an unbelievable story. @permadeath.bsky.social www.polygon.com/valve-steam-...
Valve apologizes for ruining a Steam game's launch
A decade's worth of work in Steam's early access went down the gutter, and the developers spent almost a year wondering why their game failed
www.polygon.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is an unbelievable story. @permadeath.bsky.social www.polygon.com/valve-steam-...