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2025 MCV/DEVELOP Indie Publisher of the Year! Still Wakes The Deep, NUTMEG!, A Storied Life: Tabitha, A Little to the Left, Loddlenaut & more

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Make Way and Wobbledogs physical editions for Nintendo Switch are available now from retailers including Argos, GAME, and Muller! 🐶🏎️

And that Wobbledogs physical edition for PS4? It's coming next year! 👀
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Cozy Quest Awards are back! 

Stay tuned for those voting links next week, and then join us on Thursday to celebrate the best games of the event. 

www.youtube.com/@SecretMode  

#CozyQuest2025
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your #CozyQuest2025 schedule is here!

We kick off with the Opening Showcase on Monday, followed by three days of the coziest games around— developer interviews, playthroughs, panels and more!

And then to cap it all off...
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Heads up, Wanderers. The first patch for Escape The Backrooms 1.0 is rolling out now! 🚧

This update focuses on fixing a number of community-reported issues, and a few more pesky bugs identified by the team.

Hit the link for full patch notes 👉 store.steampowered.com/news/...
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There's some familiar names here... 👀

Here's a dream team we created in a recent dev team test for NUTMEG!: a football management game that lets you build iconic squads of real players from the 80s and 90s!

Find out more 👇

store.steampowered.com/app/3...
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
They say smashing stuff up is a great stress reliever, so Instruments of Destruction seemed like the perfect game for us to add to the Movember Game 'Stache Charity Bundle!

Get yourself a bunch of awesome games *and* support men's health this Movember 👇

www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mo...
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
As part of #CozyQuest2025 we are running a fundraiser for The Trevor Project!

The Trevor Project is the leading organisation in suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ young people with 24/7 free crisis services, innovative research, advocacy, public education, and peer support.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What goes into getting a demo of your game ready for players?

Cherish and Terry from Lab42 talk about just that in the second Dev Vlog for A Storied Life: Tabitha, out now on YouTube! 👇

youtu.be/iIKnlRkcFZI
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Everything is Crab playtest ended last week, and we wanted to share some fun stats with you!

From player deaths to the top 5 chosen evolutions, there’s a lot of crab- I mean cool things to see. 🦀
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's getting colder but never fear... the coziest event of the year is almost here! ✨

Cozy Quest returns for 2025 on November 17, bringing you discounts, reveals, developer interviews, the Cozy Quest awards and more! And with almost 300 games taking part, it's the biggest one yet!

#CozyQuest2025
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Need a little emotional support for when you're escaping the Backrooms? Preferably in the form of a little plushie friend?

Escape the Backrooms Wanderer Plushies are available to pre-order until November 25th: youtooz.com/products/escape-...
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Two more TIGA Awards for the Secret Mode cabinet!

We're thrilled that Still Wakes The Deep took home awards for Best Visual Design and Creativity in Games last night!
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Good morning campers!

A patch for Pine Hearts has just pitched up on all platforms, zapping a few pesky bugs and issues.

Check the patch notes for all the details: store.steampowered.com/news/app/178...
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Something spooky is coming... 👀
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We had a blast at #FORMAT25 last night!

Thank you to everyone who hung out with us, played some games, and won some prizes, and thank you to FORMAT for putting on such an excellent event!
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to say goodnight as we pack up for the evening...

We had a great time at FORMAT, lots of prizes won, and games played!
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Things are in full swing here at FORMAT!

It's great to see all the seats taken and games being played 🦀⚠️💥⚽️📖
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What's this? 👀

If you're at FORMAT come spin the wheel and win a prize; we've got jumpers, badges, hats, game codes and more!
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We're setting up for FORMAT tonight!

Will we be seeing you there? 👀🦀
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Campers! Did you know that you can hear about Pine Heart’s Tyke’s adventures on this dedicated page?

From visiting rock pools to getting ice-cream, Tyke posts about it all… and there’s more to come soon. 👀

www.tumblr.com/pine-hearts
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You've likely heard of the bends, but what happens if you dive too deep? Sagar shares more of the research and background to Still Wakes The Deep: Siren's Rest, and you can check out the full interview over on YouTube:

youtu.be/Rqq40jSQTjw
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Everything is Crab playtest ends this week on October 30th!! 🦀

You’ve only 3 more days to jump in, mutate, and experience carcinisation before it’s gone for good… for now 👀

zurl.co/ZosA5
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wanderers; Escape the Backrooms 1.0 is here and you've been busy tackling the challenges it holds.

But the backrooms are endless, so here's a glimpse of what’s yet to come… ⚠️

store.steampowered.com/app/1...
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Escape the Backrooms has escaped the liminal space known as Early Access... Version 1.0 is OUT NOW!

Traverse seemingly endless corridors and strange environments with up to four friends in this chaotic horror co-op game, based on the creepy backrooms lore.

store.steampowered.com/app/1...
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Instruments of Destruction is OUT NOW on PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S!

Cause total mayhem in over 130 wild machines over 50 campaign missions, Challenge Mode, and the Build & Destroy campaign, then edit and build your own vehicles for endless destructive fun in the Sandbox.
October 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM