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Over the past two weeks, I have played more than 120 Steam demos for recently released and upcoming games. Here's a thread showcasing some of my favorites in no particular order, with links to their Steam and Bluesky pages (if I could track one down) so you can try them out for yourself:

It's fascinating how Platinum Games are seemingly able to reproduce the peculiarities of the Ninja Gaiden games, both good and bad. Curious how it plays. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA70...

Playing the Shadow Warrior remake on Steam Deck. I sometime laugh at the jokes and then I feel shame.

I think that Gladiator 2 is a significantly better movie than the first one.

Camera shake is my nemesis.

Almost daily now, copy & paste will stop working correctly in Visual Studio Code and I have to restart it.

Pretty late playing the Constance demo and I am excited. I love the look and animations both striking and subtle, the music is wonderful, controls and gameplay are on point and I hope that the finished game still helps you avoid menus as much as possible. store.steampowered.com/app/2313700/...

I like the idea of Akuma lighting the candles one by one in anticipation of having a guest in his cave.

I am not proud of myself but I would probably pay good money for new ports of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess that run with high framerates and (more importantly) remove the battle music that fades in and out every couple of seconds.

A new way to animate! I’ve been working on this for months with a friend ✨ It’s an add-on for #blender3d #b3d Available here : dedouze.gumroad.com/l/fsbdw

There was a time when a new Gears game would be released every 3 years like clockwork. Gears 5 came out in 2019 and the announced Gears E-Day is NOT the game The Coalition is working on, so their game is gonna come significantly later. Why? www.eurogamer.net/bulletstorm-...

I didn't expect Devolver to devolve to corporate speak so quickly as soon as layoffs are involved www.eurogamer.net/devolver-dig...

I woke up today feeling regret that I ordered two bright yellow chargers that cost me around 5$.

First try with Facebook AI on WhatsApp.

What is the point of Switch 2 if it doesn't even have Halo on it?

I played probably 1000 hours of the Puyo Puyo Tetris demo on the Switch. I was happy with it except the video recording function didn't work. I bought the game to have that unlocked but the recording also doesn't work on the full version. I want my money back!

Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more! indiegamepublishing.com

301 #gamedevs donated their games to the California Fire Relief Bundle $10 for 400 games/books/assets includding hits like Tangle Tower, Catlateral Damage, and Hidden Folks, as well as a few gems you've never heard of! buy now: itch.io/b/2863/calif...

I finished WatchDogs Legion and it is probably one of my top 3 open world games. I loved that there are loads of systems almost chrashing on each other and that there are loads of approached that sometimes almost break the game. The animations are worse than in WatchDogs 1.

I am going through a video that shows snippets of all PS2 games ever released and I was reminded there is a game called "Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure". I didn't understand what any of this means back then and I don't understand it now.

Remember duckface?

I wonder if Hideki Kamiya left Platinum because they tried to force him to work on Ninja Gaiden.

You can watch the full Insert Coin documentary on Youtube now for free and I highly recommend it. Great insight into the wild days of Midway and general 90s arcade/game development back in the day.

I am going through an official Epic tutorial for "my first game". I needed three hours to follow the first 20 minutes. I am placing grass and nanite rocks with complicated materials but haven't got a moving character yet. #UE5 dev.epicgames.com/community/le...