After REPO ‘kinda blew up’, its developer asks the community for advice on how to make matchmaking lobbies

REPO is the latest co-op horror viral sensation, taking the template established by Lethal Company and adding wacky physics and googly-eyed robot protagonists. It’s a combination that has proved wildly popular, with REPO currently positioned as the fourth highest-selling game on Steam. Now, developer semiwork has posted its first community update since the game launched….

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After suing a Disco Elysium writer to prevent him from making his own game, a tech CEO who’s allegedly banned from the Disco Elysium subreddit is trying to crowdfund a spiritual successor

Disco Elysium-like “psychogeographic RPG” Hopetown has announced a Kickstarter campaign launch date of March 17, as well as the addition of new talent from the team that made Disco Elysium. But for a variety of reasons—including that the studio head is allegedly banned from the game’s subreddit—I would not recommend backing the project. The developer’s…

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D review

Nine months ago, in July 2024, AMD launched its Zen 5 CPU architecture and the Ryzen 9000-series of processors. Compared to the previous generation, there wasn’t a significant difference in performance, although subsequent Windows updates and motherboard BIOS revisions did improve matters a touch. For PC gamers, though, the real interest was elsewhere and we…

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Limbo and Inside studio demands compensation from co-founder Dino Patti for alleged ‘unauthorized use of Playdead’s trademarks and copyrighted works’

Playdead, the Danish studio behind Limbo and Inside, is demanding compensation from former CEO and co-founder Dino Patti over alleged “infringement and unauthorized use of Playdead’s trademarks and copyrighted works in a commercial and marketing context.” In an email to Game Developer, Playdead confirmed it has “submitted demands” to Patti, claiming it has “found it…

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