Review: Monument Valley 3 (Switch) – A Beautiful Piece Of Work In Need Of A Touch Up

Please, don’t touch the artwork. There’s something nostalgic about going back to Monument Valley. Ustwo’s indie hit debuted on mobile in 2014 and helped establish (at least for a mainstream audience) that the mobile space could include the artistry of the wider indie games scene with thoughtful, immaculately presented, perspective-bending puzzlers alongside all the clickers…

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John Romero says indies are the future of game development: ‘These people are the ones that make triple-A studios go, ‘Wait a minute, we need to start doing this”

I wouldn’t blame you for feeling like the games industry is in a dire state. Microsoft’s recent layoffs and studio closures are just the latest in a years-long, industry-wide bloodletting where successful game releases don’t provide any protection against corporate downsizing. Things aren’t great at the moment, but legendary shooter designer John Romero says that…

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Open Fridge EP: 42 Arcade 1up is Back? | Microtransactions Are Fun? | Fried Pickle Tacos

Viewer Poll: Are Microtransactions Fun? 1. Link Support (Affiliate Links) Become a Member, https://www.youtube.com/@izzrealgaming8110/featured https://www.youtube.com/@JamesHatesEverything https://www.youtube.com/@nerdloungemaster84 2. What’s the Deal? – Gaming Deals Roundup This week’s must-see discounts & bundles: https://tinyurl.com/yws2lula – Humble Borderlands X Wonderlands Bundle https://tinyurl.com/23mu6myj – PS5 Slim- ASTRO BOT Bundle https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/xboxconsoles -Xbox Deals 3. Subscription Services Updates https://blog.playstation.com/2025/06/25/playstation-plus-monthly-games-for-july-a-big-thank-you-to-players-for-15-wonderful-years/ https://blog.playstation.com/2025/07/09/playstation-plus-game-catalog-for-july-cyberpunk-2077-abiotic-factor-banishers-ghosts-of-new-eden-and-more/ https://www.purexbox.com/guides/xbox-game-pass-all-games-coming-soon-in-july-2025 Descenders…

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Bloodlines 2 studio The Chinese Room has bought its own independence, but also laid off employees for the second time in two months

As reported by Game Developer, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has bought its own independence from former owner Sumo Digital, but laid off an undisclosed number of employees in the process, bringing its total headcount to 55⁠. The management buyout was done with the help of venture capital funding, and…

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Gabe Newell says AI is a ‘significant technology transition’ on a par with the emergence of computers or the internet, and will be ‘a cheat code for people who want to take advantage of it’

The co-founder of Valve Corporation, Gabe Newell, recently gave an interview to YouTuber Zalkar Saliev. The ocean-going billionaire shares his thoughts on everything from his daily routine to startup culture, but one of the largest themes is AI: and the “funny situation” Newell foresees whereby people who can’t code become “more effective developers of value”…

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Guide: Best Virtual Boy Games

Every Virtual Boy game ranked by you. Today marks the Virtual Boy’s 30th birthday, so we thought now was the right time to tidy up this list and republish it to honour what may well be Nintendo’s weirdest console ever. Plus, now, it’s ranked by you lovely lot. Enjoy! Nintendo is an odd company in…

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Abiotic Factor 1.0 release date—When to expect Cold Fusion’s new story, upgrades, and traders in your timezone

The Abiotic Factor 1.0 update is almost here, finally bringing the Half-Life-inspired survival crafting adventure to its first version complete milestone. As far as early access games go, it’s been a brief and fairly consistent journey—the rare, smooth roadmap rollout since Abiotic Factor’s early release in May 2024. Over the last year, developer Deep Field…

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This incredibly frustrating metronome ‘will never, ever, tick exactly once per second’ in order to thwart the goals of Hackaday’s One Hertz Challenge

Some people want to watch the world burn. Others, however, will take the simplest of instructions and deliberately subvert them in the most creative manner possible in order to cause maximum irritation—and I love those people. Case in point, IT manager Mike Coats, who has submitted his entry for Hackaday’s One Hertz Challenge, the Metronalmost….

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