The Fridge

Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM unionizes in the UK: ‘We like being here. We want to continue being here. So let’s try and get a seat at the table in the big management meetings’

Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM has unionized. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, representatives of the studio’s new Workers’ Alliance, as well as company president Ed Tomaszewski, announced the formation of the union and its voluntary recognition by studio management. The announcement comes as ZA/UM has finally started showing off its second game, the upcoming spy RPG…

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One of my favorite survival city builders is leaving early access this month, so here’s your chance to buy it before the price goes up

September sure was chock full o’ city builders, but wait, there’s more! October has a treat in store for all you aspiring mayors, too: survival city builder Farthest Frontier is busting out of early access and going full version 1.0 later this month. This is excellent news for two reasons. First, even from its earliest…

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Amnesia creator Frictional Games teases its next game, and it may be something new but it sure feels like SOMA

Frictional Games, the videogame horrorsmiths responsible for the Penumbra, Amnesia, and SOMA games, is teasing something new—and yes, as you might expect, it looks creepy as hell. The clip that appeared yesterday on YouTube, entitled Frictional_Next_Project.mp4, is actually the culmination of an ARG that, as laid out by Polygon, began last week with a small…

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With Xbox hiking prices and a newly private, $20 billion in the hole EA looking ready to gut Baldur’s Gate series creator BioWare, Larian boss Swen Vincke points out that ‘making games faster and cheaper while charging more has never worked before’

As reported by GamesRadar, Larian studio head and Baldur’s Gate 3 director Swen Vincke has taken to Twitter to remark on the state of the industry following Microsoft’s Game Pass price hike and EA’s purchase by private equity and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, a deal that seems destined to bury Baldur’s Gate…

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‘Now you’ve got no excuses’: Palworld is teaming up with Core Keeper for a Steam Autumn sale bundle because the folks over at Pocketpair are ‘just big fans’

Palworld developer Pocketpair has proved time and again that it’s no stranger to supporting other indie games, whether that be by setting up shop as a publisher to help struggling devs or by simply giving others the shout-out that they deserve. This time, Palworld’s devs are seeking to spread the good word of Core Keeper,…

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