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“Creative Freedom is The Main Advantage of Working as an Indie” – An Interview With Disc 2 Games, A New Studio From Dredge Devs
Disc 2 Games is a brand new indie studio formed by Black Salt Games (Dredge) colleagues Nadia Thorne and Michael “Mikey” Bastiaens, along with Kris Nicholson and Johannes Otte. The team is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. They were happy to talk about the new studio’s ethos, possible game plans for the future, and their …
Schlep Lawyers Up And Roblox Suddenly Cares About Child Safety
The Roblox child safety saga continues this week, as the company suddenly acts on its own policies and implements proper ID verification. Meanwhile, Schlep has been busy working on a documentary with Chris Hansen, and getting involved with law firms. Roblox has come under fire multiple times over the years for its lax child safety …
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Year 2 Roadmap With New Class, Free Anniversary Content on Sept. 4
Anniversary Update Brings The Biggest Patch Yet Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is preparing for another year of relentless battles, with Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive revealing their full Year 2 roadmap. The next chapter begins Sept. 4 when the Anniversary Update lands, described as the game’s largest patch so far. The update will be …
Microsoft Involved With Funding of “Illegal Migrant Simulator” Take Us North
Microsoft’s Role in Funding Take Us North On Aug. 21 during the gamescom congress 2025 event, Karla Reyes, the Founder and Creative Director of Anima Interactive, gave a presentation called “Fiction, Fact, and Social Impact: Authentic Storytelling and Narrative Change through Take Us North.” The game caught attention online and was met with merciless criticism …
Bioshock Creator Reveals New Game Details
Ken Levine, the Creative Director of Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite, and co-founder of Irrational Games, has released the first dev log for his upcoming game, Judas. It’s an immersive sim that shares a lot of DNA with Levine’s previous games, but this time takes place on a disintegrating spaceship and requires teaming up with potential …
Google Could Be About To Deal a Deathblow to Emulator Apps
Google has announced that it’s going to start implementing new security measures for apps. Following similar steps taken on Google Play in 2023, developers will need to verify their identity and app ownership which, on the surface, may help stem the tide of clone games and shovelware flooding the Android ecosystem. However, a knock-on effect …
“You Live Here Now” – Return to Silent Hill Trailer Scares Away Tourists
The first trailer has been released for Return to Silent Hill, a forthcoming film set in the spooky town with an abundance of deadly, sexy nurses. Directed by Christophe Gans, who was behind the original Silent Hill movie (2006), Return to Silent Hill is an adaptation of Silent Hill 2. The new movie follows James …
AAA Studios Face Economic Math That Doesn’t Work, According to Recent Report
Industry Growth Masks Concentration of Power The Bain & Company’s recent Gaming Report 2025 highlights that the global video game market grew by 5% last year, reaching $219 billion in revenue, excluding hardware, advertising, and esports. The prominent global management consultancy firm is best known for its work on tracking customer sentiment in various fields. …
Owlcat’s New Warhammer RPG Trades Heroics For Horror And Heresy
Owlcat Dives into the Inquisition’s Shadow Owlcat Games has released a new developer diary that opens the festering vaults of its next project, Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. Unlike the swaggering opulence of Rogue Trader, this upcoming tactical RPG trades wealth and voidships for suspicion and interrogation. Inspired by the iconic tabletop roleplaying game, Dark Heresy …
Deus Ex Composer Releases Free Compilation of Additional Mankind Divided Tracks
Augmented Music Sascha Dikiciyan, better known as Sonic Mayhem, is a German-born, LA-based musician known for his work on games such The Division, Mass Effect 3, Borderlands, Tron, The Long Dark, Quake II and III, Deus Ex, and the forthcoming Metal Eden. Now, he’s released a free compilation of previously unreleased tracks from Deus Ex: …
Splitgate Devs Jump on Stop Killing Games Bandwagon
1047 Games Made a Splash With Splitgate On its release in May 2019, it married FPS multiplayer action with game-changing portals and drew players in. However, after 1047 Games shuttered the sequel in July this year, players were concerned about the future of the original game. Now, the studio has announced it’s shutting down Splitgate …
AYANEO Reveal Premium Price For Budget Handheld
AYANEO The Chinese tech company behind high-end gamer devices recently revealed its launching a brand new “budget” line, KONKR, that’s set to combine the premium technical expertise of the parent company with a more wallet-friendly price range. Founder Arthur Zang appeared in a series of “Sharing Sessions” in July 2025 to showcase the first device …
Gamescom 2025 Full Roundup
Gamescom ran from Aug. 19 – 24 in Cologne, Germany, and every day brought world premieres, new trailers, and more. The Opening Night Live (ONL) event was viewed by 72 million people, and over 357,000 attended the overall event; both stats mark an improvement on the 2024 expo. In terms of exhibitors, there were 1,568 …
Gamescom 2025 Day 3 Roundup
The weekend starts here! Gamescom 2025, in Cologne, Germany, is running on Aug. 23 and 24 from 09:00 until 20:00 both days, so plenty of time for more exclusives and announcements. But right now, we’re taking a look at the big news from Friday Aug. 22. Take a look. Game Trailers Ubisoft ran its own …
Where Winds Meet Launch Date Confirmed at Gamescom 2025 With Massive New Details
Everstone Studio Brings Wuxia to Life in a Fully Open World The announcement came during Gamescom 2025, where Everstone Studio revealed that Where Winds Meet will release on Nov. 14 for PC and PlayStation 5. Touted as the first original Wuxia open-world action RPG, Where Winds Meet draws from centuries of Chinese storytelling tradition and …
