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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 10/10/2026

Very happy for the @ludogram.io team to see so many players in Invokyr.

SteamDB screenshot showing 8,863 concurrent users on Invokyr

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 30/09/2026

💯 That's now the second ship I got from Alex... They have a different design every year.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 30/09/2026

Best take away from DICE Athens (and the content was great!). Thanks to @alexdlmr.bsky.social !

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 21/09/2026

Made it to DICE Europe. Ping me to meet there. Thank you @official-aias.bsky.social for the welcome package.

DICE badge and DICE goodie bag (Greek honey!)

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 09/09/2026

That original illustration from @aleksibriclot.bsky.social for his playmat KS is very 😍😍😍

Escort Quest - a new original illustration from Aleksi Briclot - it depicts a mage rabbit and a fighter mouse escorting a large snail through the woods.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 04/09/2026

An observation from gamescom - the number of booths of aggregators of indie games is going up. But notably, lots of them are run by country trade bodies. A few examples.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 03/09/2026

Hey @backerkit.com - could you add Bluesky to the social share buttons? If Kickstarter is doing it, so should you.

Backerkit screenshot with the social share buttons highlighted: Twitter, Facebook, Email.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 02/09/2026

But I would have a hard time to recommend the event to anyone. Even if you want to develop in Korea, there are many things you can do before attending G-Star. And you most likely arrange better business meetings outside of the event at another moment of the year.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 02/09/2026

I was _very_ disappointed. The B2B side of the event had shrunk a lot from the last time I attended. Like, half the size of what it was at best. And it has lost its international audience. For our own business, Busan Indie Connect is very likely more pertinent.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 01/09/2026

The number of exhibitors has constantly gone up. This data point is the most telling of the changes the video games industry has gone through. It also tells a story of how much more difficult it is to stand out at the event: the same amount of people are now targeted by a larger number of companies.

graph of the number of exhibitors at gamescom from 2009 to 2026

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 01/09/2026

I am a data fiend. I collect the events numbers year after year. Here are how the 2026 gamescom numbers compares to previous years: - visitors are up, but not passed the pre-COVID high (2018 and 2019 were higher) - trade visitors are all time high (already the case last year)

graph of the number of visitors at gamescom from 2009 to 2026

graph of the number of trade visitors at gamescom from 2009 to 2026

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 01/09/2026

Nintendo is the largest employer in Germany (965ppl / 8% of the german video game industry) Then Ubisoft (615 / 5%)

Top 20 companies per number of employees in Germany.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 01/09/2026

More than half of the console games are bought physically. The 20-29 yo age group buys online the most.

%tage of games bought online on PC, consoles, and total

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 01/09/2026

I was asked for the number of games with 50+ reviews / 100+ reviews / 1,000+ reviews. Here are last week releases for those:

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 31/08/2026

And we have now past 700 releases a week on Steam. A month earlier than I expected.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 27/08/2026

End of day 2. Some of us have more fun at gamescom than others.

Trash Goblin plushie in a Mighty Merch tote bag.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 27/08/2026

New Business hall for GDC 2027 and a new pass to take advantage of it (your meeting guest doesn't need a pass - up to two guests per day). USD 99 That price point might move business meeting to GDC.

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GDC week.
• Business Hall access (Mon-Fri)
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GDC Nights (Developer's Concert,
Game Developers Choice Awards
(GDCA), and Independent Games
Festival (IGF) Awards)

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 26/08/2026

And it seems me and @thefiror.bsky.social had a debate about the height of someone from back in the days?

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 26/08/2026

gamescom day 1! To celebrate, some pictures from day 0 and the Dark Age of Camelot panel at gamescom dev.

Panel 25th anniversary of Dark Age of Camelot

Eugene Evans, Rahim Attaba, Thomas Bidaux

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 25/08/2026

I am ready for the panel later today (4.15pm gamescom dev). Looking forward to see @thefiror.bsky.social

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 25/08/2026

Gamescom day 0 Leg 1 - Brighton to London With my travel buddies

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 14/08/2026

Is the notification a follow came through a starter pack a recent addition or been there for a while?

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 13/08/2026

The projects highlighted in this Kickstarter newsletter are VERY different.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 13/08/2026

I will be part of the DAoC 25 years anniversary panel at gamescom dev, along with @thefiror.bsky.social (and others not on Bluesky). It should be a lot of fun, even though 1h is not a lot of time to cover that period rich in events!

gamescom dev promo image for the panel: 'Dark Age of Camelot' at 25: A Transatlantic MMO Story

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM · 1 hr. (Europe/Berlin)
Stage 15 - Confex Level 2

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 13/08/2026

Eclipse on the Brighton beach (this is from the front facing camera - didn't face that hot ball of fire with no glasses).

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 11/08/2026

You can add a note with your friend request on Discord. Finally!!!

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 03/08/2026

New weekly record - we will have a week with 700 releases soon.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 30/07/2026

This is the breakdown of the Cult of The Lamb board game pledges. I think it is very easy to think of it as a £60 game - but in reality, the success of the campaign (financial success) relies on the £250 version.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 23/07/2026

I am currently slightly obsessed by the @99pi.org series "a History of the United States in 100 objects". It had led me to start putting together my own list of objects about France. I am currently at item 41. And yes, the 3rd item that I added to the list was a raclette machine...

This is the same model I use at home - my responsible adult doesn't like raclette, so this works very well for one person.

Funnily enough, I think the raclette machine is a great story about french dinner parties, and how we invite friends home to eat.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 23/07/2026

I am here for the historically accurate pringles

Screenshot showing odysseus being fed what really really looks like a pringle.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 22/07/2026

When you have @olima.bsky.social praising you for the way you made an email introduction, you know did something right (or super mega wrong).

Email reading: Lmao incredible intro, thanks Thomas!

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