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Jordan Mellow @jrdmellow.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"If you want a games industry that keeps on making games that you will love ... it has to be stable. It has to be an industry that lets the people in it build careers, lives, and families around being craftspeople who make games fantastic." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXM3...

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The Games Industry Is Done With Employees

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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 11/05/2026

New on GMTK! How Rockstar fit an entire city into PlayStation 2 memory youtu.be/cIbCxbrBCys

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How Rockstar fit an entire city into PlayStation 2 memory

YouTube video by Game Maker's Toolkit

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Jordan Mellow @jrdmellow.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Hyped that this is finally announced, but there's so much more to show! I can't wait 😁

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Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn @rageborngame.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

You can still ignore it for now.

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Sam Bloomberg @xbloom.io · 24/10/2025

Wrote a long technical dive into some internals of Unreal's world partition because I've had to go quite deep into this stuff in the last couple of years. Basically none of the internals are documented, so maybe this will be helpful to someone. xbloom.io/2025/10/24/u...

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Unreal's World Partition: Internals

This is a sort of stream-of-consciousness document explaining how world partition works under the hood. This is not a general overview of world partition, nor is it an explanation of how to use world...

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum". PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...

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The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members

YouTube video by People Make Games

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André Cardoso @andremc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Recently had the opportunity to build 3 demos to demonstrate the power of game feel!

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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 31/10/2025

DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY TIME DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY TIME DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY TIME DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY TIME DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY TIME DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY TIME DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY TIME DO NOT DISCUSS UNIONS ON COMPANY T

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.

Screenshot from SRIV, four spheres in different skin shades

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This seems outrageously cruel. And just a handful of months before these folks would have been set to enjoy the release of one of the biggest games of their careers too. The imbalance of power in the games industry remains utterly fucked.

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 31/10/2025

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

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Jordan Mellow @jrdmellow.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Let's fucking go Ubi HFX! 💪

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

PSA for everyone going to protests

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Dan Reynolds @dannthr.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Great talk on extending UE workflows by Angel Flores of @tanglewoodgames.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovpi... Workflow acceleration like this is something I see a lot of #GameAudio folks sleeping on when doing their work in-Editor, middleware or not.

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Extending the Editor: Making the Most of Unreal Engine’s Existing Framework | Unreal Fest 2024

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🍁Kevin 🆖 @gamehole.itch.io · 04/03/2025

I'm putting together a Canada game dev starter pack in response to this idiotic tariff war so people can support Canada-based game devs through follows / purchases if they choose to. Reply if you're a game dev in Canada and you want to be on it. Please repost. Thanks!

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The big takeaway here is that Reuters won this case against the AI company on grounds they violated fair use—the judge found the AI company was guilty because, in using copyrighted works to generate its output, it “meant to compete... by developing a market substitute.” Huge.

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Matt T. Wood @matttwood.dev · 15/02/2025

Pretty wild that this actually happened 🤯

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Nina Marotta ☢️💙 @mrschief7.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Yeah because a coworker telling me, a Jew, to add gas chambers to my level was totally fake. Because that same coworker constantly making comments about my skin and makeup and hair was fake. Because the threats I received online were fake. You're right, Bobby. Totally fake.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The word is Scab for the people using it and those saying the soft takes are probably also using it or playing both sides and hedging bets but in any case also scabs.

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Chris Murphy @highlyspammable.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It's pretty common for folks to prototype spaces in Unreal using the default colour scheme and simply never change it. Often something more vibrant with stronger contrast is more helpful for readability and it takes about 30 seconds to tweak the colours for your style of game to help design. #UETips

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 09/02/2025

Anybody positing that the problem with the games industry is that devs are too expensive is gonna get an instant block. For the cost of one EA CEO you could afford 213 devs making $120k apiece. Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hey! We are looking for one intern each for design, production and engineering! LA office for the duration of the placement. if you’re a dev and you have been mentoring someone in these areas please recommend them! job-boards.greenhouse.io/gravitywell

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Gravity Well

<div class="flex flex-2"> <div class="col col2 first"> <p>Hi! Welcome to Gravity Well. We're a brand new independent game dev studio and we believe the time is right to shake things up in AAA game dev...

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Dozens of developers reportedly impacted by another round of cuts at Hi-Rez Studios. These layoffs come on top of job cuts in October 2024 and June 2023 www.gamesindustry.biz/dozens-of-de...

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Dozens of developers reportedly impacted by another round of cuts at Hi-Rez Studios

At least 20 staff have lost their jobs following another round of cuts at Smite developer Hi-Rez Studios.

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Sharundaar @sharundaar.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Someone asked so I made a quick graph of your usual UserWidget lifetime, the Slate widget exists from RebuildWidget onward (meaning GetCachedWidget will return something and you need to sync any uobject property to the slate widget) #UE5 #Unreal #UMG

Graph of a typical UUserWidget lifetime, from creation to garbage collection

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Davit Masia - GameDev & PixelArt @davitmasia.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

GameDev MEGA Bundle ⚡️ 32 Items ⚡️ 90% OFF !! Get here > itch.io/b/2876/ Now includes a 5000 Retro SFX pack and SpriteMancer by @codemanu.bsky.social DRM FREE & UP to 4 Steam Keys. 32 items: Games, Tools, SFX, Textures... #GameAssets #Gamedev #Indiedev

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Liana Ruppert @dirtyeffinhippy.lianaruppert.com · 29/01/2025

To post about layoffs without directly owning up to the action is disappointingly shitty. If you’re going to do it, be honest. Love my friends at BioWare, they are incredible people that just want to make incredible adventures and have the resources to do it. This isn’t right.

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Reflector confirms more layoffs after Unknown 9 falls short of expectations The project was billed as the start of a sprawling transmedia universe but that plan has now been shelved www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ref...

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Reflector confirms more layoffs after Unknown 9 falls short of expectations

The project was billed as the start of a transmedia universe but that plan has now been shelved.

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Ironically saying that you won’t make a product with ‘any social or political agendas’ IS an inherently political stance to make, so you already beefed it on that one, guys!!!!!!

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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 10/01/2025

Snackbar Studio is looking for a 2D Game Animator to help them on their first title, The SnackBar at the End of the World: a top-down, chill-action RPG for PC. 🛰️ Remote, Full-time 💵 €65k-€80k/year 🖥️ #MadeinUnity ⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️ #gamedev #gamejobs #gamedevjobs #remotejob #remotegamejobs

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Snackbar Studio is hiring a 2D Game Animator

Snackbar Studio is hiring a full-time, contract 2D animator familiar with Unity to lead the animations on our funded, indie title

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Remote Game Jobs @remotegamejobs.com · 10/01/2025

Indie Lunacy Studios is looking for Unreal Engine 5 Programmer to join their team working a narrative-driven 3D puzzle adventure game set in the Islamic Golden Age. 📆 Contract 🌐 REMOTE (between UTC -8 and UTC +3) remotegamejobs.com/jobs/lunacy-... #gamejobs #gamedevjobs #UE5 #remotegamejobs

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Nina Marotta ☢️💙 @mrschief7.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Is it too soon to talk about how, in a climate crisis, forced relocation for work that can be done remotely is not only is class violence but plain stupid? Maybe the entire film, animation, and games industries should not be in one geographical area. Just maybe.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/01/2025

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

What we found was one of the very worst examples of workplace abuse in the history of this industry. That may sound hyperbolic. I really don't think it is. Here's our investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9H... (5/7)

PMG's video thumbnail for the most recent investigation, showing an illustrated representation of Christa Sydney slapping her own face.

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 06/01/2025

I don't mean to brag, but we are a four day work-week studio and I think more should try it out!

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Pirate Software @piratesoftware.live · 23/12/2024

Every time I start a game client there is a chance that my machine BSODs due to having a 14th gen intel CPU. For the first time in my life I am going AMD at the end of this month. Done with this trash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdm...

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Intel's Biggest Failure in Years: Confirmed Oxidation & Excessive Voltage

YouTube video by Gamers Nexus

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Chris Murphy @highlyspammable.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

A new one: we have a cool sample up for PCG called the Cassini Sample. This is an accompanying sample to the excellent presentation from the recent Unreal Fest covering new features in 5.5 by @slinkyinvasion.bsky.social and @julienlheureux.bsky.social. Get it here: www.fab.com/listings/3f7...

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Matthew Mercer @matthewmercer.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Happy to be a part of this fantastic charity initiative with such wonderful people. Today, It has begin…

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Jordan Mellow @jrdmellow.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Americans are about to become very acquainted with the term "jury nullification" 😅

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Ubisoft kills XDefiant and closes studios in San Francisco and Osaka Half of the XDefiant team are moving onto other projects, but 277 developers will "likely" be laid off www.gamedeveloper.com/production/u...

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Ubisoft kills XDefiant and closes studios in San Franciso and Osaka

Half of the XDefiant team are moving onto other projects, but 277 developers will "likely" be laid off.

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Jordan Mellow @jrdmellow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

277 people laid off just weeks before the holidays. Disgusting.

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Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

ubisoft laying off hundreds of people in *december* is just evil honestly

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Gotta imagine the programmers and such that actually work on Unity engine proper are having a day right now They've collectively spent the last year and change trying to reach out and imply that really, the C-suite got cleared out, things are changing! and now just... haaaaaa, up in smoke

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a man holds a glass in front of a sign that says the terminal list

Alt: a man toasting a fire ? seemingly

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Jessica Rizzo 🖤✨ @techjess.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Currently seeking gamedev opportunities I have most of my experience in QA (10+ years) with my most recent position being Lead Test Analyst please send me leads 🙏🏻

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