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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I so hope this is true but what does this look like without Japan Studio

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Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

PR people and devs, I’m covering on the IGN news team until the end of the year. You can get me on my personal email: kirkules.mck(at)gmail.com

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that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

another day in the layoff industry

My bad Canva edit of a tweet about feeding game studios to shareholders

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Games media cuts have felt unending for a while, but the mood feels especially grim among indie outlets with the latest wave of layoffs. More than ever, if the game industry values its media, it needs to support them. Buy some advertising, sponsor content, purchase subs. It makes a big difference.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Rollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com · 24/09/2026

i am going to regret what this is going to do to my inbox but it's The Busy Time so: if you're a freelancer that covers games and don't ALREADY hear from GR+ editors on the regular, hit me up: rollin dot bishop at futurenet dot com

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve been really missing Oxventure recently, they were my introduction into D&D and why I started playing TTRPGs. The first campaign I ran was Blades in the Dark because of their series, and I loved the shift to something more serious with Wyrdwood. Hope this isn’t a permanent hiatus

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“and make it sound like you!” buddy do I have the hack for you

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Every time Onimusha WOTS plonks me in a dungeon I have the time of my life, think the game is just excellent. And then it returns me to its little open world to run about for a bit and kill time and I’m just like…why? Just send me straight to the next dungeon and boss please

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you are a parent playing Wolverine who feels like they are enjoying/appreciating it in ways unique to being a parent gamer with limited time and energy I would love to chat for a potential short feature ethan.gach@kotaku.com

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Game critics, if you ever struggle to review a game in the meager time allotted to you, let PR know in an email. We can take that feedback and incorporate it into reports. Doesn't mean a CEO/director will see reason, but it's at least one more way we can fight to make things better for next time.

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Gary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When "white sauce" in fish pie Contains cheese, it’s a lie. That’s a mornay.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026

It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA

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Steam Hype

Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

every device should strive to be more like the Gameboy Advance SP

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5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

incredible magazine cover

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Huh how weird they must have forgotten to add StarCraft 3 to this somewhere?

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This has also meant that I’m finally able to play Dark Dawn Tell you what, this is excellent so far, feels like a great evolution of the GS formula

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This has had me thinking about what Nintendo franchises have been missing from the Switch/Switch 2 era, which would be fun to have back Golden Sun Wario Land Dillon's Rolling Western Chibi-Robo Earthbound Kid Icarus Punch-Out It'd be particularly cool to see Camelot going back to their JRPG roots

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Took me nearly 25 years but I finally finished Golden Sun: The Lost Age! Picked it up on GBA as a kid and loved it because it was basically Pokemon with swords, but never made it very far at all

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hey, Project C has a name! PRECOGNITION. Excited to be collaborating with newly launched @kineticpub.bsky.social on this, our wildest ride yet!

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Kinetic Publishing @kineticpub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

5 incredible games. 5 incredible games. We're honoured to be working with teams around the world to bring Contact Protocol, Crescent County, Aether Wizard Life, Shellbound and PRECOGNITION to life. Rewatch our first Showcase here: youtu.be/N-YAsIYW_xk

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Come on let us cheat just a little as a treat

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Tom O @vgtomo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Big news! @apzonerunner.com and I have launched a new video games website. @respec.net is our attempt to create a highly curated multi-format site that has that club feel you used to get from the best magazines (and frankly, my beloved VideoGamer back in the day) www.respec.net/feature/87-w...

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Welcome to Respec: A word from the Editors | Respec

Welcome to our new little corner of the internet. Why a new video game website, and why now? Allow us to explain...

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is something I’ve been thinking about in the wake of PS stuff - I know the digital split is high as a total, but what about traditional single player games? Over 25% of Requiem sales being physical is still a lot, nearly a million units sold physically!

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Emma Kent @goneefk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Increasingly feels like the games industry is telling me to just go play outside

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The whiplash this past week regarding everything Xbox is among the most extreme I can recall seeing in the games industry. Going from a hopeful, exciting showcase to the worst possible news. The absurdity of all this is staggering. :(

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

South of Midnight is one of the coolest games to come out in the last few years, this sucks so bad

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Lizzy (attack regardless of target) @icecreamjones.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

he is still one of the all time British posters

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Tom O @vgtomo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Games are great fun when you're just messing around with them and not thinking about absolutely anything else even slightly related to them.

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Megan 'enjoys Halloween' Bidmead @meganbidmead.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My timeline right now: Person A: this Direct is excellent Person B: this Direct is absolute shite The duality of man, etc

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Finished this up last night and it's so damn good, really glad to see it's doing well

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My favourite thing about World Cup season

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Seen a few people be like “but I don’t want to play all of these” and I don’t think that’s the point? The previous Hot Wheels racers have done well, for example, but what could be an impulse buy any other month is absolutely drowned by Control, Onimusha, and Silent Hill

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I’m not even a big Mass Effect guy but this looks fantastic

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Donkey Kong Country Returns: Kremling Karnage announced, completing the DKC Returns trilogy

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Why does this look like one of those bad mobile game ads

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Matt Lorrigan @mattlorrigan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I too enjoyed Sony’s “hey look we’ve ditched the whole live-service games thing, we’ve gone back to PS4-era third person action games” presentation

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