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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 02/07/2026

we have fancy new art depicting the skybox crew! bask in its brand-enhancing glow! s/o to @madsmatic.bsky.social for the excellent work ❤️

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 04/02/2026

It is done. At last, it is done.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 30/01/2026

Dad, from the other room: "You boys better not be in there, standing tall and shaking the heavens!" The Skybox Bois, 10 hours into the Xenogears podcast:

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

And the 2025 Skybox Game of the Year is… UNBEATABLE (D-Cell Games, Playstack) Congrats to @playstack.com and @dcellgames.com and thanks for a game that perfectly captures the essence and fire of the creative spirit, and the fight against all the forces in the world that seek to stamp it out

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

Our runner-up is Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games) Congrats to @7thbe.at and thanks for the absurdly difficult but absurdly smart musical love story-slash-hospital drama!

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

The hard-earned number 3 slot belongs to and Roger (TearyHand Studio, Kodansha) Congrats to @kodansha.us and TearyHand, and thanks for sharing such a challenging and vulnerable work

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

Settling in at number 4 is Look Outside (Francis Coulombe, Devolver Digital) Congrats to @frankiepixel.bsky.social and @devolverdigital.com and thanks for an incredibly strange, intriguing, horrifying, and darkly funny RPG we won't soon forget

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

We're in the top five now! Number 5 is Bounty Star (Annapurna Interactive, DINOGOD) Congrats to @annapurna.com and the team at DINOGOD - thanks for telling a sincere story about surviving the worst day of your life. And ofc properly using mecha as a vehicle for existential crisis, as god intended

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

Number 6 is Digimon Story Time Stranger (Bandai Namco, Media.Vision) Congrats to Media.Vision and Bandai Namco, which as of the past hour or so is still not on Bluesky!

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

Our number 7 pick is Camille and Laura (BonjourBorzoi) Congrats to @bonjourborzoi.bsky.social and thanks for making one of the only games about parenting we've played that really captures the real life challenges (and joys) of raising a child

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

Next up, number 8 is The Midnight Walk (Fast Travel Games, MoonHood) Congrats to @fasttravelgames.com and @moonhood.bsky.social and thanks for a fascinating story that effectively uses VR as a perspective-oriented tool (and keeping the vibe intact for the non-VR port!)

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

Number 9 is Silent Hill F (Konami, NeoBards) Congrats to @konamina.bsky.social and shout-outs for producing a AAA franchise entry that's About Something

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

In spot number 10, we have Elden Ring Nightreign (Bandai Namco, FromSoftware) Congrats to @fromsoftware-pr.bsky.social and Bandai Namco, which is not on Bluesky!

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/01/2026

Folks, after five and a half hours of metaphorical blood, probable sweat, and some actual, for real tears, we have decided on the official, first-ever Skybox Game of the Year list for 2025. As we prepare to unleash the podcast and articles, follow this thread for our list of winners!

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 19/08/2025

(if you wanna know what this means, listen to Beyond the Skybox: After Hours episode 1, which we're recording now)

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 21/07/2025

SKYBOX STREAM At roughly 8:00 PM ET, @edgarallanbro.bsky.social and @hokutolucas.bsky.social will be playing Capcom's THE PUNISHER (and maybe another brawler after) instead of recording a podcast Tune in at www.twitch.tv/skyboxcritics

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 20/07/2025

To celebrate updating our handle (and site visuals) let's see who makes the Skybox circle!

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 02/06/2025

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/05/2025

playing desktop survivors as DOOM over the DOOM slayer playing DOOM II in the fortress of DOOM in DOOM eternal

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 14/05/2025

playing desktop survivors over a skybox staff meeting

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 12/05/2025

playing desktop survivors over the skybox profile

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 11/05/2025

Skybox editors @edgarallanbro.bsky.social and @hokutolucas.bsky.social tearing it up at karaoke (kinda adjacent to PAX East)

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