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Thomas Reisenegger_xcx @olima.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dressmaker launch was PRETTY WILD!! huge congrats to the @cozylivesgames.bsky.social team!! if any creators / press are after review codes, please just shout

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Amanita Design 📣 @amanita-design.net · 09/09/2026

Calling all point-and-click devs! 📣 Can't wait for this one. A celebration the genre, hosted together with our friends @rustylake.com 🎉

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Valentina Birke @violencia.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

📢 Public service announcement: gamescom is a work event. Women there are working, not looking for a date. If you can’t handle being around a woman without making it weird, stay home. Thanks for coming to my annual TED talk.

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 26/07/2026

Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc

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mauronl.bsky.social @mauronl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Pretty great deal on Hell is Us in the Xbox Store right now. The Deluxe Edition is 80% off until July 15th, which is a pretty steep discount. Very underrated game you should check out!

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Last year, there have seen 134 showcases offering more than 200 hours of world premieres and trailers. This June there are 27 of them scheduled so far. Get all the times, dates and direct links here: gameconfguide.com#showcase

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

See you all next year in Croatia.

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

So I just got an email to start preparing for networking at GDC 2025. WTF? Did anyone else received this?

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is a must play. Cant wait for the release.

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ICO 👁️ @icopartners.com · 27/04/2026

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀! We're organizing a a 4-day Steam Festival called Unmistakable to celebrate art and animation in games. Currently aiming for October 2026. We aim to put together 4 days of demos, discounts, artist talks, masterclasses, speed-painting sessions and more. Link below 👇

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Imagine a world without GDC. Would you miss it? I would.

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The moment we all been waited for. Demo for a new game from my favourite studio in the world. Cant wait!

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Usefull, always up-to-date guide to your first, 5th, 10th GDC. A must read if you are attending.

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Two more days till The Game Awards. The good news is, there are showcases to watch.

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Road to The Game Awards starts here: 👇👇👇

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Game Conference Guide @gameconf.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Showcases to watch today: 🎄BIG Winter Showcase @ 5PM CET (@clemmygames.bsky.social) Get all the links and details how to watch them here: gameconfguide.com#showcase

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Had an opportunity to attend DICE Europe in Scotland and I loved it.

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Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Ouch but.... Not false. We need people to drop the excel sheets and get in early, get in and take risk instead of just being fucking middlemen. If you're taking revenue % - fucking earn it.

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Feels like it was yesterday. This project helped me to overcome tough period during Covid, and I am beyond happy you are still using it. Thank you.

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ICO 👁️ @icopartners.com · 23/09/2025

How can events be rated equally for everyone? Read @spacejunker.bsky.social’s article to learn more about this topic, which also draws on notions our CEO @icotom.icopartners.com had put together about events. 🔗https://gameconferenceguide.substack.com/p/how-to-rate-events-equally-for-everyone

How can events be rated equally for everyone? Read Pavol Buday’s article for 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 to learn more about this topic, which also draws on notions our CEO Thomas Bidaux had put together about events.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 22/09/2025

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Well, see you at the Festival of Gaming, I guess.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 26/08/2025

To give more context, those numbers are 2017-level for pre-COVID gamescom for visitors, but the highest number ever for trade visitors (previous record was 2015 with about 33k).

graph showing gamescom visitors per year from 2013 to 2025

graph showing gamescom trade visitors per year from 2013 to 2025

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Rounding up the gamescom showcases...

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Okomotive @okomotive.ch · 21/08/2025

Herdling is OUT NOW! We’re stoked to finally invite you on this journey 🐐🦬🐏⛰️ Get the game now on Steam, Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S or Game Pass, links below! We’ll give away 5 Steam keys among everyone who reposts this 🎉🎉🎉

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

A reminder where to find all links to showcases during #gamescom and beyond.

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Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 18/08/2025

Hey folks! Embargoed review keys for Demonschool go out TODAY, and we also want to give that opportunity to streamers/creators. If you are interested in streaming or making video about Demonschool please fill out this form! If you know someone who might be interested, tag them or send it to them!

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

In case you missed how to watch summer showcases during gamescom week and beyond.

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Game Conference Guide @gameconf.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Are you tuned to #Gamescom2025 yet? Here are all the showcases scheduled: 1️⃣Opening Night Live 2️⃣Xbox Showcase 3️⃣Into the Infinite 4️⃣Future Game Show 5️⃣Awesome Indies 6️⃣Bethesda Updates Get all the links, times and details how to watch them here: gameconfguide.com#showcase

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Panic @panic.com · 31/07/2025

Time Flies is OUT NOW!! For Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Mac/PC. On sale for a limited time. Hand-crafted, delightful, short and sweet. And most of all: fun. timeflies.buzz 🪰 Spread the word!

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Panic @panic.com · 30/07/2025

TIME FLIES TOMORROW!! timeflies.buzz

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FatbotGames @fatbotgames.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🚨RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 HORDELORD IS UNLEASHING AUGUST 18th 2025! 💥PREPARE TO GET BOOMING 💥 👇WISHLIST BELOW👇

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Ste Curran (https://mindset.game 🟨🔺🔵) @stecurran.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I've been waiting three years to post this. Mindset is a new type of puzzle, a mix of observation and logic. Think Sudoku, Picross, Connections and... none of those. It's new. The first videogame version is called Mindset Go!. It's out soon on iOS and Android. I really hope you like it. 🟨🔺🔵

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Last of the summer showcases before Steam opens up the flood gates with playable demos is tonight.

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Game Conference Guide @gameconf.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#SummerGameFest continues today with these showcases: 1️⃣Ñ3 Summer Showcase 2️⃣Xbox Games Showcase - @xbox.com 3️⃣PC Gaming Show - @pcgamer.com 4️⃣RPG Direct - @nokogodo.com 5️⃣IGN Live - @ign.com All showcases & links how to watch are here: gameconfguide.com#showcase

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Today, 8 summer showcases are scheduled. Get all the links to streams below:

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Get ready for Summer Game Fest and all the showcases:

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Thomas Reisenegger_xcx @olima.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

games marketing tip: even if you do not like TikTok PLEASE do post your trailers there!! those are often some of our biggest posts recent example below from a nice team that got 600k views and 2k Wishlists from a single trailer post

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Summer of trailers starts today

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Next 7 days is going to be showcase madness. Prepare for avalanche of trailers and announcements.

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

There are 19 summer showcases scheduled so far. Brace yourself.

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Did sme cleaning over the weekend. If you are looking for the most up-to-date calendar of events, look no further: gameconfguide.com

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 17/03/2025

Here is the 2025 bingo card. Not a very joyous one again.

ICO Industry Bingo 2025
The "we survived, now what?" Edition

Record Profits
Record Layoffs
Ubisoft's Fate
GTA VI
Costs of development in LATAM/SEA
CN company closing a US studio
Veterans starting a new studio
Reboot of a Franchise
Loss of ground for DEI messaging
GenAl
Switch 2 Speculations
Studio moving away from VR
Free Square
Steam Next Fest Performance
Godot
Unions
High Costs of US development
Studio down to their skeleton crew
Have you tried Waymo?
Lack of funding
New Steam Festival
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Kickstarter
New Game Showcase
Games in perpetual review

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Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Check out all the GDC showcases, side-events and activities happening next week. Bonus: two party lists are linked there as well.

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Thomas BIDAUX 👁️ 🔜 DICE Europe @icotom.icopartners.com · 12/03/2025

Next week, I will give a talk about video games and crowdfunding at @officialgdc.bsky.social Here is a preview of the data part of the talk (the rest is more specifically about learning from successful campaigns). Session Link: schedule.gdconf.com/session/vide...

Video Games on Kickstarter in 2024
Video games projects per year from 2009 to 2024

Video Games on Kickstarter in 2024
Amount raised by video games on Kickstarter from 2009 to 2024

Video Games on Kickstarter in 2024
Video games projects per tier (amount raised) from 2009 to 2024
Tiers are:
Less than $10k
$10k to $50k
$50 to $100K
$100k to $500k
More than $500k

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