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Getting your game noticed is a tricky business when you have to punch through the noise of the more than 10,000 new Steam games releasing each year. Young Horses, the developer of Bugsnax and Octodad, have found itself in an even trickier spot: Thanks to Google, people are expecting a Bugsnax sequel that doesn't exist.
A decade ago Flappy Bird, a crude but colourful autorun-style game, became a viral hit on mobile. It was so successful, in fact, that it became a millstone for its creator, Vietnamese programmer Dong Nguyen, who at the height of the game's popularity (and profitability) made the unprecedented decision to remove the game from sale entirely. NGuyen would later rationalise his decision thus: «I can call Flappy Bird a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it.»
There's a new Batman series debuting on HBO next week, although it's not actually about Batman. It's called The Penguin, and it's about—you guessed it—Oswald Cobblepot, better known in Gotham's underworld as The Penguin.
Despite the implosion of Annapurna Interactive—whose entire staff quit earlier this week—the recent deal its parent company, Annapurna Pictures, made with Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment will remain intact, according to the studio's communications director Thomas Puha.
Looking back on Valve's record of repeated hits and the fact that most of us are playing our PC games under Steam's monolithic shadow, it's tempting to think that this was the only way history could've gone. But according to Monica Harrington, Valve's chief marketing strategist in its early years and then wife of studio co-founder Mike Harrington, we only barely avoided a world where Half-Life left Valve in ruins, and we've got her work to thank for it.
Following the flop of the fantasy FPS Immortals of Aveum, a «core team» from developer Ascendant Studios has found a new home at Absurd Ventures, the studio launched in 2021 by Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser.
A snafu that saw fan-made art used in the design for an upcoming Destiny 2 Nerf gun has come to a happy ending, as the artist involved says the situation is resolved, and Bungie says it's going to pay up.
What is it? A turn-based roguelike that challenges you to master the blade. Or several blades, actually. Release date September 5, 2024Expect to pay $15/£12.80 Developer RoboatinoPublisher Goblinz Publishing, Gamera GamesReviewed on Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM Steam Deck VerifiedLink Official site