Laura Cress

Id have added BoTW if I could've

Sigh

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Of course I forgot to put an actual link to the thing so, uh, here it is 😅 youtube.com/@cressup?si=...

I NEED TO SEE IT

It appears to be one of those days where everything has been designed to piss me off and go wrong 😤

Ken and Roberta Williams say they have "started to experiment with ideas for a completely new game" in their latest newsletter.

Time for a GTA Vice City stream! twitch.tv/cressup

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars turns 30 on Wednesday! To celebrate, I asked some of the original developers (and some from BS Reforged) to send me their memories of the game & series 🐐 Watch the full video here & share your memories: youtu.be/Fnm3LODc5u0?... @revolutionsoftware.bsky.social

It's nearly AdventureX time! I've been going to the narrative gaming expo since 2019, here's some fav memories of mine... Tickets are still going here www.adventurexpo.org #AdvX #AdvX26

Wow! Wasn't expecting this news! Machinarium 2 is in the works! adventuregamehotspot.com/announcement... @amanita-design.net

Thought I'd share this pack I made again of streamers, writers and content creators who talk about adventure games (modern and retro)! go.bsky.app/4BRUyDM

I simply cannot wait to stay at this bonkers BnB next year 🐸

Had fun throwing a few references into my Silent Hill Townfall feature for BBC News inc @limmy.com 😄 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There's still tickets for Sunday which is packed with brilliant talks by @jon.inkle.co @sagarberoshi.bsky.social @baroness.bsky.social @grundislav.games @grickle.bsky.social @eviltrout.com @cressup.bsky.social @trsasamccabe.bsky.social and even... ME Full schedule here: www.adventurexpo.org/schedule

"People are playing games and people are making money. So I don't know why there's a big loss of jobs. I just assume it's someone is being greedy somewhere" Had a v interesting chat with Tim Schafer about his thoughts on the industry & life post-Xbox youtu.be/sgQURMiW-WI?...

Is Activision the answer to saving the Halo franchise? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Glad to see, but this really should not have happened in the first place! Can only imagine the stress Dave and Richard were under with this.

(And now the real game begins)

@cressup.bsky.social takes over the job of host for this latest episode of the @adventgamepod.bsky.social introducing our new member: Vicky Sykes! Together with Kieran Child, we're reviewing games by @sparrowland.bsky.social, @eviltrout.com and @sfbdim.bsky.social!

It's close but got to be The End for me!

PHEW! This was an extreme challenge but we did it!!

Charles Cecil chatted all things Broken Sword with me at Gamescom! - When's Broken Sword 2 Reforged coming out? - What's happening with new Broken Sword - Parzival's Stone? All this answered and more - plus TANGENTS! Here's my fav bit 😅 youtu.be/LyeDMd9p9-Y?...

You asked and I delivered! New chat with Charles Cecil at Gamescom about Broken Sword new (Parzival's Stone) and old (BS2 Reforged) out in about an hour at 4pm BST! Notify yourself when the video goes live here - youtu.be/LyeDMd9p9-Y?...

Thanks to Jon McKellan of Screen Burn Interactive and Motoi Okamoto, Silent Hill's Series Producer for speaking to me at Gamescom about their next game Silent Hill Townfall which is based in Scotland! youtu.be/GXWxE2xnlsg?... @konamina.bsky.social #silenthill #gaming

Can't speak for each outlet but feels like we've hopefully got lots of great coverage planned for GTA coming up on the BBC - I get the sentiment about TV coverage / bulletins specifically though. That said the BBC did cover Lost Records & it came out in 2025 so can't see the correlation to GTA!

Double Fine's new Kickstarter is live www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

Missed this little silly

My exclusive interview with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma up now - video to come www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is the face of someone with a long day of travelling to Gamescom (and then being at Gamescom) ahead of them

Getting some cuddles before I head off to Gamescom! Hope to see plenty of people there :)

Big Walk is my GOTY (so far). What a beautiful, joyful adventure with friends. Not since Outer Wilds has a game genuinely surprised me and made me excited about the unknowns ahead. Amazing work @househouse.com

Great piece by my colleague @tomrichardson.bsky.social about the GTA leaks and their potential impact for Rockstar www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have been enjoying Big Walk, though my patience is being tested 😅

Remember when Amazon used to be a bookseller? www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

Ron Gilbert gave me more details about Thimbleweed Park 2! - The mysterious investor is not famous + not Monkey Island fan Elijah Wood - The game's setting will not be restricted to the mansion - The traditional verb interface is being redesigned Full interview here - youtu.be/S4FROstxrO4?...

Chat with Ron Gilbert on all things Thimbleweed Park 2 going live in an hour (6pm BST) - you can remind yourself here: youtu.be/S4FROstxrO4

The chat with Ron Gilbert about all things Thimbleweed Park 2 went well, he is a lovely guy and always a pleasure to speak to! Hoping to get it up at around 6pm BST today, will post on here when live but if you sub to the channel you'll also get an alert! www.youtube.com/@Cressup

Chatting to Ron Gilbert about Thimbleweed Park 2 in a few hours. Read up on his dev blog and tell me if you have any questions for him! Video will go up Sunday evening BST youtube.com/@cressup?si=...

My life is just countless moments of trying to fully recall and reproduce the rap from Kelis's Millionaire and then some other things happening in-between.

I was wondering on stream last night what to call Big Walk's more refined version of the "friendslop" games we've been seeing. @schillingc.bsky.social's "friendgourmet" might be the closest to it in hie @eurogamer.bsky.social review... www.eurogamer.net/big-walk-rev...

#AdvX26 tickets now on sale! See you there! On the Sunday, I'll be taking part in a panel discussion about detective game design, together with @trsasamccabe.bsky.social, @eviltrout.com and @timsheinman.bsky.social, hosted by @cressup.bsky.social 🕵️

Tickets for #AdvX26 are now on sale! Event page: buytickets.at/adventurexconferencescic/2339289 More info: adventurexpo.org/faq AdventureX brings together narrative gaming pros and enthusiasts, this year taking place in London on 7-8 November at the LSBU Hub building. Let us know you're joining!

I'll be streaming this showcase tonight from 8pm BST, excited to learn more about some of the indie games on offer! twitch.tv/cressup

Tomorrow. 🗓️ Kinetic Publishing Showcase, 12th August 2026. 8PM BST. Live on Twitch. Details on where and when to watch, our official co-streamers and more can be found here: www.kineticgames.co.uk/news/kinetic-publishing-showcase-1-day-to-go