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VIRTUE AND A SLEDGEHAMMER 🔴 OUT NOW 🔴 I STILL LOVE YOU MORE THAN I HATE YOU 🔨 store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/... 🔨

IT'S FINALLY TIME! 🫈 Blue Ridge Hunting is available RIGHT NOW in Early Access! Get it on Steam ⬇️ blueridgehunting.com/steam

new Mass Effect game is canceled '“over the past several months, we’ve taken a hard look at our business” and will cut some projects, including the next Mass Effect game, which was in early development at BioWare.'

Bye-oware

what the fuck

Only 3 days until Blue Ridge Hunting releases on Steam! Wishlist to be notified as soon as it releases.

🔥 HOT WAX is coming out on Oct. 29th!! 🔥 🕯️ Place candles. Light a wick. Burn it all down. ⛓️ Build chain reactions, then keep them running. 🧩 A fresh take on falling block arcade puzzlers. Wishlist (and try the demo!) at s.team/a/3041750 💖 #screenshotsaturday #pixelart

Usual June is now launching January 20th, 2027. Read more below 💛 @usualjune.bsky.social | #usualjune

REVIEW: Silver Pines "Silver Pines’ fascinating premise, thought-provoking ending, and remarkable art direction kept me seated from beginning to end." checkpointgaming.net/reviews/2026...

Nothing tests a cozy romance like discovering your partner is the one leaving bodies behind the barn. 🧑‍🌾🩸 Why Grave Seasons is on 750k+ wishlists: buff.ly/ea2JZLC 📲

please, think of the CEOs’ next yachts

In 1992, an indie RPG gave players handbags and condoms to fight neo-nazis and defeat a parody of Pat Buchanan. 🗡️👑 The story of GayBlade, its lost master discs, and its legendary rediscovery: buff.ly/vHM0uG7

`✧*̥˚ 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 *̥˚✧ Muri: Wildwoods is coming to Steam 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🐭 📜To-Do • Mark your calendars 📆 • Explore, Clean, & Restore in our Demo! 🧼 • Wishlist to not miss the release! 🔗⬇`

QUEER GAME OF THE MONTH - September 2026: Locktale "I’d like to offer LGBTQ+ relationships as “another normal”. Not something to be advertised, but simply another possible background to the very same stories we’ve heard for decades" @minapecheux.bsky.social checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

Revealing a new Indie Game Dev speaker event in TORONTO! Presentations and Q&As with the creators of: 💾 Inscryption 🗡️ Slay the Princess 🌟 In Stars and Time 🔎 The Incident at Galley House Tickets are just $10 for this fantastic lineup on Oct 24! Reposts are very appreciated!

We talk Virtue and a Sledgehammer with Deconstructeam "...as satisfying as it is to level a whole town with the power of lesbian rage, the personal story simmering below the surface is what keeps the player moving." @deconstructeam.bsky.social checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

september is suicide prevention awareness month and it would be remiss if i didn't talk about the fact that Building Relationships is a big part of why I'm alive today at the time, the game started as a way out from all the bad stuff, but ended up giving me wayyy more than i could ever imagine

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🩸 BLOOD FOR THE BLOODMOON 🩸 the Bloodmoon demands a sacrifice & we want to reward you 🫵 📅 show up to give blood between Sept 2nd - Sept 30th ✅ submit proof 🎁 get a key for Vampire Survivors + Legacy of the Bloodmoon, while supplies last #BloodForTheBloodmoon

"Is there some kind of massive carbon monoxide leak at Sony HQ?" damn

LET’S GOOOOOOO

Twitch and parent company Amazon are facing a class action lawsuit for their use of Twitch users' footage as AI training data. checkpointgaming.net/news/2026/08...

the year is 1996. I am diving deep into the world of video games to escape the hell that is the world around me. the year is 2006. I am diving deep into the world of video games to escape the hell that is the world around me. the year is 2026. I am diving deep into the world of video games to es

O Canada 🇨🇦 Our ace/aro enby Remy's super cool Something something that rhymes

@mochichaos.bsky.social and I will be live soon with some more Split Fiction! Twitch: twitch.tv/ekamy Youtube: youtu.be/LiKiLL_ZFWo

Checkpoint’s Queer Game of the Month: August 2026 – Calamity Cait "I suspect anyone who’s also been a little too gay and a little too anxious around someone they’re interested in will see a little of themselves in this beautiful tale." checkpointgaming.net/features/202...

are we sharing starter packs again. here are some people in indie games i like seeing on my feed go.bsky.app/9svYG9C

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

i do like that this implies GTA 6 isn’t valuable enough to receive a vinyl release if it were an album

Ambrosia Sky is now available on Steam & EGS! ✨ Featuring: 🪐 A vibrant space colony + alien ecosystem to explore ⚙ Simulation mechanics + progression 📖 A sombre homecoming 🍄 Exo-fungus to discover + cleanse 💜 Your lost love Start your journey today at ambrosiasky.com

happy birthday samus! i wrote about metroid's 40th anniversary for the guardian

Japanese officials have repeatedly requested that the U.S. government stop its meme posting involving characters and franchises such as Mario, Pokémon and Naruto. https://bit.ly/4q9sWX1

Toby Fox Shares Another Deltarune Chapter 6 Development Update. (Repost)

this is the best comment i've ever seen on any footage of my game. pack it up. there's no topping this.

Scarlet Hollow is $18.74 on Steam early access buff.ly/xtlzOYK Deck verified game will increase to $29.99 on Aug 13th (final price increase) due to Rumors Update added

A Dragon Age remaster trilogy is unlikely because nobody left at BioWare knows the old Aurora engine, the series' former producer says. The first two Dragon Age games were developed using updated versions of Aurora. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-drago...

Analyst Ben Thompson said “fuck Nintendo”

met @lloydlloydster.bsky.social in person!! 🥰

Bethesda Game Studios has confirmed that Obsidian is working on a new Fallout game, Fallout 5 is in preproduction, and that several Fallout remasters are coming. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesd...

Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are being remastered for modern systems, Bethesda Game Studios has announced. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout...

“Companies are free to monopolize the market and abuse consumers as they see fit.”

A lot of Deltarune fans are in such a hurry to get all the answers but speaking as a Fandom Elder, let me tell you that if you're enjoying everything surrounding this game you should just have fun in the present. This is a unique moment in time for you, so enjoy it while it lasts y'know?

all part of the plan Nintendo's overpriced console also looks cheap because of the price increases... doesn't mean it's actually cheap though

I think I’m going to be sick blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...