Boy, 11, becomes video game world record holder

An 11-year-old boy has become a Guinness World Record holder after displaying a talent for video game developing. Max, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, spent four hours developing a game with five ...
Polygon

The race to make Bird Game 3 a reality is already underway

Despite being an AI-generated game idea that doesn't exist, Bird Game 3 continues to tear up TikTok with millions of likes and views. In this fictional open-world game, you "play" as a bird of your ...
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Megabonk dev dropped out of The Game Awards on a technicality, but now the roguelike is back with a Player's Voice nomination: "We're more back than ever"

The roguelike megahit Megabonk is once again up for nomination at The Game Awards this year after its anonymous solo developer humbly, but still sadly, withdrew from the Debut Indie Game category.
PC Gamer

This Half-Life mod reimagines the game as a boomer shooter—yes, even boomier than the original

Half-Life revolutionized the first-person shooter when it released in 1998, what with its top shelf storytelling and novel puzzles. But who needs any of that crap? What if there was a game that turned ...
PCGamesN

Dispatch dev says the Expedition 33 shoutout "means so much," and no other game has ever made them "cry so quickly"

When Guillaume Broche stepped up at last week's Golden Joysticks to collect one of many, many gongs I'm expecting Clair Obscur Expedition 33 to snap up throughout the 2025 awards season, he ended his ...
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Former Stardew Valley dev has to delay adorable new life sim for the second time, shortly after adding the most perfect piles of snow: "I've been working very hard on the game"

Sunkissed City looks like the perfect life sim: warm, seaside, and filled with fresh fruit. But, just like a vacation, you have to keep counting down until it arrives. Its creator, ex-Stardew Valley ...
TweakTown

AI may be causing 'more problems than it solves' for game developers

TL;DR: Major tech companies are integrating generative AI to streamline game development, but challenges persist. Ubisoft, Microsoft, and EA use AI tools to boost workflows, yet developers face ...
automaton-media

From depressed game dev simulator to cozy store management with crunchy ASMR sounds: Japanese indie games about jobs

Welcome back to our weekend segment, where we showcase a handful of recently released and/or upcoming Japanese indie games that share a specific theme. The theme for this weekend is jobs, because even ...