⭐ And to oppose that I'll share some GOOD stuff from the Next Fest:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3059410/Edenfall_Legacy_of_the_first_Wardens_Demo/ — Open-world shape-shifter exploration game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4731190/Foxy_Dumplings_Demo/ — a nice cooking sim, you're a fox, it's a bit tycoon and has tons of quick QTEs.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4475750/GRIP_2_Combat_Racing_Evolved/ — racing on RC-like cars, armed with weapons (as pick-ups) and driving at 700kph. I'm a fan of the original game and this one is a good step forward.

PLEASE, SHARE YOUR FINDINGS!

170 paid games released today on Steam. 80 used AI disclosure. 60/80 have 0 players.

LOL 😏
$100 well spent!

Previews are still not working for YouTube but you can drop a comment of support here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1bVGpE66cg — YouTube seems to like the video and every comment helps a lot!

#IndieGames@GameDEV

Among proposed in the chat this one caught my eye clearly: retro stealth action and you have a PSP as your smart device in the game!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3285390/SeverLink/
#IndieGames@GameDEV

Also I rage on Twitter about the fest:

https://x.com/GameUnionTV/status/2112560561862914377

And the opposite side of madness: blame everyone they are AI... the team spent quite a few bucks upfront to make its stories voiced by a professional actor Jp Wright.

Still blamed blatantly: no context, just "you're AI". What a shame 😠

#IndieGames@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV

Same vibes! (via)

Okay, I found a better case: it FEELS vibe coded...

Suffer, ahaha

#Hardware@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

Steam is down

UPD: it's up again!

#Steam@GameDEV

There are so extreme PHP vulnerabilities discovered yesterday that government websites and corporations take their infrastructure offline. If you have a website, check and upgrade.

CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619 (known as "php2shell") are reported Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in PHP that could let attackers run their own code on affected servers.

Both vulnerabilities reportedly affects every PHP version from PHP 5 onward.

PHP has now published fixes, and they should be applied as soon as possible.

Update to PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, or 8.2.35 mediate this vulnerability. Patches have not been made available for PHP 5 or 7.

#Security@GameDEV

Call FBI, we have found him: John AI is here...

#AI@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

One ring to rule them all: I hated the Season 1 but it got much better in the second one. This looks massive and ambitious but with enough issues to cause harm for true fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maP_Kyy3DCA
#movies@GameDEV

Durov, where are my previews?

BioWare has been shut down. And about 400 jobs were just cut in EA as a whole. The company lasted for 31 year and brought us the amazing Dragon Age and Mass Effect. The upcoming Mass Effect game has been cancelled because of the closure.

The dawn will not come...

#EA@GameDEV
#BioWare@GameDEV

BioWare were not informed in advance and were posting new job openings YESTERDAY.

#EA@GameDEV
#BioWare@GameDEV
#LayOffs@GameDEV

Also I took down both of my servers before the weekend. The PHP update is simply not getting through and I have guesses on why (either everyone is trying to get it or they rushed it out regardless of the errors)

Well, curious times, right?