Valve bans all Steam games that force players to watch advertisements
https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-bans-all-steam-games-that-force-players-to-watch-advertisements

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PlayStation Might Be Cracking Down on 'Shovelware' Spam Games
https://insider-gaming.com/shovelware-playstation-crack-down-spam/

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AMA - I am Courtney Liessen, the professional dev turned solo dev behind Reality Break, a sci-fi ARPG roguelite which launched today after over 5 years of development! Ask me anything!

Hi r/Games!

I'm Courtney Liessen (u/sdfier) from Element Games. I've been making PC, console, and mobile games professionally as a programmer and designer for over two decades (including AAA, AA, A, and others), including work on Age of Mythology (UI and god powers), Halo Wars (leader powers), Hero Academy (game director), Orcs Must Die (character movement and combat polish, physics, traps), Stranger Things 3 (core combat fluidity and boss fights), and many more!

Eventually, I wanted to set off on my own, and began making solo indie games 12 years ago. I shipped a VR tower defense game Evil Robot Traffic Jam in 2015, and a modernized Rampart successor called Sky Cannoneer in 2020. Since then, I've been working on my dream game Reality Break, and I'm hosting this AMA in honor of the game's v1.0 launch today!

Reality Break is a sci-fi ARPG roguelite with a cool "Rewrite" mechanic that lets you change a multitude of the game's aspects. You can rewrite items to get rid of a drawback or even make the drawback work for you, rewrite a mission's type into something with better rewards, rewrite a skill's cooldown to reduce or eliminate it completely! You also "Break" your profile, which grants you increasing amounts of the game's metagame currency like an incremental Prestige system, currency you can spend on Talents that transform the fundamental nature of the game!

I'm happy to answer all of your questions about Reality Break, about game development in general, or about anything else.

You can check out the Reality Break announcement trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_XSQBTy\_OGA

I'll begin answering questions at 3PM ET, so come chat with me about the answer to Life, the Universe, and Game Dev-erything! 🌝

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Aethermancer Demo Announcement (Monster Tamer x Roguelite from Monster Sanctuary Devs)

Aethermancer is an upcoming monster tamer + roguelite from indie devs Moi Rai, who made Monster Sanctuary. The demo just released on Steam alongside this demo announcement trailer.

MS was a lovely game so I've been very excited for this new project!

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The Full Story Behind The Order: 1886 and it’s Sequel
https://youtu.be/rFmUHo_pJJ0?si=6eLRe6uHeMKJQzo8

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Dead by Daylight | 2v8: Resident Evil Trailer
https://youtu.be/u5AutKBzgLk

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Ready At Dawn co-founder discusses failed The Order: 1886 sequel pitch
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ready-at-dawn-co-founder-discusses-failed-the-order-1886-sequel-pitch/

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Dune, Lost Eden And MegaRace Composer Stéphane Picq Has Passed Away Aged 59
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/dune-lost-eden-and-megarace-composer-stephane-picq-has-passed-away-aged-59

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Shift Up reports record revenue and operating profit in 2024, with Stellar Blade bringing in $43M in royalties
https://gameworldobserver.com/2025/02/10/shift-up-record-revenue-2024-stellar-blade-43m-royalties

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Crusader Kings III - Dev Diary #162: Steppe by Steppe
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/dev-diary-162-steppe-by-steppe.1728107/

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GTA 6 publisher claps back against TV media inciting "disproven" violent video game rhetoric - “I’m not worried”
https://www.videogamer.com/news/gta-6-publisher-claps-back-against-tv-media-inciting-disproven-violent-video-game-rhetoric/

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"HUNDRED LINE -Final Defense Academy-" Story Trailer (Nintendo Switch™/Steam®)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjYutFcm9SQ

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State of Play returns tomorrow, February 12
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/02/11/state-of-play-returns-tomorrow-february-12/

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South of Midnight Hands-on and Impressions Thread

Various news outlets and media posted their hands-on and impressions today for South of Midnight:

Xbox Wire

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/02/11/south-of-midnight-hands-on-preview/

IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/south-of-midnight-the-final-preview

Eurogamer

https://www.eurogamer.net/south-of-midnight-bottles-up-some-very-special-southern-magic-but-is-it-enough

Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/521362/south-of-midnight-preview-hands-on-xbox

Trueachievements

https://www.trueachievements.com/news/south-of-midnight-preview

Skill Up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RVFj3tY4c

ACG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEoO-rW-_dY

Windowscentral

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/south-of-midnight-hands-on

VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/south-of-midnight-mixes-a-beautiful-setting-with-familiar-gameplay-and-that-may-be-for-the-best/

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‘Do what you want to do’: Monster Hunter Wilds developers want to give players the ultimate freedom
https://dotesports.com/monster-hunter/news/monster-hunter-wilds-developers-want-to-give-players-the-ultimate-freedom

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GOG: "We’ll be removing Daggerfall Unity GOG Cut from our store on February 12th at 2 PM UTC. We’ve made this decision because, at this time, the pack is outdated and no longer fulfills its purpose of providing a hassle-free modded experience to the game."
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/delisting_daggerfall_unity_gog_cut/post1

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Elden Ring Nightreign Playtest Invites Are Going Out
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/elden-ring-nightreign-playtest-invites-are-going-out/1100-6529387/

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Hideo Kojima to attend SXSW 2025 in Austin, Texas, to reveal the latest updates on DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH! (March 9, 2025)
https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/sxsw2025_announcement

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EA Passed On Chances To Buy Guitar Hero, Call Of Duty, And Blizzard
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-passed-on-chances-to-buy-guitar-hero-call-of-duty-and-blizzard/1100-6529398/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f

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Report: Unity continues mass layoffs with 'abrupt' communications and 5am emails
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-unity-continues-layoffs-with-abrupt-communications-and-5am-emails

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