Bertie
@clert.bsky.social
Associate editor at Eurogamer. Writes, sometimes podcasts, talks a lot. I'd rather live in a fantasy land. (He/him)
Love this. Maybe people need a shorter game rn
"People SEE THE END!"
Are smaller "one-sitting" games the way to go? Sorrowful archive-scouring game TR-49 sees Inkle's best launch ever www.eurogamer.net/tr-49-inkles...
Are smaller "one-sitting" games the way to go? Sorrowful archive-scouring game TR-49 sees Inkle's best launch ever www.eurogamer.net/tr-49-inkles...
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Love this. Maybe people need a shorter game rn
@inkle.co has done it again. Whether you'll like TR-49 probably depends on your tolerance for persevering with puzzles, but there's no question it's good. There's a lot packed into a deceptively simple-looking thing.
Inkle mixes archive-surfing and audio drama to create a surprisingly powerful story of obsession and a machine.
Our TR-49 review: www.eurogamer.net/tr-49-review
Our TR-49 review: www.eurogamer.net/tr-49-review
January 21, 2026 at 3:46 PM
@inkle.co has done it again. Whether you'll like TR-49 probably depends on your tolerance for persevering with puzzles, but there's no question it's good. There's a lot packed into a deceptively simple-looking thing.
Slightly obsessed with Rust COO Alistair McFarlane offering to buy the game. I wonder what he'd do with it if it ever came to pass
You have 12 months to play Amazon's New World before it shuts down forever (unless the COO of Rust gets involved)
www.eurogamer.net/new-world-sh...
www.eurogamer.net/new-world-sh...
January 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Slightly obsessed with Rust COO Alistair McFarlane offering to buy the game. I wonder what he'd do with it if it ever came to pass
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Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
A 16-year-old baby is born! Miracles do happen.
After three years under the Netflix umbrella, Spry Fox is once again a fully independent studio. As a studio, we’ve managed to somehow survive countless industry upheavals and release a whole lot o…
spryfox.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
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Congratulations to our Narrative Award Nominees! 📚
@meredithgran.com
@arteinteractive.bsky.social @wednesdays-game.bsky.social @thepixelhunt.bsky.social
@ho-games-studio.bsky.social @jeremyxho.bsky.social
@rocketadrift.bsky.social
🏆#IndieCade Awards Ceremony on Steam & YouTube Sat 1/17 11AM PT!
@meredithgran.com
@arteinteractive.bsky.social @wednesdays-game.bsky.social @thepixelhunt.bsky.social
@ho-games-studio.bsky.social @jeremyxho.bsky.social
@rocketadrift.bsky.social
🏆#IndieCade Awards Ceremony on Steam & YouTube Sat 1/17 11AM PT!
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations to our Narrative Award Nominees! 📚
@meredithgran.com
@arteinteractive.bsky.social @wednesdays-game.bsky.social @thepixelhunt.bsky.social
@ho-games-studio.bsky.social @jeremyxho.bsky.social
@rocketadrift.bsky.social
🏆#IndieCade Awards Ceremony on Steam & YouTube Sat 1/17 11AM PT!
@meredithgran.com
@arteinteractive.bsky.social @wednesdays-game.bsky.social @thepixelhunt.bsky.social
@ho-games-studio.bsky.social @jeremyxho.bsky.social
@rocketadrift.bsky.social
🏆#IndieCade Awards Ceremony on Steam & YouTube Sat 1/17 11AM PT!
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Am I Nima's demo was BREATHTAKING!!! you're Nima (or are you?) and you need to convince your mom that you really are her daughter. the gameplay is... word associations?!? keep an eye out for this one and wishlist it please please please plea
store.steampowered.com/app/3224600/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3224600/...
Am I Nima on Steam
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
store.steampowered.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Am I Nima's demo was BREATHTAKING!!! you're Nima (or are you?) and you need to convince your mom that you really are her daughter. the gameplay is... word associations?!? keep an eye out for this one and wishlist it please please please plea
store.steampowered.com/app/3224600/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3224600/...
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Here's the thing, see. There are two types of narrative game. There's RPG and there's adventure game. That's it. Only the names are all wrong. RPG isn't RPG. It's second-person. You do this? Great. Now you do that. Adventure is the other kind. Third-person. You there! Do this! Now, do that! End of.
January 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Here's the thing, see. There are two types of narrative game. There's RPG and there's adventure game. That's it. Only the names are all wrong. RPG isn't RPG. It's second-person. You do this? Great. Now you do that. Adventure is the other kind. Third-person. You there! Do this! Now, do that! End of.
Can GOG also bring multiplayer games back from the dead?
"What is a fair end-of-life cycle for a game? Should it just be buried and killed and no one can access it any more?"
As Anthem is switched off, GOG weighs the "complicated riddle" of preserving multiplayer games www.eurogamer.net/gog-weighs-c...
As Anthem is switched off, GOG weighs the "complicated riddle" of preserving multiplayer games www.eurogamer.net/gog-weighs-c...
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Can GOG also bring multiplayer games back from the dead?
Late Jan is a perfect time for this. Something to lift our spirits
British comedian-packed space comedy Earth Must Die releases really soon and there's now a demo www.eurogamer.net/british-come...
January 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Late Jan is a perfect time for this. Something to lift our spirits
Leaving CD Projekt Red has its upsides. One is publishing games.
"I'm not afraid of risk" - A newly independent GOG eyes indie game publishing, something it couldn't do under CD Projekt Red www.eurogamer.net/gog-eyes-ind...
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Leaving CD Projekt Red has its upsides. One is publishing games.
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Crunch is bad. Crunch ruins lives. Crunch kills. Don't ask for it. Don't do it. It's bad.
I can't believe I still have to say this after all these years.
I can't believe I still have to say this after all these years.
January 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Crunch is bad. Crunch ruins lives. Crunch kills. Don't ask for it. Don't do it. It's bad.
I can't believe I still have to say this after all these years.
I can't believe I still have to say this after all these years.
I did not expect to hear the former exec producer of Anthem outline a pitch for making it a single-player game, but here we are.
Also, local servers!
Anthem has never been more exciting?
Also, local servers!
Anthem has never been more exciting?
Could Anthem live on? Tech allowing us to host our own servers existed, former executive producer says - it would just need to be "salvaged and recovered".
And that's not the only idea for Anthem's future he has... www.eurogamer.net/anthem-local...
And that's not the only idea for Anthem's future he has... www.eurogamer.net/anthem-local...
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I did not expect to hear the former exec producer of Anthem outline a pitch for making it a single-player game, but here we are.
Also, local servers!
Anthem has never been more exciting?
Also, local servers!
Anthem has never been more exciting?
Playing Anthem while it awaited termination was a strange experience
Anthem was abandoned in death as in life: it's a game EA and BioWare would rather forget www.eurogamer.net/anthem-was-a...
January 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Playing Anthem while it awaited termination was a strange experience
Enjoyed this by Oli. I get the feeling it's long past cool to like Diablo 4, but is it better than people give it credit for?
www.polygon.com/diablo-4-pal...
www.polygon.com/diablo-4-pal...
Diablo 4 is better than it’s ever been
The Paladin class and Season 11 tweaks leave the game in great shape for 2026
www.polygon.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Enjoyed this by Oli. I get the feeling it's long past cool to like Diablo 4, but is it better than people give it credit for?
www.polygon.com/diablo-4-pal...
www.polygon.com/diablo-4-pal...
I've just finished listening to the Wisecrack podcast from last autumn and it is stunning. Couldn't wait to wash-up to listen to it. Get it in your ears! Contains some dark material so be prepared www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXyf...
Wisecrack [ Episode 1: Knock, Knock ]
YouTube video by Tenderfoot TV
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I've just finished listening to the Wisecrack podcast from last autumn and it is stunning. Couldn't wait to wash-up to listen to it. Get it in your ears! Contains some dark material so be prepared www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXyf...
Love that!
Press F to heal your war band.
Your wardrummer is an essential part of your crew, with their Heartbeat ability providing health restoration to units within range of the wardrummer!
#IndieGame #IndieDev
Your wardrummer is an essential part of your crew, with their Heartbeat ability providing health restoration to units within range of the wardrummer!
#IndieGame #IndieDev
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Love that!
I find it hard to believe but I also want to believe
Is there really going to be a new Witcher 3 expansion this year? www.eurogamer.net/is-there-rea...
January 2, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I find it hard to believe but I also want to believe
Me writing alt text. Oh the things I've nestled in there
a little girl wearing a leopard print shirt is making a face
ALT: a little girl wearing a leopard print shirt is making a face
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Me writing alt text. Oh the things I've nestled in there
It's great that @lilchopshopgal.bsky.social sought Maxence out to talk about this. I imagine there are many other such situations where a mo-cap performer has remained invisible. But such is the Clair Obscur effect that it's changed his life - and rightfully so - regardless.
Three characters, a life-changing experience, and the mysterious 'Project W': for Maxence Cazorla, Expedition 33 is more than just a Game of the Year contender
www.eurogamer.net/three-charac...
www.eurogamer.net/three-charac...
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It's great that @lilchopshopgal.bsky.social sought Maxence out to talk about this. I imagine there are many other such situations where a mo-cap performer has remained invisible. But such is the Clair Obscur effect that it's changed his life - and rightfully so - regardless.
Nothing wakes you up in the morning like a shot of Sektori
a man sitting on a couch wearing a shirt that says fire on it
ALT: a man sitting on a couch wearing a shirt that says fire on it
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Nothing wakes you up in the morning like a shot of Sektori
Mmmmmmmm almond fingers
a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting at a table with a bowl of food and the words yum
ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting at a table with a bowl of food and the words yum
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Mmmmmmmm almond fingers
😍
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
😍
Me making a list of games to play over Christmas
a man is carrying a large piece of paper in front of a group of people sitting in a lecture hall .
ALT: a man is carrying a large piece of paper in front of a group of people sitting in a lecture hall .
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Me making a list of games to play over Christmas
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How does Aaron Paul feel about the success of Dispatch? https://bit.ly/3YCvjEE
December 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
How does Aaron Paul feel about the success of Dispatch? https://bit.ly/3YCvjEE