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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 6h

Oh good!!

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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 20h

The pulpy point and click adventure thriller The Drifter has been awarded Game of the Year at the 2025 Australian Game Developer Awards.

It also took out awards for Excellence in Art, Narrative, and Sound Design.

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The Drifter Wins Game of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2025

The pulpy point-and-click thriller from Powerhoof took out four awards total, with Tempopo and Mars First Logistics also notable winners.

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 16h

Oh no online media outlets truly are dead

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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 17h

proud of the @tempopogame.com team tonight for picking up two awards at the AGDAs tonight

both @jeffvandyck.com and @dashurie.bsky.social gave wonderful acceptance speeches and it was a good call not to trust me with the microphone

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 20h

The Drifter vs. Mars First Logistics: Whoever wins, we win.

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 20h

The pulpy point and click adventure thriller The Drifter has been awarded Game of the Year at the 2025 Australian Game Developer Awards.

It also took out awards for Excellence in Art, Narrative, and Sound Design.

thisweekinvideogames.com/news/austral...

The Drifter Wins Game of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2025

The pulpy point-and-click thriller from Powerhoof took out four awards total, with Tempopo and Mars First Logistics also notable winners.

thisweekinvideogames.com

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 22h

Don’t listen to him it’s windy as shit

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 1d

Please don’t spend money on this one

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I’ll be there

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 1d

Made a beeline for the first pho place I could find in Melbourne and chose one where the head chef was all over the logo and wall art, for a laugh.

Self aggrandising totally justified though so well played

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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 4d

With E3 no longer in the picture, Tokyo Game Show has defaulted to being one of the world's biggest global game expos. But is it ready for that status?

@nomoredaniels.bsky.social returns from TGS 2025 with some thoughts.

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Is Tokyo Game Show Ready For The Big Time? - Parallax: Japan

The death of E3 means that Tokyo Game Show has defaulted to being one of the world's biggest global game expos. But is it ready for that status?

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 4d

A rare sojourn outside the paywall to explain why it's okay not to care about the EA buyout. Go! It's free!

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 5d

Mildly stunned to remember a time when EA was genuinely an exciting publisher

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 7d

Truly unbelievable to think that Game Pass launched at 10 bucks and continued to be 10 bucks for so long, let alone that $1 deal floating around for as long as it did.

That and the whole decade of major publishers discovering free-to-play models... devestating

Liam E 🚲 🦝TANUKI @liambme.bsky.social · 7d

Not to completely play devil's advocate... but, $30 should have been the price from the start. A premium service, that offers games that retail at $40/50/60/70+ at "anytime", "anywhere", "no restrictions" pricing wouldn't have tanked the game economy of "how much is a game worth" for half a decade.

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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 7d

Speaking of said winner and other winners I would take it as a personal favor if you would try out excellent games made by former students, such as:
CONSUME ME
store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/...

DESPELOTE
store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...

BABY STEPS
store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...

Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 8d

Hard for me fault anyone who doesn’t know good games exist when almost no major gaming website reviewed or covered this year’s Seamus McNally Grand Prize winner.

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 7d

If any indie devs out there with previous/current/upcoming Game Pass deals would like to share thoughts about the Ultimate price hike news, and how it might shift the perceived value of the service in regards to potential audience/sales etc, hit me up in DMs or email. Can be on or off the record!

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 7d

Microsoft has restructured its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, with price increases for the Ultimate and PC-only tiers.

The company previously increased the cost of Game Pass Ultimate in July 2024.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Cost Increased by 50% in Subscription Shakeup

Microsoft has restructured Xbox Game Pass and enacted price increases, saying it is adding more value and benefits to its lucrative service.

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 7d

30 bucks a month lets you buy 1-2 indie games, support an independent games media outlet of your choice, and the majority of your money will go to a human being who worked hard to make something cool

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 7d

Damn! As if they’d put this on a Sunday I’m so mad

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 8d

A match made in heaven

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darcy w smith @darcywsmith.bsky.social · 8d

OUR NEW GAME!!!

It's so happening right now. Plz plz plz share and wishlist we need all that juicy data.

Also the demo is UP ON STEAM, you can literally play it's very very fun.

Studio Folly — DOGPILE!!! @folly.studio · 8d

Announcing... DOGPILE!!! ✨🦴

Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder about merging DOGS. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS!

Free demo is live on Steam, WISHLIST NOW!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 8d

Hell yeah

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 9d

Today I learned that EA CEO Andrew Wilson has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

I wonder who would win in a fight between him and Strauss Zelnick.

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 9d

Hellllll yeah Sol Cesto

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 9d

Is this like Sufjan’s fifty states thing where you’re going to interview every indie dev in New York City

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 9d

What was your trick with the sand levelling?

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The Game Bakers @thegamebakers.com · 10d

“You understand eventually why [Aava] does this… that’s also the big question that people ask mountaineers: ‘Why do you climb mountains where you do?’ ... And that’s what the story is about.” - Emeric

Thanks TWIV for the great interview with our creative director @emericthoa.bsky.social!!!

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