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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · 25d

Callous is a strong word but I do get where he's coming from. Obviously Team Cherry have the right to shadow drop a date, but given their blast radius it might have been better had other games (particularly smaller ones) had more heads up thisweekinvideogames.com/news/hell-is...

Silksong Release Date Surprise Was "A Little Callous", Says Hell Is Us Lead

"As the 'GTA 6 of indie'... to shadow drop something like this is a little callous," said creative director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête.

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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 5

Idk tbh - definitely going to play it but not sure about a review yet. A lot dropping this month.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 5

Oh we eating good this weekend. Review on the 25th of September #ghostofyotei

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 4

Not long now. In just a short time we'll finally be playing it (Garfield Kart 2 - All You Can Drift).

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 4

Such a great write up from @superdonk.bsky.social. He's a long time Skate enjoyer and honestly, his perspective is so illuminating since I only really remember the series for its funny bails. There's was so much more to it, and it seems as though big chunks of that stuff is missing in the reboot.

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · Sep 4

Our resident cool guy @superdonk.bsky.social has spent a good amount of time in EA's live-service Skate reboot.

Sounds like it's in top shape mechanically, but the weirdly soulless wrapper sits at odds with the traditional vibes of the series (and culture).

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EA's Skate Reboot Is Disappointingly Corporate (but the Skating Is Great)

The Skate reboot feels at odds how the series has historically represented itself, but the actual skateboarding is the best it's ever felt.

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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 4

Man I know I'm bias AF but damn - this is such a great write up.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 3

About 3ish weeks now.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 3

I've spoken to or heard from about 12 creators in our space atm - all reporting the same thing, with the same timing. Something is up. No question at all.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Honestly this is my theory.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Their segment (and my discussions with plenty of other creators) is how I know I'm not crazy (and that YouTube are lying).

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 3

I mean - that's possible, but only a TINY fraction of my audience was in the under 18 bracket, and I really doubt that the AI machine is getting it so wrong that it's wrongly age gating 30% of my audience.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Idk what dial YouTube turned but they definitely did something. Viewership is inexplicably down around 30% for myself and many channels I watch/follow. I've never blamed the algorithm for anything in my 10 years on YT, but this is too obvious to ignore. Spoken to others who have noticed it, too.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Aug 27

Extremely excited to have @victoriatran.bsky.social on board as a monthly columnist, providing insight into the world of indie games development and community management. Fantastic first piece too, covering the plague of clone games that plagiarize the work of game makers.

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · Aug 27

So what's up with all those clone games on the App Stores and eShops and Robloxes of the world? Just how big of a problem are they?

Innersloth's @victoriatran.bsky.social gives us the lowdown in her new regular column, Indie Insight.

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The Endless Deluge of Clone Games - Indie Insight

What's up with those ripoffs and clone games littering marketplaces? Just how big of a problem are they? Victoria Tran gives us the rundown.

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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is how Zack Snyder should have marketed Man of Steel.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Aug 7

Played about 2 hours of the Battlefield 6 beta. Absolutely floored by how well it runs, how stable the netcode is, how excellent the maps are, how solid the gunplay/sound design is, how well classes/squads work. Could not be more of a contrast from the first impression of 2042 all those years ago.

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Aug 7

Pretty big stuff out of Sony: an expected launch window for Marathon (this financial year), an announcement that Bungie will become a PlayStation studio in a more traditional sense, and acknowledgement of Sony's live-service blunders to this point.

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · Aug 7

Sony has addressed shareholders concerns regarding the delay of Marathon and its overall live-service strategy.

Said CFO Lin Tao: "It’s not entirely going smoothly, but from a longer-term perspective... you see that there has definitely been change."

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Sony On Marathon, Live-Service Strategy: "It's Not Entirely Going Smoothly"

Sony has addressed concerns regarding Marathon's delay and its broader live-service strategy during a shareholders meeting.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · Jul 25

Ralph "SkillUp" Panebianco has built a successful YouTube career with more than one million subscribers. So naturally, his next move is... to start a video game website?

I spoke to Panebianco about his new venture ("no ads, no AI") and why he's doing it: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

As Video-Game Media Struggles, Star YouTuber Launches New Outlet

Websites like Polygon and Kotaku are facing huge challenges, opening opportunities for newcomers

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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is insane. Payment providers should not have the power to do this.

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · Jul 24

Games marketplace Itch.io has removed “all adult NSFW” content from search results and browse pages, following scrutiny from payment processors.

The platform says the content will undergo a comprehensive audit, with "some pages being permanently removed."

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Itch.io Deindexes Adult NSFW Content For Audit, Following Payment Processor Pressure

Itch.io has removed all adult NSFW content from its search and browse results, to undergo an audit in which some games may be removed.

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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Jul 24

We asked the 1047 Games CEO how it could cost so much to maintain Splitgate 1. Here's what he had to say:

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · Jul 24

1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx has shared additional context around the decision to shut down Splitgate 1 servers, citing high costs, a lack of revenue, and low player numbers.

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Splitgate 1 Cost 1047 Games ‘$40–50K’ per Month to Maintain

CEO Ian Proulx shared additional context around the decision to shut down Splitgate servers, citing costs, lack of revenue, and low player numbers.

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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Jul 23

Splitgate developer 1047 Games is shutting down the original Splitgate, claiming that maintaining it was costing them 'hundreds of thousands of dollars'.

The game was averaging 130 peak CC players on steam. Can any game devs enlighten me as to how it was costing 1047 that much to keep the game up?

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Jul 22

Just rolled credits on Donkey Kong Bananza. Utterly insane how back-loaded this game is. It simply never stops getting better from about the halfway point on.

Another generational W for Nintendo. Man, if this thing was day one on Switch 2 launch, it would have been a totally different conversation

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · Jul 21

How did @skillup.bsky.social get his start on YouTube?

What advice does he have for folks looking to build a successful YouTube channel?

Don't miss the latest MinnMax Interview! youtu.be/SJeB-MB0gVg

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · Jul 18

Delighted to be doing a monthly column for this. Ralph's a thoroughly good egg, the site's great, and the idea of a video guy pivoting to text is just proper world-gone-mad stuff, love it. Have a look!

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Jul 17

The big day is finally here: www.ThisWeekinVideogames.com is officially live! It's 100% ad-free and you can sign up for free to get access to our news, reviews and previews, or become a supporter to get more exclusive content.

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Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Jul 17

Cloudflare literally shut us down because they thought it was a DDOS attack :/

Skill Up @skillup.bsky.social · Jul 17

The big day is finally here: www.ThisWeekinVideogames.com is officially live! It's 100% ad-free and you can sign up for free to get access to our news, reviews and previews, or become a supporter to get more exclusive content.

www.ThisWeekinVideogames.com