On June 16, 2026, the actress Daveigh Chase died from septic shock complicated by meningitis and a blood infection at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 35.

She was the voice of Lilo and Chihiro Ogino, the villain of The Ring, the young sister of Donnie Darko, and guided players of Let it Die game when they died (as Kiwako Seto).

Being a victim of antibiotics resistant crap is a sad way to die, honestly.

Someone made Disco Elysium meets This War of Mine, the demo is already available:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362070/Hollow_Home/
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And here's the curious pixel art puzzle game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4539960/Timebound_Demo/
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Zenimax is also hit by layoffs beyond Arkane, the procedure will take some time, but unless an employee is working directly on Fallout or Elder Scrolls, they are in danger.

Imagine buying billions upon billions of assets to now slowly kill the whole thing. It's heartbreaking.

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Sonya Blade game actress talks about doing the moves in Mortal Kombat

Made in over four years mostly by a solo developer: metroidvania FPS with time travelling.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2360820/Tempus_Vitae/
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Yep, as expected

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Technically, Stack was right

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Godot Engine 4.7 is out!

From areal lights and HDR support to building apps directly on Android. It seems very impressive this time!

https://godotengine.org/releases/4.7/
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After years and years in the unfixed state, the legendary surreal game is now playable on modern hardware at 60 FPS without physics issues!

Sadly, the originally planned full remaster is nearly impossible since Andrew "KranK" died in 2022 (was hit by a speeding car). But the remaining team is doing a great job.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/264080?emclan=103582791435465875&emgid=559155780967729348
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If you have never heard of it, no worries: it's a surreal postapocalyptic multiverse biopunk racing delivery game made with voxels and released in 1998.

Death Stranding feels ordinary in comparison. Which made Vangers a legend — nearly unplayable even if you tried to read the official guide, but if you get it, then you can spend ages exploring these mysterious worlds.

96% positive on Steam 😎

Friday meme

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Off topic: most of the countries place recycling bins that are not connected to anything = strait to landfill. And the only way to make any impact is to reduce the use of these materials in the first place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68zjxTTl5Ik
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Valve developers just added a new variable in Dota 2: "m_bHackWhyAreYouGuysReadingOurVariableNames"

Spellcaster Chronicles from Quantic Dream is now closed.

Instead of hiding in the shadows, Quantic Dream is preparing materials about the development of the game. Concept Arts are already available.

Paid founders pack granted users earlier access, but overall it was free to play. And by the decision of the developer and publisher, all in-game payments were refunded automatically + they enabled extended refund on Steam.

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I should've guessed

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Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers founded Ubisoft, died in a small aircraft (Cessna 421) crash.

He once saved the family business in early days, helping with diversification from agriculture into music CDs and other media distribution.

That supported the family financially and built its initial network to distribute games in France, which then became Ubisoft. He was later responsible for their expansion in Asia and some R&D stuff, and general operations. And was not a part of scandals, so, sad loss no doubt.

He was also the owner of gaming peripherals brands Trustmaster and Hercules.

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Okay, I guess

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A visual novel hand-crafted via rotoscoping

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/After_the_Wane/
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