Bertie
@clert.bsky.social
Associate editor at Eurogamer. Writes, sometimes podcasts, talks a lot. I'd rather live in a fantasy land. (He/him)
"I like to just announce stuff and release it."
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The Elder Scrolls 6 is "still a long way off", says Todd Howard, but development is his "everyday thing"
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November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"I like to just announce stuff and release it."
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Not too bothered about the new Steam Controller or VR headset, but those rumours of a Valve console? Imagine if that turns out to be true! Valve in the console space? A Steam console machine. I'd bite
Mocked-up images of a new Steam Controller appear, as speculation rises around Valve revealing new gaming hardware this week www.eurogamer.net/mocked-up-im...
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Not too bothered about the new Steam Controller or VR headset, but those rumours of a Valve console? Imagine if that turns out to be true! Valve in the console space? A Steam console machine. I'd bite
Went into CEX at the weekend. Marvelled at price of aging games on all platforms.
Spotted Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
£8.
Cried.
Spotted Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
£8.
Cried.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Went into CEX at the weekend. Marvelled at price of aging games on all platforms.
Spotted Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
£8.
Cried.
Spotted Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
£8.
Cried.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Apparently it's safer to have a new buyable currency rather than have people buy things directly with their Battle.net funds. But why not just use gold like the rest of the game does? Or is this a convenient back door for implementing the game's first premium currency?
"This microtransaction crap can go jump in a lake" - World of Warcraft's new real-money housing currency is, predictably, causing a stink www.eurogamer.net/this-microtr...
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Apparently it's safer to have a new buyable currency rather than have people buy things directly with their Battle.net funds. But why not just use gold like the rest of the game does? Or is this a convenient back door for implementing the game's first premium currency?
Niiiiiice!
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Niiiiiice!
I love this because it's potentially The Answer.
Games are struggling because we're in a hit-driven market. Make a hit and Steam will push it. Make a hit and media will cover it. That's great... if you have a hit.
But how does everyone else survive?
@falconeerdev.bsky.social has found a way.
Games are struggling because we're in a hit-driven market. Make a hit and Steam will push it. Make a hit and media will cover it. That's great... if you have a hit.
But how does everyone else survive?
@falconeerdev.bsky.social has found a way.
As viral hits like Escape from Duckov and Megabonk change the industry, Falconeer developer Tomas Sala has had to find another way to survive www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I love this because it's potentially The Answer.
Games are struggling because we're in a hit-driven market. Make a hit and Steam will push it. Make a hit and media will cover it. That's great... if you have a hit.
But how does everyone else survive?
@falconeerdev.bsky.social has found a way.
Games are struggling because we're in a hit-driven market. Make a hit and Steam will push it. Make a hit and media will cover it. That's great... if you have a hit.
But how does everyone else survive?
@falconeerdev.bsky.social has found a way.
Reposted by Bertie
Sat down for a lovely chat with @clert.bsky.social over @eurogamer.bsky.social To talk about my games and how I'd like to keep making and improving them sustainably. To step away from the launch, meme and hype driven madness that has taken root in games.
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As viral hits like Escape from Duckov and Megabonk change the industry, Falconeer developer Tomas Sala has found another way to survive
What if you didn't have to spin the roulette wheel every time you released a new game, hoping for it to find an audience? What if there was a better way?
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November 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Sat down for a lovely chat with @clert.bsky.social over @eurogamer.bsky.social To talk about my games and how I'd like to keep making and improving them sustainably. To step away from the launch, meme and hype driven madness that has taken root in games.
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
🖤🖤🖤
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🖤🖤🖤
Don't mind me. Just sitting here, waiting for GTA
GTA 6 has now been in development for so long it must be a world record - right? www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-has-no...
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Don't mind me. Just sitting here, waiting for GTA
Grand Theft Auto 6 is delayed again. I can feel the collective groan from the industry as it shuffles its pack in response, again.
I wonder if it'll mean games come forward this time. Because if they go back, they'll go back to 2027.
I wonder if it'll mean games come forward this time. Because if they go back, they'll go back to 2027.
As GTA 6 is delayed again by half a year to November 2026, Take-Two stock immediately begins to drop
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November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Grand Theft Auto 6 is delayed again. I can feel the collective groan from the industry as it shuffles its pack in response, again.
I wonder if it'll mean games come forward this time. Because if they go back, they'll go back to 2027.
I wonder if it'll mean games come forward this time. Because if they go back, they'll go back to 2027.
Wait what it has a FORUM?! That's not fair!
Digital Foundry's new website is live! And there are classic Web 2.0 style forums! www.digitalfoundry.net
Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry was founded in 2004 and specialises in technical analysis of video games and hardware, using our own bespoke tools for frame-rate analysis – covering everything from console, PC and be...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Wait what it has a FORUM?! That's not fair!
Do it, you cowards! I want to stop writing about the possibility of it
"There's no reason for us to hide anything", says Blizzard, with its best trustworthy expression, as World of Warcraft console speculation begins again www.eurogamer.net/theres-no-re...
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Do it, you cowards! I want to stop writing about the possibility of it
"Don't let your giraffe expire."
What? Oh.
"Don't left your gift expire."
What? Oh.
"Don't left your gift expire."
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November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Don't let your giraffe expire."
What? Oh.
"Don't left your gift expire."
What? Oh.
"Don't left your gift expire."
Brilliant. Pokémon aren't just for Christmas...
Save some for Boxing Day.
Save some for Boxing Day.
No, Dawn French isn't eating Pokémon in the new M&S Christmas ad www.eurogamer.net/no-dawn-fren...
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Brilliant. Pokémon aren't just for Christmas...
Save some for Boxing Day.
Save some for Boxing Day.
🙌
I'm happy that Without a Dawn sales have picked up a little bit! At this rate, it should break even sometime next year, and maybe even turn some profit. This is significant for such a niche love project. Thank you all for your incredible support! 💚
#gamedev #indiegames
#gamedev #indiegames
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🙌
Gorgeous!
Train platform 18_C....Collab with my partner @ekellystudio.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Gorgeous!
Don't panic but the plan is working
(love this)
(love this)
Kapow! Episodic gaming really is back on the map - the Dispatch success story continues www.eurogamer.net/kapow-episod...
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Don't panic but the plan is working
(love this)
(love this)
It's so strange how Nintendo seems to exist outside of the console wars. Like it just politely excused itself from it a few generations ago. And so, when people worry out loud about the future of consoles, Nintendo seems to be overlooked. It just does its own thing, with its box of crayons...
If consoles are dead, how do we explain the phenomenal success of Nintendo's Switch? www.eurogamer.net/if-consoles-...
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's so strange how Nintendo seems to exist outside of the console wars. Like it just politely excused itself from it a few generations ago. And so, when people worry out loud about the future of consoles, Nintendo seems to be overlooked. It just does its own thing, with its box of crayons...
The success of the Switch is just staggering. It's on course to overtake PS2's seemingly untouchable lifetime record. And this after the Wii U didn't even reach 15m units - the Switch 2 will probably surpass that in one year.
Switch poised to overtake DS and become Nintendo's best-selling console - and it could take the all-time crown from PS2
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November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The success of the Switch is just staggering. It's on course to overtake PS2's seemingly untouchable lifetime record. And this after the Wii U didn't even reach 15m units - the Switch 2 will probably surpass that in one year.
What did PUBG man Brendan Greene do next? Huh - a game about orienteering? I'm in!
PUBG creator Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene is about to release his next game, and it's not what you're expecting at all www.eurogamer.net/pubg-creator...
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
What did PUBG man Brendan Greene do next? Huh - a game about orienteering? I'm in!
How can Microsoft let this stand? Because Halo isn't a big enough deal, relatively speaking, for it to do anything drastic about.
As a former MS attorney tells me: "The list of brands Microsoft wants most to protect probably doesn't have Halo on it."
As a former MS attorney tells me: "The list of brands Microsoft wants most to protect probably doesn't have Halo on it."
What will Microsoft do about the Trump administration's provocative use of the Halo IP? "What I wouldn't do is anything public," says former Microsoft attorney www.eurogamer.net/what-will-mi...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How can Microsoft let this stand? Because Halo isn't a big enough deal, relatively speaking, for it to do anything drastic about.
As a former MS attorney tells me: "The list of brands Microsoft wants most to protect probably doesn't have Halo on it."
As a former MS attorney tells me: "The list of brands Microsoft wants most to protect probably doesn't have Halo on it."
This was a difficult thing to write. But I'm enormously relieved to have written it.
Revisiting Dragon Age: The Veilguard - one year on, how have our thoughts changed on BioWare's opinion-splitting RPG? www.eurogamer.net/revisiting-d...
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This was a difficult thing to write. But I'm enormously relieved to have written it.
Wait, hang on, is that Donald Trump behind him?
Trump administration's use of Halo "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation", says key series designer
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October 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Wait, hang on, is that Donald Trump behind him?
With a DREMEL?! WILL!
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
With a DREMEL?! WILL!