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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 1d

...wow.

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ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 2d

From the mech cockpit to crops - fight, farm, and forge a new life - Bounty Star is Out Now

Pick it up today: bit.ly/BountyStar

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 9d

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 9d

COCOON x LOST IN CULT🪲

Warp between worlds with Cocoon: Design Works in collaboration with @geometricinteractive.com, @annapurna.com & @rachelwatts.bsky.social🤝

Pre-order the Deluxe Edition before 16th December @ 6pm BST 🚨

www.lostincult.co.uk/cocoon🪲

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HEALTH @health.band · 11d

1974-2025

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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 19d

In case you had any doubts Skin Deep is a good game, here's an excerpt from its patch notes.

Fixed: mech glass wound bug
Piloting a mech and stepping on glass shards would sometimes result in getting glass stuck in Nina's feet. This was not intended, as Nina's feet are fictionally safe inside the mech. Using the mech to stomp on glass no longer applies glass wounds to Nina. Nina is now safe.

Fixed: pod departure logic
Under certain circumstances, the player was able to deposit all of the cats into the cat pod and then force the pod to leave before Nina could enter it. This resulted in what felt like a soft-lock where the pirate boarding ship never appeared.

Fixed: swordfish consumed by trash chute
If the player had a swordfish impaled in their body and then stood near a trash chute, the trash chute sometimes
"ate" the swordfish. This was not intended. It sort of made sense and was an interesting systemic behavior, but the interaction was a little too confusing. In this update, the trash chute now ignores impaled swordfishes.

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 19d

Oh hey, look!

ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 19d

Moomin x Rebecca Sugar x Annapurna

🎬 🍿 new animated Moomin movie 👀 👀

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 22d

Get your rage out on the battlefield with The Beast Within.

Pilot this custom loadout for your mech in Bounty Star when it releases October 23, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Wishlist here: bit.ly/45xS9k3

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 23d

Also, working on these games was weird/surreal sometimes in a way that didn’t make any sense. Everyone who did probably has some strange story to tell, like that one time I came into the office on the weekend to set up a buggy pre-release build of 4 so big Rock Band fan Seth Rollins could play.

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 23d

Also, I loved Freestyle Guitar solo mode, y’all haters can get bent. 😀

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 23d

Attempting to revive this was a labor of love by everyone involved, from the massive lift of making sure legacy DLC just worked to bringing new instruments to market. It’s understandable but sad that this didn’t revive the plastic band phenomenon, but everyone who made this happen should be proud. 🖤

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 23d

I wrapped my time Harmonix weeks before Rock Band 4 shipped, but most of the heavy lifting was done, and I was fortunate enough to be a part of it from start to finish.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 24d

Rock Band 4 will delist on October 5, 2025 - "the original licenses for the core soundtrack are expiring"

DLC are delisting too
www.resetera.com/threads/rock...

Rock Band 4 Rivals Bundle is $9.99:
US PSN store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
Xbox www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...

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ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 24d

T Goodness You're An Alligator!

Get 'three games that are sure to make you laugh and smile' at a major discount during the Steam Autumn Sale. store.steampowered.com/bundle/58928...

Save 47% on T Goodness You’re An Alligator on Steam

store.steampowered.com

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 24d

skin deep is on sale!! play our game about scrutinising warning labels and flushing your less-observant adversaries down the trash chute store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Save 25% on Skin Deep on Steam

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...

store.steampowered.com

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 24d

Many good video games on sale. 👇

ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 24d

Expand your library. Or someone else's.

Get up to 75% off our games in the Steam Autumn Sale
store.steampowered.com/developer/an...

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Jurge Cruz-Alvarez 🦬 @jurge.site · 26d

steam fall sale - jurge's pick (biased)

you can pick up a video game bundle with TGYH, to a T, and Later Alligator for less than $30

video games with laughs, wow!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/58928...

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 29d

After I ruined my Ally, I got an OLED Deck and it’s great. I miss being able to play GamePass games and have the flex of Windows, but I’m happy enough with what I have between the Deck and S2, that $1000 for a thing I’ll probably drop on the floor of a plane because I’m a klutz feels rough!

Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · 29d

I really want the Xbox Ally X, but I’m recalling the time I spilled a little water on my Ally and it turned into a paper weight, so I’m struggling to pull the trigger at $1000. And I’m absolutely fiscally irresponsible.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 29d

ROG Xbox Ally X preorder ($999.99)
Best Buy buff.ly/tXGmglb
MS Store buff.ly/V3sWuWj

Rog Xbox Ally ($599.99)
Best Buy buff.ly/dkqeodJ #ad
MS Store buff.ly/KtbafsQ

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · Sep 25

I expected this to be WAY more expensive if we're talking about this one! www.criterion.com/boxsets/3205...

Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits

In the early 1970s, a kung-fu dynamo named Bruce Lee side-kicked his way onto the screen and straight into pop-culture immortality. With his magnetic screen presence, tightly coiled intensity, and sup...

www.criterion.com

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · Sep 25

Strong opener with this suggestion.

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · Sep 25

Okay, what am I buying?

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · Sep 24

Will say I'm excited to get a chance to work with Dale in some capacity again after all of these years. Hard to believe our early games industry journey starting with Destructoid brought us to where we are, and I'm super happy to have brought him on board to score Yarn Owl's Demi. Perfect fit.

Dale North @dalenorthmusic.com · Sep 24

Presenting Demi and the Fractured Dream, debuted here at Tokyo Game Show in the Annapurna Showcase. A lovely game made by fantastic people and I’m so glad to be writing music for it! The voice you hear is the wonderful Sumika Inoue. More soon!

Trailer here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWZH...

Demi and the Fractured Dream | Reveal Trailer

YouTube video by Annapurna Interactive

www.youtube.com

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Tucker Hazell @tuckerhazell.bsky.social · Sep 24

Shout out to @annapurna.com for their TGS showcase, they continue to be a team whose work I aspire to. They highlighted THREE new IP games in distinct genres:

D-Topia from Marumittu Games

People of Note from Iridium Studios

Demi and the Fractured Dream from Yarn Owl (Austin represent!)

Loved it!

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ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · Sep 24

a story about the future. a question about today. where every choice matters.

D-topia is coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 1/2

wishlist today: http://bit.ly/46sIxaR

D-topia | Reveal Trailer

A story about the future. A question about today. Where every choice matters.Wishlist here: http://bit.ly/46sIxaRStep into a future where happiness is curate...

youtu.be

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Nick Chester @nickchester.bsky.social · Sep 24

Hey hey

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · Sep 24

new Annapurna Interactive games announced:

Demi and the Fractured Dream (Yarn Owl) store.steampowered.com/app/1725710/...
People of Note (Iridium Studios) store.steampowered.com/app/1626170/...
D-topia (Marumittu Games) store.steampowered.com/app/1895460/...

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Dale North @dalenorthmusic.com · Sep 24

Presenting Demi and the Fractured Dream, debuted here at Tokyo Game Show in the Annapurna Showcase. A lovely game made by fantastic people and I’m so glad to be writing music for it! The voice you hear is the wonderful Sumika Inoue. More soon!

Trailer here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWZH...

Demi and the Fractured Dream | Reveal Trailer

YouTube video by Annapurna Interactive

www.youtube.com

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