Lewis | ICO Partners
@persistentworld.bsky.social
📝 Video game marketing, comms, self-publishing @ ICO Partners
✍️ Worked on Baldur's Gate 3, Darkest Dungeon 2 & Eriksholm
📧 Reach me on [email protected]
🔎 View just some of my work here https://www.lewisburnell.com/
✍️ Worked on Baldur's Gate 3, Darkest Dungeon 2 & Eriksholm
📧 Reach me on [email protected]
🔎 View just some of my work here https://www.lewisburnell.com/
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Looking for a video game marketing, PR or self-publishing starter pack? Here's a great place to begin filled with awesome people 👇https://go.bsky.app/MDR4zj
Lovely to see
guess what... i made a website www.mothership.blog
Mothership
Video game coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
www.mothership.blog
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Lovely to see
Pumped for this one
On February 10th, blood is your weapon.
🩸Wishlist Crisol: Theater of Idols today on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox.
https://www.blumhouse.com/games/crisol-theater-of-idols
🩸Wishlist Crisol: Theater of Idols today on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox.
https://www.blumhouse.com/games/crisol-theater-of-idols
January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Pumped for this one
Anyone heading to GDC?👀
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Anyone heading to GDC?👀
Absolutely fucking yes
Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Absolutely fucking yes
Yes, yes they are
"People SEE THE END!"
Are smaller "one-sitting" games the way to go? Sorrowful archive-scouring game TR-49 sees Inkle's best launch ever www.eurogamer.net/tr-49-inkles...
Are smaller "one-sitting" games the way to go? Sorrowful archive-scouring game TR-49 sees Inkle's best launch ever www.eurogamer.net/tr-49-inkles...
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Yes, yes they are
Looks quality
TR-49: OUT NOW
Narrative deduction / audio drama
"Outstanding" - PC Gamer
"Politically fierce" - Polygon
"One of the best" - Thinky Games
"I wanted to know everything" - RPS
"Impressive - very impressive indeed" - Eurogamer
$6.99 / ~6 hours
Steam: tinyurl.com/2jvt9ewk
iOS: tinyurl.com/4ucwx4s7
Narrative deduction / audio drama
"Outstanding" - PC Gamer
"Politically fierce" - Polygon
"One of the best" - Thinky Games
"I wanted to know everything" - RPS
"Impressive - very impressive indeed" - Eurogamer
$6.99 / ~6 hours
Steam: tinyurl.com/2jvt9ewk
iOS: tinyurl.com/4ucwx4s7
TR-49 - Official Trailer
YouTube video by inkleStudios
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Looks quality
Taking this to Greenland
IGN is proud to present the DOOM: The Dark Ages - Shield Saw Wall Mount!
Perfect for your gaming room, living room, or Fortress of Doom!
Shop now on IGN Store: https://bit.ly/3ZkQkEj
Perfect for your gaming room, living room, or Fortress of Doom!
Shop now on IGN Store: https://bit.ly/3ZkQkEj
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Taking this to Greenland
store.steampowered.com/app/3764970/... You have my attention 🌮
Mexican Ninja on Steam
Fast chaotic and full of attitude, Mexican Ninja is a 2.5D roguelike beat 'em up where you carve through Narkuzas in Nuevo Tokyo with tight combos, wild spirit powers and Mexican Jutsus. Slice, dodge,...
store.steampowered.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
store.steampowered.com/app/3764970/... You have my attention 🌮
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Our Creative Director and co-founder, @adrianchm.bsky.social, had a chat with @gibiz.bsky.social about small teams, Witchfire, and the weird alchemy that makes great games click. Give it a read - we think you’ll enjoy it.
Witchfire's creative director on the benefits of small teams and the mystery of how Clair Obscur turned out so brilliantly. "It's just phenomenal in every aspect… And then you hear that the core team was 30 people, half of which were first timers." https://bit.ly/462H0sq
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
👇
Still waiting on Guild Wars 3
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Still waiting on Guild Wars 3
Some bangers here 👇
Our latest issue of Dice Engine is live, featuring some incredible campaigns from the likes of @jonathanhedrick.bsky.social @undigitalatelier.bsky.social & @seanandrewmurray.bsky.social 👇 #crowdfunding #gamefound #kickstarter
diceengine.substack.com/p/new-year-a...
diceengine.substack.com/p/new-year-a...
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Some bangers here 👇
Brilliant
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Brilliant
VERY easy wishlist
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
VERY easy wishlist
If memory serves, this approach reduces media attention, sales and player excitement around your game. I believe it's primarily the reason why ArenaNet returned to expansions over Living World.
Elder Scrolls Online studio insists shift from expansions to smaller seasonal updates unrelated to sweeping Microsoft layoffs
www.eurogamer.net/elder-scroll...
www.eurogamer.net/elder-scroll...
January 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
If memory serves, this approach reduces media attention, sales and player excitement around your game. I believe it's primarily the reason why ArenaNet returned to expansions over Living World.
A big thanks to @gibiz.bsky.social and @lewispackwood.bsky.social for this Witchfire interview www.gamesindustry.biz/witchfires-c...
Witchfire's creative director on the benefits of small teams and the mystery of how Clair Obscur turned out so brilliantly
"It's just phenomenal in every aspect… And then you hear that the core team was 30 people, half of which were first timers. And I'm like, 'I don't know what to
www.gamesindustry.biz
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM
A big thanks to @gibiz.bsky.social and @lewispackwood.bsky.social for this Witchfire interview www.gamesindustry.biz/witchfires-c...
What's a good place to find freelance artists who produce card art?
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
What's a good place to find freelance artists who produce card art?
I love this so much
January 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I love this so much
Incredible stuff
screenshots of the startmap I built for qbj3 or Quake Brutalist Jam III
some fancy bits in here will be in the coming update, like the paintings and plaques
some fancy bits in here will be in the coming update, like the paintings and plaques
January 12, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Incredible stuff
Ubisoft already attempted a LLM using only their own assets and IPs and admitted it was impossible. The sample size was simply too small.
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Ubisoft already attempted a LLM using only their own assets and IPs and admitted it was impossible. The sample size was simply too small.
If you could revive a dead IP, what would it be? Here's mine.
January 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
If you could revive a dead IP, what would it be? Here's mine.
Playing Prey for the first time today
January 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Playing Prey for the first time today
This is looking amazing store.steampowered.com/app/3629430/...
DREADMOOR on Steam
DREADMOOR is a Lovecraftian fishing adventure set in a post-nuclear apocalypse world. Sell your yield, upgrade your boat, build equipment and battle monsters lurking in water and on land. Explore forg...
store.steampowered.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This is looking amazing store.steampowered.com/app/3629430/...
Incredible
The late, great, Patrick Dane in a cameo as James Cameron's agent in the last thing we ever worked on together. My wife reminded me of this last night. After filming it we spent a while catching up, laughing our heads off. It's a tangibly worse world without him x
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Incredible
Literally cannot believe what I'm reading
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Literally cannot believe what I'm reading
My daughter is 14, my son is 11. I think they last watched TV when they were about 3 years old. Even ads on YouTube they have methods to skip or just go do something else while they're running.
Kids don't watch television
Ban on TV junk food advertising before 9pm comes into force in UK
January 5, 2026 at 12:22 PM
My daughter is 14, my son is 11. I think they last watched TV when they were about 3 years old. Even ads on YouTube they have methods to skip or just go do something else while they're running.