Lewis Packwood
@lewispackwood.bsky.social
Features Editor for GamesIndustry.biz. Author of Curious Video Game Machines and The Art of Still Wakes the Deep. Previously freelancer for The Guardian, Edge, Retro Gamer, etc. Portfolio: https://lewispackwood.com
Man, with all this Arc Raiders review shenanigans, Chris Bratt feels like a lifetime ago.
Can we go back to the simpler, happier Chris Bratt days?
Can we go back to the simpler, happier Chris Bratt days?
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Man, with all this Arc Raiders review shenanigans, Chris Bratt feels like a lifetime ago.
Can we go back to the simpler, happier Chris Bratt days?
Can we go back to the simpler, happier Chris Bratt days?
“Anyone who thinks this is about a 12-second clip on a Panorama more than a year ago that not a single viewer complained about is not reading the proper story,” said one. “What’s going on here is much more about macro politics.”
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“Anyone who thinks this is about a 12-second clip on a Panorama more than a year ago that not a single viewer complained about is not reading the proper story,” said one. “What’s going on here is much more about macro politics.”
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
Ten years? Bloody hell.
Ten years ago, Lara Croft set out into the Siberian wilderness to embark on a Tomb Raiding expedition in Rise of the Tomb Raider. 🏔️
Celebrate the 10th anniversary. Play TODAY: tombraider.com/products/games/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration
#TombRaider
Celebrate the 10th anniversary. Play TODAY: tombraider.com/products/games/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration
#TombRaider
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Ten years? Bloody hell.
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Great game journalism in these pages. Support this worthy project. Honored to have contributed in the past!
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A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6
The beloved gaming mag returns, with Astro Bot's Nicolas Doucet, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka, Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda and more!
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November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Great game journalism in these pages. Support this worthy project. Honored to have contributed in the past!
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Just arrived back at Leeds Bradford Airport, where a women was escorted off the plane by the police, and Roy Chubby Brown got into the taxi ahead of me.
Already missing DevGAMM Portugal 🇵🇹
Already missing DevGAMM Portugal 🇵🇹
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just arrived back at Leeds Bradford Airport, where a women was escorted off the plane by the police, and Roy Chubby Brown got into the taxi ahead of me.
Already missing DevGAMM Portugal 🇵🇹
Already missing DevGAMM Portugal 🇵🇹
They found a hard-to-reproduce game-breaking bug right at the very last moment - this is sheer nightmare fuel for game developers and marketers everywhere.
Anime-inspired rhythm game Unbeatable has been delayed to December, hours before its launch. gameinformer.com/2025/11/05/a...
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
They found a hard-to-reproduce game-breaking bug right at the very last moment - this is sheer nightmare fuel for game developers and marketers everywhere.
This person chose chaos.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This person chose chaos.
Lovely feature here from @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social - indies, take note!
Events, ads, influencers or something else? A look at cost-effective marketing for smaller publishers.
www.gamesindustry.biz/which-market...
www.gamesindustry.biz/which-market...
Which marketing channel provides the best return on investment for small publishers?
Faced with tight marketing budgets, small game publishers must maximise their return on advertising investment (ROIA) –…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lovely feature here from @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social - indies, take note!
This a great idea! Please spread the word :)
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This a great idea! Please spread the word :)
Well that’s really interesting - and it gives hope that all those games lost in legal limbo could potentially be reissued.
note the legals: LRG's using Japan's arbitration system for orphaned games to reissue Little Samson—if you can demonstrate that you've made a genuine effort to contact/identify a potential rights owner to no avail, you can legally commercialise an old game by paying royalties to the JP govt, which…
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Well that’s really interesting - and it gives hope that all those games lost in legal limbo could potentially be reissued.
EGX has long since been absorbed into MCM Comic Con, and the number of games on show is now tiny compared to years gone by. But I’m pleased to say the Leftfield Collection still survives, and as ever, it was a highlight of the show. 1/5
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
EGX has long since been absorbed into MCM Comic Con, and the number of games on show is now tiny compared to years gone by. But I’m pleased to say the Leftfield Collection still survives, and as ever, it was a highlight of the show. 1/5
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one of my favourite goofs—if there was one thing we did at campo it was Commit to the Bit
October 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
one of my favourite goofs—if there was one thing we did at campo it was Commit to the Bit
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Ok, so real talk...
What we calling this little guy? 👇
What we calling this little guy? 👇
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ok, so real talk...
What we calling this little guy? 👇
What we calling this little guy? 👇
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Important news:
THE OUTRAGEOUS LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION LEGEND!
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EUROTRASH: The Complete Box Set! World of weird wonders, celebrity interviews, sexy supermodels and more. All 16 series on this 20 DVD disc set! While stocks last £100 with FREE UK P&P buff.ly/5Pp3r8c
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Important news:
Can confirm this is a fantastic comic book. I have the below edition - but whatever edition you get, it’s well worth a read.
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Can confirm this is a fantastic comic book. I have the below edition - but whatever edition you get, it’s well worth a read.
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Lovely write-up of Game Republic’s event last week by @lewispackwood.bsky.social - we’ll share more on the fun & japes we had there next week.
New Horizons is Game Republic's big play for a Develop-style conference of national importance in the north of England.
Judging by the turnout there this week, says Lewis Packwood, they might be on to something.
www.gamesindustry.biz/game-republi...
Judging by the turnout there this week, says Lewis Packwood, they might be on to something.
www.gamesindustry.biz/game-republi...
Game Republic New Horizons was an impressive power play for the north | Opinion
But will this new conference be enough to persuade southerners to leave London?
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Lovely write-up of Game Republic’s event last week by @lewispackwood.bsky.social - we’ll share more on the fun & japes we had there next week.
At #GRNewHorizons today at Riverside Stadium. This is definitely the best view I’ve ever had from a games conference press room.
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
At #GRNewHorizons today at Riverside Stadium. This is definitely the best view I’ve ever had from a games conference press room.
What a whirlwind day this was. So much preparation went into it, and I’m so pleased it went off without a hitch. I even managed to get through presenting the awards without any major embarrassments on my part.
Congratulations again to all the winners!
Congratulations again to all the winners!
The UK Best Places to Work Awards 2025 took place at the Royal Institution in London last week, and now the entire awards ceremony is available to view online.
www.gamesindustry.biz/watch-the-ga...
www.gamesindustry.biz/watch-the-ga...
Watch the GamesIndustry.biz UK Best Places to Work Awards 2025
The full ceremony is now online to view
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What a whirlwind day this was. So much preparation went into it, and I’m so pleased it went off without a hitch. I even managed to get through presenting the awards without any major embarrassments on my part.
Congratulations again to all the winners!
Congratulations again to all the winners!
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Related: the history of how the CD-i came to be is a part of my book, The Console, available now.
It's sold, like, 18 copies in the last six months, so any purchases are extraordinarily welcomed.
It's sold, like, 18 copies in the last six months, so any purchases are extraordinarily welcomed.
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Related: the history of how the CD-i came to be is a part of my book, The Console, available now.
It's sold, like, 18 copies in the last six months, so any purchases are extraordinarily welcomed.
It's sold, like, 18 copies in the last six months, so any purchases are extraordinarily welcomed.
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Our entire catalogue for like $10, I don't know what to tell you! store.steampowered.com/bundle/6109/...
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our entire catalogue for like $10, I don't know what to tell you! store.steampowered.com/bundle/6109/...
Some thoroughly enjoyable stuff here from @hitpoints.bsky.social :)
Worried about the private acquisition of EA? Nathan Brown of @hitpoints.bsky.social is struggling to get too upset, given what the company has become.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
Spare Some Apathy For EA - Bonus Hit Points
Nathan Brown has been thinking a lot about the EA acquisition deal. His advice? Forget about it. Give yourself a little apathy, as a treat.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Some thoroughly enjoyable stuff here from @hitpoints.bsky.social :)
Now that is one very good looking Game Boy.
Cette Game Boy rentre sans hésiter au panthéon des plus belles que j’ai pu réaliser !
La coque est signée 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, une vraie merveille 🥰
À l’intérieur : une 𝗗𝗠𝗚𝗖, la fusion parfaite entre une 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆 et une 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿, un mod créé par @mousebitelabs.bsky.social 👌
La coque est signée 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, une vraie merveille 🥰
À l’intérieur : une 𝗗𝗠𝗚𝗖, la fusion parfaite entre une 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆 et une 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿, un mod créé par @mousebitelabs.bsky.social 👌
October 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Now that is one very good looking Game Boy.
Now home in bed after a very long but very fun day. Congratulations to everyone who won awards! You’re all wonderful!
Today’s the big day - it’s the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit and Best Places to Work Awards at the Royal Institution. And I’m hosting!
Let’s GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Let’s GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
October 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Now home in bed after a very long but very fun day. Congratulations to everyone who won awards! You’re all wonderful!