Paul Rustchynsky
@rushy33.bsky.social
Game Director - Hell Let Loose Vietnam @ Expression Games
(Previous work - Contraband, COTWTheAngler, ProjectCARS3, ONRUSH, DRIVECLUB, MotorStorm, WRC, etc)
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(Previous work - Contraband, COTWTheAngler, ProjectCARS3, ONRUSH, DRIVECLUB, MotorStorm, WRC, etc)
Views are my own.
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Many members of the international games industry are skipping the 2026 Game Developers Conference because of the growing ICE presence and other concerns.
Some international attendees are skipping 2026 GDC due to safety fears and growing ICE presence | TechCrunch
Many members of the international games industry are skipping the 2026 Game Developers Conference because of the growing ICE presence and other concerns.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Many members of the international games industry are skipping the 2026 Game Developers Conference because of the growing ICE presence and other concerns.
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
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Man…this game still feels fresh. 5K, ultra wide, 60 fps, HDR injected MotorStorm. Just amazing to play even today. 20 years old now!
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Man…this game still feels fresh. 5K, ultra wide, 60 fps, HDR injected MotorStorm. Just amazing to play even today. 20 years old now!
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Josef Fares vows to never take Hazelight public
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Josef Fares vows to never take Hazelight public
"You have to make stupid decisions to make the financials [go up]. That I don’t like"
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January 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Josef Fares vows to never take Hazelight public
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Whilst I'm excited for the new releases during '26 my backlog is (still) overflowing. So I'm going to try and play these games.
TOP BACKLOG GAMES FOR 2026
⭐ Blue Prince
⭐ DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
⭐ Deltarune
⭐ Hollow Knight: Silksong
TOP BACKLOG GAMES FOR 2026
⭐ Blue Prince
⭐ DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
⭐ Deltarune
⭐ Hollow Knight: Silksong
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Whilst I'm excited for the new releases during '26 my backlog is (still) overflowing. So I'm going to try and play these games.
TOP BACKLOG GAMES FOR 2026
⭐ Blue Prince
⭐ DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
⭐ Deltarune
⭐ Hollow Knight: Silksong
TOP BACKLOG GAMES FOR 2026
⭐ Blue Prince
⭐ DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
⭐ Deltarune
⭐ Hollow Knight: Silksong
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The new year is here and the gaming outlook over the next 12 months is as always promising. Here's what I'm most excited about.
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
The new year is here and the gaming outlook over the next 12 months is as always promising. Here's what I'm most excited about.
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
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Not every game I played this year was from 2025 though, the backlog is stuffed with great games that needed playing!
FAVOURITE BACKLOG GAMES OF 2025
⭐ Hell Let Loose (2021)
⭐ Neva (2024)
⭐ Tetris Forever (2024)
⭐ The Finals (2023)
FAVOURITE BACKLOG GAMES OF 2025
⭐ Hell Let Loose (2021)
⭐ Neva (2024)
⭐ Tetris Forever (2024)
⭐ The Finals (2023)
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Not every game I played this year was from 2025 though, the backlog is stuffed with great games that needed playing!
FAVOURITE BACKLOG GAMES OF 2025
⭐ Hell Let Loose (2021)
⭐ Neva (2024)
⭐ Tetris Forever (2024)
⭐ The Finals (2023)
FAVOURITE BACKLOG GAMES OF 2025
⭐ Hell Let Loose (2021)
⭐ Neva (2024)
⭐ Tetris Forever (2024)
⭐ The Finals (2023)
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With so many good games in 2025, I've also got to give some honourable mentions. These are the best of the rest for me.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS 2025
⭐ Donkey Kong Bananza
⭐ Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
⭐ Monster Hunter Wilds
⭐ Sword of the Sea
HONOURABLE MENTIONS 2025
⭐ Donkey Kong Bananza
⭐ Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
⭐ Monster Hunter Wilds
⭐ Sword of the Sea
January 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
With so many good games in 2025, I've also got to give some honourable mentions. These are the best of the rest for me.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS 2025
⭐ Donkey Kong Bananza
⭐ Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
⭐ Monster Hunter Wilds
⭐ Sword of the Sea
HONOURABLE MENTIONS 2025
⭐ Donkey Kong Bananza
⭐ Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
⭐ Monster Hunter Wilds
⭐ Sword of the Sea
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Of the 54 games I played through in 2025 these were my favourite new games.
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Of the 54 games I played through in 2025 these were my favourite new games.
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
The new year is here and the gaming outlook over the next 12 months is as always promising. Here's what I'm most excited about.
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
The new year is here and the gaming outlook over the next 12 months is as always promising. Here's what I'm most excited about.
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
HYPED FOR 2026
⭐ Control Resonant
⭐ Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
⭐ Phantom Blade Zero
⭐ Saros
Of the 54 games I played through in 2025 these were my favourite new games.
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Of the 54 games I played through in 2025 these were my favourite new games.
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
GAMES OF THE YEAR 2025
⭐ Absolum
⭐ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⭐ Hades II
⭐ Öoo
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TODD & AARON GAME AWARDS 2025 ARE HERE BABY
HAHAHAHA GAME OF THE YEAR CALL OF DUTY BLOPS 7 (WHAT A GREAT RPG) WORST GAME OF THE YEAR: CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 (WTF WAS THAT.... FRENCH?? RUGRATS IN PARIS WAS BETTER) GO WATCH ON YOUTUBE WE NAILED IT LMAO youtu.be/Iz_uL6zoX8I?...
HAHAHAHA GAME OF THE YEAR CALL OF DUTY BLOPS 7 (WHAT A GREAT RPG) WORST GAME OF THE YEAR: CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 (WTF WAS THAT.... FRENCH?? RUGRATS IN PARIS WAS BETTER) GO WATCH ON YOUTUBE WE NAILED IT LMAO youtu.be/Iz_uL6zoX8I?...
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
TODD & AARON GAME AWARDS 2025 ARE HERE BABY
HAHAHAHA GAME OF THE YEAR CALL OF DUTY BLOPS 7 (WHAT A GREAT RPG) WORST GAME OF THE YEAR: CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 (WTF WAS THAT.... FRENCH?? RUGRATS IN PARIS WAS BETTER) GO WATCH ON YOUTUBE WE NAILED IT LMAO youtu.be/Iz_uL6zoX8I?...
HAHAHAHA GAME OF THE YEAR CALL OF DUTY BLOPS 7 (WHAT A GREAT RPG) WORST GAME OF THE YEAR: CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 (WTF WAS THAT.... FRENCH?? RUGRATS IN PARIS WAS BETTER) GO WATCH ON YOUTUBE WE NAILED IT LMAO youtu.be/Iz_uL6zoX8I?...
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Check out the first gameplay trailer for Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, the upcoming 50v50 multiplayer FPS due out in 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Check out the first gameplay trailer for Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, the upcoming 50v50 multiplayer FPS due out in 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
I recently joined Expression Games as Game Director on #HellLetLooseVietnam - Excited to show you what we have been up to!
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I recently joined Expression Games as Game Director on #HellLetLooseVietnam - Excited to show you what we have been up to!
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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As two popular launch titles, the gulf in quality and playability between Halo Combat Evolved on Xbox and Call of Duty 2 on 360 is so vast. Halo absolutely decimates COD2 in retrospect and it’s not even close in my book. COD2 has aged horribly - Halo remains a classic.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As two popular launch titles, the gulf in quality and playability between Halo Combat Evolved on Xbox and Call of Duty 2 on 360 is so vast. Halo absolutely decimates COD2 in retrospect and it’s not even close in my book. COD2 has aged horribly - Halo remains a classic.
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Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Everything about making video games is harder than you think.
Always warms my heart when past games of mine get referenced like this:
"I played so much of PS Vita/PS3 arcade racing game MotorStorm: RC that it was part of my personality for a month or so"
#MotorStormRC #NinjaGaiden4
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"I played so much of PS Vita/PS3 arcade racing game MotorStorm: RC that it was part of my personality for a month or so"
#MotorStormRC #NinjaGaiden4
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Don't let anyone tell you you're not skilled enough to enjoy Ninja Gaiden 4 - I'm near-incompetent yet having an absolute blast with Xbox's hack 'n' slash
Ninja Gaiden 4 is hard, but don't let that put you off from playing it.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Always warms my heart when past games of mine get referenced like this:
"I played so much of PS Vita/PS3 arcade racing game MotorStorm: RC that it was part of my personality for a month or so"
#MotorStormRC #NinjaGaiden4
@eurogamer.bsky.social
www.eurogamer.net/dont-let-any...
"I played so much of PS Vita/PS3 arcade racing game MotorStorm: RC that it was part of my personality for a month or so"
#MotorStormRC #NinjaGaiden4
@eurogamer.bsky.social
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Reckon the game is probably worth buying for this Mick Gordon track alone. Even without it though, based upon the reviews #Absolum looks pretty essential!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShiPI-gPeA
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October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reckon the game is probably worth buying for this Mick Gordon track alone. Even without it though, based upon the reviews #Absolum looks pretty essential!
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Avalanche Studios (Just Cause, Contraband) is closing down its Liverpool studio and reducing its workforce in both Malmö and Stockholm
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September 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Avalanche Studios (Just Cause, Contraband) is closing down its Liverpool studio and reducing its workforce in both Malmö and Stockholm
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➡️ avalanchestudios.com/stories/stud...
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I Voted for Ivo Robotnik to Lower the Cost of Eggs, Not Steal My Chaos Emeralds
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I Voted for Ivo Robotnik to Lower the Cost of Eggs, Not Steal My Chaos Emeralds
When Dr. Eggman announced his candidacy for President, I was thrilled to see someone finally standing up to the political elite and promising to implement…
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August 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I Voted for Ivo Robotnik to Lower the Cost of Eggs, Not Steal My Chaos Emeralds
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