The 2026 State Of Web Gaming Report, through the layers, and cssQuake

Articles

Study uses Age Of Empires scenario editor to illustrate why it’s farcical to treat AI as cognizant
OpenAI and the like are using our fantasies about technology to bilk investors, if we want to protect the public we need to establish the difference consciousness and something mimicking it.
Zack Kotzer at Kotaku

Five things to avoid when marketing your indie game
A rogue-like mecha extraction grid-based first-person survival marketing guide.
Axel Fälth at GamesIndustryBiz

Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games
GTA6 might be an outlier, though - at least for now.
Samuel Axon at Ars Technica

Memory prices are predicted to rise as much as 50% in Q3 and it only gets worse from there
I'm gonna be playing low-res indie games for years.
Jody Macgregor at PC Gamer

Competitions

Reddit and Phaser launch a $40,000 game dev hackathon

Tools

Preparing a demo for Steam Next Fest?
Find confusing mechanics, friction points, onboarding issues, and player drop-offs before thousands of people try your demo during Steam Next Fest.

Lore - next-generation, open source version control system

Resources

The 2026 State Of Web Gaming Report: a study of developer and gamer perceptions

Demos

Through the layers

Sunset

Dweet of the week: pipe dream

Games

cssQuake

FacetLab - rough diamond polishing simulator