🍪 Your Game’s First Competitor Could Launch Before You Do
A striking game reveal can attract players and hand an imitator a head start. Escape the Walls raises a harder question for indie developers:…
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🍪 Tenebris Somnia: Andrés Borghi on Making the Nightmare Real
Andrés Borghi discusses Tenebris Somnia, live-action horror, practical effects, and the love story behind the nightmare in this Game Cookies interview.
🍪 League Classic Is Going Away. Nostalgia Can’t Fill a Matchmaking Queue.
Riot is winding down League Classic’s current run. Its players deserve clear dates, fair refunds, and a return built around how multiplayer communities actually…
🍪 PS5 Jailbreak Is Giving Players More Control. Sony Should Pay Attention.
A growing homebrew scene is finding new uses for supported PS5s. The real opportunity is a longer life for games and hardware, with honest…
🍪 Epic Wants AI to Build Its Disney Game. The Hard Part Is Still Human.
Epic’s reported AI-first Disney game puts human creative control under the microscope. We examine useful AI assistance, mandatory production workflows, and what Epic’s developers…
🍪 Mixtape Won Game of the Year. What Exactly Are We Rewarding?
Mixtape won Game of the Year at the Australian Game Developer Awards. Kiki calls it a terrible choice and takes aim at nostalgia, prestige,…
🍪 My Wallet Can’t Survive Gaming Anymore
Five selected PS5 releases total $339.95 before tax. Affordable indies and free seasonal events widen the choice, while the same budget and evenings have…
🍪 Shipping the Game Doesn’t Mean the Team Is Safe
Bit Reactor is bringing back some furloughed developers. Gravity Well has lost more than 40 staff after its funding disappeared. Two different situations expose…
🍪 Who Is Gaming’s Sensitivity-Consulting Bill Really Serving?
Sensitivity consulting deserves a clear value test: what improved, who approved the change and who controls the story? Kiki examines the rates and rejects…
🍪 AI Modding Is Breaking Game Boundaries. The Human Work Still Matters.
AI-assisted mods and new runtimes are pushing game boundaries. The real opportunity is more player freedom, built on human research and honest limits.