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Devcom Survey Reveals Industry Anxiety Over AI and Economy, Adds Mario Kart Showdown to Keynote Stage

With the devcom developer conference now less than two weeks away, the organizers have dropped some fresh program highlights and, more interestingly, the results of this year's speaker survey. The survey, which polled 100 of the event's speakers, serves as a fascinating vibe check for a games industry that is still reeling from years of turmoil, grappling with an uncertain future, and apparently, very divided on the topic of AI.

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Devs of Indie Hit 'Peak' Say They'd Rather You Pirate Their Game Than Play This "Microtransaction-Riddled" Roblox Ripoff

It’s not every day that a game developer tells you to go ahead and steal their work, but we live in strange times. The team behind the popular indie climbing game Peak has taken a bold and frankly unprecedented stance against a clone of their game that has appeared on Roblox. In a fiery social media post, the developers stated they would rather people "pirate our game" than play the Roblox version, which they branded as "microtransaction-riddled… slop".

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Battlefield 6 Devs Promise No "Nicki Minaj" Skins, Vow to Keep Cosmetics Grounded

In a modern shooter landscape increasingly populated by bong-smoking wizards, cartoon characters, and whatever the hell is happening in Call of Duty these days, DICE is drawing a clear line in the sand. As part of their ongoing "we're sorry about 2042" tour, the developers of Battlefield 6 have come out swinging, promising that their game will be a refuge for players who want their military shooter to actually look and feel like a military shooter.

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Steam is Already Planning Your 2026 Game Purchases

Just as we’re sweating our way through the summer of 2025, Valve has decided to look deep into the future and give us all a crystal-clear vision of our impending financial ruin. In a surprisingly early announcement aimed at helping developers plan ahead, Steam has unveiled its entire official event schedule for the first half of 2026. For us, it’s less about planning and more like a beautifully organized calendar of future temptations for our ever-growing backlogs.

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