Mike Murray

Why AI is a mistake: exhibit 335

Looks like Valve has a Nazi problem

I guess I'll make my predictions for TGA reveals:

-Bloodborne remaster

That is all.

The Game Awards Is Bigger Than Ever But Doesn't Come Cheap The annual awards ceremony tries to celebrate game developers and hype up fans, to varying degrees of success

The Game Awards is bigger and more expensive than ever. Even some nominated developers are getting priced out. Our report: https://kotaku.com/game-awards-geoff-keighley-tickets-trailers-clair-obscur-2000652243

News: Capcom Looks to Grow Mega Man, Ace Attorney, and Devil May Cry with New Projects
www.rockman-corner.com/2025/12/capc...

Thank you Harada.

I’d like to share that I’ll be leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. With the TEKKEN series reaching its 30th anniversary—an important milestone for a project I’ve devoted much of my life to—I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close. My roots lie in the days when I supported small local tournaments in Japanese arcades and in small halls and community centers overseas. I still remember carrying arcade cabinets by myself, encouraging people to “Please try TEKKEN,” and directly facing the players right in front of me. The conversations and atmosphere we shared in those places became the core of who I am as a developer and game creator. Even as the times changed, those experiences have remained at the center of my identity. And even after the tournament scene grew much larger, many of you continued to treat me like an old friend—challenging me at venues, inviting me out for drinks at bars. Those memories are also deeply precious to me. In recent years, I experienced the loss of several close friends in my personal life, and in my professional life I witnessed the retirement or passing of many senior colleagues whom I deeply respect. Those accumulated events made me reflect on the “time I have left as a creator.” During that period, I sought advice from Ken Kutaragi—whom I respect as though he were another father—and received invaluable encouragement and guidance. His words quietly supported me in making this decision. Over the past four to five years, I’ve gradually handed over all of my responsibilities, as well as the stories and worldbuilding I oversaw, to the team, bringing me to the present day. Looking back, I was fortunate to work on an extraordinary variety of projects—VR titles (such as Summer Lesson), Pokkén Tournament, the SoulCalibur series, and many others, both inside and outside the company.

Each project was full of new discoveries and learning, and every one of them became an irreplaceable experience for me. To everyone who has supported me, to communities around the world, and to all the colleagues who have walked alongside me for so many years, I offer my deepest gratitude. I’ll share more about my next steps at a later date. Thank you very much for everything. 【Postscript】 Although I will be leaving the company at the end of 2025, Bandai Namco has asked me to appear at the TWT Finals at the end of January 2026, so I expect to attend as a guest. For 30 years I kept saying, “I’ll do it someday,” and never once performed as a DJ at a tournament event. So instead, I will be releasing—for the first and last time—a 60-minute TEKKEN DJ-style nonstop mix (DJ mix), personally edited by myself, together with this announcement. Listening to it brings back many memories. Thank you again, sincerely, for all these years. ‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7lj0O December 8, 2025 - The Final Day of TEKKEN’s 30th Anniversary - Katsuhiro Harada

Katsuhiro Harada to leave Bandai Namco at end of the year

Guess you aren't washing that off

Who up making babies on a single ds

Yo gamers why are you not talking about this more?????

Avatar fighting game looks real good. I want to try it. I think I would main Korra until they give me Kiyoshi.

Congrats! And remember: Magneto was right.

24, my beloved

My immediate response is that there will be layoffs, because that's what usually happens after a major acquisition. I can only hope that Netflix doesn't gut the gaming division that they're inheriting from WB, but we'll have to wait and see what they do.

So Netflix owns WB now.

I wonder what this means for the game studios, especially NRS.

RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

I think, more than ever, these words from Mr. Rogers hold as true as the day he spoke them.

Actually, I think the problem is the controller. I can insert a game and the PS2 will read it, but after that I can't do anything.

Hooked up a PS2 that was given to me by a friend. But whenever I start it up, it freezes at the home screen. Why is that happening?

Layoff season is eternal

@macaw45.bsky.social Have you played this game? Looks crazy.
www.hardcoregaming101.net/majuuou/

I don't have an interest in the Horses game, but I find it unsettling that Steam and Epic (and now Humble) is just banning it for dubious reasons. It's almost like this game is being singled out.

Horses isn't the first game to have disturbing content, and it won't be the last.

Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...

Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...

I've basically given up on finding work in the industry for this reason.

The people who are getting let go and looking for work have much more experience than I do, so I feel like I don't have a chance. The only option that's available to me is not something I can rely on for steady income.

A Japanese game studio now asks art applicants to draw a picture during the interview, to prove they don’t just use GenAI | VGC But the unnamed studio’s source warns that their fight against GenAI is weakening…

A Japanese game studio now asks art applicants to draw a picture during the interview process, to prove they don't just use generative AI.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-japan...

NEO The Boondocks x TWEWY.
I am exhausted. No more.

Butttt, I loveeed getting to do Caesar with comic accurate hair and it's kind of fun to do something that isn't just Huey being grumpy.

The Boondocks x TWEWY.

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.