Warren Leigh

🕹️ 𝟱𝟮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 – 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 #𝟰 🎮

𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙗𝙮’𝙨 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝟮 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱, 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙮)

Great follow-up that builds on the original

🕹 Where did you start with Kirby?
#videogames #gaming #retrogaming

🕹️ 𝟱𝟮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 – 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 #𝟯 🎮

𝙏𝙖𝙯-𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟮, 𝙎𝙚𝙜𝙖 𝙈𝙚𝙜𝙖 𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚)

Oh man, those notorious mine levels nearly broke me!

🕹 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴?

#videogames #gaming #retrogaming

🎮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝘀: 𝘉𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 🎮

𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀
⭐ Formula 1 (1996)
⭐ Metropolis Street Racer (2000)
⭐ Project Gotham Racing series (2001–2007)
⭐ Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (2005)
⭐ Blur (2010)

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦?

Hi, many thanks for reaching out. This isn't something we're looking for at the moment, but happy to keep in touch!

Restarting my 52 Game Challenge in 2026 🎮

Game #1: Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Master System)

My first gaming obsession and the one that shaped my early years. A very nostalgic place to start.

51 games to go…

#52GameChallenge #Gaming #RetroGames

💥 Cast Iron Games is hiring! 💥

We’re expanding our team and looking for talented developers who love solving tough problems, building great systems, and pushing tech further!

Check out the roles + apply:
careers.castirongames.com

#gamedev #hiring

@thegameawards.com 2025 was WILD 🔥

Expedition 33 swept 9 awards incl. GOTY ✨
Control: Resonant revealed 🎮
Larian announced a new Divinity 🛡
Two new Tomb Raider games 🧗‍♀️
Leon confirmed for Resident Evil: Requiem 🧟‍♂️
...and loads more!

What hyped you most?

🏎️🏁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼 𝟮!

26 years ago today, Gran Turismo 2 first launched for the Sony PlayStation in Japan!

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳(𝘴) 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰 2?

💥⚙️𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗜𝗜!

28 years ago today, Quake II was first released for Windows in North America.

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘐𝘐?

Had a great time at the University of Derby on Monday meeting their game dev students!

Shared a bit about Cast Iron Games and some practical tips on breaking into the industry. Really impressed by the passion and talent on display.

Thanks for having me! 🎮✨

🟦🎮 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

31 years ago today, the original #PlayStation launched in Japan

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺?

(Go on admit it - this stills gives you goosebumps right? 😊👍)

The SEGA Dreamcast – A Console Ahead of its Time When people talk about the most influential consoles ever, it’s hard not to think of the Sega Dreamcast. It was a machine packed with ideas, overflowing with creativity, and adored by those who owned ...

🎉 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗔 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁! 🔷🌀🎮

27 years ago today, Sega's Dreamcast first launched in Japan!

To celebrate, I’ve written an article that looks back at Sega's final home video game console.

🌀 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴?

www.linkedin.com/pulse/sega-d...

It's here! 🤯

🎮🩸 I'm in the middle of a survival-horror phase right now - 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴!

𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝟮 - Done; 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝟮 - Nearly finished!)

𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻 & 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗙 both lined up

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵?

(I grabbed this screenshot while playing the Silent Hill 2 last night)

🧪🧡 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳-𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲!

27 years ago today, Half-Life was first released for Windows in North America.

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧-𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺?

YouTube video by Dead Island Dead Island Reveal Trailer (Europe)

🎮 𝗜𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀! 📺

𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 – 𝘌3 2011 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳 🔥🧟‍♀️

Still gives me chills after all these years…

Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2g...

🕹 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 2011?

YouTube video by PlayStation Evolution of PlayStation: PlayStation 3

🎮🔷 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯!

19 years ago today, Sony launched the #PlayStation 3 in Japan!

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘚3 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XF2...

🎃 Last Friday, a few of us from the Cast Iron Games team got into the Halloween spirit with a pumpkin carving session!

Can you guess which one’s mine? 👀

𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦 — 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 '𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬… 💥

Hope you all had a great Halloween! 👻

🎃 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲! 🎃

It’s that time of year again - a perfect excuse to dive into some scary games!

🕹️What are your go-to scary games for Halloween? Drop your recommendations - 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 🎃

🎮 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀’ 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗠𝗮𝗬𝗼!

Really looking forward to catching up with familiar faces, meeting new ones, and checking out the games being showcased

See you on 13th November! 🕹️

👋 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?

#GaMaYo #GameDev #GamesIndustry #Networking gamerepublic.bsky.social gamayo.bsky.social

🎮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝘀: 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 🎮

Striking box art, atmospheric soundtracks, and bold technical design, Psygnosis showed just how imaginative and ambitious games could be.

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦?

#GamesIndustry #GamingHistory #VideoGames

🎮💫 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲!

37 years ago today, SEGA first launched the Mega Drive in Japan!

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘢 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦?

☢️👍 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟯!

17 years ago today, Fallout 3 first launched in North America for PC and Xbox 360!

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 101?

YouTube video by PlayStation Rage 2 - Open World Trailer | PS4

🎮 𝗜𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀! 📺

𝘙𝘈𝘎𝘌 2 (2019) - 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳 🚀🔫

Using Danny Brown’s 𝘈𝘪𝘯’𝘵 𝘐𝘵 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 in the trailer was *chef’s kiss* 🤌 totally captures the unhinged chaos the game was going for

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6il...

🎮 𝗔 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆!

I had the pleasure of representing Cast Iron Games at the Sheffield Hallam University Autumn Careers Fair yesterday

It was a joy chatting with so many passionate and ambitious students, discussing Cast Iron Games and offering practical advice.

🔠 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗗𝗔𝗬! ⌨️

FINALLY, A DAY TO WRITE LIKE WE’RE ALL REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING! 😅

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿! 🕹️🎨

27 years ago today, the Game Boy Color first launched in Japan!

🎮 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨?

Had a great time at University Campus Doncaster last Friday chatting about games, careers, and breaking into the industry! 🎮

Thanks for the warm welcome! #GamesIndustry

Boxing up a few old consoles. Reckon this is still valid?

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲! 👽🩸🚀

17 years ago today, Dead Space first launched on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚𝘎 𝘐𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢?