Warren Leigh

🎮🩸 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?

Im in a SNES mood today 🎮

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗜𝗜! 💀🔫🔥

31 years ago today, DOOM II: Hell on Earth first launched on PC

💀 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘖𝘖𝘔 𝘐𝘐?

#DOOM #retrogaming #videogames

🎮✨ Lessons From a Tough Few Months

People have asked what helped in my recent games industry job search. Everyone’s path is different, but these are the things that worked for me 👇

If you’re feeling stuck, hang in there: every chat, application, connection, gets you closer to the next opportunity!

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝟮! 🕹️🌀🔫

23 years ago today, TimeSplitters 2 first released on PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘚𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 2?

YouTube video by SilentQix Resident Evil Remake Trailer

🎮 𝗜𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀! 📺

𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘭 (2002) - 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘊𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳 🧟‍♂️

youtu.be/CRS5mjcjSkg?...

🕹 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 2002?

#residentevil #videogames #retrogames

The Sega Game Gear: Sega's Handheld at 35 When you think of retro handhelds, it’s usually Nintendo that steals the spotlight. The Game & Watch, the Game Boy, the DS, the 3DS (fair enough, they earned it) But in the early ‘90s, Sega decided th...

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗔 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗮𝗿! 🕹️💙📺

35 years ago today, the Game Gear first launched in Japan!

To celebrate, I’ve written a new article looking back at Sega’s colourful handheld

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

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘢𝘳?

#sega #videogames #retrogaming

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined Cast Iron Games as their 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁!

Cast Iron is a team-first studio built on strength, creativity and craft - already working on some truly exciting projects!

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: castirongames.com 😊👍

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝟲! 🧟🔫🧬

13 years ago today, Resident Evil 6 first released worldwide for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘭 6?

#GamesIndustry #GamingHistory #VideoGames

Oh wow! Didn't know someone was working on this. Such a shame it was never completed 😊

I’ve been sampling VR mods for some classic FPS games such as Quake, DOOM, Half-Life, and more

The VR community have done an incredible job translating these classics.

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘝𝘙?

#GamesIndustry #VideoGames #VR

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝟮! 🚗🌅🎶

11 years ago today, Forza Horizon 2 first released for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One in North America

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦?

#VideoGames #gameshistory

🎮 Studios That Shaped Us: Westwood 🎮

Founded in 1985, Westwood defined strategy & adventure with classics like C&C, Red Alert, and Blade Runner. Their legacy still inspires today.

🕹️ What’s your favourite Westwood game?

#GamingHistory #VideoGames

Finally watched the Fallout S2 trailer and it hit me… 🎬🎮
Game adaptations have come a LONG way

From ’90s oddities (Mario Bros., Street Fighter) to 2000s hits & misses (Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil), to today’s golden age (Last of Us, Fallout, Sonic)

🕹️What’s your fave?