The Iterative Digest #102

New Website, carbon-aware consoles, new indies and more!

Hi everyone and welcome to a new week of The Iterative Digest! This week we celebrate the launch of our new website! 🎉 Plus we check out this week’s indie titles, carbon-aware console updates, and more!

So without further ado, sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s latest - curated by yours truly. If you like what you see, please don’t forget to share and subscribe! Your support means a lot to us!

• Nvidia and Google have expressed concerns about Microsoft’s proposed buyout of Activision Blizzard. They claim that Microsoft’s acquisition would claim an unfair advantage specifically in the areas of mobile gaming, subscriptions, and the cloud.

• Xbox insiders now have access to multiple new options to make their console more carbon aware. The existing energy-saving power option has been updated to reduce its power consumption even further while still supporting updates, and your console will now optimize those updates by doing them when the console can use the most renewable energy in your local energy grid. Neat.

• Ubisoft has revealed it has canceled three unannounced games, as well as delayed Skull and Bones in its latest financial update. Contributing factors include a challenging environment with 2022 releases such as Just Dance 2023 and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope performing lower than expected.

• Xbox and Bethesda will present their DeveloperDirect Livestream on Jan 25th with an inside look at some of the games coming to Xbox, PC, and Game Pass over the next few months. Presented by the game creators themselves we will see information on The Elder Scrolls Online, Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, and Redfall.

We’ve updated the look of our website. Here you can find out more information about our published titles, read the blog, and even pitch games to us! You can visit the website here.

PC - Jan 18th

Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a twist! Grow your drug trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses," meet new clientele, develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!

Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, PC - Jan 19th

A Space for the Unbound is a slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixel art set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers. Follow two high school sweethearts, Atma and Raya, on a journey of self-discovery at the end of their high school years.

Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac - Jan 19th

Colossal Cave is an exciting point & click adventure into a mysterious cavern - a re-imagining of the celebrated text adventure by Will Crowther & Don Woods. Acclaimed game designer Roberta Williams brings you her vision of the game that inspired her to create her own legendary games.

PC - Jan 19th

Golfie is a run-based, roguelike minigolf deck builder. Play through procedurally-generated levels, build a deck of crazy card abilities, and try to beat all 18 holes. Pick your route carefully because no two runs – or shots – are the same!

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