The Iterative Digest #94

Gamescom, PS5 increases, and an affordable fun way to learn electronic music.

Hello and welcome to issue #94 of the Digest! This week we discuss Gamescom, Playsation increasing its RRP, an awesome gamedev resource, and more!

So without further ado, sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s latest - curated by yours truly! Remember, if you like what you see, don’t forget to share and subscribe. Have a great week!

• Gamescom just wrapped up and we saw a bunch of announcements and updates, including Dead Island 2, Sonic Frontiers, Gotham Knights, Hogwarts Legacy, The Callisto Protocol, a new DualSense Controller, and more!

• PlayStation is set to increase its PS5 recommended retail price in select markets due to the global economic environment and high inflation rates. Nintendo and Microsoft have responded that they have no plans to increase prices at this time.

• A short gameplay clip of the upcoming Need for Speed title has leaked, with footage via Reddit showing various visual effects of a photo-realistic art style mixed with anime elements. It’s claimed the game will release in December.

• A logo for “Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family” has been discovered on the Xbox backend, suggesting that the subscription may be coming soon. The service would allow multiple users to share their membership for Game Pass.

• Bandai Namco has filed new trademark applications for Time Crisis and Steel Gunner, but it’s unclear if this is indicative of any plans to revive the series.

Check out this awesome gamedev resource list created by Reddit user notpresident35 that has resources for every skill level. Included you can find full books, classes/courses, tutorials, job-seeking advice, and even other mega-lists of role-specific resources. Anything marked with purple indicates that these are the “most useful links.” Additionally, you can find the original thread here.

Tinkykin

Catch hundreds of Tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to his normal size! Meet a colorful cast of characters, collect exhibits for the museum and travel through a sprawling ant-sized metropolis.

Coming to PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch on August 30th.

Ooblets

Ooblets is a farming, town life, and creature collecting game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!

Coming to PC, Xbox, and Switch on September 1st.

Onsen Master

Onsen Master is a hot spring customer management game where players must create ingredients to match their customer’s ailments, reconnect the communities that surround each onsen, and discover the supernatural world they’re long since been disconnected from.

Coming to PC, Linux, Mac, Playstation, Xbox, and Switch on September 1st.

Kotaku’s Claire Jackson described The Signal State’s new Sandbox mode as “kind of a perfect set of training wheels for understanding how a modular synth works."

Check out why this puzzle game is a fun, affordable way to learn electronic music.

Are you a fan of The Witness? Join Kelsey as she dives into the pros and cons of this well received puzzle game and its humor-inspired clone, The Looker. While The Witness may not be for everyone, The Looker will definitely get you laughing. You can check her write-up here.

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