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Skin Deep Is 2025's Best Cat Game

Skin Deep Is 2025's Best Cat Game https://ift.tt/CIcwynG My favorite moment in Skin Deep, an immersive sim and stealth game about rescuing cats and fighting your evil clone in deep space, was always the one immediately after a thoroughly developed plan inevitably went sideways. The skittish way that I was forced to sprint and crawl under a table or into a vent. The manner in which my strategy devolved into simply batting things off of shelves in order to incapacitate a roaming guard or noisily distract them from looking in my direction. The way that I leapt onto a guard's back, dug my claws in, and careened them into surfaces in order to knock them out. If you were to close your eyes, I'd argue you could almost hear that distinctive, feline yowl mid-action. In short, I think Skin Deep best captures the experience of being a cat, even if Nina Pasadena, the game's protagonist, is decidedly not one. And for this tremendous feat, I am rewarding it with the honor of being t...
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Indie Publisher Thunderful To Lay Off 20% Of Its Workforce

Indie Publisher Thunderful To Lay Off 20% Of Its Workforce https://ift.tt/l6CJF1o

Thunderful Group, a company group that includes the developer behind SteamWorld Build, and publishers of a huge number of indie games, has announced a restructuring that will see around 20% off its staff laid off.

2023 was a terrible year for layoffs in the games industry, and less than a month in, 2024 is already following a similar trend, with major layoffs at both Discord and Twitch in the last week. Just the latest company to announce impending layoffs, Thunderful Group is a Swedish company whose subsidiaries develop, publish, and distribute games and related products.

"The [restructuring] program aims at lowering costs and increasing focus on areas with the best future growth and profitability prospects," Thunderful's statement reads. "Actions will include both significant staff reductions and evaluation of divestment of non-strategic assets."

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