2026/01/16 — issue #628

Deterministic randomness in JavaScript, Game Off 2025 winners, and Resokill

Articles

This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, Linux and in the browser
It’s a pretty standard Snake game with the same rules and interface on all platforms.
Kamila Szewczyk at iczelia

Steam Machine Verified requirements will have 'fewer constraints' than Steam Deck, says Valve
'If your title is Verified on Steam Deck, it will be Verified on Steam Machine.'
Bryant Francis at Game Developer

Split Fiction director warns about taking the wrong lessons away from Clair Obscur
Josef Fares argues for publishing diversity in the gaming industry.
Ethan Gach at Kotaku

Meta closes three VR studios following 10% cut to Reality Labs metaverse division
Sanzaru Games, Twisted Pixel Games, Armature Studio, and Within affected.
Sophie McEvoy at GamesIndustryBiz

Understanding how to use Mulberry32 to achieve deterministic randomness in JavaScript
Deterministic means that the entire sequence of numbers it produces is fully determined by its initial state, commonly called the seed.
Emanuele Feronato's blog