2026/05/22 — issue #646

Spears N’ Coins, GMRT, and Dynamine

Articles

"People want MMOs, and the sales of New World proved it" - Cryptic Studios head Jack Emmert on why MMOs are ripe for reinvention
"I think that the idea that the MMO crowd doesn't exist is belied by the number of players who are still in World of Warcraft".
Lewis Packwood at GamesIndustryBiz

LATAM indie devs lay out how to improve your text animation
Want people to read your text? Juice it up.
Bryant Francis at Game Developer

The internet reacts to the end of Bungie’s sci-fi MMO Destiny
Saying it's the end of an era feels like an understatement.
Ethan Gach at Kotaku

Everyone’s a loser in Strait of Hormuz game that simulates global crisis
The game asks players to find the least worst options for a shipping chokepoint.
Jeremy Hsu at Ars Technica

HTML5 game Spears N’ Coins with Phaser 4.1 and TypeScript: a tiny endless runner like Dashy Panda
Collect stuff and avoid spikes. It’s Dashy Panda‘s gameplay, and I just built a HTML5 game with the same mechanics called Spears N’ Coins.
Emanuele Feronato's blog