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Sony had a State of Play showcase with my partner games and announcements, chief of which is Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a new 2d search-action (lol they can't use metroidvania to describe their game) title that looks goooooooood, being made by Evil Empire (Motion Twin [Dead Cells] spinoff studio, who last made The Rogue Prince of Persia), so again, a grey area kind of thing as far as we are concerned, a technically independent studio making a game using a big name IP, so yeah, looks like Konami is changing their mind on games?

​Upcoming Games of 2026

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Indie games of interest

1. ​GUN NOSE - This pixel art detective adventure game just launched on Kickstarter and is already fully funded!
2. ​Lunchbreak Tactics - New look at gameplay for this anime-style card based autobattler
3. ​Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional - Throwback bullet heaven rogue-lite
4. ​Mina the Hollower - We got news! Still "Spring 2026" after being delayed from Halloween 2025, with a new demo available right now
5. Mythmatch -
6. ​Replaced - New Demo out now!
7. ​Solateria - Release date announcement for this Metroidvania.
8. ​Combo Devils - Kickstarter for this Indie fighting game is live (and wildly successful!)

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My videos this week

1. ​GameSpain Direct Winter 2026 - I hosted this showcase for 25 indie games from Spain!
2. ​A GOTY Contender appears! | Indie Gaming This Week: 09 - 15 February 2026 - Killer week
3. ​Upcoming Factory/City Builders /Tycoon Indie Games - 2026 (big brains only) - Thinky games
4. ​Upcoming Adventure Indie Games - 2026 - A classic genre
5. ​EPIC Upcoming 3rd Person Action RPG Indie Games of 2026 - Character Action, Action-Adventure and even from 3D Metroidvanias.

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News & Articles

1. ​Designer claims ‘most’ of Highguard’s dev team have been laid off, weeks after launch - Highguard, Byeguard
2. ​Laid off Highguard developer criticises online ‘dogpiling’, ‘ragebait content’ and personal attacks - Not good
3. ​Playstation State of Play, 12th Feb, 2026 - Watch in full
4. ​‘Please let us focus on making our game in peace’: Starsand Island studio confused by alleged ‘praise-bombing’ attack - there has been some suspicious, bot-like activity on the reviews
5. ​Hinterland confirms layoffs after delaying The Long Dark sequel - Oof (indie studios are not spared either.
6. ​Den of Wolves studio 10 Chambers confirms ‘large number’ of layoffs, including ‘several’ co-founders - Oof
7. ​Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team - Oof
8. ​Diablo 2 Resurrected launches on Steam with a new Warlock Class - My thoughts:

Best Indie Games @clemmygames What is this, the Year 2000? 9:0 PM • Feb 12, 2026 53 Retweets 728 Likes Read 29 replies

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Indie Game of the Week

​Iron Lung - Play the game behind the hit movie, now at 50% off!

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