Ep. 025: Gamescom 2026!

Gamescom 2026 is over, and I watched hours of showcases to find the games, technology, and stories worth keeping on your radar. This week, we explore how accessible tools are opening game development to new kinds of artists, and the trap indie games fall for (just like AAA).

We also look at the artistic use of ray tracing in *Gears of War: E-Day*, the digital preservation work happening in *Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024*, Xbox’s new disc-to-digital program, and a *Tomb Raider* remake that wants to preserve the feeling of the original rather than merely reproduce it.

Then it is time for a packed Game List featuring *Fable*, *Minecraft Dungeons II*, *Star Wars: Galactic Racer*, *GravHounds*, *Dumpster Gang*, *Kingdom III: Rising Realms*, *Deep Dish Dungeon*, and many more.

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