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Moss developer Polyarc Games announces closure

Moss developer Polyarc Games has announced it is shutting down and winding down active development after nearly 12 years in operation. The Seattle-based studio shared the news on LinkedIn and posted a recruiting spreadsheet for affected staff. Founded in 2015 by former Bungie developers, Polyarc released the VR puzzle game Moss in 2018 and a sequel in 2022, and earlier this year laid off 30 employees after failing to secure funding following the cancellation of a major project.

Moss developer Polyarc is shutting down

Polyarc, the developer behind the Moss series, has announced it is closing its doors after nearly 12 years. In a LinkedIn post, the studio said it is winding down active development and saying farewell to its team, ending with a reverse recruiting spreadsheet of employee contact information. Polyarc released Moss in 2018, Moss: Book II in 2022, and Moss: The Forgotten Relic this July.

No More Robots' Nine-Year Journey to Its First Self-Developed IP, Cruise Control

Indie publisher No More Robots is set to release its first self-developed game, the cruise liner title Cruise Control, nine years after the company was founded. It had spent three years building a team-based online shooter that drew interest from a major company, but the partner pulled out and the project was put on ice. Rose says that if Cruise Control performs well, No More Robots might revisit the shooter, possibly repurposing it into a PvE game.

"What new games can we create that you couldn’t create before?"

Anomaly President Early Access Review: Dead Cells Meets Fallout Shelter

Anomaly President from Phew Phew Games is now in Early Access on Steam, blending Dead Cells-style roguelike combat with Fallout Shelter-style base building. By day you manage a campaign bus with food, storage and sleeping space; by night you kill rivals to earn votes, then spend run resources on new carriages and skill trees. Combat feels fluid, though bus management can frustrate when staff deaths shut down rooms.

"You can scale human creativity, but you can’t replace it"

Post-Develop:Brighton Musings | 17/07/26

"More than anything, what's valuable from a human is judgment and taste"

This Week's Free Game From The Epic Games Store On Mobile: The Big Con

The Epic Games Store is giving away The Big Con for free on mobile this week, a comedic single-player adventure set in '90s America. Players need a free Epic account and the Epic Games Store mobile app to claim it every Thursday, with one week to grab each game. The app is currently only available to iOS users in the European Union, while Android users worldwide have access.

"It’s about players and AI weaving the experience together"

"AI was my engineering team, not my creative director"

Tiny Metal in general is one of those that just keeps getting so much better with each iteration that you can tell they really know what ...

"AI should be an enhancement tool, not a replacement tool"

Seed Sparkle Lab's life and farming sim Starsand Island enters Early Access on February 11

Seed Sparkle Lab announced that its life and farming sim Starsand Island will enter Early Access on February 11 on Steam and the Xbox Preview Program, with the full launch expected in the summer of this year. The full release will also come to PS5, Xbox Series and Switch 2, and will add Steam Deck support and a multiplayer mode that is not available during Early Access. The Early Access build is said to offer about 100 hours of content, with more features arriving over the next six or so months, including a crossover event with My Time At Portia.

"What it’s allowed us to do is create something you couldn’t without AI"