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The best Game Development newsletters

5 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

designroom.site· weekly· Published 7 days ago

Design Room publishes long-form oral histories of video games, built from interviews with the people who made them, covering famous titles and obscure ones alike. Issues also include community features and occasional updates on the publication's paid tier and plans.

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Push to Talk

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pushtotalk.gg· irregular· Published 3 months ago

Interviews and reported features with people working in and around video games, including developers and AI researchers. Recent issues cover the ARC-AGI-3 puzzle-game benchmark, Factorio's creator on AI coding tools, and the author's launch of a premium print magazine.

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Jiří Bigas

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jiribigas.substack.com· irregular· CS· Published yesterday

A Czech weekly-style video game newsletter covering upcoming and recent games, interviews with developers such as Amanita Design's Jakub Dvorský, and previews of new titles. It offers readers news, game impressions and developer insights aimed at Czech-speaking gamers.

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gamedevreports.substack.com· irregular· Published yesterday

A weekly-style digest of game industry sales figures, wishlist conversion data and Steam Early Access statistics, sourced from third-party analysts and public Steam data. Readers get short, number-driven summaries of recent launches and market trends, with links to original studies.

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foddy.net· irregular· Published 9 months ago

A personal game-developer feed from Bennett Foddy announcing and linking to his games, such as Zipper, Baby Steps and Getting Over It. Each post is a short note with background and purchase or press links.

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