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Five Unity settings that quietly wreck mobile performance
Guides Oct 28, 2026

Five Unity settings that quietly wreck mobile performance

Texture compression, batching, occlusion and the three quality tiers that eat your frame budget before you've written a line of code.

By Staff Writer 1 min read
#unity #performance #guide
Branches Go: making a branching-path runner in a weekend game jam
Studio Oct 27, 2026

Branches Go: making a branching-path runner in a weekend game jam

48 hours, two designers, one idea: a runner where the road splits and you never see the path you didn't take.

By Next Fiction Admin 1 min read
#jam #branching-go
What we learned shipping Don't Touch Black on iOS and Android
Devlog Oct 26, 2026

What we learned shipping Don't Touch Black on iOS and Android

Store listings, soft launches and the uncomfortable truth about our first week numbers.

By Staff Writer 1 min read
#devlog #mobile #release
Design notes: building Sky Surfer — Lone Journey
Devlog Oct 25, 2026

Design notes: building Sky Surfer — Lone Journey

How a simple tap-to-glide mechanic turned into our most downloaded title, and what we cut along the way.

By Next Fiction Admin 1 min read
#devlog #design #sky-surfer
Future Games Show 2020 going live
News Oct 24, 2026

Future Games Show 2020 going live

The next major game reveal event is the Future Games Show, hosted by GamesRadar. Here is how to watch it live.

By Next Fiction Admin 1 min read
#events #showcase
GOG free game: Hitman: Absolution
News Oct 22, 2026

GOG free game: Hitman: Absolution

Io-Interactive's murder simulation / action-adventure mix Hitman: Absolution makes a limited-time freebie appearance on GOG.

By Next Fiction Admin 1 min read
#news #gog #freebies
Eagle Dynamics is slowing release schedules to allow for testing
News Oct 20, 2026

Eagle Dynamics is slowing release schedules to allow for testing

In a short message posted to the DCS World forums, community manager BIGNEWY announced that the next patch would be pushed back.

By Next Fiction Admin 1 min read
#news #industry
Fearless Chicken Dinner: PUBG full gameplay, episode #0
Gameplay Oct 18, 2026

Fearless Chicken Dinner: PUBG full gameplay, episode #0

Chicken dinner full gameplay — it wasn't very good, but it was absolutely worth it. Our first episode on YouTube.

By Staff Writer 1 min read
#pubg #gameplay #stream #pubg-youtube #game-play
The best Xbox One accessories worth buying
Reviews Oct 16, 2026

The best Xbox One accessories worth buying

Controllers, chargers, headset cases and a phone clip — the Xbox One accessories we actually keep reaching for.

By Next Fiction Admin 2 min read
#news #xbox-one #accessories #buying-guide