Lewis | ICO Partners

Lewis | ICO Partners

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📝 Publishing producer, game marketing, self-publishing @ ICO ✍️ Worked on Baldur's Gate 3, Dispatch, Darkest Dungeon 2 & Witchfire 📧 Reach me on lewis@icopartners.com 📢 I did a talk at GDC once 🔎 View just some of my work here https://www.lewisburnell.com/

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Lewis | ICO Partners
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A staggering quantity that simply rewards those with the biggest wallets, or demos that are already released and popular. Visibility during a Next Fest is impossible, and the amount of slop is unbelievable.

Charlotte Reynoldson@charreynoldson.bsky.social

Steam Next Fest has over 8200+ games participating this week. Lol. Lmao. I would love to know how many of those games actually have PR because it does not seem worth it! imho! Resources are better used elsewhere!

Lewis | ICO Partners
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Nice

Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social

🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more. www.verticalslice.news

Lewis | ICO Partners
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Day 1, day fucking oneeeeeeeeeeee

William Bibbiani@williambibbiani.bsky.social

Travis Knight’s WILDWOOD is such an astounding achievement in stop-motion that even if the story sucked, it would be a “must see.” But the story is wonderful (if a little archetypal), so the effort it took to produce this masterpiece was wholly justified. My review is at @thewrap.com!

thewrap.com‘Wildwood’ Review: Laika's Fantasy Epic Is One of the Most Astonishing Animated Movies Ever MadeThe stop-motion adventure Wildwood, directed by Travis Knight, is so astonishing and intricate that it's hard to even fathom.
Lewis | ICO Partners
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So excited for this

Shinobi602@shinobi602.bsky.social

Silver Pines | Reviews 10 - CGM 10 - Radio Times 9.5 - Dualshockers 9 - KonsoliFIN 9 - Meristation 9 - GameSpew 9 - GamesRadar 9 - SteamDeckHQ 9 - Digital Chumps 9 - Gaming Boulevard 8.5 - PSU 8 - VDGMS 8 - Guardian 8 - Gamesurf MC: 85 OC: 87

Lewis | ICO Partners
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Some amazing campaign's in this weeks newsletter 👇

Dice Engine@diceengine.bsky.social

Our latest newsletter is live, featuring gothic graphic novels, cat-versus-mouse card battlers, cosmic horrors, and living space-Western sandboxes! diceengine.substack.com/p/from-curse... @redhookstudios.bsky.social @thevaultcomics.bsky.social

Lewis | ICO Partners
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Hell yeah

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

OPENING ACT demo is LIVE! Big update with new lighting, story sections, and the first look at the playable hub area. There's a whole bunch of smaller fixes to make the experience better on controller as well as some extra surprises waiting for you. Find out how to get access below!

Lewis | ICO Partners
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I've sent out a lot of media kits in my time and they're incredibly time consuming to create (often months and months), expensive & shipping is challenging to organise. We also take a lot of time to choose who they go to because we hope they'll love them. It's a bit grim to see this instantly sold.

Rollin Bishop@rollinbishop.com

just for context: doing this will get you fired as a games journalist

Lewis | ICO Partners
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Absolutely yes

Gregorios Kythreotis@eteogreg.bsky.social

It’s Sable’s 5th Anniversary! I’ve written some reflections on what the game means to me, and to celebrate I’m delighted to announce that @lostincult.co.uk are reprinting the Sable Design Works Find out more here: www.eteogames.com/sable-turns-...

eteogames.comSable Turns Five with a Design Works ReprintReflecting on the Five-Year Anniversary of Sable, and announcing a reprint of the Sable Design Works art book.
Lewis | ICO Partners
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Absolutely yes

Samurai Unicorn@samuni.bsky.social

We just rolled out a big overhaul to the playtest, so if you have access to that on Steam, you should re-install it. Major changes to lighting, new cutscenes, and the first look at the S3PF Command hub is all available. Proper announcement and trailer coming next month.

Lewis | ICO Partners
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It would be wonderful if we could stop framing games as studio versus studio. All developers care about all games. I've never once heard a developer talk about another in this way. Most are simply glad to be doing what they love, while watching others do the same.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

Wardogs has already made more money than Marathon, and its Steam launch momentum is ahead of Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2. https://bit.ly/4j2GMsI

Lewis | ICO Partners
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Hey, ICO is organising something very cool. Here's just some of the amazing games participating!

Unmistakable Festival 👁️@unmistakablefest.com

👁️ Discover the Unmistakable Steam Festival showcase lineup! From October 8th to 12th, dive into artist processes, speed painting, master classes, and more to celebrate art and animation in video games. All details here: unmistakablefest.com #UnmistakableFest

Lewis | ICO Partners
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I work a lot with Steamworks, to delist a product on Steam you have to physically mail their support and ask for the product delisting. It's not an error, it's a direct act to remove it. partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/re...

partner.steamgames.comRemoving a product from Steam (Steamworks Documentation)
VGC@videogameschronicle.com

Sony has told VGC it’s working to resolve an issue that has seen some of its PC games, including Helldivers 2, delisted in the UK. vgc.news/news/sony-re...

vgc.newsSony responds after PC games including Helldivers 2 disappear in UK | VGCPlayStation says it’s working to reinstate Steam games including Helldivers…
Lewis | ICO Partners
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Sure, if you only look at AAA and choose to ignore everything else

IGN@ign.com

Cutting ties with Kojima and poor Wolverine reviews are just the latest issues in a difficult generation for PlayStation. IGN's Matt Purslow on how the platform's future has never looked bleaker: https://bit.ly/4xRHA8w

Lewis | ICO Partners
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📣 [Job Opportunity] I'm currently looking for a Lore Writer for a contract position to write and produce a digital lore book for a famed AA shooter. If you've experience in this field, or know someone who would be a good fit, please DM me. #videogamejobs #videogames #gamejobs

Lewis | ICO Partners
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and I now read Time Extension

Kris Moyse@krismoyse.bsky.social

Hi, I’m now the News Editor at ⭐️Time Extension!⭐️ Will be delivering daily news & curios plucked from the sphere of classic (and modern/classic) gaming. Finally my sick Road Avenger skills are paying off Thankyou to Hookshot for this opportunity & to *all* my friends for your treasured support 🖤

Lewis | ICO Partners
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There's over a hundred indies better than the GOTY every year, but let's pretend that's not a thing

Hayes Madsen@solfleet.bsky.social

I mean this with genuinely zero shade to the writer, who does lay out their points, but I personally think the bigger issue continues to be how we frame what being “GOTY worthy” means

Lewis | ICO Partners
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Incredibly rare that I put pen to paper any longer, but when I do it's normally about all things Guild Wars. I was fortunate enough to see it at #gamescom and MMORPG.com were kind enough to house my thoughts. www.mmorpg.com/previews/pre... @guildwars2.com

mmorpg.comPreview: Guild Wars 3: A Beacon Of Hope For An Entire Genre? - Gamescom 2026 | MMORPG.comLewis had the chance to check out Guild Wars 3 during a behind closed door meeting at gamescom 2026, and came away plenty impressed. Here are our thoughts on what we saw.
Lewis | ICO Partners
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Is this the same guy that gave a 1.0 launch date because the price will rise after release, to see people rush to buy, only to rug pull the date by 6 months?

John • Gaming In The Wild@gaminginthewild.com

The director of Ori and No Rest For The Wicked is awful. He compared cancel culture—that is, social & professional consequences for abusers when the law fails—to the holocaust. His new anti-critic review platform will formalise racist, sexist review bombing as a feature, not a bug. Fuck this guy.

kotaku.comNo Rest For The Wicked Director Calls Game Critics 'Untrustworthy'Pay attention, because his new site is 'the one source of truth for gamers'
Lewis | ICO Partners
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Seeing quite a lot of discussion about gamescom, stolen items and security. Just got clarity, there's absolutely none of value - walls, booths, doors, are all easily bypassed, there's no security outside of predictable sections and during B2B days and off-hours it's a free-for-all.

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Lewis | ICO Partners
@persistentworld.bsky.social

Seeing quite a lot of discussion about gamescom, stolen items and security. Just got clarity, there's absolutely none of value - walls, booths, doors, are all easily bypassed, there's no security outside of predictable sections and during B2B days and off-hours it's a free-for-all.