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  • Over on Steam, the delightfully named Mexican Entertainment System event and Serbian Games Week both run until September 28.
  • A quick heads up for any indie developers who are reading: Day of the Devs has opened up submissions for its next showcase a day before The Game Awards.
  • As it turns out, you don't necessarily need to pay curators through the nose to get eyeballs on your games.
  • Coming to Mac via Steam and the App Store later this year Price: $60.
  • The Risen Ballbylon expansion will add eight new characters, more than 45 passive abilities, 24 fresh balls, another type of resource and extra structures for the city-builder side.

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Plus, a Ball x Pit expansion and a release date for a game I can't wait to play more of.

Let's get things started with a look at some of this week's events. Over on Steam, the delightfully named Mexican Entertainment System event and Serbian Games Week both run until September 28.

We'll get to one of the titles featured in that event in a bit.

A quick heads up for any indie developers who are reading: Day of the Devs has opened up submissions for its next showcase a day before The Game Awards. You've got until September 28 to put your name in the hat. As it turns out, you don't necessarily need to pay curators through the nose to get eyeballs on your games.

The backstory of how Dressmaker came to be is one worth reading.

Coming to Mac via Steam and the App Store later this year Price: $60.

Remedy isn't a studio known for sticking to convention.

The main loop sees you rise up the corporate ladder to defeat your company's CEO and take their job. The rate of turnover at this company is high, so it says something that the characters are effectively stick figures with few defining features.

The short runs help make it a good Steam Deck game too.

The Risen Ballbylon expansion will add eight new characters, more than 45 passive abilities, 24 fresh balls, another type of resource and extra structures for the city-builder side.

Developer/publisher: Point N' Sheep Platform: Steam Release window: March 2027.

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