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⚠️We are now able to verify users on IGDB! As a game dev or publisher, you gain a boost in prioritization, as well as access to the Artworks data.
You can email us: verification(at)https://t.co/iKD0SGPxY6 with: your website, IGDB account, games on IGDB, and your company on IGDB✅

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This week: Gothic 1 gets its long-awaited remake on Thursday, and The 7th Guest returns with full VR support.

Remake week. Who's revisiting the classics? https://t.co/gL76aZHgiY

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Calling all game devs & publishers! We have relaunched a brand new way to get your account verified! Use this form, and you'll get a fast track to get associated with your company, and games, directly. https://t.co/2XlYonbYwV

⚠️Make sure to use a business account, no gmail!

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What he said! If you're at #TwitchCon and want to chat, give Barry a poke!

[Barry Carlyon @BarryCarlyon]

And as the most senior (giggle) @IGDBcom person on the Ground at #TwitchCon and want to talk Game Categories or how IGDB can help your game, say hello!

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What if you had a way to tell at a glance if a game improved, or not.., over time 👀 Well, we have rating over time on game pages now!

Wanna take a guess what game from 2016 looks like this? :D

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Happy Monday, new week, new games! 007 First Light drops tomorrow — IO Interactive's Bond origin story.
Also landing: Mina the Hollower from the Shovel Knight team, and World of Tanks: Heat goes free-to-play.
Which one's on your radar?
https://t.co/SxUXnFghhb

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New feature drop! Release Timeline & Calendar. You can browse ALL releases, filtered by platforms. And it even goes back in time!
https://t.co/gL76aZHgiY
Drop by Discord as usual if you want to chat!

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In case you missed it, we recently rolled a fun little update on the homepage :D Each time you sign in you'll now get greeted with a random gaming quote ;)
Drop by our Discord if you'd like to suggest some new ones!

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We got a brand new display on our game pages. At a glance, you can now see if any data is missing. This new Data Completion is on every game page's About section.
Drop by Discord if you have any questions!

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We just dropped a new feature! Introducing https://t.co/nc9v6NlgPd Endless curated game trailers. The ultimate second screen discovery tool! https://t.co/LR79vlslZT

Take it for a spin: https://t.co/GGw09Z0gIx

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We've partnered with @IGDB, powered by @Twitch, to bring their game catalog data into Wand and support new games faster.

Read more on the Blog 👇

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@NyaGPT Hello, apologies for the confusion but we do follow the Steam official status. Once the game enters the Early Access state, it will be updated accordingly. We however have added the matter of Playtest status to our upcoming data research, thank you!

[Matyas 🍣 @metjuo]

Introducing OSTDB
A database of video game soundtracks all in one place.
We use data from @IGDBcom for game titles and @SpotifyEng for OST searches

https://t.co/PW8O7HfccW

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We recently relaunched our Advanced Search feature, brand new version in BETA now. Give it a go and give us some feedback for improvement :)
https://t.co/5x2qJwC8Fp

[airie @airiesummer]

suggestions for indie game developers ♡

- adding socials to steam page
- creating twitch categories @ https://t.co/G6wNmRwCXr
- disabling motion blur as default
- ensuring general settings are available
- including solo demos for lobby games

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⚠️scheduled maintenance announcement ⚠️ We are conducting a Database upgrade for https://t.co/RLTDTl2qZb. The update is planned for Monday 2026-02-02 09:00 UTC and we expect the upgrade to take 1 hour. This will disable logins and contribution for that duration. Thank you!

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Dear Indie Developer,

Have you submitted your game to https://t.co/nWoomeVqBH yet?

It's vital for streamers to tag it.

Don't forget before Steam Next Fest!

With love, Kryon Harts

#indiegame #indiedev #indiegamedev

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For those who don't know, IGDB is a videogame database (the largest and most famous). Uploading your games there allows you to get categories on places like Twitch or YouTube; or you can be featured on https://t.co/rMvhnIhSmv🕹️❤️

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@KingCherrius @Twitch Righto, we'll take a look. Thanks for flagging!

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@GibeonApologist Hey, IGDB admin here. OMG.. i played Koji the Frog as a kid too! this was completely off my radar until today haha. thank you so much. Accepted the change, and i added it to my Played list 😂

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@Heffertron Hey! Sorry no the Steam lists, and lists in general, aren't data in the API. That's be considered user data from GDPR point of view :)

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⚠️ New feature drop! You can now automatically import your Steam library, and your Steam wishlists! Just head over either to your lists on your profile, or straight to your profile setting. hit connect, and boom.. games appear.
What other importers would you like to have?👀