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GM is getting in on the data center game — auto giant will start building huge sodium-ion batteries to help with energy storage

GM and Peak Energy will develop sodium-ion batteries for utilities and data centers, aiming to lower power storage costs.

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Peak's success helped Aggro Crab commit to co-op, says studio head: 'We thought we were a character action studio'

Peak was "kind of a side hustle" at first.

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Epsilon Energy (NASDAQ:EPSN) said it remains on track with its 2026 development plan after a first quarter marked by stronger gas pricing, a full-quarter contribution from newly acquired Powder River Basin assets and continued investment in oil-weighted projects. Chief Executive Officer Jason Stabe

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Roblox is pulling a DLSS 5, offering yet another example of a tool mistaking itself for an artist

Roblox makes a new version of the AI slop pitch we've seen time and again: replacing the creative process instead of making it easier.

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Too Deep To Quit takes you and your friends on a chaotic Indiana Jones-style adventure

Prepare for more cooperative chaos.

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Peak co-dev says games like its iconic friendslop hit "wouldn't exist" if the studio tried to turn everything it makes "into the next Fortnite" with endless content updates

But, "no, we do not think that people playing our games are 'ungrateful'" to want more

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Peak co-dev turned indie investor says "too many developers develop their game secretly for several years," and it's putting its friendslop fortune into helping devs find a better way

"If you're not finding the core of the game in a few months, don't sink five, six years into this. Don't put your life savings into it."

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"Any update is a bonus not a right": Peak co-developer Landfall reminds impatient fans it's not a live-service studio

Peak has "had sooo many updates tho!"

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New Peak update adds custom runs and those campfire autosaves everyone was desperate for: "Oh now this is peak"

The Play It Your Way update is here

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Fortnite's new Peak skin costs almost 3 times as much as the indie game it's based on: 'That's actually a slap in the face to the Peak developers'

I think I know what's a better deal.

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Peak is coming to Fortnite in what could be the collab of the century depending on the amount of Bing Bong: "If there is no Bing Bong back bling, we're rioting"

The bundle arrives March 21

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"Make friendslop games before the fad dies": Peak co-creator encourages indie games to free themselves from traditional dev practices

It's an easy way to make at least eight bucks

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Peak co-creator loves the term friendslop, because "what's so bad about hanging out with your friends and playing games like this?"

"I think there's a lot of beauty to them," Nick Kaman says

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Xbox lead says the "return to fun" we've seen from games like Peak makes him "hopeful" for the industry, and he "loves seeing the success" of them

Peak is truly peak, when it comes to fun

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"Complicated feelings on our end": Indie devs behind new Peak-like co-op understand you think it's friendslop, but "it's a slight bummer that the other half of the term is the 'slop'"

The term has negative and positive connotations

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Peak devs say "we have no plans to go to mobile" as fans spot another "fake" version, this time on the App Store: "They take FOREVER to get removed"

Lookalikes of the co-op climbing game are relentless

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'It's weird in the industry right now': Cult of the Lamb's devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out 'smash hits'

Massive Monster also wants to prioritise value for money.

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'We never had plans to update Peak at all': Aggro Crab reveals that it doesn't want 'to be a studio that works on one game forever'

There's a timeline where we never got that blursed bbno$ concert and cannibalism.

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Sometimes simple character designs make the most effective cosplays, and this group of Peak Scouts is the perfect example of that

Marshmallows for morale as well.

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Peak's "8 bucks is still 5 bucks" view is a genuine look "behind the curtain" at "vibes pricing" across the industry, analyst says: "70 bucks seems right. All right, we'll try that"

"Is this a $60 game?"

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Peak patch finally lets you kick other players, but be warned – scouts can't be "un-kicked"

Snowballs can be rolled around to make them bigger

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Peak will get its final biome this year and a couple of updates "that address some commonly requested features," dev confirms while teasing a brand new project "that I'm still gatekeeping"

"I don't want to tell you yet."

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Lead dev of one of 2025's best games goes on a wild ramble about pricing, but hold up, let him cook — it actually makes perfect sense, and he's right

The co-creator of the hit co-op climbing game PEAK has a theory about how players think about the prices of games, and used it to choose the title's price.

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Peak's success was a surprise because the co-op romp didn't launch with "much of what we thought was required to make a hit," but lead wants to keep its game "jam-like spirit" for future updates

"We just wanted to get it out there"

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'Don’t toil away on the things that don’t really matter': Peak creator says its rapid development cycle has 'proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games'

Peak started as a game jam, but became a smash hit.

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