When I mean “specific,” I mean things like something dedicated to a certain genre, a certain video game, to gaming suggestions, to asking whether you should buy a certain game… anything that isn’t just one catch-all for any video gaming topic. So I’m not including the various !games@instance or !gaming@instance links.
EDIT: There seems to be an issue with kbin that is causing problems with my links and sending some people to the kbin.cafe search results for the community. Will probably make a new post and link to it here when the problem is solved, or copy/paste my source text on a different account.
I know about the following and will be adding to this list with links people comment with:
Game Design/Development
!destroy_my_game
!game_design
!gamedev (kbin.social)
!gamedev (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
!gamedev (lemmy.ml)
!gamedev (programming.dev)
!godot
!haxe
!inat (I Need A Team)
!pico8
!play_my_game
!roguelikedev
!unity
!unrealengine
!voxel_dev
Games
!2007scape (lemmy.ml)
!2007scape (lemmy.world)
!aceattorney
!anothereden
!arknights
!baldurs_gate_3
!battlebit
!battlebitremastered
!celeste
!crusaderkings
!cs
!cyberpunk2077
!darksouls
!dayz (kbin.social)
!dayz (lemmy.world)
!deadspace
!deus_ex
!doom
!undertale_deltarune (lemmy.world)
!deltarune (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
!destiny
!diablo
!doom
!dota2
!drg
!dwarffortress
!factorio
!fireemblem
!ffxiv
!genshin_impact
!genshin_impact_leaks
!geometrydash
!girlsfrontline
!guildwars2 (kbin.social)
!guildwars2 (lemmy.wtf)
!guiltygear
!hellletloose
!huntshowdown
!lastepoch
!leagueoflegends (kbin.social)
!league (lemmy.ml)
!leagueoflegends (lemmy.world)
!legendofzelda
!lemmings
!likeadragon
!lolesports
!lolfanart
!masseffect
!minecraft (kbin.social)
!minecraft (lemmy.ml)
!minecraft (lemmy.world)
!moddedminecraft
!mountandblade
!neverwinternights
!nomanssky
!osu
!outerwilds
!overwatch2
!pokemedia
!pokemon (kbin.social)
!pokemon (lemmy.ml)
!pokemongo
!rct
!rocket_league (lemmy.ca)
!rocketleague (lemmy.world)
!satisfactory
!thesinkingcity
!skyrim
!skyrimmods
!splatoon (kbin.social)
!splatoon (lemmy.world)
!starcitizen (citizensgaming.com)
!starcitizen (kbin.social)
!starcitizen (lemmy.ml)
!starcraft
!stardewvalley
!starfield
!startrekonline
!stauf_mansion
!templeofelementalevil
!tf2
!thesims
!titanfall
!totk
!touhou
!trackmania
!warframe
!witchfire
!wow
!xcom
!xenoblade
Genres
!adventuregames
!arpg
!automation_games
!cozygames
!crpg
!fightinggames
!incremental_games
!interactive_fiction
!jrpgs (kbin.social)
!jrpg (lemmy.zip)
!lifesimulation
!otomegames
!strategygames
!visualnovels
Miscellaneous
!currentlyplaying
!freegames
!gamedeals
!gamingcirclejerk
!girlgames
!gog
!gyrogaming
!oldgames4oldgamers
!paradoxgames
!patientgamers (kbin.social)
!patientgamers (sh.itjust.works)
!photomode
!retrogaming (kbin.social)
!retrogaming (lemmy.world)
!steam
!truegaming
Platforms
!3ds
!amiga (kbin.social)
!amiga (lemmy.sdf.org)
!amiga (lemmy.world)
!amiga (sopuli.xyz)
!atari
!c64 (lemmy.world)
!c64 (sh.itjust.works)
!commodore64 (kbin.social)
!commodore64 (lemmy.world)
!commodore_64 (lemmy.ca)
!dosgaming
!fpgagaming
!iosgaming
!leagueoflinux
!linux_gaming (kbin.social)
!linux_gaming (linux.ml)
!linux_gaming (lemmy.world)
!nintendo
!nintendoswitch
!switch
!pcgaming
!plus4
!sbcgaming
!steamdeck (kbin.social)
!steamdeck (sopuli.xyz)
!xbox (kbin.social)
!xbox (lemmy.world)
!zxspectrum (kbin.social)
!zxspectrum (lemmy.world)
"Big gaming news" is generally just talking about game marketing and honestly kind of boring. I want to see people talking and sharing clips and things about their games. If there is to many posts from one game dominating the feed then they could be asked to form their own community.
Its easier to post to an active community than a dead one. For example I may not have played old school runescape in a while and I wouldn't be following the osrs community but if I saw a thread about osrs on a generic gaming community I would be drawn into the conversation. I think having lots of people in one place can encourage people to Participate in threads they wouldn't have gone out of their way to search.
Different people will be different, I find big gaming news interesting to talk about and don't want to see games from genres I have no interest in. I definitely see your point about active communities and how a more general community might bringing up stuff that you don't like enough to follow but do like enough to have a casual conversation about it!