Google results insist a Bugsnax sequel is coming out next month, but there's one small problem_ Its

 

Getting your game noticed is a tricky business when you have to punch through the noise of the releasing each year. Young Horses, the developer of Bugsnax and Octodad, have found itself in an even trickier spot: Thanks to Google, people are expecting a Bugsnax sequel that doesn't exist.

"We are not working on a Bugsnax sequel right now and I need AI bs u31 ทางเข้า to stop telling kids we are based on a wiki ideas fanfic," Young Horses co-founder and president earlier today. It turns out, through the wonders of algorithmic search result curation, Google's featured snippets have been informing people that Bugsnax 2 will be releasing in October 2024, despite the fact that neither Young Horses or any other developer are making it. 

I just checked myself, and sure enough, googling "bugsnax 2 release date" or "is there a bugsnax 2 coming out" presents me with the helpful information that "Bugsnax 2 the City is an American puzzle game developed by Young Horses and being released on October 15th, 2024." Except, to reiterate, it isn't. Because there is no Bugsnax 2 in development.

Google's source for the spurious release date is a page someone wrote for Bugsnax 2 on Idea Wiki, a fan wiki for, well, ideas. "This is a fanon wiki, and just like fan-fiction wikis, this one has a variety of fan created ideas on here," Idea Wiki's home page reads. "These include potential sequels and new series that have yet to exist." It's just a wiki where people can dump whatever hypothetical piece of media they might dream up. In other words, I could add a page to Idea Wiki about a Sonic the Hedgehog sequel I just thought up where he goes so fast that he slips the tethers of spacetime and is cast adrift, alone, forever spiraling along whatever lightless corridor stretches between our universe and the next, and there's a chance that Google's featured snippets will mistake it for a genuine upcoming Sonic game.

A Google search results page showing a spurious release date as a featured snippet after searching "is there a bugsnax 2 coming out"

(Image credit: Young Horses)

Of course, because there are plenty of people who aren't expecting that Google might be scooping up info about pretend video games and presenting them u31 ทางเข้า as fact—because it probably shouldn't be—they're left without any immediate reason to doubt u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ the u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ truth of whatever's put at the top of their search results. We've been trained to intuitively recognize whatever's up there as the most important info, after all. Why would the text be slightly bigger, if not as proof of its authority?

In a follow-up tweet, of a Google review for Bugsnax written by a player who says they "started playing when I was 6, November 24 2023 and now I'm 7" who, ทางเข้า winner55 ผ่านโทรศัพท์ มือ ถือ after describing playing the game with their dad, writes "I might talk to you soon when Bugsnax 2 The City is out."

"Like, this is very sweet," Tibitosky said. "But also…what?"

Sure, it's not as overtly absurd as the times when Google's AI overview tells people to eat glue pizza, but I have a hard time not seeing it as a dire omen when the company that's been a gateway to the sum total of human knowledge has inadvertently let the information pool get some light poisoning. At least the children are excited.

Bugsnax 2 ทางเข้า winner55 ผ่านโทรศัพท์ มือ ถือ the City is not releasing on October 15, 2024.

Comments (3)

CoinCatcher862

Customer support responded incredibly fast when I had an issue with my account. They were polite, professional, and solved my problem within minutes. It's reassuring to know that help is always available when needed.

GameSeeker587

I enjoy the daily missions and rewards system. It gives me extra motivation to play regularly and allows me to earn more coins and bonus items, which enhances the overall gaming experience.

SpinRider792

Customer support responded incredibly fast when I had an issue with my account. They were polite, professional, and solved my problem within minutes. It's reassuring to know that help is always available when needed.

Recommended Reading

Wii Fit Helps Paralyzed Girl Walk Again

A 10-year-old girl left paralyzed by a virus four years ago is learning to walk again thanks to her doctors and a copy of Wii Fit, Ireland’s Herald.ie writes. The girl took her first steps in four [[link]] yea...

Would You Play An OnlineTiger Woods Game, With Microtransactions_

Well, would you? Best come up with an [[link]] answer, because EA are looking at releasing such a game, announcing it during an address at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco....

You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Sonic The Werehog

Sonic the Hedgehog fans (read: masochists) will be delighted to learn that, should [[link]] Sega see fit to subject them to another Sonic Unleashed title, the lumbering, stretchy “werehog” is almost guaranteed...