Get the censor button ready
If you ever wanted to experience what it’s like to punch the buttons on a live broadcast, trying to keep it all together,Not For Broadcastis right around the corner to give you a chance. The full-motion video (FMV) sim game will get its official launch on Jun 11, 2025.
Not For Broadcasthas been in Early Access on Steam for a little while, but NotGames and TinyBuild are launching the full production at the end of the month. The1.0 version updatewill include Episode 3, which has three broadcasts and over 17 hours of new TV content, as well as new adverts, story endings, challenges, and more.
The setup ofNot For Broadcastis that you’re a new technical producer for the National Nightly News. Using a production board, you’ll decide which angles go live, which ads air, and which swears slip through without a blaring “bleep.”
Of course, nothing’s ever that simple. Things will go haywire, from electrical issues to little minigames you’ll have to complete as the show goes on. And all the while, of course, making both the advertisers and the bigshots upstairs happy.
Fun fact: I worked at a news station for a little while! And having played the demo forNot For Broadcasta while back, I found its portrayal of the technical aspects of TV production—punching up cameras, switching live during interviews—to be both fun and at least somewhat similar to how it really works. The granular aspects are smoothed out, but you will probably have moments where you lose track of the interview and let a shot linger too long.
Reviews of the Early Access seem fairly positive on Steam and, from what I’ve seen of the story content,Not For Broadcastseems to take a satirical approach to modern society. And with all the FMV games coming out these days, it’s fun to see one like this add a new twist to the genre. LikeNight Trapbut with news instead of trapdoors. You can findNot For BroadcastonSteam,GOG, and the Epic Games Store.
