Game Developer

JANUARY 15, 2025

2025's IGF Awards nominees include Balatro, Indika, and UFO 50 in categories like Excellence in Design and Narrative.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 15, 2025

Microsoft has announced another round of layoffs, affecting staff in its gaming, security, and sales divisions.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2025

The two Sony-published titles are nominated for DICE's best game of 2024 alongside Indiana Jones, Balatro, and Black Myth: Wukong.

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Games 327

Game From Scratch

JANUARY 11, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Python Game Engines in 2025 Today we have compiled a list of the best Python game engines, frameworks and language bindings for game development in 2025. This is the first in a series of posts exploring the game engine options available for the most popular programming languages. We will eventually have similar guides for C#, […] The post Python Game Engines in 2025 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Engine Engine Engineering Games 118

PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 10, 2025

Hiwarp is an indie game studio based in Spain, run by solo game developer Elwin Gorman. He is known for the charming black and white game PiAwk , about a caged bird thats looking for freedom. His next game is called Naiad. In it you guide a freshwater nymph down a river and explore all its beauty and secrets at your own pace. That premise has a lot in common with the way Gorman likes to work.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 15, 2025

Updated controls customization and some little mechanic adjustments.

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Mechanics 93

GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 13, 2025

Last week, Swedish games firm Enad Global 7 (EG7) initiated the "wind down" of Toadman Interactive and laid off 38 employees from Piranha Games.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 17, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.4 Beta Released Following 7 different Dev releases [ our coverage of Godot 4.4 Dev1 and Dev2, Dev3, Dev4 and Dev5 as well as Dev6 and the addition of Jolt Physics in Dev7 ] Godot 4.4 Beta 1 is here. This release adds a few more new features on top of the previously […] The post Godot 4.4 Beta Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 14, 2025

In this update I will talk about the things I've been working on during the past months, including a new level, improved gameplay and graphics and other new features.

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Graphics Feature 89

Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2025

The company has rolled out a new harassment policy to shield its workers from bad actors.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 13, 2025

Square Enix has updated its group customer harassment policy that protects its employees and partners.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JANUARY 14, 2025

Choosing the right AI application testing partner can streamline development and ensure quality. This blog explores AI application testing companies, the latest tools, and emerging trends that are shaping the future of AI app testing and quality assurance.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 13, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Make Your Own Games in Unreal Engine 5 Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Make Your Own Games in Unreal Engine 5 with GameDevTV bundle. This is a collection of courses teaching Unreal Engine 5 development, both using Blueprints and C++. The bundle consists of the following tiers: 1$ Tier Unreal 5: […] The post Make Your Own Games in Unreal Engine 5 Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 16, 2025

Our first bigger update 1.1.0 just went live! Among the changes, a new character has been added, a lot of quality of life adjustments, and bug fixes.

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Bug 87

Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2025

Emrich previously designed tabletop and video games such as Master of Orion and Totaler Krieg, and coined the now famous strategy game term '4X.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 13, 2025

Astro Bot, Helldivers 2, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle led the nominations for the 28th Annual DICE Awards, with each earning six nods.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2025

Why use UIDs in Godot? Until Godot 4.0, the engine exclusively relied on file paths to refer to scenes, scripts and other resources. While this means references in scenes and scripts use human-readable paths, these paths will break if files are moved to a different location in the project (regardless of whether the move was done using the FileSystem dock or outside Godot).

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 14, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Fab January 2025 Free Asset Giveaway Part 2 Every other Tuesday we get anUnreal EngineFab marketplace giveaway and this Tuesday is no exception. You can get three free game development assets during the next two weeks, all of the assets work in Unreal natively (there are no Unity specific assets this week). If you are using a different […] The post Fab January 2025 Free Asset Giveaway Part 2 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 12, 2025

Demo v4 is now available! It includes all previous updates and introduces the ability for players to travel to a neighboring solar system. Galaxy Improvements & Enhanced Hail Screen.

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Demo 85

Game Developer

JANUARY 14, 2025

The latest project from Palestinian developer Rasheed Abueideh is entering production thanks to the power of crowdfunding.

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Development 297

GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 16, 2025

The general manager of Nintendo's IP department has clarified the company's position on emulation.

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Sirlin

JANUARY 14, 2025

Yomi was, as far as I know, the first fighting card game. It was pretty popular, had a ton of tournaments, online versions on Steam and iOS. Now, 15 years later, I have a sequel: Yomi 2. Yomi 2 is not a new edition but rather an entirely new game. Now there are high and low attacks, high and low blocks, projectiles, bursts, and many other changes. Despite all those new things, the game is actually more streamlined and plays faster than before.

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Cocos

JANUARY 10, 2025

In fact, this plug-in has a long history and has taken a lot of my energy. It has been 7 years since the first version was released in January 2018. With my technical accumulation, this plug-in has gradually become more professional. I have written several ways of inspector, and finally I still feel that the chrome way is the most convenient. This is a free extension, which has been released in the chrome store.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 15, 2025

Were diving deeper into our decision to make the switch to the Godot game engine, and why its been a crucial move for the games future. We'll also have a look at how the updated graphics are coming along!

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Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2025

Toadman began as a work-for-hire studio, and later became a direct subsidiary of its reformed parent company, Enad Global 7.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2025

Infold Games' Infinity Nikki has generated $16 million in player spending during its first month on mobile.

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Game Dev Unchained

JANUARY 16, 2025

Introduction Ive been in the game industry for years now, and 2024 has easily been one of the toughest years Ive seen. Layoffs, shifting business models, AI disruptionsit feels like were constantly in survival mode. Recently, I caught up with my old friend Jordan Smith to talk about where things stand and what the future looks like for game developers like us.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

In cognitive psychology, theres this concept calledCognitive Load. It refers to the maximum number of things a person can easily remember and recall at once. Beyond that maximum, you start forgetting things and need to be reminded. Your brain is full, so finding space for the new thing becomes a little harder. When youre playing a game and your cognitive load is too light, youre at the risk of feeling a little aimless and bored.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 12, 2025

Catch up with what the post-apocalyptic beaver city builder has been up to recently.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 15, 2025

This is the third year in a row Microsoft has laid off workers in January.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 14, 2025

Godfall developer Counterplay has reportedly shut down.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 16, 2025

Best Strategy Games of 2024 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For today’s video, it’s my favorite strategy-styled games of 2024 with a very wide mix of designs to enjoy… The post Best Strategy Games of 2024 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Games 52

Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2025

Yes. The maximum interest in any game is going to be at its first major launch. All marketing and buildup will get the largest group of players to try the game at that first launch. When we use the Early Access release model, we effectively blunt that because our Early Access version isn't the finished game and commensurately less sticky to the player base.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 13, 2025

The coding experience is one of the core pillars, allowing players to create crazy, imaginative attacks that would be impossible in most games. But balancing can be tough.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 13, 2025

Beyond Godfall, Counterplay developed the now-defunct digital card game Duelyst, which released in 2016.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 13, 2025

Super Evil Megacorp studio head Ian Fielding has been appointed CEO as Kristian Segerstrale becomes executive chair of the developer.

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Game Development News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Nintendo has officially announced the successor to Nintendo Switch, the Nintendo Switch 2, will release later this year, along with providing a first look at the upcoming hardware

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