Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2025

'As game designers we always think that more is better, but it's not the case.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 24, 2025

For Barcelona-based Gatera Studio , their debut title ANTRO is more than just a game, its a statement. Set in a dystopian future where humanity has been forced underground, ANTRO combines 2.5D platforming, parkour mechanics and puzzle-solving, all tightly synchronized to a pulsating urban soundtrack. The game follows Nittch, a courier rebelling against La Cpula, a totalitarian government that censors art, music and freedom of speech.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Anime has always had an immense following in Japan and Asia, but its popularity in the West has grown significantly over the past decade. The rise of streaming services has made it easier than ever for fans worldwide to appreciate one of Japans biggest cultural exports, leading to the likes of One Piece, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen having millions of fans worldwide.

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Nvidia

MARCH 20, 2025

NVIDIA cloud gaming service GeForce NOW is providing developers and publishers with new tools to bring their games to more gamersand offer new experiences. NVIDIA cloud gaming service GeForce NOW is providing developers and publishers with new tools to bring their games to more gamersand offer new experiences only possible through the cloud. These tools lower local GPU requirements to expand reach and eliminate cost by offloading AI inference tasks to the cloud.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2025

We released Godot 4.4 in early March and we are delighted to see the reception, with so many users upgrading to it on day 1 and sharing their favorite new changes on social media! If you havent seen the 4.4 release page , its well worth a read! Since then, weve started the development phase for Godot 4.5 at full speed (with a first dev snapshot released yesterday!

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Game Developer

MARCH 19, 2025

Uniting developers has never been so challenging.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 21, 2025

The Struggles of Onboarding gamers Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com There are many frustrating aspects of game development, each one more soul-destroying than the last. For today, I want to talk about one that not only hurts developers but consumers as well — onboarding and tutorials and how despite for … The post The Struggles of Onboarding gamers appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 25, 2025

The main element here is that it kills short games and short form game experiences, because players can play the game through and refund it before the refund window closes. Any short form game experience like that has pretty severe pressure to increase the runtime to avoid getting refunded. Other than that, it doesn't have a huge effect on things. Games have a huge incentive to hook players within the first few minutes , let alone hours, because we must.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 20, 2025

Our first development snapshot for 4.5 has arrived! As is often the case following a feature-freeze, several quality PRs were finally released from the collective backlog, as merging them at the time wouldve been too much of a risk. In truth, the quantity has been so great that we couldve gotten away with releasing a snapshot a week ago! However, we found it worth our time to hold out and get as many contributions integrated as possible, as a way of thanking those whove been so patient in waitin

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Game Developer

MARCH 19, 2025

Assassin's Creed shadows is upgrading from low-poly assets to dynamic 'virtual geometry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 24, 2025

Written by Marion Balinoff , an influencer marketing consultant with over a decade of experience, including six years in mobile gaming. She has worked with top gaming companies like Wooga, Supercell, Bytro and Huuuge Games, running performance-driven campaigns with budgets ranging from micro-influencers to MrBeast. Known for her data-driven approach, Marion specializes in making influencer marketing measurable, scalable, and profitable for user acquisition.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 20, 2025

GameFromScratch.com The Unity GDC 2025 Development Roadmap At GDC yesterday Unity unveiled their 2025 Unity Development Roadmap, a look into what we can expect in the near future (Unity 6.1) and further ahead (Unity 6x and Unity 7). Highlight features of Unity beyond Unity 6.x include: Key Links Unity 2025 Development Roadmap Blog Full Unity Roadmap Video The post The Unity GDC 2025 Development Roadmap appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 20, 2025

Some specializations are safer than others due to the rarity of the specialization, but the amount of control you have over your job safety is absolutely dwarfed by the number of factors outside your control. Imagine a hypothetical scenario - maybe technical artist Neelo is much harder to replace than QA tester Desmal, so among all of the devs on Project Wombat at Infinity Ward, Neelo ranks pretty high up there.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2025

During the 2025 Games Development Conference this week, industry workers launched the United Videogame Workers union in partnership with the Communication Workers of America.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2025

'If there is any moment where standing up for our values in this industry matters, this is it.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 25, 2025

What Is the Most Expensive Skin in CS2? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com CS2 (Counter-Strike 2) has evolved far beyond being just a competitive shooter. These days, its a huge global marketplace where certain virtual items can cost as much as luxury cars or even high-end real estate. Players from every corner of … The post What Is the Most Expensive Skin in CS2?

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The Art of the Game

MARCH 20, 2025

So, in exactly ONE WEEK I will be back in my beloved NYC. My home for over 20 years, where I went to college, met the love of my life, fought hard, drank hard and met the most amazing people. I was contacted out of the blue by the Museum of the Moving Image and they invited me to show my game at the 2025 Marvels of Media Festival in Astoria, Queens.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2025

In such a situation, you have a little bit of leeway (e.g. you can ask and tell your boss that you don't want to change projects) but we're ultimately expected to follow orders. If we don't like our assignment, we are free to find a different job elsewhere. This does include the possibility of lateral transfer within the organization, e.g. somebody at Infinity Ward could apply to transfer to another COD studio if they did not want to move internally from COD to Project Wombat.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 20, 2025

Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds topped Circana's US charts for February, and is the best-selling game of 2025 so far.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2025

No jokers here! Indie roguelike deckbuilding game Balatro from solo developer LocalThunk has taken the pot at the 25th annual Game Developers Choice Awards on Wednesday.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 22, 2025

The Pros and Cons of Early Access Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com The way games are developed and released has changed significantly in recent years, with Early Access emerging as one of the most influential trends in the industry. Unlike traditional game launches, where players only see the finished product, Early Access … The post The Pros and Cons of Early Access Games appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Starloop Studios

MARCH 20, 2025

Mobile games have changed significantly since their early years. Now, mobile games are complex titles that can sometimes rival what console and PC games have to offer in terms of their immersion, complexity, and game features. More than ever, the features of a mobile game are critical to its place in the market, its [.] The post How to Create Mobile Game Features That Stand Out appeared first on Starloop Studios.

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Cocos

MARCH 20, 2025

In my project, I have some functions that trigger when the screen orientation changes, to set the objects correctly on screen depending on whether its currently on Portrait or Landscape. However, I do also use tweens in my project, and if the screen orientation changes while a tween is active, I start to have issues. It happens when I tween an objects position.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 25, 2025

The German games market decreased by 6% year-on-year to €9.4 billion in 2024, with sales of premium games dropping 17% to €921 million compared to revenues of €1.1 million the previous year.

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Game Developer

MARCH 24, 2025

'To achieve creative sobriety, you need to look into yourself and understand your own experiences and constraints.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 19, 2025

A Catch of Indie Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is a double review of Whisker Squadron Survivors and Fish Fear Me, both played with press keys from their developers. 00:00 Intro 00:15 Whisker Squadron Survivor 2:58 Fish Fear Me … The post A Catch of Indie Games appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Rocket Brush Studio

MARCH 19, 2025

Ensuring accurate, reliable data is essential for effective decision-making. Data quality testing involves validation techniques, automation, and continuous monitoring to detect inconsistencies. QASource follows advanced strategies for optimal data integrity.

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Cocos

MARCH 24, 2025

Hello. My spine skeleton has lots of textures. I have several png files on export from Spine program. Most of this png file I need only on endgame. Thats why I want to load this png files in runtime. Is it possible? I cant understand how to set loaded texture to skeleton. I tried to test it on one png file like this. this.skeleton.skeletonData.textures = [this.texture]; But this approach doesnt work.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 20, 2025

Balatro dominated the Game Developers Choice Awards last night, taking home Game of the Year and Best Debut alongside Best Design and the Innovation award.

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Game Developer

MARCH 19, 2025

'You pay your dues and you're in the union.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 20, 2025

One More Best of #steamnextfest Demo Collection Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The final, and bonus episode, of my favorite demos from Steam next fest February 2025 edition. 00:00 Intro 00:26 Cantaloupe Chronicle 01:54 Kaya’s Prophecy 4:25 Opus Cortex 5:28 Touhou: the Unreachable Oneiroborder 6:50 Blasted Dice 8:45 Katanaut … The post One More Best of #steamnextfest Demo Collection appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Indie DB

MARCH 23, 2025

TaleWorlds devs are thrilled to announce a major expansion to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. War Sails will be arriving on PC and consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X/S) on the 17th of June, 2025!

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Artoon

MARCH 25, 2025

Introduction In the context of front-end development, React vs Angular vs Vue […] The post React vs Angular vs Vue: Key Differences and Use Cases Explained appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 20, 2025

Monster Hunter Wilds debuted at No.3 on Newzoo's overall revenue chart for February, despite launching on the final day of the month.

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Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2025

Creative director Jonathan Dumont explains how the need to 'be humble' helped Ubisoft Quebec bring feudal-era Japan to life in a whole new way.

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MARCH 20, 2025

Why Pokers Popularity in Video Games Shows No Signs of Stopping Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com In the billion-dollar global market for video games, the best-selling titles include not only modern genres like first-person shooters (FPS) and battle royale but also traditional games, such as poker. A bloomberg.com article notes that the poker video game Balatro … The post Why Pokers Popularity in Video Games Shows No Signs of Stopping appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Indie DB

MARCH 26, 2025

Almost done! Been experimenting with some ragdoll hit physics for when connected with skill attacks. Planning on spending some time to do some blood decal effect next. Stay tune!

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