Game Developer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Warhammer 40K sequel and Train Sim World 5 sold so well, Pullup expects 'very strong revenue growth' once the fiscal year ends.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bitmap Books is known for its catalogue of visually stunningly books on the art, history and culture of video games. Each release demonstrates a genuine love for the subject matter and great attention to detail. Their latest offering, the upcoming book A Tale of Two Halves: The History of Football Video Games , is no exception. Written by Richard Moss, the book takes video game football fans on a nostalgic journey through their childhoods, leaving them misty-eyed over memories of countless pixel

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The developer is conducting layoffs across its League of Legends team in prepartion for the 'next phase' of the (almost) 15-year-old MOBA.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The head of Xbox Game Studios Alan Hartman will retire from the company at the end of November, with Rare boss Craig Duncan taking over.

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Game Wisdom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Overdesign Trap Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I’ve played plenty of videogames at this point, and when it comes to originality in design, you can find that in the indie space, especially from first-time developers. The thought of being the first one to create X or take … The post The Overdesign Trap appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 17, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Unity 6 Released Unity 6, first announced at Unite 2023 and released in preview form in May of this year was just released today. Unity 6 was going to be a milestone release for one very dark reason, it was going to be the first release with the much maligned Unity Run-Time Fee. […] The post Unity 6 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 10, 2024

'This book provides a comprehensive overview of game economy design. The reader will gain insights into the components that form a game economy, how these components are utilized to shape a metagame experience and how monetization is integrated into this.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In December 2023, indie publisher Versus Evil was shut down – ten years after it first opened its doors, and two years after it was acquired by TinyBuild in a $31.3 million deal.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Pick up the mantle of the plucky maiden getting ready for her date night that is unceremoniously interrupted by the dastardly duo of Countess Bathory and Baron de Blonde in this prologue to the colourful Janosik 2 retro action-platformer

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 16, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Blender 4.3 Beta Is a HUGE Step Forward The Blender Foundation recently released Blender 4.3 Beta and it’s jammed packed with new features. Blender 4.3 will remain in beta for a few weeks, with the full release hopefully coming on November 12, 2024. There are several new features in the Blender 4.3 release, but in the video below […] The post Blender 4.3 Beta Is a HUGE Step Forward appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Other former ZA/UM staff and Disco Elysium writers have banded together to form Summer Eternal, an 'art collective/RPG studio' hoping to continue Elysium's legacy.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2024

According to the AppMagic numbers, this quarter, the hypercasual games market shrunk by 12%—down to 2.98B total installs compared to the previous quarter. The case is about the same for YoY dynamics—the market went down by a similar percentage from its 3.4B downloads in Q3 2023. The YoY dynamics are also comparable to the previous quarter: Tier-1 West faced the largest decrease at 18% YoY, followed by Tier-1 East with a 16% drop—and all other countries with their 7% slowdown.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It may have fallen out of the public consciousness a little bit since it began at the end of July, but the strike action by video game voice actors in the SAG-AFTRA union remains very much active. A picket was held at Electronic Arts' studio in Los Angeles this week – but arguably much more impactful, at least in terms of widespread attention for the strike, was the launch on Wednesday of the latest major update to the immensely successful Genshin Impact.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 11, 2024

With just one week until the release of Anima Flux on October 7, our team reveals the official launch trailer for our upcoming co-op Metroidvania. The trailer showcases the game’s distinctive mechanics, engaging co-op gameplay, deep narrative, and.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 14, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Inkscape 1.4 Released The popular open source Adobe Illustrator/Affinity Designer alternative Inkscape, just released Inkscape 1.4. The vector graphics application, available on Windows, Mac and Linux, just received several new features. Highlight new features of the Inkscape 1.4 release include: Key Links Inkscape Homepage Inkscape 1.4 Blog Inkscape 1.4 Release Notes You can […] The post Inkscape 1.4 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

After nearly 40 years of composing music for games (and Square Enix and Final Fantasy specifically), Uematsu has reached the end of the road.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This post was co-authored by Kaan Turkmen, DevOps Engineer at Good Job Games. Introduction In this blog, we will explore how Good Job Games crafted a scalable and secure build pipeline on AWS, utilizing services like Amazon EC2 , Amazon EFS , and Amazon S3 to optimize its game development processes. Good Job Games was established in 2017 with a vision to create distinctive and engaging mobile gaming experiences accessible worldwide.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 10, 2024

FIFA has announced a partnership with Konami to continue its FIFAe World Cup esports tournament, using the publisher's free-to-play title eFootball.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 13, 2024

New art assets have been incorporated into Splinter Colony, as well as some quality of life changes. We're looking for testers for the updated demo!

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 12, 2024

GameFromScratch.com KitBash3D Asset Giveaway – Secrets of Luminara The folks over at KitBash3D are having another giveaway, following the Mission to Minerva giveaway a few years back. This giveaway and contest is called Secrets of Luminara. The assets are all hosted on their Cargo application and can be used in any game engine or DCC tool, with integration […] The post KitBash3D Asset Giveaway – Secrets of Luminara appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The action-adventure franchise hits a new milestone as new remasters are announced and Netflix's Tomb Raider anime has just hit the streamer.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Ok, now it’s working. Maybe it related somehow to the fact that I turned the PC off and back on. Now I have another small question. When running the simulator for debugging it first stuck on a command called “debugger” in JS in the code, and hold it till the user (me) press resume/continue. Something that wasn’t there in the past. Thank David.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

During a talk given at the recent CEDEC event in Yokohama, Japan, development leads within Sony discussed their recent efforts to implement AI and machine learning models to improve efficiency and accuracy within the QA process.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Forget all those other cooperative horror games. You never know who's going to win in this 4v1 game where teams and roles can change. The hunter can be the prey, and the prey can be the hunter. Complete the ritual and become a vampire or die as prey.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 17, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Unity 6 Toolkit Bundle + Synty Asset Giveaway To go along with the launched of Unity 6 earlier today, the Unity Asset Store has launched the Unity 6 Toolkit Bundle which joins the existing Quick Start Asset pack bundle. This new Unity bundle contains several different assets organized into two tiers $15 and $30 with savings of up […] The post Unity 6 Toolkit Bundle + Synty Asset Giveaway appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 10, 2024

'To operate efficiently, we have made the difficult decision to review our UK and US operations, which may impact a number of roles in the US and UK.

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Game Wisdom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Best Demos of Next Fest Part 3 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Part 3 of my coverage of Steam Next Fest 2024 October edition of indie game demos. 0:00 Intro 00:20 Somber Echos 2:36 Diesel Dome Oil & Blood 4:31 Rift of the Necrodancer 5:34 System Purge: Hollow Point … The post Best Demos of Next Fest Part 3 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Gamescom Asia opened its doors to industry attendees in Singapore this morning, kickstarting the day with a fireside chat with former Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 10, 2024

We have launched Hidden Pass Skirmishes featuring a trio of tactical challenges and four playable squads.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 16, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Rogue Legacy Source Code Released Cellar Door Games have just released the source code for their popular indie smash hit Roguelite Rogue Legacy. Note this is not an open source project, the source code is released under a non OSI certified license and the release does not include the assets from the game. It does […] The post Rogue Legacy Source Code Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Greetings, Travelers! The wait is officially over, because Kristala's second installment is jump-scaring its way to Steam on Tuesday, October 22nd, just in time for Halloween! We can't wait for you to explore the Myrish Grotto and Hallowed Haunts featured in the new level areas for our necromantic Myrtuna clan, and we hope you enjoy all the undead creatures, spooky enemies, and tortured spirits that await within.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A group of developers who previously worked on the acclaimed Disco Elysium have formed a new studio in the UK, Longdue.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 17, 2024

NDAs are super common in the game industry. Most games have some kind of marketing/promotional schedule for when information is supposed to drop in order to build interest and excitement about the game's release, leaking can sabotage those plans and hurt or hinder the game's reception. This is the primary reason for signing the NDA. There are no real consequences to signing an NDA unless you really can't keep quiet about the things you're working on.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 10, 2024

GameFromScratch.com O3DE 24.09 Released The O3DE game engine, previously Lumberyard which itself was a fork of CryEngine, just released O3DE 24.09. This release is a massive step forward in making O3DE usable to the masses. O3DE is a completely free and open source game engine sponsored by Amazon and several other large companies and […] The post O3DE 24.09 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

'Familiar, but with a twist' can lead you right back to 'familiar, but familiar' if you're not careful.

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Game Wisdom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Exploring the Blend of Casino and Video Game Elements in Popular Titles Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com In recent years, the lines between online casinos and video games have blurred significantly. This fusion has given rise to innovative mechanics that engage players in unique ways, shaping online games and attracting a diverse audience. From slot machines to … The post Exploring the Blend of Casino and Video Game Elements in Popular Titles appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If you're reading this article, you've likely created an original IP or are planning an original title. Your game may be performing well and you've got a regular fanbase in place, but what next?

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