Game Developer

MAY 22, 2023

The back half of 2022 saw Microsoft step up its account enforcement game.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 23, 2022

From Twitter's maelstrom to Stadia's death sentence to devs offering support to Ukraine, these are the events that shaped 2022.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 23, 2022

From Elden Ring to Immortality to Citizen Sleeper, these games were our editors' favorites in 2022.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 23, 2022

From unionization efforts to pandemic cooldowns to mergers and acquisitions aplenty, these are the main trends of 2022.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Here's what caught (and held) the attention of Game Developer news editor Chris Kerr during 2022.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 6, 2023

A new report from Omdia looks at download trends of the The Meta Quest app in 2022, which was up overall by 27% on 2021.

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Game Developer

JUNE 13, 2023

Unity's new report on 2022's mobile game revenue shows in-game spending had a hard drop in revenue during the holiday season.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 19, 2023

billion in 2022, according to the annual report from Sweden's games trade body Dataspelsbranschen. The number of people employed by the Swedish games industry increased 6% in 2022, to 8,445 people. Revenue generated by Swedish games companies in the country has grown 13% year-on-year, reaching €3.1 Read more

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Game From Scratch

JUNE 1, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unity 2022 LTS Released Unity have just released Unity 2022 LTS. There are … Unity 2022 LTS Released Read More The post Unity 2022 LTS Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Senior Editor Bryant Francis picks his favorite games from 2022.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Was there any merit to the earth-shaking claims made by the blockchain games crowd in 2022? Let's look back.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

"There’s always a deep synergy between what players can see and what they can hear, but with F1 Manager 2022 we had a clear vision to bring the TV broadcast experience to life."

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Roblox released its fourth quarter full-year financial earnings for 2022 today and the firm saw jumps in revenue and bookings while losses deepened significantly. Here's what you need to know for the twelve months ending December 31, 2022: Read more

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Unity Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Sit back, relax, and enjoy this roundup of highlights of Made with Unity games from 2022. It can be hard for us – let alone all of you – to keep up with everything that the Unity community is creating at any given moment.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The UK video games market shrank slightly in 2022, with spending on software, hardware and other related products slipping to £7.05 less than the record-breaking £7.47 billion achieved in 2021, and marks the first decline in spending since 2019.

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Game Developer

MARCH 9, 2023

Epic's Year in Review reveals some interesting statistics for its games store in 2022.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

2022 has been a busy year for GamesIndustry.biz (and continues to be so. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox. Could the news slow down please? It's nearly Christmas).

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 26, 2023

million throughout the fiscal year of 2022. Here's what you need to know for the financial earnings from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023: Read more Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Games firm Koei Tecmo saw its net sales reach $588.5

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Unity Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Our updated optimization guides include the latest updates from Unity 2022 LTS and provide you with useful tips and tactics to optimize your projects.

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Game From Scratch

MAY 12, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Visual Studio 2022 User Interface Update Microsoft have proposed a series of user interface updates for Visual Studio 2022. When Visual Studio 2022 was launched, the UI got a decent update over 2019.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 11, 2023

Activision Blizzard today released its Environmental, Social, and Governance report , detailing the company's efforts to improve representation in the company and reduce its environmental impact in 2022. Given the gender discrimination lawsuit Activision Blizzard has been facing since 2021, diversity has been a known issue for the company.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 15, 2022

These are words I said on a fateful day of June 2022 and would come to fiercely regret. Because when it came to choosing my game of the year, it slowly became obvious that there was no escaping that my 2022 was dominated by a £2.09 "It looks awful, I don’t understand what the big deal is.". Read more.

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Unity Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Get ready to fuel your ambitions with the new Unity 2022 LTS release.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 16, 2023

Top image by Lalesh Aldarwis – Pexels.com 2022 was a rough year for gaming. So, how (relatively) bad did the PC and console market do in 2022? Average playtime also took a hit, with a -23% drop across Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation from 2021 and 2022. And what does it mean for the future? billion, a decline of -2.2%

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 10, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Humble has announced that in 2022 it raised over $33 million for charitable organizations.

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Unity Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

A selection of top tips from all five developer takeovers on Twitter in 2022, featuring everything from visual effects (VFX) to general Editor advice.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Picking a live service title for my 2022 game of the year felt like a bit of a copout, and I'm sure at any other game website, it may be perceived as such. If this piece had to be about a game released this year, I have some solid favourites: God of War: Ragnarok, Citizen Sleeper, and Neon White, to name a few.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 14, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Sub-Saharan gaming sector hit $863 million in consumer revenue in 2022. A new report from Newzoo and Carry1st says the figure is up 8.7% year-on-year. Read more

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The year 2022 was very special for us. As a result, 2022 became a year of focus on stabilizing and finishing all major remaining issues. The 2022 showreels were published. We published our 2022 showreels , and they looks amazing! We reached a lot of milestones within Godot and also in the community. The work of Godot 4.0

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Newzoo's latest report says that the video game market shrank by 5% in 2022. The global video games market hit $183 billion in 2022, down 5% year-on-year. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As 2022 wraps up, the GamesIndustry.biz editorial team found time to sit down and write about their own personal favourite games they've played this year. The caveat is that the games we choose don't have to be 2022 releases, just a game that took our fancy this year for one reason or another.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 7, 2023

billion in revenue in 2022 – that's including mobile, console and PC. The games market in China reached $45.5 Chinese games companies accounted for 47% of the mobile games revenue worldwide and 39% of the PC games revenue, a new report from Niko Partners showed.

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Unity Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

From bringing products out of beta in June to releasing new and updated game samples, Unity Gaming Services made big strides in 2022. Read the blog to learn more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 17, 2023

According to tracking firm NPD's latest report, US games sales in 2022 totaled $57 billion; the figure represents a 5% decline compared to 2021, which amassed $60 billion. billion in 2022. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 19, 2023

billion for video games and esports in the US in 2022, a 2.4% Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report from data analyst PwC showed revenues of $54.1 increase year-on-year.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The year 2022 was very special for us. As a result, 2022 became a year of focus on stabilizing and finishing all major remaining issues. The 2022 showreels were published. We published our 2022 showreels , and they looks amazing! We reached a lot of milestones within Godot and also in the community. The work of Godot 4.0

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I've also made it partway through a replay of the 2018 Spider-Man game and watched most of (the quietly brilliant and my 2022 earworm ) Spidey & His Amazing Friends.

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