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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Game Developer news editor Chris Kerr discusses his favorite titles of 2023.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok were the big winners at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2023.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

From Dave the Diver to Dredge to Baldur's Gate 3, these are the Games community editorial coordinator Holly Green couldn't put down this year.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Like 2022 before it, Valve's list of best-sellers for 2023 feature the year's biggest titles and games that have have been around for a year or longer.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

This year, our deep dives and postmortems reflected not only the modern games that affect our current lives but also delved into game history and beyond.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

This year the blog section was our litmus test for industry sentiment on accessibility, generative AI, climate change, and the shift away from Unity in light of its Runtime Fee disaster.

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APRIL 13, 2023

The massive success of Elden Ring in 2022 has led to its director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, being crowned one of Time Magazine's most important people of 2023.

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APRIL 5, 2023

The 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) proved a showcase for many innovations and developments in the area of living room gaming experiences, which are now ripe for the picking in terms of addressing a wider family audience.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

A continuation of the article series based on Winifred Phillips’ top-rated GDC 2023 lecture discussing her award-winning Jurassic World Primal Ops musical score. Included: how to incorporate thematic material into a chaotic musical score.

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APRIL 18, 2024

2023 nearly had Devolver in the first half, but the publisher managed to recover with its newer releases and some old favorites.

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MARCH 20, 2023

At GDC 2023, Xbox Game Studios will share fresh perspectives and newfound insights on team managment, publishing partnerships, and studio culture.

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MARCH 21, 2023

Here's what the Game Developer team has in store for GDC 2023, including talk coverage and micro-interviews with GDC speakers, developers, and industry advocates.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Even with its newest regulation proposals, China's government ended 2023 approving over double the games for release than it did in 2022.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Cyberpunk 2077's update and expansion came through for CD Projekt's financials and its 'strong results' for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

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MARCH 27, 2023

While making Just Dance 2023 , Ubisoft's Paris studio was reportedly hit hard with demanding management and burnout.

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MAY 12, 2023

Square Enix starts 2023 off on a down note, with financial dips across its various divisions and its premium games not performing to expectations.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Ubisoft's handful of 2023 releases prevented it from having a dud of a third quarter.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

The melodic fantasy adventure is Summerfall Studios' debut title.

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DECEMBER 25, 2023

From Dredge to Jusant to Cocoon, these are the games that provided a bright spark in a tough year.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

MiHoYo's space-fantasy RPG Honkai: Star Rail took the top spot at Google's awards for 2023's best games and apps on its titular store.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

2023 may have just ended, but there's still awards for Baldur's Gate 3 to win.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Alan Wake II's strong sales balanced out declining quarterly and annual revenue in a "challenging yet remarkable" 2023 for Remedy.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Despite the lack of upward pay in 2023, most developers are hopeful for some kind of raise to come through in the next year.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Instead of showing up at E3 2023, Ubisoft will hold its own showcase a day before E3 begins.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Generative AI was the biggest talking point of GDC 2023, but few commercial products have so far reached the market. Meanwhile the metaverse, last year’s big theme, has taken a backseat, though there remain some reasons for cautious optimism.

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MAY 3, 2023

YoYo Games 2023 plans for its GameMaker program include AI integration, full mod support, and a redesigned version of its Code Editor tool.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

In an email sent to staff, Phil Spencer said Kotick will remain with the Call of Duty publisher "through the end of 2023."

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Are you going to the Game Developers Conference for the first time? Eager to know about the best talks and networking events for fresh faces at GDC 2023? This handy Session Guide and Walkthrough will help you plan your schedule.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This article examines the utility of kinetic and chromatic unpredictability in the game music of Jurassic World Primal Ops (from Winifred Phillips’ highly-rated GDC 2023 lecture, “Chaos Theory in Game Music.”)

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JUNE 2, 2023

Game developers Taylor McCue and Nilson Carroll released their third yearly Queer Games Bundle that features games and software made by LGBTQ developers.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Epic Games' breakdown for 2023 shows its store greatly benefitted from the year's deluge of releases.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Beyond the back catalog, Assassin's Creed Mirage and The Crew Motorfest helped boost Ubisoft's Q2 and overall first half revenue for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Gamescom, the world’s biggest games event, took place in Cologne from August 23–25, 2023. Omdia’s games team were again in attendance and provide highlights from the show in this opinion.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

The Meta Quest platform continued to lose momentum in 2023.

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MARCH 21, 2023

Ubisoft showed off more details about its new narrative generative AI tools at GDC 2023. Here's what we saw.

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JULY 26, 2023

2023 is shaping up to be one of Capcom's best years, and its first quarter report for the fiscal year highlights its newest hits and solid catalog titles.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Several of the games on the IGF 2023 Entries list include Devolver Digital's Cult of the Lamb , Finji's TUNIC , Ron Gilbert's Return to Monkey Island , and Blackbird Interactive's open-source game Hardspace: Shipbreaker.

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