Game Developer

MARCH 28, 2024

Key trends included the emergence of new AI tools, the erosion of platform boundaries through new translation layers, and the surprise re-emergence of web-based gaming.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 30, 2024

Between a very successful inaugural Gamescom Latam earlier this year , the original trade show returning to Cologne in just a few weeks, and Gamescom Asia from October 17 to 20, 2024 will mark the first year with all three events taking place in full force.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 14, 2024

The date for Summer Game Fest 2024 has been confirmed, with the gaming showcase taking place on Friday, June 7. The show will be available to stream on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Steam, and other platforms. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 5, 2024

As reported by VGC , the platform holder hasn't fully been at the event since 2019. Sony Interactive Entertainment is set to return to this year's Tokyo Game Show. It was there last year, but only showcased a range of independent titles at the show.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Multiplayer platformer has been on Steam for a little now.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 9, 2024

Kristian Segerstale believes industry growth will be driven by developers embracing a cross-platform strategy, rather than waiting for a single new platform to disrupt the market. In the opening keynote of Develop:Brighton today, the Super Evil Megacorp CEO was asked about the state of platform and the industry.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Niko has released its new 2024 India Gamer Behavior and Market Insights Report, revealing that over 75% of PC gamers self reported that they spent more on PC games in Q1 2024 than in the same period a year ago. respondents engage with esports - either through play, viewing, or competing themselves - and 57.2% Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

Microsoft laid out a slate of five big games for its 2024 software lineup in a Developer Direct video today, capping the event off with the news that MachineGames' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will arrive on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass "later this year." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 11, 2024

Let's take a moment to process that: a PlayStation-owned IP on a Nintendo platform. What was surprising, however, was that not only is the game coming to PlayStation 5 and PC (as expected), but it is also coming to Nintendo Switch. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2024

Almost two thirds of PC gamers in China have spent more on games than any other platform in 2024, according to a new report by Niko Partners. The China Gamer Behaviour and Markets Report, which surveyed 1,079 gamers in April 2024, also said that 19% of PC gamers claimed they spent at least 30% more on titles than they did last year.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 5, 2024

The off-site GDC event European Game Showcase 2024 is coming to San Francisco once again this year. The European Game Showcase (EGS) is an invite-only event aimed to help developers in connecting with platform holders, publishers and members of the press. The EGS will be held on March 19, 2024.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2024

The first 2D Mario platformer in 11 years, Super Mario Bros Wonder released last October. During a GDC talk yesterday, Nintendo looked back at the creative process for Super Mario Bros Wonder, particularly how the large development team dealt with incorporating everyone's input when creating the game's 'Wonder effects'.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2024

That's according to Comscore's 2024 State of Gaming Report, published in partnership with in-game advertising platform Anzu. A new report has found that 82% of American gamers made an in-game purchase in freemium titles last year.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 3, 2024

However, after experimenting with different formats, it evolved into a platformer and a Metroidvania genre game,” says Songraf. Looking ahead at the Q4 2024 launch on all major platforms, the team at Anima Flux has high hopes and clear plans for their game.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 14, 2024

At Unite 2024, Unity’s development team introduced a series of advanced GPU optimization techniques aimed at improving rendering performance across various platforms. The technique is particularly effective on mobile platforms, where GPU performance is often constrained by hardware limitations.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

Games for Change , in partnership with HP and Google Play, announced the winners of the second annual Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge at the 2024 Games for Change Festival. Android release date: Summer 2024 Team Background: The team consists of students from different nationalities, backgrounds, and genders.

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Artoon

APRIL 3, 2024

Best Headless CMS Platforms in 2024 appeared first on Artoon Solutions. Welcome to our latest blog post where we dive into the world […] The post What Is Headless CMS?

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Microsoft is reportedly considering making some of its biggest first-party exclusives available on multiple platforms. Bethesda's Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, unveiled last month and already one of Xbox's biggest exclusive releases for 2024 , is chief among the games being considered.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 11, 2024

Fan demakes are a popular genre on platforms like itch.io. They distil the essence of a beloved IP and marry it to the limitations of older platforms to create something entirely new. But some love letters are unwanted by their recipients.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 1, 2024

The game had been released on platforms beyond Xbox for the first time mere weeks earlier as part of the company's new initiative to bring their titles to more platforms. Yet if there is one bright spot to find in this bleak reality, it is, ironically, in the same city as the departed Tango.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 30, 2024

Web-based mobile distribution platform Dotplay has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round. Led by venture capital firm Transcend Fund, the investment will be used to develop its platform further and expand its core team of developers and engineers. Read more

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AWS Games

AUGUST 15, 2024

A second demo dives deep into using Stable Diffusion within Amazon Bedrock to generate images for your mood boards, and to seamlessly integrate these generated images into Miro a popular online collaborative whiteboard platform. Register here.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

For the full year ended March 31, 2024, the platform holder reported net sales rose 4.4% Nintendo has released its latest financial results, showing a strong year in terms of net sales and profits thanks to the success of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros Wonder and The Super Mario Bros Movie. to ¥1.7 to ¥954.3

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 22, 2024

For our latest podcast, we did something a little different: a live Q&A show recorded as part of the official Devcom 2024 Twitch stream. Chris Dring and James Batchelor were joined by Altered Gene's Des Gayle, answering questions submitted by GamesIndustry.biz readers ahead of the show. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2024

Google has opened applications for its 2024 Indie Games Fund. The fund is open to indie game developers that have already launched a game on Google Play or other mobile platforms, PC and console. A group of Latin American game studios will receive a share of $2 million, with each recipient receiving between $150,000 to $200,000.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

To keep the game exciting, the game is often updated by adding new modes, features, levels, etc Our Unreal Game Development Services & Solutions As a leading Unreal Game Development company , Logic Simplified is committed to creating high-quality, cross-platform games that are safe, ethical, and entertaining.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Filmustage wishes you a Happy New Year 2024! ? Nominations and Awards Our innovative pre-production platform was in the limelight as a finalist at the Global MediaTech Pitch Day. Here's to a 2024 filled with new opportunities, achievements, and continuous growth. September, 2023. ?

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The countdown to AWS re:Invent 2024 is on, with the annual five-day event set to kick off in Las Vegas, NV on Monday, December 2, 2024. re:Invent 2024 festivities include keynotes featuring AWS leaders sharing the latest cloud and generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovations.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For this purpose, leading mobile game companies have established new studios dedicated to developing for other platforms. Top Image by diana.grytsku on Freepik The post Newzoo expects a ‘lean year’ for the industry but also predicts growth for 2024 appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 19, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Thunderful Group has secured an extension of its long-running partnership with Nintendo, in which it handles the distribution for all of the platform holder's products in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

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Platformer 127

GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Twitch is planning to shut down its streaming platform in South Korea next year. In a blog post shared on Tuesday, CEO Dan Clancy announced that Twitch would close in the country on February 27, 2024, due to high operating costs. Read more

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Platformer 133

GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2024

Antstream Arcade is coming to PlayStation, making it the first third-party cloud gaming service on the platform. Announced during Antstream's August 2024 Connection presentation yesterday (August 14), the retro game service will be available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It will cost $39.99 for an annual pass or $99.99

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The global games market is navigating a period of slow but steady growth, according to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report 2024. billion in revenue in 2024, representing a modest 2.1% billion in 2024, a 4.5% Biggest growth The market dynamics reveal a notable shift among gaming platforms. year-on-year in 2024.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2024

2024 has been the year of surprising indie titles topping the Steam charts. Palworld, Balatro, Manor Lords and many more have all sold incredible amounts and outshone many big AAA releases on the platform, becoming some of the most successful launches of the year so far.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2024

Browser-based games platform Arkadium has opened to third-party developers. Arkadium aims to release 30 new titles from third-party developers in 2024 via the new initiative. The firm will offer developers a 75% revenue share model, and game makers globally can submit their titles to the Arkadium for Developers program. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2024

The firm had already announced it didn't have a game from one of its major brands for 2024, however, it did end the show with Astro Bot. Developed by Japanese developer Asobi, Astro Bot is a sequel to the highly regarded Astro's Playroom, which is a short platform game that is bundled with every PS5 console.

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