Game Developer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Canadian studio has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure publishing deals.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Just over three million video games were sold in the UK during November, which is a drop of 33% over the year before (GSD data).

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In the six years since its launch, Horse Reality , by Dutch indie studio Studio Deloryan , has built a loyal following. The game blends real-world genetics with engaging gameplay, allowing players to train, breed and care for virtual horses. Studio Deloryan has mastered the balance of scientific accuracy and fun, creating a unique space for over 50.000 monthly active horse enthusiasts.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Prince of Persia’s Accessibility is Inaccessible To Some Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com At the Game Awards, it was easy to blink and miss the award for best accessibility feature in a game for 2024, with the winner going to Prince of Persia : The Lost Crown. You may be hard-pressed to … The post Prince of Persia’s Accessibility is Inaccessible To Some appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 21, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.4 Gets Native Jolt Physics Support With the just released Godot 4.4 Dev7 release, there has been a major change to the Godot physics engine. Previously implemented as a module only, integration of the Jolt Physics Engine is now directly in the game engine. Details from the Godot dev7 release: Ever since its inception in late […] The post Godot 4.4 Gets Native Jolt Physics Support appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The company behind Elden Ring has strengthened its relationship with Sony.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Sony is increasing its stake in Kadokawa Corporation, which will make it the FromSoftware parent's biggest shareholder.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Hey Awesome Drivers! Its time for the next Weekly Update!

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 16, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Goo Engine x Blender – Anime for Blender DillonGoo Studios, a studio specializing in anime art style productions have just announced they are joining with the Blender development team to bring their custom anime focused version of Blender (featured here). In addition to bringing most of the custom technology in their Goo Engine Blender fork directly to the […] The post Goo Engine x Blender – Anime for Blender appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Frontman Johnny Gioeli claims Sega has spent 23 years using the hit song 'Live & Learn' in dozens of media outside Sonic Adventure 2 without properly compensating for it.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Electronic Arts' college football game is now the biggest selling sports video game in US history when it comes to dollar sales.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Ascent of Ashes , the upcoming colony sim by Vivid Storm Interactive , has been delayed to early next year. While addressing player feedback certainly plays a role in the delay, the migration from Unity to Godot is an even more significant factor. Godot doesn’t feel quite as chaotic as Unity did at times. German indie developer Vivid Storm Interactive is a three person team that started when they launched a Kickstarter campaign for Ascent of Ashes in 2021.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Grabbing the attention of gamers is challenging in a crowded market, but QORPO s unique video gaming experiences stand out. Leveraging many managed services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the game developer, publisher, and solutions provider accelerated creative game development for popular titles like Citizen Conflict. Most recently, QORPO integrated Amazon GameLift into its infrastructure to enable scalable cross-platform server hosting and matchmaking across titles.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

How Games Retain Players Using Risk and Reward Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Gaming is all about taking calculated risks and aiming for big rewards. Whether its a dragons lair or a slot machine, players are attracted to games that let them weigh risks against rewards. The best games get risk and reward … The post How Games Retain Players Using Risk and Reward appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Pre-release versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies cutscenes contain different voiceover performances than those heard in the final game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The Game Awards 2024 achieved an estimated 154 million global livestreams, the organisers have announced.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Survive on a deserted island with dice! Introducing Cast Dice Away.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Humans in general care a great deal about status - both having status and showing status. In real life, this can be through clothing, cars, homes, family, connections, the ability to get into "exclusive" places, and so on. In multiplayer games and online communities, it is just as important for players to be able to express their status. In one of the earliest sprite-based MMOGs I played, there were only a handful of different hair styles and no outfits, so players could only really express thei

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The Art and Design of the Night is Grey Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this cast, I was joined by Andre Broa and Tiago Fragoso from Whalestork Interactive to discuss the release of the Night is Grey. We talked about developing the gameplay, art, and story for the game. Steam … The post The Art and Design of the Night is Grey appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The award-winning developer has questioned the consistency of PEGI's ratings.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Across the road from The Game Awards, in a car park featuring a couple of trailers and some plastic flamingos, sits the Racoon Logic team.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Live service and multiplayer games must continually evolve in order to offer high-performance and immersive experiences. The feature sets of these games have continuously expanded to include real-time matchmaking, cross-play, in-game transactions, and social interactions. However, many developers are constrained by outdated, monolithic architectures that struggle to meet modern demands for scalability, performance, and security.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 19, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Microsoft Release Free GitHub CoPilot There is a new version of GitHub CoPilot that is completely free to use, no credit card or subscription required. The only requirement is a GitHub account and a compatible IDE ( Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code and JetBrains products as well as GitHub.com currently ). Details of the new […] The post Microsoft Release Free GitHub CoPilot appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Perforce

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Static sentiment analysis is an exciting new approach that uses machine learning to understand developer intent.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Danish studio has laid off seven employees.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mass layoffs have been the defining theme of the past two years — and they're not over yet. The industry is still feeling the effects of this crisis, even though many players are starting to see signs of stabilization.

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2024

NVIDIA just announced a series of small language models (SLMs) that increase the amount and type of information digital humans can use to augment their. NVIDIA just announced a series of small language models (SLMs) that increase the amount and type of information digital humans can use to augment their responses. This includes new large-context models that provide more relevant answers and new multi-modal models that allow images as inputs.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 17, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Fab December 2024 Asset Giveaway #2 It is the third Tuesday of the month and that means it’s time for anotherUnreal EngineFab marketplace giveaway. You can get three free game development assets, this weeks assets are entirely for Unreal Engine however guides below instruct you on how to export from Unreal Engine to other engines such […] The post Fab December 2024 Asset Giveaway #2 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Optimal FOV Settings for Minecraft Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Whether you’re locked in fierce combat or leisurely harvesting materials, the Field of View (FOV) configuration in Minecraft holds immense sway over your gameplay dynamics. This parameter dictates the breadth of blocks, entities, and objects visible within your characters perspective. … The post Optimal FOV Settings for Minecraft appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The conglomerate is aiming to spread its new investment across the studios under its banner, and potentially acquire some new ones.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In late 2017, I interviewed Guerrilla Games' Jan-Bart Van Beek about his original pitch for what would become Horizon: Zero Dawn, how the studio designed this world, and the lengths the team went to in order to make this new IP stand out.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Another fruitful year is coming to a close! It’s once again time for our annual review to reflect on the year’s milestones and look ahead with renewed focus at the months to come. In terms of both technical achievements and content expansion, 2024 was a huge year for Cogmind… but first, the traditional opening collage, a quick visual summary of the year: Selection of images from the past year of Cogmind-related development as posted on this blog, forums, and social media (large

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 16, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Meshingun 3D Environment Unreal Engine & Unity Bundle Returns As part of the ongoing Humble Bundle holiday rerun, the Deluxe Dev Dreams 3D Unreal Engine & Unity Humble Bundle for 2 days only. The bundle is composed mostly of 3D environments for Unreal Engine with a couple of Unity versions available as well. Details on exporting from Unreal Engine […] The post Meshingun 3D Environment Unreal Engine & Unity Bundle Returns appeared first on GameFromScratch.com

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In this latest episode of the podcast, Mishka Katkoff sat down with Cameron Stewart, Group Vice President, US Game Development, at SciPlay, to uncover the keys to their continued success in the social casino space. SciPlays stats speak for themselves six of their games consistently rank in the top 30 social casino games , a significant achievement in such a competitive market.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Justice Department voiced concerns that Tencent was being anti-competitive by appointing its own directors to Epic, which it only has a minority stake in.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At the outset of 2024, the most often expressed concern about this year in the games business was that it was going to have a very sparse and underwhelming release calendar, at least compared to the spectacular heights of 2023. This was to some extent a ripple effect from the pandemic years: a backlog of delayed software made its way onto the market during 2023, meaning that with many major studios set to be in the early stages of new projects, 2024's line-up did not look very inspiring.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Invincible attacks are a form of counter play - opponents must keep aware when pressing the offense because the defender can use an invincible attack like an Uno Reverse card to stop the offense in its tracks. but only if that invincible attack hits. Attacks with invincibility are a much bigger commitment than a block or a dodge, because invincible attacks usually have a significant recovery and vulnerable time.

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