Game Developer

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It's currently unclear how many people have been laid off.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With their second game, Canadian indie studio Lithic Entertainment takes a sharp turn from the tranquil charm of their peaceful city-building debut title, Dwarrows. This time they’re slamming the accelerator with Scaravan 66 , a high-octane car combat roguelike straight out of hell. At its heart is Lucky, an arrogant greaser trapped in a hellish nightmare of endless asphalt, monstrous foes and a shotgun-fueled quest for freedom.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Game developers are among the millions users leaving X (formerly Twitter) and signing up for Bluesky. What are they getting out of the platform?

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

At Gamescom Asia last month, Xbox gave a talk about how it empowers creators across the continent, supporting indies so they can make it to the global stage.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Containers have become increasingly popular for hosting game servers, and for a good reason. The benefits include isolated resources per game session, and consistency across environments from your workstation to development and production. Amazon GameLift , a purpose-built solution for global game server hosting, recently launched containers support in general availability.

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Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

GameFromScratch.com GIMP 3 Release Candidate is Here GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program first released Gimp v2 back in 2024. Now, 20 years later GIMP 3 is almost here with the official release candidate of GIMP 3 going live last week. GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics application similar to Photoshop, released under the GPL […] The post GIMP 3 Release Candidate is Here appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The Unreal series may have been shelved years ago, but Epic is letting its first two installments live on through the Internet Archive.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft's parent company Kadokawa has confirmed that Sony has issued a letter of intent to acquire the firm's shares, but clarified that "no decision has been made at this time.

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Games 113

Indie DB

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Baby Blues Nightmares is not your typical horror game. Players step into the tiny shoes of a toddler on a mission to find their missing dolls, a concept that turns the horror genre on its head. With limited understanding and tools, the toddler’s journey.

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Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Raylib 5.5 Released Coming one year after the Raylib 5 release, the Raylib 5.5 release is jam packed with new features including the Raylib Project Creator we discussed earlier. Features of the Raylib 5.5 release: Key Links Raylib Homepage RayLib Github Raylib 5.5 Release Notes Raylib Discord Server You can learn more about […] The post Raylib 5.5 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

'It's important not to lose sight of the fact that thousands of video game voice and movement performers have been on strike for 116 days.

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Games 293

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Explore the intersection of creativity and technology with Creative Tech Convos, a podcast hosted by Wendi Ndaki. In this series, she dives into the personal and professional journeys of creative tech professionals in the video game industry. Readers of PreMortem.Games will undoubtedly recognize her name, as she’s a regular contributor known for her in-depth profiles of professionals in the African gaming scene.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The games industry continues to experience layoffs and studio closures, with indie studios such as Black Flag and Studio Thunderhorse being recently shut down due to numerous challenges.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This is quite the massive update, not only do you get the last levels for the Campaign, making it fully complete, but you also get a brand new game mode!

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Games 76

Harold Serrano

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

I’ve been knee-deep in rewriting the Untold Engine , transitioning it from C++ to Swift. After months of coding, tweaking, and testing, I’m thrilled to share that the rewrite is almost done. Moving to Swift has been a game-changer, making the engine not only faster and more modern but much easier to work with. Built on ECS Architecture The Untold Engine is powered by Entity-Component-System (ECS) architecture.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Top image: Gnoumagbee and Teninke Camara Photo by David Gossard from Tribune de Lyon It’s 3 am, and while the world sleeps, a creative force comes alive in the heart of Teninke Camara , the brilliant Creative Director and Founder of Blind Bend Studio. Born to parents who ventured from Guinea to France, Teninke’s artistic inspiration knows no bounds as she thrives in the late evenings and early mornings.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Bitmap Books is a video game book publisher with a design-first mindset. This means that Bitmap's founder, creative director, and sole employee Sam Dyer, is all about creating tangible art, as fit for the coffee table and collector's shelf as it is for being read cover-to-cover.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Open Galaxy 4.0, the platform for X-Wing and Tie Fighter style custom missions, is released with a bunch of new features and new missions to play.

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Platformer Feature 89

Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Fab November 2024 Asset Giveaway #2 The Unreal Engine monthly giveaways are now bi-monthly giveaways, the second one on the third Tuesday each month. However, the number of assets given away will be lower and each giveaway will only be “free” for two weeks. If purchased during the free period, the assets are yours to keep […] The post Fab November 2024 Asset Giveaway #2 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

After 5 years designing game economies generating $150M+, I've compiled my knowledge into a detailed 7-chapter guide on game economy, balance, and monetization.

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Balance Games 280

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. Attendees can check out an expo floor packed with technology demonstrations, customer and partner sessions , gamified learning events, and more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Sony Interactive Entertainment has appointed Olivier Courtemanche as its new head of mobile, and Justin Kubiak as head of mobile business development and partnerships.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Welcome to Genarium, where you become a true creator of life! Starting with the Protobiont, embark on an evolutionary journey to develop your first unique fish, the Pisciformis. With over 280 million DNA variations, the possibilities for crafting new.

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Development 79

Cocos

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Thanks so much for the answer! Looking forward for this update. google play API support → Such support will be possible to be done without the need to tweak the native project?

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Parents now have direct access to Roblox's parental control features, and young players are automatically barred from direct messaging players or access 'moderate' content.

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Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

GameFromScratch.com The Ultimate Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Asset Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, The Ultimate Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Asset Bundle (even though it contains 20+ assets for Unity game engine as well and could easily be exported to Godot, Blender or elsewhere, guides below). The assets are redeemed on the Fab asset […] The post The Ultimate Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Asset Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Microsoft has entered a deal with UK-based theme park operator Merlin Entertainments to open Minecraft-themed attractions, hotel rooms, and stores in the UK and US.

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Entertainment Media 106

Indie DB

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Fursan al-Aqsa is at RISK + Operation al-Aqsa Flood Update out now on Steam!

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We haven't done everything possible, but it isn't really necessary to do everything for the sake of exploring that space. When we're creating character abilities for a game, they follow these principles: Be simple to understand Show that something has happened (almost) immediately Have some cost or tradeoff to using the move Many character abilities that end up on the cutting room floor are cut for violating one of these principles.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Two-year alums Olivier Courtemanche and Justin Kubiak will respectively lead the direction and business partnerships for PlayStation's mobile ventures.

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Juego Studio

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Multiplayer games have been around for a while, but they are becoming increasingly popular today. Thanks to online gaming, friends in different locations can play the same game using different hardware like consoles, computers, and mobile devices.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Hundreds of employees from ZeniMax Studios are striking today in response to its remote work policy and outsourcing of quality assurance work.

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A Character That Plays Itself: Diablo 4 Players Create an AFK Strategy Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Time has always been a crucial currency in action RPGs like Diablo 4. There are too many near-perfect games around with too many non-action durations. From taking too long to fill the special combo bar to finding special items. I … The post A Character That Plays Itself: Diablo 4 Players Create an AFK Strategy appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Games 52

Cocos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This release focuses on package size reduction, rendering pipeline improvements, and editor usability, alongside extensive bug fixes and platform compatibility enhancements. Continuous package size optimization: 2D empty project (default settings): Reduced by 360 KB. 3D empty project (default settings): Reduced by 384 KB. 2D project with essential modules (UI, Spine, audio, WebGL2 only, and wasm Brotli enabled): Reduced by 200 KB.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

How an off-hours project, a rising YouTuber, and a unique Discord-driven release strategy came together for a game-of-the-year candidate.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

We are making some new visual changes to the project as we prepare for the next release. Get ready for the new stuff.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It's been clear for quite a few years that Microsoft's notion of what "Xbox" actually means has evolved past physical consoles alone. It now describes a whole ecosystem of software and services that spans all sorts of devices, and which is itself just one outlet for Microsoft's enormous game publishing business.

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