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Devcom Speaker Survey 2025: Majority of respondents claim traditional platform exclusives will go extinct

Game Developer

The 2025 edition of the survey was answered by 100 speakers and provides some insight into the sentiments of industry experts on the conference trail. One third of surveyed Devcom speakers aren't sold on AI tools Devcom speakers were also quizzed on other hot topics such as AI and burgeoning development costs.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the development on Twitter. is jam-packed with new features despite having a much shorter development period than 4.3. Game window embedding was implemented to support our recent interactive in-game editing feature. development cycle. ended up making it into 4.4 New in Beta 1!

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Take-Two boss says GTA VI will be priced to deliver 'more value than what we charge'

Game Developer

As you know, the approach of the industry is to launch at a premium price, sometimes with special editions, and over time, typically to reduce the price to enhance the overall size of the market," he explained. We help you gain critical insights and make more informed decisions across your business priorities.

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Patch Notes #17: Raven workers secure union contract, VGHF acquires Computer Entertainer, and Ziff Davis makes layoffs after bumper quarter

Game Developer

Chris Kerr , Senior Editor, News , GameDeveloper.com August 8, 2025 6 Min Read Photograph via VGHF / Logo via Game Developer Oh, you're back. I also read some insightful articles from the fine folks over at Kotaku, Game File, and IGN—all of which have been smuggled into this week's edition. Want to stay in the know?

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. In this episode of Gamecamole, we will investigate Cookie Run: Kingdom from the South Korean developer Devsister, a card battling RPG mobile game that became a cultural phenomenon in 2021.

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Introducing the new "last minute" lightmapper

Mircosoft Game Dev

The solution to these problems is to add support for a more traditional lightmapper (pre-baked light texture). Lightmapper looks pretty nice: Of course, GIProbe still has the advantages of being real-time, easier to set up (no unwrap or bake), supports rough refletions (which look great), and light affects dynamic objects more accurately.

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Q&A: Real-Time Ray Tracing in a Cinematic Scene

Nvidia

Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame. Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame overnight—a painstaking process. The introduction of RT and Tensor Cores and the development of DLSS played pivotal roles.