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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

We have reached the first beta release for the 4.4 in around a month, but as usual, this timeline will depend on how quickly we are able to fix the outstanding bugs and what new bugs are identified in the beta process. New in Beta 1! release cycle. This officially marks the start of feature freeze for 4.4.

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Release candidate: Godot 4.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

beta 1 blog post , so if you havent read that one, have a look to be introduced to the main new features added in the 4.4 Export: Fix cross-platform configuration of rendering driver settings (narrower approach) ( GH-103197 ). Developed by chx games, the game was just released on Steam. in the previous 4.4

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Shooting for Success: Navigating the Ultra Competitive Shooter Genre

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

What had been brewing on PC for years before with games like Counter-Strike, was now dominant cross-platform and reaching the “masses” on console. Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has just dropped, Delta Force is in Beta, Marvel Rivals is set to launch in early December.

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Harmony Games Deploys a Fully Custom Game Backend Utilizing AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)

AWS Games

AUGUST 13, 2024

The second was partnering with a third-party Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform (a common choice for startup game studios), but Harmony found the solutions difficult to customize for their game. “We Their first game, Domino Adventures, is set for global release in 2025, with a beta launch targeted for Q3 2024.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Only after endless hours of testing and iterating, the game is considered ready for a late-Alpha or even a Beta release, on the basis of how polished the in-game features are. Console Game Development As a leading unreal game development studio, we have delivered robust console titles for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo platforms.

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Omeda Studios swaps out ‘Predecessor’ backend in less than five months using Amazon GameLift and Pragma

AWS Games

MAY 14, 2024

The change was implemented ahead of its latest release, which made the game free-to-play across platforms. The team tailored early development efforts to maintain a small but engaged audience as they prepared the game for cross-platform deployment, and in late 2023, adopted GameLift and Pragma to gain more control over the game’s backend.

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Unreal Engine for Android Game Development: What to Expect

Moonmana

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Among such important pillars as experience, smooth development processes, and a strong team, using an outstanding platform cannot also be underestimated. Unreal Engine is an all-in-one platform that allows for the development of different game types, so each stage of the development cycle can be performed using it.

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Calling on Xbox Game Pass Profitability

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

After all, there are very few truly cross-platform titles. Kress’ third point was that Microsoft’s mobile expansion in the current environment is unrealistic. Firstly, there’s no guarantee that the audience is there. Games that are essentially the same on both mobile and console, like Fortnite. raises $8.4M raises $8.4M

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Godot 3's VR and AR support

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

This server allows VR and AR platforms to make themselves known to Godot and handles the interaction with the rest of the engine, including some pretty direct access to the rendering pipeline to allow for as low lag as possible between updating positional tracking and rendering to the device. The ARVR Server.

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Dall-E2 vs Midjorney. Artificial Intelligence changes art landscape

Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But Midjourney and other similar platforms are different. Today we'll try to figure it out by comparing the two Midjourney and Dall-E2 platforms. Both platforms became available in July of this year and have created a furor online. They are capable of creating art, of generating beautiful images from a simple set of words.

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Google x Deconstructor of Fun Istanbul Event: Highlights and Videos

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

2022 predictions: Casual games will become more audience-led because of ATT Hypercasual will continue to see more hybrid IAP/ad monetisation and will become even more ‘Android first’ Midcore games will go increasingly cross-platform (particularly on PC).

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Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

This will enable us to publish maintenance updates at a faster pace as soon as we identify a need (critical regressions to fix, security issues, necessary platform updates, etc.). Platforms: Godot editor on the Web! One notable change is that there is now support for both threads and GDNative in the HTML5 platform port.

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Apex Legends vs. Fortnite: Assessing Popularity in 2023 – Who Takes the Lead?

Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Both of these titles with cross-platform play capacity. Platform preferences: Both Fortnite and Apex Legends are available on mobile, PC, and console. The PS is the most popular platform for this title, with around 40% of gamers. The PS is the most popular platform for this title, with around 40% of gamers.

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App Store’s NFT Guidelines: Imminent peril or entry ticket for blockchain games?

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It will help big platforms like the App Store to meet on a common ground. There are cross platform games that sell items outside the App Store that can be used with the mobile version on the App Store. Apple will work on that secondary marketplace inside their platform with a cut similar to other blockchain marketplaces.

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Why Marvel Snap became a hit and for how long will it remain one?

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

At DoF, we’ve been playing Marvel Snap since the closed beta in preparation for this article. So while it’s possible to gather insights about Snap in the mobile platform, we really can’t compare its revenue to say which games are bigger. This is interesting because during the closed beta the Pass was priced in hard currency, not IAP.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Release candidate: Godot 4.4 RC 2

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