Report: Valve won't publish Steam titles that feature AI-generated content
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
The company told one Steam developer it "cannot ship games for which the developer does not have all of the necessary rights."
Nintendo is done releasing new content for Mario Kart Tour
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
The upcoming Anniversary Tour will be the last to feature new content.
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Addendum to cut content: people find remnants of cut content in game files often enough. So/but is there any even rough estimate you could give of cut content that’s dug up versus cut stuff that could never be found?
Ask a Game Dev
APRIL 10, 2024
The kind of games that have the least cut content are annual sports titles - they have the most stringent schedules and know exactly what they are committing to with each annual cycle, so they have significantly less wiggle room than a project with a longer schedule and bigger scope (e.g.
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Procedural Content Generation in Game Development
Starloop Studios
APRIL 18, 2024
Procedural content generation (PCG) is a prime example of how AI in game development is leveraged in creative and compelling ways. As the use of AI in game development ramps up and speculation is rife as to how it will be used in the future, procedural content generation is one of the most well-recognized and [.]
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Yahaha Studio facilitates user generated content with a no-code solution for game creation
PreMortem.Games
JULY 27, 2023
This is the era of user generated content. Players are no longer content with just playing their favorite games, they want to build their own games out of the ones that already exist. In the long term, the company envisions expanding the platform with new features and overall improvements to grow its community further. “It
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3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling
Nvidia
MARCH 1, 2023
In addition, due to the topology creation process, 3D modeling is time consuming and has a high entry barrier for content creation. According to Ashot Gabrelyanov, CEO of Shapeyard development company Magic Unicorn, “As the web evolves, its content form does, too. This makes them inoperable with multiple platforms in the metaverse.
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The new normal • Video game layoffs are a feature, not a bug
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 4, 2024
Onslaught of digital newcomers Not every game maker has been equally successful at adapting to the new reality of digitally distributed content, micro-transaction sales, and live-services operations, or had the intellectual property that managed to differentiate itself from the onslaught of digital newcomers.
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Upgrade Your Graphics: Explore New Ray Tracing Features for NVIDIA Nsight Tools
Nvidia
MARCH 21, 2024
Helping you build optimized, bug-free applications in this era of rendering technology, the latest release of NVIDIA Nsight Graphics introduces new features for ray tracing development, including tools to help you harness AI acceleration. The union of ray tracing and AI is pushing graphics fidelity and performance to new heights.
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The Hunger Games for User Generated Content: Case Fall Guys
Deconstructor of Fun
MAY 31, 2023
E pic’s user-generated content (UGC) domination has required thousands of employees and 5 years of development but pays off with 40% of player game time and $350M generated from creator worlds. Gamemakers should watch closely for how this new mode impacts Fall Guys’ performance as a distinct add-on feature.
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Does cut content exist for video games? Not material devs save for later use in dlcs or expansions, but content that was created and for some reason didn’t make it to the final product. Idk like, a boss battle was way too long so a portion of gameplay was cut off or some footage devs felt like removing from certain cutscenes.
Ask a Game Dev
APRIL 4, 2024
Of course cut content exists. On the latest shipped game that I worked on, I was hired for and spent months working on a significant game mode that was eventually cut. Our game mode was playable with a full game loop but the higher-ups decided it wasn't shaping up to be what they wanted for the overall game.
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New Video Creation and Streaming Features Accelerated by the NVIDIA Video Codec SDK
Nvidia
MAY 24, 2023
This post highlights new features supported in version 12.1, and how they’re being used to enhance video processing use cases like content creation and streaming on NVIDIA GPUs. These optimizations also reduce content delivery network (CDN) costs by minimizing bandwidth requirements. Video Codec SDK 12.1
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Google’s Blockchain Content Policy: Better Late than Never
Deconstructor of Fun
AUGUST 2, 2023
After a long wait, Google made its move with its latest Developers Blog post and new policies regarding blockchain-based content ! The former dedicates a separate post and policy for blockchain content while the latter just squeezes in a couple of new rules. The 8-month-long wait may seem really long.
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Spectrum Labs AI does the heavy lifting of content moderation on gaming platforms
AWS Games
DECEMBER 7, 2022
That’s why Spectrum Labs’ content moderation AI is used by developers like Riot Games and Wildlife Studios to guard against toxic and illegal behavior. Spectrum Labs helps scale content moderation teams’ coverage and provides fully automated solutions that utilize the most advanced natural language AI moderation available.
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Fixed: Valorant ‘DX11 Feature Level 10.0 is Required to Run the Engine’
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
However, players have reported encountering the error message “DX11 Feature Level 10.0 What is DX11 Feature Level 10.0 What is DX11 Feature Level 10.0 The error message “DX11 Feature Level 10.0 How to fix DX11 Feature Level 10.0 Conclusion The error message ‘DX11 Feature Level 10.0
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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection reportedly used modder's work without credit
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 18, 2024
As reported by IGN , players noticed that a mod created by modder 'iamashaymin' was reportedly featured in the game despite its developer clarifying last month that it did "not include any code or content that is taken from uncredited sources."
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Why and How to Get Featured on Board Game Blogs and Podcasts
Brand Game Development
JANUARY 26, 2018
In fact, in many ways, getting featured on blogs and podcasts is easier than convincing people to review your board game. There is nothing more beautiful to an online creator’s ears than “I want to help you create content for free.” How about getting featured on a podcast? Need help on your board game?
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If two different games run on the same basic engine (ex: Source, UE4/5, Unity), how much does the “If it runs on the same engine, it can or should have features 1 and 2 as the other,” carry for post-release development games?
Ask a Game Dev
JUNE 12, 2023
Every game is a complex web of features and content. Any given feature is dependent on a bevy of other systems and features and any failures can easily cascade into catastrophe. It can take days of engineering and scripting to bring a feature from DMZ to regular multiplayer or another game mode.
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Don’t Nod restructures around three genres
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 28, 2024
In 2023, we witnessed an exceptional year of content, featuring a multitude of high quality games, encompassing both small and large-scale innovative titles. Read more
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How XSplit Delivers Rich Content for Live Streaming with NVIDIA Broadcast
Nvidia
JANUARY 15, 2021
It’s a simple yet powerful live streaming and recording software for producing and delivering rich video content that powers countless live streams and recordings around the world. What new features or SDKs from NVIDIA are you looking forward to now? What excited you most about NVIDIA Broadcast Engine?
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Unity's push for "responsibly sourced" AI tools
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Despite the debate surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in games development, Unity has been a big proponent for adding AI-powered features into the process, announcing its Muse suite of features earlier this year as well as signing partnerships with AI-driven asset creators. Read more
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WordPress vs Other CMS Platforms: A Comparison Guide
Logic Simplified
APRIL 3, 2024
A content management system (CMS) is a collaborative software that allows you to use tools to create, modify, and manage your digital presence. It has a low learning curve, and you can begin publishing content in minutes. Once your site is running, you can drag and drop images, text, and other content within the editor.
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NVIDIA RTX, Unreal Engine 5 Define Future of Game Development and Content Creation
Nvidia
MAY 26, 2021
UE5 represents a generational leap in both workflows and visual fidelity, extending the engine’s support for DirectX Raytracing, NVIDIA DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex, and adding new features such as Nanite and Lumen that make it faster and easier for games to implement photorealistic visuals, large open worlds and advanced animation and physics.
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A follow-up to the sunk cost post. While easier said than done, how do you make the choice between cutting a feature (or features) you’ve sunk so much time into or just giving it more to complete it?
Ask a Game Dev
JUNE 2, 2023
cut features and reduce scope), or some combination of both must happen in order to reach that goal. When deciding whether to cut a feature, the largest determining factor is the priority of the task. If the feature is low priority, the decision to cut is easy. Either the velocity must increase (e.g.
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Activision made a secret deal for gun product placement in Call of Duty
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Content warning: This article discusses violence towards children. Activision made a secret deal with Remington to feature the arms maker's Adaptive Combat Rifle in 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Ask a Game Dev
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The partially-built endgame content was locked off from the game but left on the disc. This is, in large part, because leaving unused assets on disc usually ensures more stability than it risks by removing those assets in case any of them are behind-the-scenes dependencies for other assets or game features.
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Hi, I’d like to ask something about dlcs. I apologize in advance if this turns out to be a stupid question but I really have no idea about how game industry works. So… do software houses usually decide the plot of the dlcs together with the main game (or at least before the main game is released on the market) or they tend to wait for the audience’s feedback and then start planning accordingly? Like, when the game is out, a certain character ends up being very popular in the fandom. So… will they decide to focus the dlc on this popular character in order to give ppl what they want or they’re still gonna stick to their original plans? In a few words, could fandom popularity influence the plot of future content of a game?
Ask a Game Dev
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Generally speaking, the ease of making changes to the game, its narrative/characters/content is inversely proportional to how close that content is to release. That boss already has all of its mechanics locked down, all of the art done, all of the voice over recorded, all of the features designed, and so on.
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Godot 3.2 will allow disabling editor features
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 7, 2019
It sounds like an odd feature to have (and never crossed our minds at the beginning). Disabling / enabling features. To make it short, it allows enabling or disabling editor features. To make it short, it allows enabling or disabling editor features. There are two main use cases for this feature: Education.
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Fantasy Strike's Features
Sirlin
JULY 25, 2019
There are several notable features and innovative things about the game, so I’ll summarize them here. Sometimes it’s pushing forward design in a new way, or usability, or technology, or even in introducing features or ways of doing things from one genre and applying them to another when it hasn’t been done before. This is none of that.
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Does sunk cost ever affect game dev? IE we put so many zots into a feature that isn’t working, we may as well put in more to finish it?
Ask a Game Dev
MAY 30, 2023
ME:A had a major problem with sunk cost - the game was originally intended to feature a procedural planet generator that could create a near-infinite number of planets to explore.
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Event: Jensen Huang NVIDIA Keynote at SIGGRAPH 2023
Nvidia
JULY 24, 2023
8, Jensen Huang features new NVIDIA technologies and award-winning research for content creation. 8, Jensen Huang features new NVIDIA technologies and award-winning research for content creation.
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Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish
Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
As such, most of the focus was on implementing missing features or bugfixes which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3, and on making the existing features more optimized and reliable. now and read on to learn more about the many new features in this update. Shader language features. Download Godot 3.4
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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Complex feature The core concept of worlds within worlds was the first feature prototyped for Cocoon, undergoing substantial improvement and iteration. It was a complex feature to make, and aside from making it look cool, we also had to solve a range of technical challenges.
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Drive-Up Your Revenues with Seasonal Events
Game Refinery
MARCH 16, 2023
With over 90% of the top-grossing 100 iOS mobile games using seasonal events to boost their revenues, national holidays have become an essential part of LiveOps with players expecting an influx of new content as we approach the holiday seasons. Zombie Frontier 3’s Christmas content Event-related offers (e.g.,
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Hypercasual games market is shrinking, still 3.7 billion downloads last 3 months
PreMortem.Games
JULY 4, 2023
The game features different modes and progressively more challenging levels. Thus, when every pixel of the old games seems to be explored up and down, DLC (downloadable content) might become a good option to sugarcoat things. The general goal is to catch all the sweets without missing a single one to score the level.
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Happy to announce a new Scheduling feature beta-testing
Filmustage
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
At the same time, the speed and quantity of content consumption picked up tremendously as we found ourselves locked at home and for many it was an opportunity to experience the wonderful world of cinema.
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Web3 metaverse MMO Avalon unveiled in new trailer
Game Daily
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The game features action-combat including magical powers in player-vs-environment and player-versus-player modes. The trailer features a pretty world of warriors, who flit between environments, with ample tools for building and crafting. ” Core to Avalon will be player-created content.
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Minimizing Lag in Text-Heavy Chat Nodes
Cocos
MAY 9, 2024
Hi everyone, I’m working on implementing a chat feature for my app, which involves two screens. These chat nodes are instantiated dynamically, and their size depends on the text content. The first screen displays groups with recent chats, and clicking on a group shows the entire chat history.
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AWS for Games debuts Guide to Generative AI for Game Developers, and more at GDC 2024
AWS Games
MARCH 27, 2024
The Gilded Mansion Demo featured a mystery solving game that was built with AWS Bedrock and Anthropic Claude to drive player conversations with in-game characters in search of clues to solve a crime. AWS Events On Monday evening, AWS, Amazon Games and Women in Games International (WIGI) co-hosted a Women in Games event at the Minna Gallery.
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Maximizing Customer Engagement with WordPress CRM Automation
Logic Simplified
APRIL 15, 2024
It offers robust automation features for a stress-free customer data management experience. Through automation plugins and tools, tasks such as content scheduling, email marketing, and customer support can be efficiently managed, ensuring timely and personalized interactions with clients.
Minimizing Lag in Text-Heavy Chat Nodes
Cocos
MAY 8, 2024
Hi everyone, I’m working on implementing a chat feature for my app, which involves two screens. These chat nodes are instantiated dynamically, and their size depends on the text content. The first screen displays groups with recent chats, and clicking on a group shows the entire chat history.
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Biomorph by Lucid Dream Studio innovates the Metroidvania genre
PreMortem.Games
MAY 8, 2024
Producing a Metroidvania is a huge undertaking, and the developers could easily be overwhelmed by the content they wanted to create, according to Berriche. We reviewed the production schedule, adjusted certain features to have enough time to design and implement them optimally in the game.
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AWS for Games to spotlight generative AI at GDC 2024
AWS Games
MARCH 6, 2024
Featured partners include Perforce, JetBrains, Incredibuild, AccelByte, Pragma, Heroic Labs, Scenario, NVIDIA, Modulate, and Endava. Managing live games requires a balance of retaining mature players with evergreen content, personalizing offers, attracting new players, and getting them into your core loop as quickly as possible.
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Build and load bundle from zip, is it possible?
Cocos
AUGUST 25, 2023
What mean that pandamicro said: gzip compression is a built-in feature of the web server and the browser will automatically decode it when the returned content is gzip. Example like image what you need is to enable this feature on the web server
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Attracting investors and publishers with the right kind of game demos
PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Typically highlighting a game’s mechanics in their raw form, even before content and visuals receive their final polish. As you approach the launch phase, directing your efforts towards a public demo can effectively engage your established target audience and immerse players in your game’s narrative, should it feature one.
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