Game Developer

JANUARY 31, 2024

"Great content is key to our growth." "

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Players who make and release Fortnite islands to be shared with the larger community will have to make sure it's secured an age rating from the IARC.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Nintendo has revised its terms and conditions for content creators, stressing it will "object" to any content it deems "unlawful, infringing, or inappropriate." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 10, 2024

Content studio Offbrand has branched out into games, having launched its publishing division Offbrand Games. Announced at IGN Live , content creator Ludwig Ahgren shared that he was partnering with Jason "Thor" Hall, founder of independent studio Pirate Software.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 29, 2024

Game narratives change all the time during the production. In this article we describe the methods we use to quickly iterate on our narrative content.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

creator, GI Game Changer Coty Craven and a cohort of game experts and mental health professionals have unveiled Game Content Triggers Database. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Can I Play That? The database serves as a catalog of all the problematic material within titles.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Welcome to Dean Gichukie ‘s world, where history comes alive through Kunta Content. The Kunta Content team Dean’s creative journey began at age 8 when he started drawing and painting. One of the stories I wrote was a game. That game is now Hiru.” For Dean, history is the key to understanding people.

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Game Developer

MAY 6, 2024

Not content with eventually bringing Dredge to film, Story Kitchen plans to work with Dreamworks on making hit games into animated movies and shows.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 10, 2024

Whilst the live-action game hadn't received any content update for over a year, developer First Watch Game pulled all content affiliated with the streamer following reports Beahm had "inappropriate" communications with a minor. Any players affected will be refunded via the in-game currency, Rogue Bucks.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Welcome, once again, to the all-new GameDeveloper.com, now updated for better readability, easier content discovery, and an all-around improved site experience.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 12, 2024

It's time for the game industry to fully embrace this new era, recognizing that it not only leads to better content for players but also fosters deeper engagement for game studios.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Epic Games has announced a partnership with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) to rate all islands and other content published through Fortnite's Creative Mode. Read more

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With Fortnite now focusing on user-generated content, industry devs have formed Barnyard to get in on the trend.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2024

Facepunch Studios has received takedown notices from Nintendo and is currently in the process of removing all Garry's Mod content related to IP owned by the platform holder. The developer posted an update on Steam altering its community to the takedown notice, adding that all Nintendo-related workshop items will be removed.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Author: Richard Dansky Every video game ultimately becomes a story. The elements of the game, even and perhaps especially the narrative ones, are inert until they are suddenly interacted with by the player. The game, in all its complexity and grandeur and expense and expended sweat, comes down to a story.

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Game Developer

JUNE 27, 2023

Unity's AI tools include a content creation tool called Unity Muse and a runtime inference engine called Unity Sentis.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Something Wicked Games announced that it has hired Will Shen as its new lead content designer. He joins the studio that has brought other games industry veterans such as Robert Land, Jessica Sliwinski, and Akil Hooper. Read more

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The studio has told content creators bans could be issued for offensive behavior that occurs outside of its games.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In response to a comment by Bill Markus, the co-founder of Dogecoin, that gamers have become “ideologically captured,” Elon Musk announced that his firm xAI will open a game studio. Musk states: “ Too many game studios that are owned by massive corporations ,” and that said studio will “ make games great again.”

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

AppMagic has released a new quarterly report with an overview of the most successful hypercasual games on the market right now. Top 10 Games By Downloads Now, it’s time for a deep dive into the top 10 hypercasual games by downloads. The game features different modes and progressively more challenging levels.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 17, 2024

Matthew Gallant, game director of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, explains why No Return won't receive any future content updates.

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Game Developer

JULY 15, 2024

The co-op horror game is the start of publisher Oro Interactive's focus toward "content-creator-focused horror games." "

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This challenge presents itself in many industries – ranging from gaming to social media networks. We shall be using a multi-player gaming scenario to illustrate this, but the steps below could be applicable to any community with user-generated content and interactions between users.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Australian authorities are introducing new "mandatory classifications" for any games that include "gambling-like" conte…

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Eiji Aonuma recently revealed that Nintendo currently has no plans to release additional content for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This decision marks a notable departure for both a blockbuster game and a major first-party Nintendo release.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Netflix has recently revealed plans to encourage adoption of the games catalog that it offers as part of a standard subscription. This is set to become part of a two-pronged strategy: Netflix Stories will strengthen its content offering, while Games on TV focuses on widening access.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Embracer-owned studio won't be developing new content for the horror title and has also scrapped a planned Switch release.

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

I've been working on adding some more unlockable content that will increase the quality of life of the game. It's been some time since the last update.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2024

You can read all our South Africa Games Week articles on this page. Nyamakop, arguably one of the most well known studios within South Africa, was founded in 2016, initially as a business endeavour to turn a university project into a commercial game, which became 2018's Semblance. "We

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Disclosure: This article has been written as a part of a paid cooperation with Xsolla Game demos are as important to a successful game marketing strategy as trailers and advertising. A game demo is more than a condensed snapshot of your game. What kind of demo do you need? The most commonly used form is a prologue.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 13, 2024

It nevertheless came as a surprise when Microsoft emailed everyone about the planned shutdown of four Bethesda Studios last week: Arkane Austin (maker of Redfall), Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush, The Evil Within), Alpha Dog Games (Mighty Doom), and Roundhouse Studios. Stick with the winners while it’s still winter.

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Game Developer

JULY 3, 2023

The company said it doesn't want to "discourage" the use of AI content on Steam, but reiterated that devs must ensure they have the "appropriate rights to ship their game."

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Sega has its eyes on user-generated content, and thinks Eques' new generative AI-powered voxel tool will make the technology viable for greater use in its games.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

Jason Nicot , a French solo game developer operating under the name Choose Red , recently announced his latest game Sanctua. In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. He went into transportation management, but game development never really left his mind.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 7, 2024

Sega has released its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2024, showing an overall decline in net sales but a solid performance from its video games business. million) from full game sales, up nearly 40% compared to the same period last year. year-on-year) Entertainment Contents net sales: ¥72.7

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Picking a live service title for my 2022 game of the year felt like a bit of a copout, and I'm sure at any other game website, it may be perceived as such. If this piece had to be about a game released this year, I have some solid favourites: God of War: Ragnarok, Citizen Sleeper, and Neon White, to name a few. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 27, 2024

Misfits Gaming has launched a new games studio called Misfits Interactive. The new studio is currently working on two original user-generated content titles set for release this year, developed by a team of over 20 people. Chris Casanova has been appointed as head of interactive to lead the studio.

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