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This blog explores some of the risks of horror game development and how to address them.
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Game Developer
DECEMBER 4, 2024
This blog explores some of the risks of horror game development and how to address them.
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Monomi Park CEO Nick Popovich explains how big content drops can benefit your game's Early Access journey.
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OCTOBER 16, 2023
The former Bethesda Softworks quest designer is now the lead content designer on Something Wicked Games' upcoming game Wyrdsong.
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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.
PreMortem.Games
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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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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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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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With Fortnite now focusing on user-generated content, industry devs have formed Barnyard to get in on the trend.
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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.
PreMortem.Games
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JUNE 27, 2023
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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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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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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Australian authorities are introducing new "mandatory classifications" for any games that include "gambling-like" conte…
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
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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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PreMortem.Games
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PreMortem.Games
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GamesIndustry.biz
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GamesIndustry.biz
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