Game Developer

JULY 12, 2023

Aspiring developers and creatives now have permission to use their original content in Dreams for outside-game use, including portfolio reels and merchandise.

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Game Developer

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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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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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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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."

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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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Game Developer

JANUARY 31, 2024

"Great content is key to our growth." "

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2025

The company is placing its faith in 'content and services' and noted that side of the gaming business is performing ahead of expectations.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

SenAm Games ‘ founder, Senad Hrnjadovic , has been involved in the games industry for years, but it was the Pokmon obsession of his two older children that made him realise the power of games as a learning tool. Thats when Hrnjadovic came up with the game Al-Sirah. It got him thinking.

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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

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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Belgian developer Cyborn has introduced a fresh perspective on mixed-reality gaming with the release of Wall Town Wonders , a game that transforms living spaces into bustling miniature towns built right on the wall. Eighteen months later, the game is here,” he says. But I’m happy we put it in already.” Iteration is key.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Jackbox Games is a Chicago-based game studio best known for its lineup of popular party-game hits such as Quiplash , Fibbage , Drawful , Trivia Murder Party , and more. Jackbox Games north star is accessible gaming, which means meeting customers where they are.

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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

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

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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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.

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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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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 9, 2024

When you live in a country that houses twenty percent of the entire worlds population, yet hardly see a genuine and honest representation of that country in video games, its time to take matters into your own hands. And thats precisely what Shalin Shodhan is doing with his studio, Masala Games. That choice was very much deliberate.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Most content built during a particular hardware generation is available and functional during that hardware generation because things don't change too much. The game and workflow must also be updated to work on the new hardware, and internally upgraded to take advantage of the increased processing power to look and play better than before.

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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 Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. Several exploration games also incorporate similar story designs. The core gameplay in Gossip Harbor.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

by Diana Levintova – AppMagic As we were fishing for some eerie Halloween mood, one of the titles caught our attention by confidently holding its position in both Top Grossing and Top Free rankings since early January 2023 (and actively boosting its revenue in the past few months): the Game of Vampires: Twilight Sun by DreamPlus Games.

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