From monopolies to tiny tools by solo devs
Game Developer
AUGUST 12, 2024
This is a discussion about the large and largely underrepresented space of tool development from solo devs, individual artists, or tiny teams.
Japan aiming to support indie devs with new acceleration program
Game Developer
MARCH 25, 2024
The So-Fu program will help Japanese indie devs with product management, teach them more about game development, and how to pitch their projects to stakeholders.
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Update: Hi-Rez lays off devs, ends development for three games
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Developers across Smite's design, production, and esports teams have been impacted by Hi-Rez's latest reductions.
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Game Developer's 2024 Wrap-Up: 5 devs that made an impact
Game Developer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
These are a few of the developers wed like to send some kudos, for making the industry a better place in a very difficult year.
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Are game studios suddenly abandoning Black developers?
Game Developer
MARCH 21, 2024
called out the game industry for its consistent inability to support Black devs. Strange Scaffold founder Xalavier Nelson Jr.
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PICO Kicks Off First Dev Jam for Global Developers to Usher in a New Era in for XR
Game Developer
OCTOBER 4, 2023
PICO, a leading VR brand with independent innovation and R&D creation capabilities, will kick off the 2023 PICO Dev Jam on 25th of Sep, its first-ever global challenge for emerging virtual reality developers
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Valve imposing new trailer restrictions on Steam developers
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MAY 3, 2023
The company has rolled out an update that limits the number of trailers devs can place before screenshots on Steam store pages.
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Unity wants fewer developers to park on older versions of the engine
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Unity's move to "generational" updates is meant to help devs access engine improvements more often.
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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Here at PreMortem.Games we have a great admiration for developers that go through a complete development cycle alone. And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights.
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Ubisoft Paris devs report excessive crunch during Just Dance 2023 development
Game Developer
MARCH 27, 2023
While making Just Dance 2023 , Ubisoft's Paris studio was reportedly hit hard with demanding management and burnout.
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Slay the Spire devs followed through on abandoning Unity
Game Developer
APRIL 11, 2024
Unity's Runtime Fee debacle cost it the trust of several indie developers, and led to Slay the Spire 2 being made in Godot.
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Industry vets launch specialist co-development studio The Unreal Guys
Game Developer
JUNE 17, 2024
As the name suggests, the new studio is looking to help devs working on Unreal Engine projects.
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Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. This game represents me as a developer, he says.
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Playdate devs have earned over $500,000 through Catalog
Game Developer
APRIL 17, 2024
With more than 70,000 units sold and over $500,000 in gross revenue dished out to developers through Catalog, Playdate continues to grow.
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Devs call attention to flaw in Steam's developer backlink system
Game Developer
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Publishers on Steam can use a developer's name to link back to their own Steam page, a practice that means a developer's back catalog may not get full recognition.
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Humble Games' recent restructure is hurting devs and their games
Game Developer
JULY 30, 2024
Developers Squid Shock and Stairway are unable to push console updates, and the former is resorting to Patreon while looking for a solution.
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Survey reveals devs consider genAI double-edged sword in game development
Game Developer
AUGUST 19, 2024
Those surveyed believe the controversial technology may make games cost less, but that may also come at the expense of overall quality.
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W4 Games says Godot console porting solutions land in October
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Devs looking to port their Godot-developed game to consoles will have solutions as soon as October.
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Mobile dev Pixelberry acquired by Series Entertainment
Game Developer
JULY 10, 2024
Pixelberry wants to use Series to get highly requested features out the door, while Series is looking to add its proprietary Rho engine into the developer's pipeline.
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Korean devs report a burst of interest in single-player console and PC games
Game Developer
AUGUST 14, 2024
Developers at Pearl Abyss, Round8 Studio, Shift Up, and other studios say developers and players in the region want to break out of the free-to-play market.
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Gamedev.world launching Global Games Fund to support devs in emergent territories
Game Developer
APRIL 19, 2024
'Any developer, anywhere, and in any language, deserves access to funding structures and opportunities to make great games.'
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Report: Summer Games Fest trailers can cost devs up to $550K
Game Developer
JUNE 6, 2024
Summer Games Fest's pricing structure for trailers is pricey, and can help (or hurt) smaller developers marketing their game.
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Balatro dev gives look at first prototype, Joker Poker
Game Developer
MAY 29, 2024
LocalThunk shows how 2024's breakout deckbuilder evolved in the course of its three-year development.
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Absurd Ventures and Immortals of Aveum devs launch Marin studio
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Ex-developers from Ascendant Studios are developing a new game based on a third, unannounced Absurd property.
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SAG-AFTRA's new agreement lets game devs use AI voices
Game Developer
JANUARY 9, 2024
Amidst continued AI negotiations, SAG-AFTRA's locked down a way for developers to use digital voice replicas in future works.
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Game Developer's best of 2022: The events that defined the year
Game Developer
DECEMBER 23, 2022
From Twitter's maelstrom to Stadia's death sentence to devs offering support to Ukraine, these are the events that shaped 2022.
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Dead Cells' development is officially over as devs focus on new games
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Motion Twin and Evil Empire are done working on the 2D roguelike, and are moving on to their own individual projects.
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Candlelight Games formed by ex-Pixelberry Studios devs
Game Developer
JULY 22, 2024
The new studio is already developing its first project, and will echo its founders' previous work in being a 'character-centric ' narrative game.
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Why the former Borderlands boss is betting big on UEFN development
Game Developer
MARCH 7, 2024
Barnyard Games' Matthew Armstrong says making games for Unreal Engine in Fortnite offers stability for workers burned out on long dev cycles.
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PlayStation lays off staff at Visual Arts support dev
Game Developer
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Layoffs have hit the support developer that's been aiding with some of PlayStation's biggest franchises since 2007.
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59 percent of devs say industry in 'bad' straits, blame investors and mismanagement
Game Developer
JUNE 24, 2024
As the game indstry continues through these difficult times, those surveyed by the Game Developers Collective believe they know the real core problems of the industry.
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Atari calls on indie devs to pitch a new Bubsy game
Game Developer
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Atari has put out the call for any indie developer with a love for Bubsy to try their hand at revitalizing the dormant character.
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Report: Godfall dev Counterplay Games has quietly closed down
Game Developer
JANUARY 13, 2025
Beyond Godfall, Counterplay developed the now-defunct digital card game Duelyst, which released in 2016.
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Owlcat Games says devs must learn how to usurp established titles
Game Developer
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Owlcat Games' new publishing label wants to help narrative developers thrive in a saturated market.
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Worker co-op dev The Glory Society has shut down
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The four-year-old studio founded by two of the Night in the Woods developers is closing down and cancelling its debut project Revenant Hill.
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Solo dev Lincoln McCulloch’s all-consuming journey to develop Dungeons & Kingdoms
PreMortem.Games
JULY 26, 2024
Canadian developer Lincoln McCulloch, working under the studio name Uncle Grouch Gaming , spent the last five years creating the upcoming Dungeons & Kingdoms. The fact that it took him over five years to get to the point that it’s nearly ready for Early Access is largely due to learning the ropes of game development along the way.
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Microsoft to bring generative AI design tools to Xbox devs
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Microsoft wants its Xbox developers to use AI in their quest and narrative design, and eventually leverage that technology out to third-party studios.
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DC Universe Online dev Dimensional Ink hit with layoffs
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Daybreak and one of its MMO subsidiaries are the newest developers to get swept up in the industry's layoff cycle.
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Nearly 20 ex-devs reportedly omitted from The Callisto Protocol credits
Game Developer
JANUARY 10, 2023
Almost two dozen developers at Striking Distance Studios say they weren't included in the credits of the studio's debut game, The Callisto Protocol.
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Unity says it shared AI training data with devs in bid for transparency
Game Developer
APRIL 1, 2024
Unity wants to prove its commitment to transparency by sharing AI training data with developers concerned about copyright violation.
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