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Why art tests fail artists and the game dev industry

Game Developer

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Art tests in game dev often harm diversity and fail to reflect real skills. It's time to rethink their use and adopt more inclusive hiring practices.

Art

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Amazon Games to publish new open-world driving title from Forza Horizon devs

Game Developer

MAY 29, 2024

Maverick Games, a studio established by former Playground Games devs in 2022, has found a publishing partner in Amazon Games.

Open World

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Column • The Pure Product – Every video game ultimately becomes a story

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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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. I get excited to implement wacky ideas!

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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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Solo dev Jason Priskomatis on his horror debut Friday Night: “Keep pushing your comfort zone”

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2025

Jason Priskomatis , the solo developer behind EJETA Studios, always enjoyed playing video games, ever since he was young. While studying Information Technology in Athens, Greece, he created a small game for his thesis. For now, hes happy in the solo dev life, but the door to collaboration remains open. And the biggest pitfalls?

Horror

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New dev Barnyard Games formed to make games within Fortnite

Game Developer

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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

Dev

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Veteran devs claim smaller teams could mean more successful games

Game Developer

OCTOBER 30, 2024

More indie studios are being opened by established game devs, bringing with them a return to a leaner development process.

Dev

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70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability

Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.

Fighting

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Scenario Inc rolls out generative AI tool targeted at game devs

Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2023

Inc describes its tool as a "generator of generators," that lets devs iterate on 2D art assets trained on their own art datasets.

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Steam's new API lets devs grant easier build access to players

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Valve's newest update helps Steam devs give more clarity to players on game builds, and how it affects their saves.

Dev

Dev Build Games

Capcom's close communication culture is key to sustainability, say Monster Hunter Wilds devs

Game Developer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Conversations among peers and strong support for RE Engine, make five-year-long dev cycles for games like Monster Hunter Wilds seem sustainable.

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Solo dev Chad Crumbaker on his game Mekkablood: “Never thought it would be this difficult”

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For Chad Crumbaker (working as KRUMP Games ), it was the promise of full creative freedom that drew him into the world of solo development. I was an early adopter of Unreal Engine 4 and always wanted to get into game development, he says. Making games is extremely hard. “Making games is extremely hard.

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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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WB acquires MultiVersus dev Player First Games

Game Developer

JULY 22, 2024

Player First's debut game has done enough to impress WB to bring the studio into the fold alongside Rocksteady and NetherRealm.

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Solo dev Lente lives and works on a boat and that shows in her game Spilled!

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Never really comfortable in the education system, she dropped out of college twice before embarking on her debut game, Spilled! On Twitter , shes known to her 22K+ followers as dev on a boat. Her upcoming game, Spilled! , Making an eco-conscious game just really made sense to me. last year as a solo developer.

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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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Volition devs regroup as Shapeshifter Games after Embracer shuttering

Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2024

"It's been five months since the closure of Volition, but I'm grateful to post that a group of us have re-formed as Shapeshifter Games." "

Dev

Dev Games

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.

Dev

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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.'

Dev

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Epic Games to update Unreal Engine pricing for devs outside game industry

Game Developer

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says the company began running into financial problems "about 10 weeks ago."

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Solo dev Esteban Hernandez spent 7 years on Creo God Simulator: “I’ve learned perseverance”

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

What started as a passion project has grown into a full-fledged god game blending city-building, resource management and player-driven storytelling. I became a solo developer initially because I wanted to make games, plain and simple, he says. I have full freedom and control over every aspect of my game.

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Support dev PTW opens mocap studio to grow partnership with Imaginarium Studios

Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

Studios with both mocap and voice recording services aren't quite common, which now makes PTW a boon for London game devs.

Studios

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Indie dev Serene Questworks accused of replacing game's cast with AI voices

Game Developer

MARCH 11, 2025

Generative AI is becoming more prevalent in games, and not every developer is completely honest about their intentions with it.

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Ruiner dev Reikon Games reportedly lays off 80% of staff

Game Developer

JANUARY 25, 2024

January 2024's layoffs continue with alleged cuts at Reikon, which released its debut game Ruiner in 2017.

Dev

Dev Games

Ex-Gearbox Publishing devs form new publisher Cooldown Games

Game Developer

JANUARY 24, 2025

The team at Cooldown are looking to release games that require less dedication than live-service and multiplayer titles.

Dev

Dev Games

The third-annual Queer Games Bundle highlights queer devs in 2023

Game Developer

JUNE 2, 2023

Game developers Taylor McCue and Nilson Carroll released their third yearly Queer Games Bundle that features games and software made by LGBTQ developers.

Dev

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Ex-Phoenix Labs devs reveal now scrapped 'Project Dragon' game

Game Developer

JULY 15, 2024

Concept art for Phoenix Labs' cancelled game reveals a fantasy crafting-RPG in the vein of Minecraft and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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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.

Studios

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Fantastic Fest launches game showcase for horror game devs

Game Developer

JULY 30, 2024

The popular genre film festival is offering studios a chance to present their horror games to attendees in September.

Horror

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Saudi wealth fund considering increased stakes in Japanese game devs

Game Developer

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund wants to grow its games presence with an eye toward Japanese studios like Nintendo and Capcom.

Dev

Dev Studios Games

Ex-Steam Labs dev claims 1,000 Steam games use generative AI

Game Developer

APRIL 25, 2024

Valve approved games with genAI only a few months ago, which goes to show how quickly the technology is becoming commonplace.

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VR dev Wimo Games has closed down

Game Developer

JANUARY 22, 2024

CEO Dave Rosen called Wimo Games' recent closure "not the outcome we had hoped for." "

Dev

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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.

Dev

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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.

Dev

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Skullgirls dev Hidden Variable sues Autumn Games, alleges $1.2M in unpaid work

Game Developer

MARCH 7, 2025

Hidden Variable claims Autumn Games 'failed and/or refused' to pay for its contract work on Skullgirls Mobile and Skullgirls 2nd Encore.

Dev

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Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle

Game From Scratch

MARCH 17, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle There is new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Legendary Game Dev Environments bundle. There is also a huge collection The post Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Dungeons of Hinterberg shows how all games can feel like 'vacations'

Game Developer

JULY 18, 2024

Microbird Games cofounders Regina Reisinger and Philipp Seifried say devs can take inspiration from "vacationing" in games.

Dev

Dev Games

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

The cover illustration is from WEBFISHING , a multiplayer online casual fishing game where you relax, hang out, make friends, and catch fish! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the development on Twitter. Normally our Beta 1 release notes summarize all the most exciting changes from the previous dev releases.

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SAG-AFTRA performers and game devs to reignite negotiations next week

Game Developer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The actors' union will reenter discussions with major studios like Formosa, Disney, and WB Games starting October 23.

Dev

Dev Studios Games

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.

Studios

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Arkadium launches platform for third-party browser game devs

Game Developer

APRIL 24, 2024

The studio behind browser games like Mahjongg Solitaire and Block Champ is inviting smaller teams to join its network and get millions of eyes on their game.

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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.

AI

AI Dev Games Development

Mobile dev Shipyard Games shuts down

Game Developer

AUGUST 7, 2024

The creator of Wizards & Kingdoms Go quietly shuttered after running out of money and losing financial backing from Supercell.

Mobile

Mobile Mobile Dev Games

Why art tests fail artists and the game dev industry

Amazon Games to publish new open-world driving title from Forza Horizon devs

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Column • The Pure Product – Every video game ultimately becomes a story

Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

Japan aiming to support indie devs with new acceleration program

Solo dev Jason Priskomatis on his horror debut Friday Night: “Keep pushing your comfort zone”

New dev Barnyard Games formed to make games within Fortnite

Veteran devs claim smaller teams could mean more successful games

70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability

Scenario Inc rolls out generative AI tool targeted at game devs

Steam's new API lets devs grant easier build access to players

Capcom's close communication culture is key to sustainability, say Monster Hunter Wilds devs

Solo dev Chad Crumbaker on his game Mekkablood: “Never thought it would be this difficult”

Humble Games' recent restructure is hurting devs and their games

WB acquires MultiVersus dev Player First Games

Solo dev Lente lives and works on a boat and that shows in her game Spilled!

W4 Games says Godot console porting solutions land in October

Volition devs regroup as Shapeshifter Games after Embracer shuttering

Report: Summer Games Fest trailers can cost devs up to $550K

Gamedev.world launching Global Games Fund to support devs in emergent territories

Epic Games to update Unreal Engine pricing for devs outside game industry

Solo dev Esteban Hernandez spent 7 years on Creo God Simulator: “I’ve learned perseverance”

Support dev PTW opens mocap studio to grow partnership with Imaginarium Studios

Indie dev Serene Questworks accused of replacing game's cast with AI voices

Ruiner dev Reikon Games reportedly lays off 80% of staff

Ex-Gearbox Publishing devs form new publisher Cooldown Games

The third-annual Queer Games Bundle highlights queer devs in 2023

Ex-Phoenix Labs devs reveal now scrapped 'Project Dragon' game

Candlelight Games formed by ex-Pixelberry Studios devs

Fantastic Fest launches game showcase for horror game devs

Saudi wealth fund considering increased stakes in Japanese game devs

Ex-Steam Labs dev claims 1,000 Steam games use generative AI

VR dev Wimo Games has closed down

Owlcat Games says devs must learn how to usurp established titles

Report: Godfall dev Counterplay Games has quietly closed down

Skullgirls dev Hidden Variable sues Autumn Games, alleges $1.2M in unpaid work

Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle

Dungeons of Hinterberg shows how all games can feel like 'vacations'

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

SAG-AFTRA performers and game devs to reignite negotiations next week

Are game studios suddenly abandoning Black developers?

Arkadium launches platform for third-party browser game devs

SAG-AFTRA's new agreement lets game devs use AI voices

Mobile dev Shipyard Games shuts down

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