Game Developer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Hitseeker's new Arabic-language version was launched to support MENA studios and position Kwalee as a 'reliable partner' for developers in the region.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Our mission was to build games and tech which centers and celebrates Black and brown joy, and we were proud of what we were able to achieve.'

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Game Developer

MAY 25, 2023

The mobile studio said the cuts were made in pursuit of "greater financial flexibility."

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With no 'imminent' acquisitions planned, Spencer hopes to find new partners in areas vital to growing Xbox's platform.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 24, 2024

Talofa aims to use the newly gotten seed money to build upon its debut game, Run Legends, and create other "games for good." "

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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.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Normally our Beta 1 release notes summarize all the most exciting changes from the previous dev releases. Input Input saw a lot of incremental improvements and polish this dev cycle. dev cycle slightly too late to be included in 4.3. dev 1 ) and the MetalFX upscaler (mentioned above). down to 0.2 ( GH-97281 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 25, 2025

dev 1 and 4.5 dev 2 release notes for an overview of some key features which were already in that snapshot, and are therefore still available for testing in dev 3. In particular for the editor, a lot more work will be needed to make it really usable, as well as integrate with accessibility frameworks for mobile or web platforms.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The three-year-old studio is working on a puzzle title its investors say 'has the type of commercial mindset required to succeed in a demanding mobile market.'

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Game Developer

MARCH 28, 2024

Loya's near-20 years at Activision Blizzard will now go towards helping Scopely secure deals with third-party mobile studios.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2025

dev 1 snapshot, but surely they couldnt follow that up with another flood of anticipated changes, right? dev 1 release notes for an overview of some key features which were already in that snapshot, and are therefore still available for testing in dev 2. With the 4.4 development snapshots. Well, maybe not after seeing the 4.5

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Game Developer

JANUARY 6, 2023

When there's a hit game, there's sure to be plenty of clones to follow.

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Game Developer

APRIL 13, 2023

New name, new money, same focus on mobile games.

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Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Co-dev can help projects that seem insurmountable feel more realistic and doable thanks to the extra resources and experience. For mobile game development projects in particular, working with an experienced [.] The post How Game Co-Development Benefits Mobile Game Development Studios appeared first on Starloop Studios.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 20, 2025

Rendering: Significantly reduce per-frame memory allocations from the heap in the Mobile renderer ( GH-103794 ). Rendering: Clean up more dynamic allocations in the RD renderers with a focus on 2D ( GH-103889 ). Rendering: Optimize _fill_instance_data function in Forward+ renderer ( GH-103547 ).

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Finnish mobile developer Seven Stars has secured a seed funding round led by Spintop Ventures and Behold Ventures alongside new investor Sisu Game Ventures. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. Solo dev Lente lives and works on a boat and that shows in her game Spilled! Despite being a solo dev all that time, he never really struggled with his motivation. “I

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2025

That might be casino games, mobile games, simulation, training work, user experience design, or something else entirely. I worked with former game devs doing work very similar to game dev at the time. I, like many, ended up working outside of traditional video game development for a brief period of time.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2023

Vampire Survivors launched on Android and iOS last month, but Poncle developer Luca Galante had intended to bring the breakthrough hit to mobile platforms considerably earlier. Unfortunately, nobody I spoke with was on board with the monetization I had in mind for the platform: non-predatory.".

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Game Wisdom

JULY 24, 2024

The Dichotomy of Mobile and Gacha Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I may be one of the few people who spends their days checking out and covering the hottest and most original indie games, to then play a mobile game like Arknights , or Limbus Company.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Rendering: Reduce mobile pipeline compilations ( GH-102217 ). Porting: Add support for embedding game process in the Android Editor ( GH-102492 ). Porting: Fix game and editor freeze when clicking on the games title bar ( GH-102744 ). Changelog 65 contributors submitted 141 improvements for this release. beta3 snapshot.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2023

The team at MY.GAMES, together with Google and Amazon Web Services, have just revealed the third season of its Game Drive program, specifically for mobile developers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 17, 2024

A couple of paragraphs also go through the studio's history, saying: "Pieces Interactive released over ten titles on PC, console and mobile since 2007," and finishing on: "Our last release was the reimagining of Alone in the Dark." Read more

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 7, 2023

To put this in perspective, you have to realise that local game dev giant CD Projekt Red was responsible for half of all Polish game revenues in 2021 with the release of Cyberpunk 2077. When developing games Polish studios declare PC as leading platform (68.4%), with mobile trailing behind in second place (12.8%).

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2025

Luke Muscat is no stranger to success in the mobile gaming world. Now you went through a complete cycle of developing and publishing a game by yourself, what are your thoughts on solo dev-ing? Solo dev was everything I had imagined and more. The toll on your mental health can be quite high as a solo dev.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 28, 2025

82% of mobile game developers say reward-based user acquisition outperforms traditional marketing channels. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2023

The India Hero Project offers developers funding and resources to help developers bring their games to market, including financial help (a minimum of $100,000), marketing, access to dev kits and tech support, plus other promotional opportunities. It will also consider mobile games on a 'case-by-case basis'.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. I left gamedev entirely for five years, because I was burned out from working on yet another F2P mobile casino game or whatever soulless product would feed my family.” The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs.

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Half Geek

AUGUST 3, 2022

In many cases (I’ve done the research), game studios that update their games using the latest SDK (Software Dev Kit) and API, find that their game suddenly no longer works on older hardware or OS versions. Get better at being a dev, no problem is too hard to solve! It’s not your imagination.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In the past I worked with a team developing a mobile game, where I had my first experience with developing a commercial game. The post Solo dev Diego Ras of Raccoo Venture “Everything starts with paper and pencil” appeared first on PreMortem Games. Will you ever work in a team or is it only solo for you? “In

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The mobile game about a Magpie that swoops down and attacks pedestrians was successful enough for Nowell to keep developing games. “I The post Solo dev Rohan Nowell of Doggy Don’t Care “Just start building and ideas will come” appeared first on PreMortem Games. I like variety in my work”, he says. I want to work smart, not hard.”

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Thank you for the great game dev stories appeared first on PreMortem Games. The post So long 2023!

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A feature Unreal devs are accustomed to, but has been a bottleneck for Unity development for years. Biggest Bottleneck The developer created Hot Reload initially as an internal tool while working on their own project Mobile Minigames. Hot Reload was initially created for the development of Mobile Minigames.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2023

This guide will explain in detail ways and reasons to prepare a good investor pitch and is based on the conference lecture I gave at the WN Dev Day Canada 2022. Even a supposedly hit idea requires a compelling pitch, a high-quality presentation, and a relevant offer to secure funding from investors. Read more

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 27, 2017

For board game devs, you’ll find people on all of these, but some communities are better than others. Instagram recently started gathering data as well (but it’s frankly annoying to parse on a mobile device, which is how you have to access the network for the most part). The list goes on and on. Do your homework.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Rendering: Fix DirectionalLight3D shadow opacity on Forward Mobile rendering backend ( GH-71690 ). Rendering: Add a few more checks to ensure that unsupported image formats are not used in the mobile renderer ( GH-71939 ). Physics: Fix regression in collision detection for uniform scaling ( GH-71707 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Rendering: Add dependency tracker info on geometry create on mobile renderer ( GH-72064 ). Downloads The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Navigation: Rename Navigation uses of ‘location’ to ‘position’ ( GH-69689 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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