GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 19, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Last night, GamesIndustry.biz teamed up with to Games Industry Gathering to kick off GDC 2024 with an evening party for attendees.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 19, 2024

Kwalee has launched an Arabic-language edition of its mobile game platform, Hitseeker. Read more

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 10, 2025

This is just a quick post to let you all know that the 2nd edition of CLOCKWORK GAME DESIGN, my second book on game design, is now available from the publisher’s site. Some quick thoughts on this edition: It is massively, massively improved in my opinion from the first edition. Hey y’all!

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Game Developer

AUGUST 16, 2024

In the inaugural edition of Game Developer's bi-monthly newsletter, we discuss the healing power of experimental video games and dissect the biggest headlines from the past two weeks.

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Indie DB

APRIL 2, 2025

This is a free puzzle game focused on gravity like mechanics (bombs, bouncy blocks, portals) that features 150 levels, online levels and a level editor that is now released.

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 21, 2020

There is a bi-weekly game prototype group I would meet up with and I do miss that. I’m not sure how long I will last if the only thing I have to barter for food with is designing adventure games. I’m a life-long introvert, so I don’t crave the company of groups or a wild social life.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 27, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Bethesda has said that its upcoming interstellar RPG Starfield will launch with a disc-based edition. The game studio explained that the boxed Xbox standard editions will include a game disc of the title. Read more

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Game Errors

JANUARY 25, 2023

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition was launched on Steam on 28th October, that’s two days ago, and by now a lot of players keep complaining, on forums and boards , about issues of the game. The new game is an enhanced and remastered version of the venerable Bethesda RPG. Go ahead and find your solution!

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On this edition of the Game Developer podcast, we chatted with John Warren of the new foot-operated control system GLYDR, all about accessible controller options and the importance of being "feet legal."

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 13, 2023

The use of AI in game development has the potential to revolutionize the way games are designed and created. Based on the designer’s vision and in tune with the game’s visual style the platform generates a base character. This base character comes fully rigged and can be completely edited by the developer.

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 22, 2020

There is a bi-weekly game prototype group I would meet up with and I do miss that. I'm not sure how long I will last if the only thing I have to barter for food with is designing adventure games. I just don't go out much. I'm a life-long introvert, so I don't crave the company of groups or a wild social life.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 3, 2023

Great game and great trailer ! How many times do you need to show a hooky idea or game mechanic in a trailer for people to understand it? Also, when watching a game trailer I think people first look for how the game works, and then CONFIRMATION they were correct. Top image: Dead Cells by Motion Twin.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dark Deeds, the cult favourite card game from Andy Chambers & Mark Gibbons, gets a deadly new edition

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 4, 2024

You can read all our South Africa Games Week articles on this page. Africa Games Week held its sixth edition last December, welcoming over 1,980 attendees to Cape Town. Over on the showfloor, more than 250 African games were showcased, the organisers said. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2024

Two years ago, the Game Music Festival was held at London's Royal Festival Hall for the very first time, after five editions in its Polish homeland. At the time, we noted how the venue, which can seat 2,700 people, was well attended , but not full.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Melbourne International Games Week 2023 felt like a triumphant return to form for physical events in Australia, marking a record year for the week-long celebration of all things gaming. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Revenge of the Savage Planet developer Raccoon Logic wants to see fewer games monetising their players after launch via microtransactions, seeking a return to the traditional pay-once premium model as standard. In the modern world, to make your money back, often you do need to keep re releasing it," he explained.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 5, 2024

Sony Interactive Entertainment is set to return to this year's Tokyo Game Show. As reported by VGC , the platform holder hasn't fully been at the event since 2019. It was there last year, but only showcased a range of independent titles at the show.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 11, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Tonight, London’s Southbank Centre will host the 20th edition of the BAFTA Games Awards. The industry is almost unrecognisable compared to when the first games BAFTAs were held. Read more

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Similarly, in a game development setup, various virtual reality tools have become easily accessible to both creators and consumers to create and encounter immersive experiences. 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools There are a range of tools and frameworks that are being used for VR game development projects.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Starfield launches today for those who paid extra for the Premium edition, so in the grand tradition of Bethesda games, we're going to talk about how broken stuff is. For all I know, the game has been polished to a shine with nary a glitch in sight. Check back every Friday for a new entry. No, not Starfield stuff. Read more

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Relive the golden age of rallying in this stylistic top-down driving game

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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Best Games from Steam Nextfest 2025 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is a collection of my favorite demos from our first nights of streaming next fest 2025 February edition.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Xbox game, which is also on PC, became the fastest-selling new IP of the year, and the fifth fastest-selling game of the year overall. The data isn't quite like-for-like, as Starfield was technically available a week earlier for those who purchased the premium edition, so had a few extra days of sales. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2024

Over 100,000 people attended the 9th edition of the London Games Festival. The event ran from April 2 to April 13, and saw participation from more than 4,100 games professionals, the organisers said. 900 games companies were involved, representing 41 countries.

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Catnip Games

JANUARY 6, 2025

10 year anniversary edition of Superforce is out now. Available on the AppStore. It’s a small update. I made a few UI layout tweaks for recent phone models and upgraded parts of the engine.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 22, 2024

The pair set up their first mobile games studio, BattleMail, in 2001 and sold it to (M)Forma a year later. Shortly after, they formed Rockpool Games, made the J2ME edition of Worms, and sold the developer to Eidos/Square Enix in 2007. billion – one of the biggest UK games acquisitions to date. Read more

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Released PlayCanvas is a popular 2D/3D game engine with a full editing environment for creating WebGL accelerated high performance games. PlayCanvas has a proprietary online 3D editor built on top of an open-source game development framework. GameFromScratch.com PlayCanvas 2.5

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 23, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Godot Script IDE Add-On Today we are looking at a free and open-source add-on for the Godot game engine called Script-IDE.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 11, 2024

Apple has announced a free update of its Gaming Porting Toolkit for Sequoia OS on Mac, with a number of games receiving official Mac ports as a result. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 10, 2023

It was a tough April for the UK PC and console games market, with sales down on games and hardware. Just under 111,000 consoles were sold in the UK during the month (GfK figures), which is 20% down over March. However, the figures are 20% up over April last year. PS5 was the No.1

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 25, 2024

Some of the biggest titles of the past few years have demonstrated that mobile platforms do not need to be a lesser alternative to a title's home console editions. That is the result of increasing parity in performance between devices, and companies like Netflix investing heavily in bringing games to mobile devices through its app.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As reported by ESPN , the games firm has begun sending contracts to 134 schools in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Up to 85 players per school can be included in the game. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 22, 2024

EA Sports College Football 25 sold over 2 million copies of its premium edition, which offered access to the game three days ahead of launch. million players had gained early access to the game. As noted by IGN , the only way to gain this access was to buy the deluxe edition on console, which retailed at $99.99

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bitmap Books is known for its catalogue of visually stunningly books on the art, history and culture of video games. Their latest offering, the upcoming book A Tale of Two Halves: The History of Football Video Games , is no exception. Each release demonstrates a genuine love for the subject matter and great attention to detail.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 15, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The latest edition of the GamesIndustry.biz Microcast is available now, in both audio and video forms. Read more

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 2, 2025

Gameplay Programmers are the engineers who work directly with designers to make the designs actually work in game. This often involves building and supporting tools to allow the designers to create, edit, and tune many different individual instances of a specific kind of content - abilities, spells, items, enemies, quests, etc.

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