Report: Valve won't publish Steam titles that feature AI-generated content
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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Want to make a great game trailer? Stop pretending it’s a movie trailer
PreMortem.Games
JUNE 29, 2023
Top image: Nobody Saves the World – DrinkBox Studios. Why? Great game and great trailer ! Most games do not call for the flashy or stylistic trailer editing you see in a typical Hollywood movie trailer. This is because a game trailer often has to communicate more, or at the very least, different information than a movie trailer. MORE editing does not mean BETTER editing and LESS editing does not mean WORSE editing.
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Kickstarter pulls back on previously announced blockchain plans
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
While not fully leaving blockchain behind, Kickstarter's cooled stance on the technology can be owed to its advisory council and heavy user feedback.
Now available: 12 recipes for popular visual effects using the Universal Render Pipeline
Unity Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
The all-new URP cookbook provides 12 recipes for popular visual effects that can be applied to a wide range of games, art styles, and platforms. If you work with stencils, instancing, real-time ambient occlusion, decals, and more, then this is the resource for you.
Canada voices disapproval of Microsoft-Activision merger
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
Canada's Competition Bureau voiced its displeasure of the incoming merger, saying it could possibly reduce competition in the game industry.
Player Two PR sets up indie publishing label Mooncat Games
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Player Two PR has created a new indie publishing label called Mooncat Games. An extension of the PR and marketing agency, Mooncat will "offer a broad range of custom services" beyond these two areas, its website says , including localisation, distribution and platform partnerships, storefront management, business development, porting, and QA. Mooncat Games will be led by Player Two PR founder Charlene Lebrun as director.
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Dino Patti's mission to trigger the indie multiplayer revolution
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Dino Patti wants to see more interesting and unique multiplayer games – and he believes those will come from the indie space. Alongside his ongoing work at Jumpship, the Inside and Limbo producer is co-founder and CEO of a tech startup Coherence, which has developed a Unity SDK of the same name to make it easier for indie studios to add multiplayer functionality to their games.
Sega exec says Microsoft relationship is not leading to acquisition
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
Sega's day-one games on Game Pass are not an indication that Microsoft is imminently acquiring the studio.
Meet Enduring Games: the co-developer working on Immortals of Aveum
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
While Enduring Games works on internal game and tech IP, the studio has built its reputation over the past four years as a powerhouse of co-development. The Austin, Texas-based team has busied itself on 19 collaborative development projects since the studio’s foundation, across an impressive 70 SKUs. What Enduring isn’t however, founder and studio head Adam Creighton keenly highlights, is a traditional outsourcing outfit.
Football Manager 2023 becomes most played entry in franchise history
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
The title has broken records, but developer Sports Interactive has revealed the franchise is nearing the end of an era.
Label Plus – An SDF-based BMFont generation and rendering plug-in is here!
Cocos
JUNE 29, 2023
Editor Introduction Many developers want to have as much uniqueness in their games as possible. Some with their art style, some with their music, and some with gameplay. Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.
Scopely acquires Scottish mobile developer Tag Games
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
The deal will see the Pocket Mortys developer "fully integrate" into the Scopely ecosystem.
How to set up an internship program as a games studio
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Long-term paid internships are still relatively rare in the games industry. In 2021, we talked to The Chinese Room about its own internship program and how it can help drive diversity in games. A quick Google search into the topic tells us that Gram Games, EA, Tencent or Sports Interactive offer internships.
Niantic cancels projects, closes LA office to prioritize Pokémon Go
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
Niantic attributes its newest layoffs and axed projects to the growing market of AR games and declining revenue after an early pandemic surge.
GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit details mental health, leadership and education sessions
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
The GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit is getting bigger with four new speakers added to the bill. The event will take place at BAFTA's HQ in London on Wednesday, September 27th. Tickets are on sale here. Steve Cuss, the former head of EA's Criterion studio, has joined the bill to conduct a talk titled: 'Creating hyper-engaged and healthy teams: the leaders' role.
Deep Dive: From inspiration to coherence, building the world of Sifu
Game Developer
JUNE 29, 2023
Sifu's Paul-Emile Boucher sheds light on what went into developing the game's art direction.
Pokémon Go maker to close LA studio
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Pokémon Go maker, Niantic, will be closing its Los Angeles office and is poised to lay off 230 staffers. As reported by Kotaku , John Hanke, company founder, explained in an email that the company had let its expenses grow faster than its revenue.
Proxy Paradigm Devlog #1
Indie DB
JUNE 29, 2023
I'm excited to announce a new game project - Proxy Paradigm, a story-based third person shooting game set in near-future dystopian world.
Scriptic raises $5.7m in seed funding round
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Scriptic (previously known as ElectricNoir) announced that it had raised $5.7 million in a seed funding round. The investment will go towards expanding its business operations and content pipeline. It will also grow staff and add external writers to its AI creator platform.
Goo Engine – Blender for Anime
Game From Scratch
JUNE 29, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Goo Engine – Blender for Anime Following the recent release of Blender 3.6 a special anime focused fork of Blender, Goo Engine, was also updated. Goo Engine is the in-house custom version of Blender used by Dillon Goo Studios, an art studio that specializes in anime productions. They have made a number of modifications to Blender … Goo Engine – Blender for Anime Read More The post Goo Engine – Blender for Anime appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Is the FTC vs Microsoft hearing over yet? | Microcast
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
The GamesIndustry.biz Microcast is back. In today's episode, James Batchelor and Chris Dring reflect on the revelations so far from the court hearing between the Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft over the latter's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. As you can tell from our ongoing roundup , it's hard to gauge whether any progress is actually being made here but there are certainly some interesting tidbits coming out from the various parties involved that make for great headlines.
Formation Games has appointed a new advisory group made up of entertainment veterans
Game Development News
JUNE 29, 2023
Formation Games has appointed a new senior advisory group that will ‘steer development’ on its upcoming mobile football management sim CLUB - MCV/DEVELOP
Scopely acquires Tag Games
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Scopely has announced that it has acquired mobile game developer Tag Games. With this addition, the mobile game publisher continues to expand its game offerings.
Soulknight Demo now out
Indie DB
JUNE 29, 2023
The Demo of Soulknight is now available to download and play on Steam.
Unity drops AI partner after accusations it stole assets
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Unity has removed one of its AI-driven partners from the Unity Asset Store after the company was apparently caught selling assets that weren't created by AI but taken from other creators. "We've removed Atlas from our @AssetStore as they violated our terms and conditions," Unity said in a Twitter post. "We are actively reviewing all verified solutions providers in the AI category as we remain committed to upholding the quality of our ecosystem.
What Are the Best Platforms for Video Games?
Juego Studio
JUNE 29, 2023
Video games are getting popular among all age groups and it is becoming a social interactive platform, providing an enjoyable time to the players. Many gaming platforms around the world are constantly updating their features […] The post What Are the Best Platforms for Video Games? appeared first on Juego Studio.
UK court blocks request to delay CMA and Microsoft trial
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A court has blocked the UK's Competition and Markets Authority's request to delay its hearing with Microsoft. The regulator proposed a new trial date for October, but Competition Appeal Tribunal said the proceedings will still begin on July 28.
WW2 Fatal Error 491: Quick Fixes
Game Errors
JUNE 29, 2023
Many players of Call of Duty have reported their encounter with the WW2 Fatal Error 491 problem on their PCs. If you have left the game for a while and are now trying to play it again, you may encounter the Fatal Error 491 problem on your PC, especially if you are on Steam. In this article, we discuss the possible causes of Fatal Error 491 and workarounds you can implement to resolve the problem and enjoy WW2 seamlessly.
Green Game Jam raises $600,000 this year
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Playing for the Planet Alliance's fourth annual Green Game Jam has raised $600,000 towards this year's wildlife theme. The jam was established in 2019; the competition would call on game studios to add tangible actions to existing games to help fight against climate change via in-game climate actions. Additionally, this year's Green Game Jam winners were announced.
AEW Fight Forever Unable to Connect to Server: Best Fixes
Game Errors
JUNE 29, 2023
After a two-year-long wait posts its initial announcement, the official version of All Elite Wrestling Fight Forever is finally here, and fans can’t wait to hop on to try it. But, as gamers from around the world try to play AEW FF, this has, naturally, resulted in overloaded servers and, eventually, a number of related issues. One such issue that most players are facing right now is AEW Fight Forever unable to connect to server.
Add to Home Screen button
Cocos
JUNE 29, 2023
My goal is to add a button that users can click on our mobile web app, which allows them to add a shortcut on their devices’ home screen. I understand that in most mobile browsers, there is already a built-in function to achieve this, usually in the menu. However, I would like it to be more visible and available to users. The problem I am facing is that the project build is unable to copy over my manifest.json file from the build-templates folder to the build folder.
Star Citizen Error Code 40014: Pro Tips For Fix
Game Errors
JUNE 29, 2023
Chris Roberts, the creator of the Wing Commander series, is currently working on his most expensive and ambitious project yet – a space game called Star Citizen. Despite being in the Alpha phase for ten years, it is still incomplete and likely to remain so for some time. While the game is technically playable, it is far from finished. Because of that, Star Citizen players often encounter various error codes while playing the game, like Error Code 40014.
Is your workplace/industry buzzing about (what companies would like us to call) “AI”? What’s the buzz, if so?
Ask a Game Dev
JUNE 29, 2023
We’re not thinking about AI too much - it’s too far away on the horizon to seriously consider while we’re busy focusing on getting the game into alpha, beta, and doing our cert submission prep. Some of the more senior leadership have talked about it in that kind of long-term planning sort of way and there’s been some preliminary evaluation on that front, but the general attitude from my studio leadership (and the leadership of the franchise I’m currently working on) is that AI is interesting but
Storytelling through production design: A comprehensive exploration
Filmustage
JUNE 29, 2023
This intricate craft silently influences the film’s mood, theme, and character development, driving the visual narrative that audiences experience on screen. Production design and its role in storytelling At the heart of filmmaking, production design encapsulates the conceptualization and manifestation of the visual environment. From set locations and decorations to props and costumes, production designers help create a cohesive world that strengthens the storytelling process.
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