Report: Microsoft shuts down DEI team, ex-lead claims similar programs at risk
Game Developer
JULY 16, 2024
Diversity and inclusion initiatives could be facing the axe with large-scale conservative policy potentially on the horizon.
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Scotland's largest VFX company, Axis, shuts down
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
Animation and VFX company Axis Studios has closed down, laying off 162 people. Perhaps best known in games for the stunning "backwards" Dead Island cinematic teaser , Glasgow-based Axis called in the administrations yesterday, July 15, and all production has ceased. Axis also worked on some of the industry's biggest franchises, including Halo, Gears of War, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Magic: The Gathering, and Warframe.
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VFX studio Axis shuts down after 24 years
Game Developer
JULY 16, 2024
Axis' famous reveal trailer for Dead Island led to Techland's current popularity and the cinematic trailer being the default marketing for triple-A games.
Azur Games migrates all game analytics data to ClickHouse Cloud on AWS
AWS Games
JULY 16, 2024
Azur Games , a mobile game publisher and developer, recently achieved over 8 billion game installs across their portfolio of hypercasual games. In the beginning of 2024, Azur Games migrated all 120 TB of their active game telemetry data to ClickHouse Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a fully managed service that allows companies to easily operate and scale their high-performance analytical workloads without the burden of managing the underlying infrastructure.
Music for birds: Scoring for serenity, wonder, and whimsy in Flock
Game Developer
JULY 16, 2024
IGF-nominated composer Eli Rainsberry discusses the influences behind their latest soundtrack and the understated 'power' of silence.
"I just dropped them an email" – How a small studio won over Netflix to make a Queen's Gambit game
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
At Develop Brighton last week, Jamie Brayshaw, Ripstone's head of partnerships, gave a talk on how the studio convinced Netflix to let them develop a Queen's Gambit title – the developer's first mobile project, and the first Netflix game using Unreal Engine. While the Liverpool-based developer had experience making chess games (it is behind 2017's Chess Ultra), The Queen's Gambit's existence is the result of a bullish strategy from the studio.
Echo Chunk raises $1.4 million to keep making AI-powered puzzle games
Game Developer
JULY 16, 2024
The studio behind the viral free-to-play game Echo Chess plan on using its new funding to build out its debut title and other AI-powered projects.
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IGDA comes out swinging against Patent Office in Supreme Court case
Game Developer
JULY 16, 2024
The IGDA argues the Patent Office's new requirement for trademark registration could open developers up for potential harassment.
Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment "disheartened" by Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 leak
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment say it is "disheartening" that a pirated copy of an unfinished build of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is circulating online. In a joint statement , the companies said they were "touched by the overwhelming support" they'd received, and asked fans to "avoid this unfinished build and to not spoil the game for those excited to experience it".
Mobile multiplayer app Dusk launches with Gen Z focus, raises $8 million in funding
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JULY 16, 2024
Picture Discord specifically for young phone players, and you'll have an idea of what Dusk is aspiring to be.
New social media app Dusk plans to "reimagine social multiplayer gaming for the mobile generation"
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
A new social media platform for building and playing multiplayer games has secured $8m in a new funding round. Created by Bjarke Felbo and Sanjay Guruprasad – who together developed PUGB and Call of Duty Mobile companion app, Rune – Dusk (not to be confused with apps of a similar name) raised the capital via a new funding round led by Makers Fund and byFounders, with support from PocketGems' Ben Liu, King's Thomas Hartwig, and Kamkord's Adi Rathham.
Better together: Making sense of the frenetic floating fleets in Flock
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JULY 16, 2024
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Nintendo Switch moves 1m units during H1 2024 | Japan Monthly Charts
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
Nintendo Switch sold 1.3 million units across its three models during the first six months of sales in Japan, down 31% from the 1.9 million systems it moved during the same period last year. Here's what you need to know for Japan's H1 2024: According to Famitsu's sales data from January 1 to June 30, both models of PlayStation 5 sold a combined 791,497 units, which is down 43% compared to the 1.4 million systems sold this time last year.
Report: Resident Evil 7 on iOS has earned Capcom $28,140 since launch
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
The release of Resident Evil 7 on iOS has reportedly only earned Capcom $28,140 so far. This is according to figures from AppMagic reported by Mobilegamer.biz , with the publication saying that the title has been downloaded around 83,000 times since launch on July 2. Mobilegamer.biz extrapolated that, taking into account Apple's cut, this could mean that the title has only gathered around 2,000 paying customers.
Kyrgyzstan Trip 2024
The Astronauts
JULY 16, 2024
Just spent 10 days around in Kyrgyzstan, so here’s a bunch of pictures! Overall this was a “botanical trip” There’s a local group of gardeners and related people, who do journeys through various famous and beautiful gardens, and so on. This year, they decided to not go through literal gardens, but rather visit foots and valleys of Tian Shan, where a lot of decorative plants originate from and/or just grow in the wilderness.
The GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party 2024 in pictures
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
Last Wednesday, GamesIndustry.biz held its annual Summer Party at Develop Brighton – which just so happened to be on the night of the Euro 2024 semi final. People were gathered at Horatio's Bar on Brighton Pier to catch up and hang out, while a screen was set up for attendees to watch as England beat the Netherlands. only for England to lose in the finals.
Puzzledorf - New Graphics
Indie DB
JULY 16, 2024
The new graphics update has finally been released on Steam and over 7,500 downloads on the Xbox Demo. Click to learn more!
Echo Chunk raises $1.4 million in funding round
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
AI startup and developer Echo Chunk has raised $1.4 million in a pre-seed funding round. Led by A16z Speedrun, the money raised will support further development of its free-to-play daily puzzle game Echo Chess. Other investors included Mark Pincus (founder and chairman of Zynga), Eric Wu (co-founder and CEO of Opendoor), Stefano Corazza (head of generative AI at Roblox), Ajinkya Apte (CEO of Snapser), and Patrick Wyatt (co-founder of ArenaNet).
Project Utgardr - A New Perspective
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JULY 16, 2024
We added fewer areas this time, though they started to become more and more intricate gameplay wise.
Why is Xbox increasing the price of Game Pass? | Microcast
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JULY 16, 2024
The latest GamesIndustry.biz Microcast is available to download or watch now. This week, James and Chris discuss Microsoft's changes to Xbox Game Pass, including price increases for all existing tiers and the introduction of a new Standard tier that does not include day one releases. The episode explores the platform holder's strategy when it comes to its subscription service, and its new 'You don't need an Xbox to play Xbox' ad campaign.
The Ultimate 3D Creator’s Bundle
Game From Scratch
JULY 16, 2024
GameFromScratch.com The Ultimate 3D Creator’s Bundle The Ultimate 3D Creators Humble Bundle is a bundle of 3D assets, HDRI maps and training courses from 3 different creators, Action VFX, MattePaint and Double Jump Academy. The 3D models are available in OBJ, FBX and Maya formats, while the HDRI maps are in EXR format. The Houdini/Unreal training […] The post The Ultimate 3D Creator’s Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
How the Challenges of Game Design Teach Kids Perseverance and Resilience
Real Programming
JULY 16, 2024
Parents want their children to learn how computers really work for understandable reasons. We live in a society dominated by digital technology, and understanding what coding is and knowing how to program is akin to peeking behind the curtains to seeing how this mysterious technology really works. However, there isn’t merely one thing called “coding” that kids learn.
Build wrong about com.enhance.gameservice
Cocos
JULY 16, 2024
I was first to build cocos2dx-4.0 project,the below picture is the question It tells me package com.enhance.gameservice doesn’t exist,I try to find answers on website,but I only find several answer around 2016 year,anyone knows how to resolve it?Thanks.
Top 15 Advantages for Using react native framework
Artoon
JULY 16, 2024
The React Native framework has revolutionized mobile app development, enabling the creation […] The post Top 15 Advantages for Using react native framework appeared first on Artoon Solutions.
How to check internet connection?
Cocos
JULY 16, 2024
Hi all! I need the game to check every N amount of time if the player is online. I could use the fetch() function for this. However, I found the sys.getNetworkType() function. I read that if it returns any type other than NONE , then it is the Internet. Is it so? How does it check it herself? Is it possible to subscribe to an event during a status change?
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Cocos
JULY 16, 2024
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