Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Layoffs have hit the support developer that's been aiding with some of PlayStation's biggest franchises since 2007.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Spider-Man 2 beat out competition from Super Mario to claim No.1 in the UK boxed retail charts, GfK data reveals. The PlayStation 5 exclusive had a strong launch. It is the biggest PS5 boxed launch of the year, with sales almost 5% bigger than the previous high point: the PS5 launch of Hogwarts Legacy back in February. Spider-Man 2's launch sales are just over 3% lower than the PS5 launch of God of War Ragnarok, which was the biggest PlayStation launch of all time when it arrived last year.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The studio was established in 2022 and is led by former Fortnite lead systems designer David Hunt.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

PlayStation support studio Visual Arts has been hit with another round of layoffs, with several former employees sharing on social media last week that they have been let go. "Unfortunately, following a wave of layoffs, last week was my last at PlayStation," former senior level designer at Visual Arts Daniel Bellemare wrote on LinkedIn. Senior technical recruiter Matt Barney shared a similar update on LinkedIn , adding that he "knew this layoff was coming" and wished those impacted "the best of

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Former God of War designer David Jaffe alleges that Booth is no longer at Sony Interactive Entertainment after having worked there for nearly 30 years.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Among Netflix's 247.15 million subscribers, less than 1% of those users play games daily. As reported by CBNC , this is according to data from market analyst firm Apptopia, which also said that a projected average of 2.2 million users played one or more titles per day as of September.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The web-slinging sequel appears to have launched with an incomplete list of credits.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experis' quality assurance team wants its union to address the developer's "multitude" of issues and ensure its members can have a family-supporting wage.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Michael Schmidt has been interested in spirituality and Islamic spiritual tradition for a long time, and in his latest game Islands of the Caliph it all comes together. It’s an old-school Action RPG that draws on Middle Eastern folklore and religion. Schmidt developed the game by himself, because “I’ve never been any other kind of developer”. Schmidt’s own spiritual journey and later his conversion to Islam, were all kickstarted by the video game Windwalker by game developer Greg Malone (

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Not bad, webhead.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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Entertainment Games 111

Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For Square Enix, maintaining team chemistry was important to the development of its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Motion/Performance capture usually happens fairly early during development, because animators need time to take the captured data and turn it into actual performances. Despite what some actors might suggest, there's a huge amount of work, skill, and artistry necessary in order to convert a recorded motion and turn it into a performance that reads well from the viewer's perspective.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Publisher CI Games has described the title as its "most important" project to date.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 23, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Cave Game Engine Overview The Cave game engine is a free Windows based game 3D game engine with a full editor and a Python API. The Cave game engine is described as: Key Links Cave Engine Homepage Cave Engine Documentation Discord Server You can learn more about the Python powered free Cave game engine … Cave Game Engine Overview Read More The post Cave Game Engine Overview appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It has been three years since the last big release of Alpha 11. There was a lot of work done to make the game look and play better than ever.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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Games 73

Indie DB

OCTOBER 23, 2023

After 3 years in Early Access Sumerians has officially launched. New trailer available.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 23, 2023

An update on the current state of the particle system in Godot, and some hints about what the future holds!

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In this article, we uncover the multifaceted role of film producers and their influence on marketing, distribution, and the impact of their decisions on box office success. Balancing Creativity and Financing Before we delve into the intricacies of the producer's role, let's first understand the essence of film production. At its core, filmmaking is an artistic odyssey, a journey where writers, directors, actors, and artists collaborate to tell stories that captivate hearts and minds.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 23, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Harmonic Hauntings Horrific Sound & Music Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Harmonic Hauntings Horrific Sound & Music Bundle. This is a collection of sound tracks and sound effects with a Halloween theme from Ovani Sounds. If you picked up the Audio Odyssey bundle earlier, these are from the same … Harmonic Hauntings Horrific Sound & Music Bundle Read More The post Harmonic Hauntings Horrific Sound & Music Bundle

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Game Development News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Game Republic has shortlisted 20 games and wants you to help decide which of them will be crowned Yorkshire and the North's finest.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Staff at video game services firm Experis Game Solutions are seeking to unionize. Experis Game Solutions was founded in 2009 and offers its services to various publishers and developers. As reported by Urban Milwaukee , employees filed for union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week. The game testers are organizing with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW).

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 23, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Create And Elevate Corel Painter 2023 Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Create & Elevate Amazing Art Tools from Corel Bundle. This is a collection of tools and odd-ons for many of Corels popular creative products including the 2023 version of Corel Painter 2023. Best of all, you have 4!

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Editors note: The case of Merge Garden is super interesting. This game, which combines Match-3 core with merge progression originally launched globally in the second half of 2020. Just when the market was becoming overheated with the lockdowns and merge mechanics were the all-new rage among the players. The game looked promising, scaling quickly towards $2M a month in revenue - a promising number for a smallish Finnish studio.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Developing a rich and immersive game world is a complicated and multi-disciplinary process. To build a truly immersive gaming environment, a team of designers, developers, artists and programmers employ a combination of psychology, art and technology into video games that challenge and capture players, resulting in satisfying gameplay. However, creating a realistic gaming world needs planning, storylines, aesthetics, characters, visuals and sound design, as well as meticulous attention to detail

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

According to Unity’s new Toxicity in Multiplayer Games Report , the percentage of players who report witnessing or experiencing toxic behavior increased from 68 percent in 2021 to 74 percent in 2023. Half of the players surveyed say they regularly encounter toxicity in games. However, the report contends that players are finding ways to fight back against the abuse they encounter.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I am using Remote Bundles in my project. When I build for Web and Android, everything works fine, as well as the Preview in the browser or editor, but not in the Simulator. Steps to reproduce: Set up the remote bundle in the assets. Write code to load it by name or URL in the game startup, for example in the onLoad method. Launch the preview in the Simulator.

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Artoon

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Overview of Virtual Money Game Development Company: The online gaming world is […] The post Benefits Of Free To Play Games Development Company appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Hello! I have a question about the full-screen mode of the program - games on cocos2d-x 4.0 c++ Visual Studio 16 2019. When you start the program, there are 3 buttons at the top near the title (program name): minimize, close, full-screen mode. But basically this button is locked and does not work. How can I make it work? Maybe there are some options or methods, using code?

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Among Us studio, InnerSloth has announced that it has donated to the relief efforts for Palestinian families. The company's donation went to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which provides medical aid and humanitarian support to children in the Middle East.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 23, 2023

assetbundle get too many io, I merge all json and use altas, It would be too stupid to separate different bundles without packaging them.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As title, even though I’ve added abstract keyword on a custom class which extends from Component , it will still appear in the “Add Components” menu as long as I’ve added ccclass('MyAbstractCOM'). Sample codes: @ccclass('MyAbstractCOM') export abstract class MyAbstractCOM extends Component { @property(CCString) public title: string = ''; } @ccclass('MyCOM') export class MyCOM extends MyAbstractCOM { @property(CCString) public subtitle: string = ''; } @ccclass('GameCOM') export class GameCOM exte

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