Microsoft lets ZeniMax contract workers unionize, offers some full-time roles
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
"We wanted to ensure we could secure the same working conditions, fair pay and benefits as our directly employed ZeniMax coworkers.
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Mystery investigation specialist EQ Studios “All our murder scenes are fictional”
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 8, 2023
It may have been born out of necessity, but after two successful murder mystery games EQ Studios can now be considered somewhat of a specialist in this particular genre. Still, Fery Tomi, Director of the Las Vegas based studio, wants to keep all options open for the next project. “Although the mystery investigation genre is a strong contender, we are open to other game ideas as well.
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Archetype's Exodus being built as Wizards of the Coast's next big franchise
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The Dungeons & Dragons publisher wants Archetype Entertainment's sci-fi RPG to give it a new franchise in a genre it's had minimal success in.
Where to get illegally pirated games | This Week in Business
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
This Week in Business is our weekly recap column , a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry. Every now and then, piracy becomes relevant to the day-to-day reporting of games industry news, usually when a big new game has been leaked online before its actual release date, like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , Halo 2 , or more recently, Splatoon
Starbreeze's Brothers: A Tale of Two Suns to get 2024 remake
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Brothers: A Tale of Two Suns , the 2013 adventure game from Starbreeze, introduced the world to Josef Fares and is being remade for current-gen systems.
Huge console sales deliver record Black Friday for UK games retail
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
£167 million worth of video game consoles, accessories and physical games were sold over the Black Friday week in the UK, GfK reveals. It's the third biggest Black Friday for video games so far. It's only beaten by Black Friday 2013 and Black Friday 2020, which both coincided with the launch of a PlayStation console (PS4 in 2013 and PS5 in 2020).
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Baldur's Gate 3 sweeps The Game Awards 2023
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Larian Studios and Remedy led The Game Awards last night, with Baldur's Gate 3 winning six awards including Game of the Year, and Alan Wake 2 taking home three of the eight it was nominated for. Aside from Game of the Year, Baldur's Gate 3 was awarded Best RPG, Best Multiplayer Game, Best Community Support, and the Player's Choice category, while actor Neil Newbon won Best Performance for his role as Astarion.
How ‘Lies of P’ Music Was Made
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
When creating the music for Lies of P, I focused on balancing the musical elements to not be overly flashy or excessively dull. Instead, I delicately crafted the music to allow players to navigate subtle emotional nuances effectively.
Video games in 2024: Eager anticipation, or just treading water?
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Bookended by the long-awaited trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI (which rapidly passed 100m views to become the most-watched game reveal ever) and the trailer-fest of the Game Awards, this week has given us a lot of glimpses of in-development games – but perhaps more than anything else, it's been a great week for aficionados of games you won't be playing until 2025 at the earliest.
The Game Awards 2023 sidelines devs in favor of reveals, celebs, and one big muppet
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
There was plenty to celebrate, but little time to do so.
Lego Fortnite is first step towards Epic and Lego's kid-friendly metaverse
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Epic has ramped up its plans to establish Fortnite as a metaverse with the launch of Lego Fortnite – the debut product of a long-term partnership with Lego, and the first of three key release within Fortnite over the coming days. Going live as a new mode in Fortnite yesterday (December 7), Lego Fortnite is a survival-focused co-operative game where players can explore worlds made out of Lego, build villages, and t
Honoring the beauty of Muslim culture with Assassin's Creed: Mirage
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
We sat down with Mohammed Aleman, Ubisoft’s localization and cultural consultant on Mirage, and discussed their process for cultural accuracy and respect
Hideo Kojima's OD, Marvel's Blade and new Monster Hunter led The Game Awards 2023 reveals
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
In between handing out awards to some of this year's biggest titles such as Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2, The Game Awards 2023 featured a variety of game announcements and world premieres. The biggest reveal came from Hideo Kojima, who shared his upcoming Xbox exclusive project OD, which will be developed in collaboration with Jordan Peele. A teaser trailer showcased increasingly distressing shots of its cast, including Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier.
Rocksteady plans offline mode for Suicide Squad post-release
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is launching as an online co-op game, but Rocksteady plans to make it playable offline with a post-launch update.
Microsoft to convert contractor group to unionized full-timers
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Microsoft is converting a cohort of contracted game workers into unionized staffers. As reported by Bloomberg , the ZeniMax Workers United group of 77 will see 23 staffers become full-time employees. They will receive a wage increase of 22%. The others will gain temporary roles at the tech giant, with $2.75 hourly raises, as well as paid sick days.
Ynglet developer Triple Topping is closing its doors after declaring bankruptcy
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The Danish indie studio is laying off its entire workforce.
Release candidate: Godot 4.2.1 RC 1
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Godot 4.2 was released one week ago, and as is customary with feature updates, we have a late harvest of regression fixes to offer!
Screen Queensland backs local developers with expanded Games Grants
Game Developer
DECEMBER 8, 2023
"We are seeing incredible growth in the number of games coming out of Queensland right now.
Game studio Triple Topping is now bankrupt
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Indie game studio Triple Topping has announced that its staff has become redundant due to going bankrupt. In the announcement, CEO Astrid Refstrup attributed the decision to 2023 being difficult year for the developer.
[From the industry] Bandai Namco Entertainment’s greatest hits come to Xbox with Antstream
Game Development News
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Antstream Arcade is adding new ways to experience Pac-Man and 26 other titles to its officially licensed retro gaming platform
Baldur's Gate 3 shadow drops on Xbox following parity issues
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox One of the most acclaimed games of the year is finally available for Xbox, as Larian Studios released Baldur's Gate 3 during The Game Awards. The RPG was originally only available for PlayStation 5 and PC, with Larian citing technical issues on Xbox as the reason the port was delayed.
Introducing the new Godot Forum
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 8, 2023
We are finally unveiling the new Godot forum which replaces our Q&A platform while unlocking many new features.
Michael Blaker’s Retro Game Friday: Prince of Persia The Two Thrones
Game Industry News
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Hey all, I’m back with the third entry in a series I covered a while back for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. Plot: The plot is kind of a mess, as it involves time travel and the various shenanigans that happen due to it being beyond messy. It’s not a bad story but anything involving time travel can get confusing.
Available Now: NVIDIA AI Accelerated DGL and PyG Containers for GNNs
Nvidia
DECEMBER 8, 2023
From credit card transactions, social networks, and recommendation systems to transportation networks and protein-protein interactions in biology, graphs are. From credit card transactions, social networks, and recommendation systems to transportation networks and protein-protein interactions in biology, graphs are the go-to data structure for modeling and analyzing intricate connections.
Camera follow for my 2D game
Cocos
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Hi, I create a demo project for every game, it is well organized and have most game things. You can see here: GitHub GitHub - paulocoutinhox/axmol-game-demo Contribute to paulocoutinhox/axmol-game-demo development by creating an account on GitHub. But i have an issue with camera, that i don’t know what is the best method to solve. This is the issue: github.com/paulocoutinhox/axmol-game-demo Make camera see all to every device opened 11:23PM - 08 Dec 23 UTC paulocoutinhox Hi, For each device i ne
What Does Social Media Mean For Indiedev?
Game Wisdom
DECEMBER 8, 2023
What Does Social Media Mean For Indiedev? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" As social media continues to implode around us, this week’s key to games cast talks about its role when it comes to game dev marketing, and if there is a light at the end of the tunnel.… The post What Does Social Media Mean For Indiedev?
Disney Dreamlight Valley Crashing: How to Make It Work
Game Errors
DECEMBER 8, 2023
I spent a long time troubleshooting and resolving crashing difficulties, and I went through a significant amount of content on gaming forums and groups. As a result, I’ve compiled this list to help you resolve the crashing issue in Disney Dreamlight Valley, as well as low fps, stuttering, not launching, and other performance and game-related issues.
This year's Game Awards sees an increase of title announcements
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Game Awards 2023 saw an uptick in its game announcements when compared to 2022’s show. Per data from Fancensus, the event revealed 61 new titles, up more than 50% year-over-year.
The Finals Crashing, Not Launching, Freezing
Game Errors
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Like you, I attempted to play the game but was unable to do so right away since The Finals began crashing and occasionally freezing. Also, after attempting to resolve the issue using the game settings, I realized that the game won’t launch on my device anymore. As a result, I began troubleshooting it with my previous experience and the help of other veteran gamers.
How do you go about setting time limits when relevant? Does someone just play through the section and set it? Playtesting? Do you put together some formula?
Ask a Game Dev
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Most of the time, we start by setting a target time we think the game experience should take for a first-time player to feel what we want them to feel, and then add about 50% to that. A long fight should feel like a protracted fight and the time limit should reflect that. A short fight should feel like a sudden burst with a lot of pressure to finish it quickly.
[WIP] Voxel World Engine (Minecraft-like world generation)
Cocos
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Added a few performance fixes and proper water mesh material, still need to fix the collision and add the world reference to the chunk to fill a few faces Next steps: Add service workers to generate the world faster Add biomes layer generation Add dynamic mesh for dig mechanics
Xcode stuck when add package
Cocos
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Hello, cocos develoeprs! I face an issue that xcode project get stuck when add googlesignin-ios or facebook-ios-sdk package. The xcode project is ios exported from new project, creator 3.8.0. Any idea please?
[Release post of the official Shader Graph extension]
Cocos
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Shader Graph Background In order to lower the threshold for Shader development and expand the capabilities of procedural generation, and to encourage artists/technical artists to directly produce materials in Cocos Creator instead of third-party Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools, avoiding additional development work when importing materials, we have introduced a node-based material editor specifically designed for Cocos Creator.
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