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Report: Embracer's doomed $2B deal was with Saudi-backed Savvy Games

Game Developer

Had things gone another way, Embracer would've helped further the Savvy Games Group and its state-backed investment fund gain a larger foothold in the game industry.

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Nintendo, Limited Run and Kepler join the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX

GamesIndustry.biz

More huge platform holders, investors and publishers have signed-up to the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX this month. Nintendo, Limited Run, Kowloon Nights, Kepler, Hooded Horse, Retrovibe and Serenity Forge have all signed-up to meet indie developers and their games at the event. The Investment Summit at PAX will take place at the Seattle Convention Center on Thursday, August 31st.

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Netflix Games rolls out TV support for Canada and UK in limited beta

Game Developer

TV integration for Netflix Games may be limited to just two regions, but it helps the streamer feel out how to draw more users to its video game service.

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New loot box transparency guidance in the UK – is it game-changing?

GamesIndustry.biz

On 18 July 2023, the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced the latest set of guidance on the use of loot boxes in video games , coordinated by trade body UKIE and comes as the result of the Technical Work Group that DCMS convened at the end of last year. The guidance makes some fairly uncontroversial recommendations around improving transparency standards and information sharing which we expect will not create substantial new compliance challenges for most businesses.

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Pokémon's release schedule might slow down

Game Developer

After being semi-annual for so long, the Pokémon series may dial back its releases for the good of its developers and the brand.

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Xbox backwards compatibility sends old Call of Duty games back into the Top Five | UK Monthly Charts

GamesIndustry.biz

2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and 2012's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 were two of the best-selling video games in the UK last month. Both games had their matchmaking fixed on Xbox platforms, and were also discounted in the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale, which sent Modern Warfare 2 to No.5, while Black Ops 2 returns at No.4. Black Ops 2 was on sale for £11.99 and Modern Warfare 2 could be picked up for £12.49.

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Krafton to invest $150m into Indian games market

GamesIndustry.biz

Krafton has pledged a further $150 million investment in Indian game startups over the next two to three years. As reported by TechCrunch , the PUBG company identified India "as one of the premier engines of growth for Krafton globally." "We continue to hold a long-term view on India and its vibrant startup ecosystem," Sean Hyunil Sohn, chief executive of Krafton India, said.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is also deploying to last-gen consoles

Game Developer

Three years after their successors hit the market, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One continue to get new releases like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

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Importance of playtesting in game design

Logic Simplified

The game development process is a complex and challenging process involving ongoing iteration and improvement in order to develop an exciting and captivating final product. One vital approach used during game development is playtesting. It is one of the best ways to improve the game quality by focusing on real player behaviour and learning what players really think about particular aspects of your game.

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Ubisoft appoints veteran scribe Drew Holmes as Far Cry IP director

Game Developer

Prior to joining Ubisoft, Holmes worked on notable franchises including BioShock and Saints Row.

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Enemy Alien - Combat Mechanics

Indie DB

The game includes various action sequences, including fistfights. I've been working on implementing this gameplay mechanic in a test trial for a few days.

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Krafton commits $150M to help India become "global gaming powerhouse"

Game Developer

The South Korean company has found success in the region with Battlegrounds Mobile India.

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Rockstar acquires roleplay modding team Cfx.re

GamesIndustry.biz

Rockstar Games has announced the acquisition of Cfx.re, a Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 modding team. In a statement shared last Friday, Rockstar Games explained that the team will be officially part of the company going forward, but the terms of the situation have not been shared. Cfx.re is behind two servers, FiveM and RedM, focusing on multiplayer role play.

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Michael Blaker’s Movie Monday Featuring Bruce Almighty

Game Industry News

Hey all, I’m back with another film starring one of the more frequent comedic actors from when I was young for this week’s Movie Monday. It’s Bruce Almighty. Plot: The premise of the film, that being our main character Bruce gets to be God for a bit was highly entertaining, but it does feature Jim Carrey’s signature sophomoric humor for the most part, so for fans of more sophisticated quality it might be a turn off.

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Build AutoAtlas

Cocos

Good day, A new day, a new question. I’m using AutoAtlas in my project. Everything is working well. However, after the build, I need to compress the resulting images for some atlases (the base compression algorithm I’m using doesn’t allow me to compress the atlas to the sizes that would satisfy my technical requirements). So, here’s the question: how can I correlate the atlas (its name, uuid, or something else from the meta file or the direct file location) with how it’s added to the build?

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Fantasy and Sci Fi Essentials Unity Humble Bundle

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Fantasy and Sci Fi Essentials Unity Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Fantasy and Sci Fi Essentials Unity Assets bundle. This bundle is redeemed on the Unity Asset Store and includes assets from several popular Unity developers including PROTOFACTOR, Nature Manufacture, Infinity PBR, 3D Forge and more.

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Shader display problem

Cocos

Hello! When working with shaders in the “Scene” and the “Camera” window, I get one image, and when placed in a browser or player, it’s completely different. Please tell me what am I doing wrong?

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How Coding Skills Can Boost Any College Major

Code with Mike

In today’s digital era, the influence of technology and its applications is seen in virtually every industry. The foundation of many tech-driven advancements is coding, a skill once seen as limited to computer science fields but now heralded for its universal applicability. From business to biology, journalism to jurisprudence, understanding […] The post How Coding Skills Can Boost Any College Major appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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Pokémon Go downloaded over 678m times globally

GamesIndustry.biz

Pokémon Go has been downloaded over 678 million times globally since its 2016 release. According to Data.ai's latest findings, published last week, a quarter of downloads (164 million) came from the United States, Pokémon Go's biggest market. Niantic's title is currently the fourth most downloaded game of all time in the country. Globally, Pokémon Go is the No. 18 mobile game ranked by all-time total downloads, across iOS and Android.

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Why are games so negative about the future?

Game Daily

Why does gaming have such a bleak vision of the future, and what is the effect on our collective aspirations? Those questions were addressed in a recent Games for Change conversation between event head Susanna Pollack and E-Line Media co-founder and president Alan Gershenfeld. I wanted to hear more, so I called Alan to talk some more about the subject.

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Switch hits 30m lifetime unit sales during July | Japan Monthly Charts

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During July in Japan, the Nintendo Switch reached a lifetime sales total of 30 million consoles. Famitsu's monthly retail sales data from June 26 to July 30 shows that the console sold 407,000 units across its standard, Lite, and OLED systems.

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Designer Notes 77: Cole Wehrle

Designer Notes

In this episode, Soren interviews tabletop designer Cole Wehrle, best known for his work on Root , Oath , Pax Pamir , and John Company. They discuss whether John Company is satire, how the East India Company was like QWOP , and the importance of German postal rates. This episode was recorded on March 22, 2023.

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Ubisoft moves up Assassin's Creed Mirage to October 5

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed Mirage's launch date has moved to October 5, putting more space between it and a stacked lineup of new releases later in the month. The firm initially planned an October 12 launch for the adventure title.

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Folklands - settlement builder

Indie DB

Demo released, links to demo and details regarding the game.

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Report: Savvy Games Group backed out of $2bn deal with Embracer

GamesIndustry.biz

Savvy Games Group has been revealed as the strategic partner that backed out of the $2 billion deal with Embracer Group. As reported by Axios , sources familiar with the matter revealed the involvement of the Saudi Arabia government-backed gaming firm. They did not have details as to why the deal collapsed. While the $2 billion partnership fell through, the two companies are still linked to each other.

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[iOS][Android]Quadrant Challenge

Cocos

Quadrant Challenge is a math game that the goal is to specify the quadrant of angles as soon as possible!

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Critical Path: August 2023 – Highlights for the month!

Game Development News

Here are the key upcoming events and releases to mark in your calendar for August 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

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Extension 'create-node' , prefab

Cocos

I am using cocos creator 3.7.2. When you create an extension and press a button in a new panel, you want to use the prefab uuid in the editor to add it to the Hierarchy. await Editor.Message.request(‘scene’, ‘create-node’, { assetUuid: uuid }); A problem arises. It is created well in Hierarchy, but there is an issue where the inspector information of the original prefab is missing.

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Upload image and set avatar

Cocos

I got the solution not sure if this is the efficient way. @property(cc.Sprite) targetSprite: cc.Sprite = null; inputElement: HTMLInputElement; onLoad() { this.inputElement = document.createElement('input'); this.inputElement.type = 'file'; this.inputElement.accept = 'image/png, image/jpeg, image/jpg, image/gif'; this.inputElement.name = 'myFile'; this.inputElement.id = 'imageInput'; this.inputElement.addEventListener('change', this.handleImageUpload.bind(this)); } onUploadFile() { //This is call

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Question about PolygonCollider2D

Cocos

In the editor, when you add a PolygonCollider2D to a sprite with a transparent area, the polygon is automatically created. How can I get automatic polygon creation when creating a sprite dynamically in the script code? I will be grateful for your help!

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CC3.8????????Android??Namespace not specified

Cocos

錯誤資訊如下 Namespace not specified. Please specify a namespace in the module’s build.gradle file like so: android { namespace ‘com.example.namespace’ } If the package attribute is specified in the source AndroidManifest.xml, it can be migrated automatically to the namespace value in the build.gradle file using the AGP Upgrade Assistant; please refer to 使用 Android Gradle 插件升级助理 | Android 开发者 | Android Developers for more information.

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Upload image and set avatar

Cocos

Hi I want to set custom avatar image. for this user upload their photo. how to achieve this with cocos creator, how to prompt file upload box and update sprite?

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Tween(node).sequence() seems to have problem

Cocos

I believe the main purpose of sequence is only to be used for 2 or more tweens. If you just want to use 1 tween then you can just use the.by or.

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[iOS][Android]Quadrant Challenge

Cocos

App Store : ‎Quadrant Challenge on the App Store Google Play : [link]

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