Obituary: Geoff Follin, video game composer, passed away at 58 years old
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
Follin and his brother Tim were well-known for their music in '80s and '90s games like Silver Surfer and The Incredible Crash Test Dummies.
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PlayStation kicks off industry's Not-E3 season in muted style | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 31, 2024
The start of June in the games business feels increasingly like one of those archaeological sites where nothing remains of the original structure, but researchers can piece its shape together from the gaps it has left behind. E3 is gone, but we are left with all the various events and showcases that grew up around the show through its various incarnations and endless identity crises – and so, for the next two weeks, we'll be treated to a trade show's worth of announcements and updates on u
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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem to lose multiplayer and dev support in September
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
Wolcen Studio says sizable 'foundational hurdles' prevent it from further iterating on the dungeon crawler, so it's moving on to other projects.
Embracer's Lars Wingefors on the "brutal truth" of the AAA market
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 31, 2024
Embracer Group's latest financials showed the stark contract between two of the firm's biggest releases from its past fiscal year. On the one hand, Deep Silver's Dead Island 2 was the biggest seller, with three million sales and seven million players since its launch in April 2023. On the other, THQ Nordic's Alone in the Dark "performed below management expectations" after it debuted in March.
Panic recovers stolen Playdates worth $400,000 after lots of 'detective work'
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
'Guess what got hastily dumped at a random restaurant this morning? Welcome back stolen Playdates!
ZeniMax staff now included in Microsoft and CWA's labour neutrality agreement
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 31, 2024
ZeniMax Studios workers are now covered by Microsoft's labour neutrality agreement with the Communications Workers of America. The CWA announced yesterday that, as a result, all ZeniMax staff can now make their choice about collective bargaining, with Microsoft legally bound to take a neutral approach to the unionisation of its staff. ZeniMax Workers United-CWA member Page Branson commented: "Thousands of our ZeniMax co-workers now have a free and fair path to organise together for better workin
Bloober Team's publishing deal with Private Division reportedly gutted
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
Take-Two's recent reductions and cuts at Private Division means Bloober is on the hunt for a new publisher for its next original project.
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Toys for Bob teams with Microsoft on first indie game
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
Microsoft will publish Toys for Bob's next project, which the studio stressed was still too early in development to fully talk about.
Report: Twitch terminates its Safety Advisory Council team
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 31, 2024
Twitch is reportedly terminating all members of its Safety Advisory Council team. According to an email seen by CNBC , staff were allegedly told their contracts would end today and that they would not receive payment for the second half of the year per an internal agreement. A spokesperson told CNBC that the Safety Advisory Council will continue, but will be "primarily made up of individuals who serve as Twitch ambassadors" who will "offer fresh, diverse perspectives.
Report: Twitch terminates Safety Advisory Council to replace them with streamers
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MAY 31, 2024
'Looking ahead, the Safety Advisory Council will primarily be made up of individuals who serve as Twitch Ambassadors.
Private Division reportedly drops publishing deal with Bloober Team
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 31, 2024
Polish developer Bloober Team has reportedly lost a publishing deal with Take-Two's indie-focused label Private Division after the latter pulled out of the agreement. Bloober Team posted a Polish-only financial notice , which appears to indicate it receive notice of the deal's end from Take-Two yesterday. The two companies were working together on an unannounced survival horror game referred to as Project C, news of which emerged last month.
Game audio overview: Sound effects for games
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
Game audio has the power to define the identity of a game and to drive its success. From realistic sound effects that build atmosphere to instantly recognizable themes and voiceovers that become synonymous with the title, game audio can enhance gameplay to create enchanting and memorable games that stand the test of time.
Besides buying a game a second time, how can players show support to a developer or studio? How do those other ways compare to simply buying the game again?
Ask a Game Dev
MAY 31, 2024
Spend money on paid DLC and microtransactions if they have any. Talk to your friends about the game Post about the game and any new content that comes out on social media. Engage with fan and official posts on social media. Leave a user review of the game. Draw and post fan art and/or fan fiction. Make and post cosplay. Play the game a lot Basically, what every dev is looking for are players who will spend on the game and players who will continue to engage with the game content outside of the g
Explainer: What Is a Recommendation System?
Nvidia
MAY 31, 2024
A recommendation system (or recommender system) is a class of machine learning that uses data to help predict, narrow down, and find what people are looking for. A recommendation system (or recommender system) is a class of machine learning that uses data to help predict, narrow down, and find what people are looking for among an exponentially growing number of options.
Tattered Sails - Sailing Further!
Indie DB
MAY 31, 2024
Big strides have been made for the game to which makes it closer to the main release in June.
Dev snapshot: Godot 4.3 beta 1
Mircosoft Game Dev
MAY 31, 2024
Godot 4.3 is ready for broad testing as we finalize the release.
Kill The Climbers Release
Indie DB
MAY 31, 2024
Finally, Kill The Climbers is now available on Steam in Early Access!
Axmol-2.0 released
Cocos
MAY 31, 2024
axmol is just a fork of cocos2d-x-4.0: GitHub - axmolengine/axmol: Axmol Engine – A Multi-platform Engine for Desktop, XBOX (UWP) and Mobile games. (A fork of Cocos2d-x-4.0) axmol-2.0.0 release notes Add experimental WebAssembly build support(WebGL 2.0) by @nowasm List of known issues maybe help wanted WebGL context lost not handled yet A demo avaiable on axmol gh-pages: cpp-tests.html, build from branch dev Note: Follow functionals require wasm pthread support, and needs server enable M.
Launch Your Next Project Using Create React App
Artoon
MAY 31, 2024
Introduction React is a widely used JavaScript framework for building front-end applications. […] The post Launch Your Next Project Using Create React App appeared first on Artoon Solutions.
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