Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

"After more than two decades of serving as a central showcase for the video game industry, ESA has decided to end E3.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

E3 now officially belongs to the past as the Entertainment Software Association has announced the end of the long running event. The news was shared simultaneously in a post shared on social media and via the Washington Post , in an article titled: "E3, once gaming’s biggest expo, is officially dead." The ESA's president and CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis explained: "After more than two decades of hosting an event that has served as a central showcase for the US and global video game industry, t

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Concept artist and comic strip creator Victor Lahlou shines a too-familiar light on common game development gripes.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Grand Theft Auto 6 has become the most-viewed new game trailer on YouTube. The first-look at Grand Theft Auto's latest instalment has reached over 142 million times since it first went live last week. YouTube also revealed that content creators and the gaming community have generated over 250 million views on GTA 6 related content.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Epic's legal back-and-forth over Google revealed it intentionally started the Coalition for App Fairness to combat Apple's App Store practices.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Epic Games has won its trial against Google over antitrust claims, with the jury deeming Google Play and its billing system to be an illegal monopoly. As reported by The Verge , the jury voted unanimously that Google's requirement for developers to use its Play store's payment system for all transactions was anti-competitive. The trial began on November 3 , and the jury voted yes to every question on the verdict form siding with Epic.

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Unity Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Discover the made with Unity games that took home big awards during The Game Awards 2023. Plus, find out more about our longstanding collaboration with 10 Chambers, the studio behind GTFO and the just-announced Den of Wolves.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A ransomware group plans to sell off the personal information of Insomniac Games employees and information on the studio's Wolverine game.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 12, 2023

MUZY is a scary horror game where you are uncovering secrets behind a well known, and what used to be the most popular children's toy called - MUZY. Multiple tales have been reported regarding these toys which also leads to deaths - and you as an detective.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Patrick Morgan, studio lead at Galvanic Games, tells us how it just made sense for firearm-obsessed wizards to have a gun that shoots armoires.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Zora's Domain is covered in sludge and Prince Sidon needs my help. First, I need to restore the Zora armour (a simple 'find the fish' fetch quest), which will enable me to swim up waterfalls to some sky islands. I don't know what's up there, but I suspect the armour's base rating of 3 isn't going to be enough protection so it's off to the Great Fairy fountain for an upgrade – except she needs some Hyrule bass (basses?

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A case study of music for the game Secrets of Skeifa Island, focusing on cultural influences derived from the game’s Nordic setting, and how that research shaped the music composition process.

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Games 225

GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

House Flipper was a surprising Steam hit of 2018. While not necessarily enthusing the critics straight from launch, the simulation title found a large and faithful community that ensured its long-term success. This also allowed developer Empyrean to continually update and improve upon the game, release several DLCs, and port it to all platforms, guaranteeing its own sustainability and making House Flipper a standout success.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The startup intends to go "all-in on the creation of an ecosystem with the Godot Engine at its center.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Apple has announced its App Store winners , honoured the best games and apps available for its various platforms. The company named MiHoYo's Honkai: Star Rail, the sci-fi sister title to Genshin Impact, as the iPhone Game of the Year thanks to its "incredible visuals, tactically rich combat [and] mind-blowing worlds.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Hexworks studio head Saul Gascon discusses the process of building a parallel world that instills vulnerability.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Microsoft could expand to new markets with ad-supported game streaming. As reported by TweakTown , the comments were made by Xbox chief financial officer Tim Stuart during the Wells Fargo TMT Summit , held near the end of November. "You can subscribe to Game Pass Ultimate, and you can stream hundreds of games to really any endpoint that has a browser experience.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The future of Game Pass may see players pay for the service with ad viewership instead of a monthly fee.

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Games 264

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This first maintenance release fixes a number of platform compatibility issues introduced in Godot 4.2, which should make it much easier to upgrade from 4.1 or start new projects on all platforms.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A jury found the Google Play storefront represents an illegal monopoly.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A Pokémon-themed park will be opening in Yomiuriland, an existing amusement park located in Tokyo, Japan. The Pokémon Company partnered with Yomiuri Land Co. (the firm behind the amusement park) and publication The Yomiuri Shimbun to create a new company called PokéPark Kanto, according to The Japan News , the English-speaking branch of the Yomiuri Shimbun.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A story about why sometimes we avoid the easy solution.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We've updated our demo on Steam. Added a prologue scene, guild-specific Tokens as quest rewards. Changed the way rooms and facilities tiles are set up.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Gameplay content capturing service Allstar has secured $12 million in a Series A funding round. Allstar said it will use this investment to increase product development and expand the use of its technology in future partnerships. The company currently supports four games and its communities, including Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, League of Legends, and Fortnite.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

GameFromScratch.com W4 Games Release Godot W4 Console Pricing W4 Games, the Godot focused development company which just received an additional $15M in funding, just announced pricing for W4 Console. W4 Console is described as: W4 Consoles is a middleware software that serves as a technology layer, enabling seamless portability of games across multiple target platforms (Nintendo Switch™, Xbox … W4 Games Release Godot W4 Console Pricing Read More The post W4 Games Release Godot W4 Console P

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 12, 2023

During re:Invent 2023, the AWS for Games team showcased the latest ways our customers are using AWS game development tools and introduced several new purpose-built guidance and partner solutions that are now available in the AWS Games Solution Library. Recordings of AWS for Games customer presentations from re:Invent include: Customer Keynote – Riot Games : Riot Games’ Head of Global Infrastructure and Operations, Brent Rich, shares how Riot’s relationship with AWS has supercharged its purpose t

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Cocos

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Hello I was looking at the demo files. For example the Demo called “Aircraft Wars 3D” when you pone the Build Window “Ctrl + Shift + B” We can already found this saved Build Task.

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Game Industry News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Hey all, I’m back with an answer to a question I get asked about sometimes for this week’s Video Game Tuesday. It’s about a practical skill that can be learned from gaming. Practical Skill? : Yep, I’ve been asked if I’ve learned any practical skills from gaming. There’s one that I frequently use, and I only got very good at because of it.

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Game Errors

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I encountered this issue when I wanted to start a campaign with some of my friends, and I thought that I should just wait. Unfortunately, Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader was stuck on the loading screen for a long period of time, and that’s when I decided to test my internet connection. However, it didn’t help, and I had to apply some of the previously used methods to get the game unstuck.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Hello Everyone, We are developing a game for Android mobile web browsers using CocosCreator 3.6.1. Which is working fine in Android mobile Chrome versions released earlier than 120.x; but after the update to Android mobile Chrome browser version 120.x, it is not working properly, it’s gameplay screen is flickering where we have used spine animations ( Spine version 3.8) and also compressed the images using TinyPng.

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Game Errors

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I attempted to play Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader, but the game began crashing while I was playing and occasionally when I tried to launch it. As a result, I had no choice but to troubleshoot the problem, utilizing my previous knowledge of game crashes and the assistance of veteran gamers from various gaming communities. Fortunately, after a few trials and errors, I managed to fix the game by using the solutions and quick fixes below.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Thank you for your reply. I just want to do it on web, without IOS or Android. As i understood you message - i need to make changes by TS code in scripts, and there is no functions tools in Cocos with which i can do it without coding?

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Game Errors

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I was eagerly waiting to play this game. But I noticed that Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader won’t launch on my PC, and it has far better specs than my laptop, which runs the game fine. But, because this isn’t the first time I’ve encountered a launching error, I decided to follow some of the methods I used in the past that I found on various gaming forums.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Hi fellows ! I’ve been struggling with the task for a month now, and have already tried almost everything. I really count on your help. I’m trying to make two separate display templates for horizontal orientation and for vertical orientation. There are no problems with the horizontal one, but with the vertical one I have big problems. There is a template and it is the same size as the horizontal one (1864x860), but inverted 860x1864.

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