Foamstars will feature AI-generated artwork produced by Midjourney
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
Square Enix has confirmed developer Toylogic "experimented" with Midjourney to create in-game album artwork.
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Video game sales up 1.7% in Europe during 2023 | European Annual Report
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
182 million PC and console games were sold across Europe in 2023, a rise of 1.7% over the year before. This is based on GSD data, which tracks all physical game sales across major European markets, and digital sales from most major games publishers across every country in Europe. As usual, EA's football game leads the sales by a comfortable margin. EA Sports FC 24 sold 9% fewer units in 2023 compared with FIFA 23 in 2022, but when you factor in the rebrand and the fact there was a World Cup in D
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10 BEST TIPS FOR CORPORATE RELOCATION – GAME DEVELOPER EDITION
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
Moving is one of the top life stressors but sometimes well worth it in the scheme of upward career mobility and gaining a wealth of experience that wouldn’t happen while staying in one place.
Take-Two reportedly in trademark dispute with Remedy over logo design
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
Take-Two Interactive has issued a trademark dispute over alleged similarities between the logos of Remedy and Rockstar Games. As reported by RespawnFirst , Remedy filed two variations of the logo (one with and without its name) in May 2023 at the UK government's Intellectual Property Office, both of which were opposed by Take-Two in September and still remain in that phase.
Ubisoft reworks subscription service, hopes players will forget about ownership
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
The French publisher has some interesting ideas about what needs to happen for its streaming service to take flight.
European game sales up slightly in December | European Monthly Charts
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
26.6 million PC and Console games were sold across Europe in December, according to the latest GSD data. December 2022 was a 'five week month', so if we align the weeks, we can see that sales improved 3.6% compared with the same period in 2022. This data covers all physical game releases in major European markets, and digital game sales from most major publishers.
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Reducing barriers for underrepresented groups
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
This article is part of our Get into Games special , offering students insight on life in the games industry and advice on how to get into the business Diversity and representation has greatly improved in games over the past decade, but there is still much to be done for underrepresented groups working in the games industry. Following the first UK Games Industry Census published in 2022, completed by over 3,200 workers, the UK industry is still predominantly young, white and male.
Raven Software once had live-service Call of Duty: Zombies project in development
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
The longtime Call of Duty support studio once had ambitious plans, including a spinoff for the series' Zombies mode and reviving a classic Raven property.
Martha is Dead to get film adaptation
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
LKA-developed title Martha is Dead will get a film adaptation. The feature film will be led by Swedish production company Studios Extraordinaires in partnership with the Italian studio and the game's publisher, UK-based firm Wired Productions. Studios Extraordinaires' André Hedetoft and Andreas Troedsson will act as co-directors on the film. Hedetoft is also behind the script, while Troedsson will also handle the movie's cinematography.
Support studio PTW lays off 45 staff across global teams
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
With PTW's newest cuts, the game industry is at nearly 3,000 layoffs, and it's only halfway through January 2024.
Microsoft passes Apple as most valuable company in the world
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
Microsoft overtook Apple as the most profitable company at the end of last Friday's trading session in the US. As reported by CNBC , Microsoft's lead came as a result of an event that took place in San Francisco where the company spoke about artificial intelligence, highlighting an increase of traffic on GitHub which Microsoft acquired in 2018 for $7.5 billion.
Report: Certain Affinity's Halo battle royale project canceled
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
Certain Affinity and 343 Industries' open secret was a battle royale game for Halo Infinite that's now reportedly dead and gone.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3 top GDC Award nominations
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
The organizers of the Game Developers Conference today revealed the nominees for the 24th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, which will be held at the conference on March 20. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur's Gate 3 racked up the most nominations with each being short-listed for seven awards, including Game of the Year. Cocoon was another oft-nominated choice, up for five categories and securing a Game of the Year nomination of its own.
The Last of Us Part II's new roguelike mode let its combat designers go wild
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
The Last of Us Part II Remastered's game mode No Return let Naughty Dog show off the true power of its combat and AI systems.
Twitch sees a 4% increase in viewership for December
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During November, Twitch reached 1.8 billion hours watched in viewership. The figure represents a 4% increase compared to November's 1.73 billion, according to Stream Elements and Rainmaker. gg's State of the Stream report. The month of December is a day longer than November.
Astra Fund repositions as "thinky" publisher Astra Logical following layoffs
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
The reborn publisher has already helped a group of former Zachtronics developers establish a new studio called Coincidence.
Tencent slashed investments in 2023
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 16, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox China-based internet and gaming firm Tencent dramatically cut the number of investments it made last year. The South China Morning Post reported that the company agreed upon 39 investment contracts with 37 businesses last year, primarily in the video games, healthcare and corporate services sectors.
Supreme Court rejects Epic and Apple's antitrust appeals
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
The Supreme Court broke the yearslong legal stalemate between Epic and Apple, just not how either of them likely wanted.
GodotOS – The Godot Powered Operating System
Game From Scratch
JANUARY 16, 2024
GameFromScratch.com GodotOS – The Godot Powered Operating System GodotOS is here, the worlds first Godot game engine powered operating system! Ok, it’s a fake operating system, or more accurately its a system shell, written entirely in GDScript. You can even write your own hosted applications for the Godot OS using GDScript. Details of GodotOS from the GitHub page: … GodotOS – The Godot Powered Operating System Read More The post GodotOS – The Godot Powered Operatin
The Legend of Zelda, Baldur's Gate 3, and COCOON lead GDCA 2024 nominations
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
The 2024 Game Developers Choice Awards finalists have been revealed, and it looks like the lands of Hyrule and Faerun may be poised for an epic showdown: along with an adventure across worlds within worlds.
Veriscape - Levels Change With Music
Indie DB
JANUARY 16, 2024
Veriscape is an 2D indie game developed by GAMINATE where it’s unique feature lies within the stages that are generated using music! The game is a side-scrolling and rhythm type game, where controls are very simple but players will have to react fast.
Street Fighter 6 has topped 3 million sales in six months
Game Developer
JANUARY 16, 2024
Capcom says the fighter used eSports tournaments as a springboard to success.
Forgotten Skies - Closed-Beta
Indie DB
JANUARY 16, 2024
Players can now pre-register on our website for the closed beta of our upcoming game Forgotten Skies. Registered players will receive confirmation and will be notified as soon as the Forgotten Skies closed beta begins.
Develop:Brighton is now open to speaker applications
Game Development News
JANUARY 16, 2024
Tandem Events is now open to speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton 2024
Load testing the Pragma backend game engine to 1 million concurrent users on AWS
AWS Games
JANUARY 16, 2024
In this blog, we will dive into the significance of load testing a game backend, and how AWS for Games partner, Pragma , successfully load tested one million concurrent users (CCU) on their managed game backend platform that runs on AWS. Creating smooth gameplay is just one part of the game creation equation. Every game has a complex web of elements that play important roles in delivering a perfect player experience.
Is licensed music in games a worthwhile investment for AAA releases. From the outside-looking-in it seems like an expensive hassle.
Ask a Game Dev
JANUARY 16, 2024
It depends a lot on the game and the music. There's a sliding scale of the importance of licensed music ranging from being core to the game on one end all the way to being a marketing flex that is otherwise unnecessary for the game itself on the other. Licensed music was one of the core elements that made Guitar Hero work. Licensed music added a huge amount of ambience to a game like GTA Vice City.
What to Look for in a Gaming Partner in 2024
iXie gaming
JANUARY 16, 2024
Game testing is an essential process that defines how players will play and enjoy the game. This, in return, determines the game’s performance in the market. However, testing your game can be challenging due to the many testing processes involved. As a result, companies often outsource gaming services to an external partner to help them with the testing process.
Puzzle game developed by cocos ?InOutPath?
Cocos
JANUARY 16, 2024
Wow, thanks so much! Indeed, I was not able to find much information about it and got confused if such logic would need to be done on the C++ side of the project or if the TS codebase would solve it. Now I know Regarding the keyboard key, I feel that the event-based system does not always work great while I was testing it, so I was curious if you had to do any fine-tuning on your side, but seems you didn’t.
Top 10 Games of 2023 & Why They Made it to Our List
iXie gaming
JANUARY 16, 2024
2023 has been a year that the gaming industry and community won’t forget. It brought up new trends, innovations, and even issues that shaped the industry. From releasing the most highly rated games in 20 years to the increasing adoption of transformative technologies in game development , this year has made us see new solutions in the industry. As we celebrate these achievements, we need to ask ourselves, “What were some of the games that stood out in 2023?
Puzzle game developed by cocos ?InOutPath?
Cocos
JANUARY 16, 2024
Hello hallo, we are the development team of the indie game InOutPath, and as the development of the game is getting better and better, we have now made the Steam page of InOutPath available. The address is as follows: Switch on Steam InOutPath (steampowered.com) A lot of emotions as a member of an indie game team. Thank you to the cocos team for providing a great engine that allowed us to build this game without technical constraints, and to use our creative space and abilities as we pleased.
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Cocos
JANUARY 16, 2024
Wow, this is a time-saver! Thanks so much for sharing this solution. I’m pretty sure will help lots of developers to ship their games to native platforms!
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Cocos
JANUARY 16, 2024
cocos creator: 3.8.1 有没有办法设置修改这个WrapMode的默认值? 现在默认是 Loop , 可以设置默认为 Normal 吗? 要不然每导入一个模型都需要手动的改一次.
Using Service Workers with Creator 3.8.X
Cocos
JANUARY 16, 2024
@qq544430497 Thanks so much for sharing this! Indeed, I’m trying lately to get more of the deep gist of Cocos. Even though I’m aware that effort is being made to implement native threads into the engine, my question is more specific about using web Service Workers for web games with Cocos Creator. More specifically how I should behave and best practices while building a worker.js file that contains Cocos Creator objects/class references.
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