Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The 18-year-old developer may have been among those hit hardest by Epic's recent call to lay off nearly 900 employees.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Epic Games today confirmed it is laying off about 830 people, or roughly 16% of the company. It is also parting ways with another 250 employees through the sale of music storefront Bandcamp and the spinoff of "most of" the youth marketing company SuperAwesome into its own separate business. "For a while now, we've been spending way more money than we earn, investing in the next evolution of Epic and growing Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators," Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said in an

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Workinman's election marks the newest effort for game developer unionization in months, and is the United States' first union to be formed under IATSE.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Jim Ryan's retirement from PlayStation was not entirely unexpected. Through various interviews in recent years, he's spoken about the challenges of living in the UK and working in the US. He's also coming up to five years in the role of CEO, which is around the point Sony likes to start moving its leadership on. Choosing his successor, however, is going to be quite the challenge.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Total War developer announced Hyenas in June 2022, but the project has now been tossed on the scrapheap.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When Jonathan Barbosa Dijkstra lost his job, just before the pandemic hit, he decided to give his dream of making a game by himself a proper go. He took some online courses on programming and he was in business, as a solo dev operating under the name of Frambosa , only six months later. “It’s not hard to stay motivated if you really enjoy what you’re doing”, he says.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The European General Court has dismissed Valve's appeal against the European Commission for infringing EU competition law. Valve and five PC video game publishers were fined a total of €7.8 million in January 2021 for illegal geo-blocking practices. The five publishers included Focus Home Interactive, ZeniMax, Koch Media, Capcom, and Bandai Namco.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The game industry's wave of layoffs continues with Epic Games, which is reducing 900 staffers from its overall workforce.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Massive Layoffs At Epic Games In another blow to the game development industry, Epic Games have just announced massive layoffs across the company. Part of the layoffs include divesting of two recently purchased companies, Bandcamp and Super Awesome. The layoffs will impact about 16% of the Epic workforce with about 830 employees impacted.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Epic and Apple are at it again and have called on the Supreme Court to weigh in on their antitrust case.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

GameFromScratch.com The Future of C# in Godot With several Unity developers moving to the Godot Game Engine the C# language support in the Godot engine just became much more important for future developments. Right now C# support is not perfect with for example the following platform limitations: As it stands, Godot 4 has moved to a new … The Future of C# in Godot Read More The post The Future of C# in Godot appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

New release window announced and first narrative trailer unveiled for upcoming WWII strategy title; playable demo deploying soon via Steam Next Fest

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Original story: Sega has cancelled Creative Assembly's upcoming title Hyenas due to "structural reforms." The news was announced via a statement on Sega Sammy Holdings' website , with the company citing a "rapidly changing business environment" as the reason behind the restructuring, specifically mentioning a decline in "stay-at-home demand [during] COVID-19" and an ongoing economic downturn in Europe due to inflation.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The riotous heist game reveals new Season Pass with four future DLCs for PC and consoles, starting with the “Time Campers” campaign expansion on Nov.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Video games retailer GameStop has announced that its board elected Ryan Cohen as its new president and CEO. The company added that he will not receive compensation for his new position; the announcement did not provide details as to why.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Dials itself into the G123 platform.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Like many indie studios, Rendlike from the Czech Republic was born from a passion for video games and the craft of creating them. Its founder, Jaroslav Meloun, started his career in 2011, when he joined Silicon Jelly, creating the cute puzzle platformer Mimpi. Later, he worked on Dex, a successful cyberpunk RPG from Kickstarter published on PS4 and Xbox One.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

CFK releases the Nintendo Switch™ version of Before the Night to the globe!

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Epic Games has asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling clearing Apple of violating antitrust laws on its App Store. The Fortnite firm originally appealed to the Supreme Court in July to forbid Apple from preventing developers from directing users to third-party payment systems. However, Bloomberg reports this was rejected in August.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Submerge yourself in the launch video.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Electronic Arts has delisted FIFA 23 from all digital storefronts. Users already owning the digital version of the game FIFA 23 can still play it offline and online.

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Game Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Voidstranger Invites you Into a Labyrinth of Pain Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Zeroranger was one of my favorite games of the last decade and proved that studio System Erasure could make a well-designed and subversive game. They’re back with a game that is even more subversive and well-designed…if you don’t mind a … The post Voidstranger Invites you Into a Labyrinth of Pain appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Xsolla, a firm that provides payment solutions and other services to the games industry, has announced its acquisition of AcceleratXR. AcceleratXR is an in-game server backend provider of live service games. It was founded in 2018 and provides multiplayer support for online games, apps, and extended reality titles.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A shipped game's reception really only affects the job prospects of the top leadership that made the biggest decisions about the game. If you weren't the executive producer or one of the top leads for a game, then your personal ability to affect the game's overall reception is actually very small - you do the best you can, but those kind of game-directing decisions are generally above your pay grade.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Are you encountering the DirectX error on CS2 like we did? Many other gamers are also going through the same problem. Luckily, we have found the solution. DirectX errors are not very uncommon to gamers. Unexpectedly, it can appear on Counter-Strike 2 even on an up-to-date PC. The problem may seem very complicated, but it’s not. When it appears, you may see a message similar to the following one: CRenderDeviceMgrDx11::CreateDevice(): This application requires DX11, no valid device found!

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The UI updated so that the main game area should be more fit to the ad banner below! Also the theme color of the game is adjusted.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

For years, Counter-Strike has stood as a monumental title in the realm of first-person shooters. As enthusiasts eagerly anticipated the launch of Counter-Strike 2, a subset found themselves grappling with an unexpected “Executable Not Found” glitch upon attempting to kickstart the game via Steam. This guide delves into the heart of this predicament, offering tailored solutions to ensure players can seamlessly immerse themselves in the action without having to deal with the CS2 Missin

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The Liquid Fire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Ready, Action! No, I’m not making a movie, but we will use this lesson to add a menu where the player can choose from a list of actions for the hero to take during a combat encounter. Overview An encounter will alternate control between the hero and monster combatants. When it is the player’s turn, we should present an action menu so that they can pick from the list of actions the unit could perform.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The unwanted freezing issue on CS2 can be very annoying for some users. We also went through the same problem while playing this multiplayer FPS. Thanks to some amazing solutions, we were able to fix this problem completely. The new CS2 game has replaced the CS: GO. Technically, it’s the upgraded version of that game. So, everyone expects it to perform well, even on a low-end PC.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I’m not quite familiar with ts/js bindings, so the jsb optimization section kind of confuses me. Are you suggesting we should write some C++ plugins for performance critical code? But I saw somewhere in manual that we can only write plugins with js? I think you can just write codes in c++ and bind it to js for performance sensitive codes. As for the properties, I checked the source code of properties of forward/right/up of Node class, it seems that they would create a new instance of Vec3 for ev

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), a renowned first-person shooter game, has captivated millions of gamers worldwide with its intense gameplay and competitive environment. However, like many online games, CS2 players occasionally encounter connectivity issues. One such prevalent issue is the “Failed to reach any official servers” error. This article delves into the causes and solutions for this problem, ensuring players can swiftly return to their matches.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

zhangxm: I am not sure what codes create Vec3 every call. In general, we should reuse object as possible. In Typescript, you can create a file scope object, and reuse it for all the codes in the file, for example Node.forward / right / up, they seem to create a new Vec3 instance every call. get forward (): Vec3 { return Vec3.transformQuat(new Vec3(), Vec3.FORWARD, this.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), the popular first-person shooter game developed by Valve Corporation, has been the talk of the gaming community for its immersive gameplay and advanced graphics. However, like any other game, CS2 is not without its issues. One of the players’ most commonly reported errors is the “Error Code 0x0000045a.” This error has frustrated many gamers, especially those with older computer systems, like my laptop.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

hi i use it for mobile platform. Switching from Unity without Firebase or GameAnalytics is quite a big disadvantage for us. We have our own solution (data warehouse for example) built for Firebase and GameAnalytics.

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