Game Developer

MAY 17, 2023

Immersion Corporation, which has a history of suing major hardware manufacturers, has filed a lawsuit against the company.

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MAY 17, 2023

Steam will stop using Google Analytics going forward, Valve announced. In a blog post , the firm said Google's "tracking solutions don't align well with [Valve's] approach to customer privacy," adding that it will be working on improving its own solution going forward. This decision was made in the context of Google's Universal Analytics being sunset in July.

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Game Developer

MAY 17, 2023

$80 million will be set aside for current and former Riot workers, with the rest covering legal fees and expenses.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 17, 2023

It’s no secret that the indie game landscape is a really tough place to navigate. Around a thousand games hit Steam every month and developers have to find ways to stand out among the crowd. That’s where marketing comes in. But also in earlier stages of the development process, when studios are looking for investors or publishers, marketing can make the difference.

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Game Developer

MAY 17, 2023

Real-world college football players now have the opportunity to get paid for being playable in EA Sports' revival of its College Football sub-series.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has announced it is hosting a PlayStation Showcase online next week to show off upcoming titles for its platforms. According to the PlayStation Blog , the presentation will air on Wednesday, May 24 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm UK, and will feature not only new titles from PlayStation Studios but also announcements from third-party publishers and indie studios.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

When Bret Robbins left Sledgehammer to start Ascendant Studios in 2018 , there was little doubt about what kind of game his new operation would specialize in. "I'd been working on Call of Duty for a number of years and I largely directed the single-player campaigns for that," Robbins explains to GamesIndustry.biz. "Single-player is something I've done my entire career, going all the way back to Crystal Dynamics and games like Blood Omen 2 and EA, where I was the creative director on Dead Space.

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Game Developer

MAY 17, 2023

The $70 price tag is becoming a standard for all major publishers.

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Unity Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Marc Whitten shares an overview of Unity’s vision for the future of AI for the Editor and runtime in 2023 and beyond.

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Game Developer

MAY 17, 2023

The news comes just over two years after the battle royale title was launched.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Take-Two Interactive today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended March 31, with the company continuing to show significant top-line growth driven by the Zynga acquisition, but continued losses. The biggest drivers for the fourth quarter were a string of familiar faces led by NBA 2K23, Grand Theft Auto Online/Grand Theft Auto 5, with help from hypercasual games, Empires & Puzzles,

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 17, 2023

In the expansive and rapidly evolving world of video games, the stakes have never been higher. The rise of increasingly intricate and expensive game schemes has not only upped the ante for game developers but also heightened the expectations of an ever-demanding audience. The tumultuous release and reception of the vampire-themed game, Redfall, by Arkane Studios, a subsidiary of Bethesda, brings these complexities to the fore. “Game schemes are expensive.

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Rocket Brush Studio

MAY 17, 2023

Discover the benefits of No-Code Kubernetes and Harpoon Docker Extension for Kubernetes cluster management. Deploy and manage clusters with drag-and-drop tools without coding. Learn about Harpoon's custom integrations and third- party capabilities.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During April, US consumer spending on games reached $4.1 billion, a 5% decline year-on-year, according to the latest Circana data. Software hit $3.6 billion during the month, as the segment was down 6% compared to last year's performance.

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Game From Scratch

MAY 17, 2023

GameFromScratch.com KitBash3D Launch New Cargo Application Cargo is a new application from KitBash3D that works a great deal like Quixel Bridge does for it’s MegaScans assets. Cargo gives you access to the entire library of 3D models and materials in the KitBash repository. It has plugins for most major commercial game engines and DCC tools including: … KitBash3D Launch New Cargo Application Read More The post KitBash3D Launch New Cargo Application appeared first on GameFromScratch.c

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mobile games made up $110 billion of App Store $167 billion spending throughout 2022, says Data.ai. According to the analytics firm’s State of App Revenue 2023 report, the store spend breakdown was 50% iOS, 27% Google Play, and the remaining 23% comprised of third-party stores in China.

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Nvidia

MAY 17, 2023

This post covers CPU best practices when working with NVIDIA GPUs. To get a high and consistent frame rate in your applications, see all Advanced API. This post covers CPU best practices when working with NVIDIA GPUs. To get a high and consistent frame rate in your applications, see all Advanced API Performance tips. To get the best performance from your NVIDIA GPU, pair it with efficient work delegation on the CPU.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

2022 may have been the second-biggest year for games industry investments, mergers, and acquisitions , but 2023 is off to a slow start according to the latest report from Digital Development Management (DDM). The firm reported today that total games industry investments for the first quarter of 2023 amounted to $755 million, down 41% from the fourth quarter of 2022 and down 78% from last year's first quarter.

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Cocos

MAY 17, 2023

Version is 2.4.11 I want to give a multi-gradation to the label. The problem is that the component only draws 1 rectangle. I solved this problem by creating multiple nodes. The problem is that the coordinates break when moved. (with 1 square coordinate) Can’t we draw more triangles at once? Since I can only draw 1 rectangle at a time, I recalculate the coordinates and color for each node.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 17, 2023

There’s a lot of things you can do here to help keep things straight. Primarily, you need to keep everything as organized as possible, and that means taking a big problem and breaking it down until it is in pieces small enough to handle. How I would start is by creating an outline for each individual storyline from beginning to end by breaking it up into a flow chart of story beats.

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Cocos

MAY 17, 2023

If you move the coordinates of the component node, the coordinates and size become the same as the node size, so the label looks broken. red → white → blue gradient label string It draws two rectangles. If you don’t move the node, it comes out fine.

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OPM Jobs

MAY 17, 2023

Job hunting at the best of times comes with stress. If coupled with redundancy it’s common to feel more anxious, drained, and rejected. Taking care of your mental health when you’ve been made redundant is vital. You may want to jump straight into your job search, and that’s great. You might want to take a little break to get yourself in a better headspace, that’s great too.

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Game Errors

MAY 17, 2023

Is Valorant not launching on your computer? It may happen to any gamer. But it’s also straightforward to fix. This article will tell you how to do it. For any multiplayer game lover, this free-to-play tactical FPS game is an excellent choice. Like some other popular games, it has excellent gameplay mechanisms. In addition, this title has some unique elements that have made it a great choice.

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Cocos

MAY 17, 2023

Hi! Thank you for your suggestion It doesn’t seems right to me Can you please check if I’m doing it wrong? 3.7.3 NewProject_7.zip (5.

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Game Errors

MAY 17, 2023

Modern Warfare II (MW2) offers great multiplayer, with the addition of a fan service campaign that die-hard fans of the series will enjoy. After previous lackluster releases, Call of Duty is back in good form. However, do you get a DETRICK-LESTER error on MW2 ? This error is caused by connection difficulty to Demonware, which provides matchmaking and other online services for the game.

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Game Development News

MAY 17, 2023

Factual reporting has shone a spotlight on a number of industry workplace issues, but there are shadows still to be illuminated.

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Game Errors

MAY 17, 2023

Microsoft Flight Simulator is among the best flight simulation games for Windows. So, it’s a bit annoying when that game doesn’t launch for a smooth take-off. Players have reported MS Flight Simulator startup issues on numerous forums. When that game doesn’t launch, it may or may not show an error message. One player’s forum post reported Flight Simulator not launching as follows: I have FS2020 installed on my PC through Game Pass, and it used to run, but now it keeps closing without even openin

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Cocos

MAY 17, 2023

Without render texture approach: (click for more details) With render texture approach (click for more details)

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Game Errors

MAY 17, 2023

Many gamers are encountering Battlefield 2042 matchmaking timeout errors. This article is all about this problem and its solutions. This Military FPS shooter game is one of the finest multiplayer titles. Excellent combat mechanisms and gaming elements can give you the best experience. But, if any of its features don’t work as expected, you may not be able to play it.

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Cocos

MAY 17, 2023

I use version 3.7.1, I have tried but it is still buggy, I think because the game is running at 60fps, therefore every frame it updates, the position of the body’s parts follows strictly to the previous head’s position. Running at 20fps is fine, but I want my game to run at 60fps btw.

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Game Errors

MAY 17, 2023

Some gamers have reported that when getting into the Genshin Impact game and randomly during the session, the game lags due to the FPS drop. We have taken our time to discuss the Genshin Impact low fps problem and proven fixes you can perform to get rid of the issue. Why is Genshin Impact so laggy? In most cases, Geshin Impact gets laggy due to low FPS, which can be a result of different factors, including hardware configuration issues, internet connection, and game server-related problems.

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Cocos

MAY 17, 2023

My game needs some initialization values from the server ( abc and 123 ), my server appends these values to the url and returns it to the user. When I visit [link] it shows like [link] (this show my game). I will then take the values abc and 123 from url into my game. I used to do it like this: [link] this does exactly what i want and i can get the values with the code: new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("value1").

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Game Errors

MAY 17, 2023

Players of the Valheim game have reported their encounters with the game showing low FPS which can be due to the game’s low GPU usage and resulting in a slow experience with the game. It is also widespread knowledge that to get a high constant frame rate, the game needs the GPU to be efficient. Hence, we will discuss the Valheim low GPU usage issue in this article and the proven solutions you can explore to enjoy your Valheim game seamlessly on your PC.

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Cocos

MAY 17, 2023

I think that [link] is the best (and only) solution. The address you access [link] actually navigates you to file [link] , which is a HTML file initiating the game window for you. So that your desired address ( [link] ) guides you to the game root localhost:7456 → then folder abc → then folder 123 → then file index.html. Clearly those folders and the file are not existed in your game folder.

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