Jim Ryan is retiring from Sony Interactive Entertainment
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
After 30 years with Sony and 4 years as the boss of PlayStation, Jim Ryan is stepping down as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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Here are the winners of the UK Best Places To Work Awards 2023
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The winners of the 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards for the UK have been revealed, with the prizes given during a ceremony held today at BAFTA in London. The awards, now in their seventh year, aim to make the video games industry a better place to work in by celebrating the companies that best support their staff and address the issues that continue to be raised by games professionals around the world.
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Why Warren Spector was excited to do Disney games after immersive sims
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Though his time making Mickey Mouse games was short, Spector still thinks of the Epic Mickey series as a high point over his 40-year career as a game developer.
PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan to retire
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
PlayStation CEO and president Jim Ryan will retire at the end of this year, the company has announced. He will be succeeded on an interim basis by Sony Group Corporation President, COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki. Totoki will assume the role of SIE chairman from next month. Ryan is a 30-year veteran of PlayStation. He joined the company in 1994 ahead of the release of the first PlayStation, and has since held senior roles launching PS2, PS3, PS4 and PS5, alongside the handheld PSP and PS Vita consoles
Capcom president thinks it would be "healthy" for game prices to go up again
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Triple-A games only really became $70 last year, but Capcom president Harushiro Tsujimoto believes they could stand to be priced a little higher.
Ubisoft CEO: Streaming will change gaming just as Netflix has for TV and film
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says that streaming will change the games industry, similar to how Netflix shifted the TV and film business sector. In an interview with the Financial Times , the executive explained that is why the firm penned a deal for the cloud gaming rights for all Activision Blizzard games.
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Monopoly Go has been an instant success for Scopely. The game launched in April, and topped the US mobile charts in August. And this is during a time when the mobile market has been so hostile that mobile publisher Playtika has given up on new releases for the moment because it believes they just aren't economically viable. In speaking with Scopely's GM of Monopoly Go and VP of product Massimo Maietti, the game's success in the face of a challenging market is the first thing we ask about.
Xbox brings its cloud gaming service to Meta Quest in December
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Bringing Xbox to VR changes how cloud games can be played and helps the service branch out without Microsoft needing to create its own VR device.
Chris Metzen is appointed to executive creative director of Warcraft
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Blizzard Entertainment has announced that Chris Metzen has been named as executive creative director of Warcraft. The news comes nine months after he returned to the company as a creative advisor on the Warcraft team. He returned to the studio six years after retiring.
Why Remedy revived Alan Wake by reviving Alan Wake in Alan Wake 2
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The developers behind Alan Wake II discuss the series' big return and why second protagonist was needed to anchor the adventure of the titular writer.
Making Gaussian Splats more smaller
The Astronauts
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Previous post was about making Gaussian Splatting data sizes smaller (both in-memory and on-disk). This one is still about the same topic! Now we look into clustering / VQ. Spherical Harmonics take up a lot of space! In raw uncompressed Gaussian Splat data, majority of the data is Spherical Harmonics coefficients. If we ignore the very first SH coefficient (which we treat as “a color”), the rest is 45 floating point numbers for each splat (15 numbers for R,G,B channels each).
Blizzard lays off several Hearthstone developers after restructuring team
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Activision Blizzard appears to have laid off 10 employees in a restructuring of the Hearthstone team.
Supercell acquires majority stake in Ultimate Studio
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Supercell is ready to move beyond mobile, as the company today confirmed that it has acquired a majority stake in Melbourne-based Ultimate Studio "to explore Supercell's ambitions to expand to other platforms." Ultimate is the studio behind the arcade-style racing game Hot Lap League, which is available on Steam for PCs and as a premium app on Google Play and the App Store.
Hunt Colossal Beasts In Roguelike Deck-Builder Acolyte of the Altar
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
With over 100 cards available, use your spells and creatures to defeat deadly Beasts in this dark-fantasy boss rush
Tips for Balancing Academics and Coding Simultaneously
Real Programming
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
It isn’t easy serving two masters! People with multiple passions often struggle to find enough time to devote to both. Kids who are hungry to learn computer programming need ample time to study, experiment, and play with the code. Coding is a discipline as open-ended as your skills and imagination. Once you grasp the fundamentals, kids can build things like their own games or custom Minecraft modifications.
4X game Old World heads to Ancient Egypt in new DLC pack
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
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Interview: Why do we play games?
Game Daily
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Image credit: Jamie Madigan Jamie Madigan is the host of popular podcast The Psychology of Video Games , and the author of multiple books that look into why people play games. His books include The Engagement Game: Why Your Workplace Culture Should Look More Like a Video Game, which looks at ways of applying lessons from the psychology of video games into being a better manager or leader through employee engagement, goal setting, feedback, training, competition and teamwork.
BattleJuice Alchemist transmutes into action!
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Explore the wilderness, learn ritual magic, and craft potions to fight demonic hordes overrunning the lands!
Stride For Unity Developers
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Stride For Unity Developers Ever since the massive backlash over the Unity Runtime Fee many Unity developers have been looking at the alternative game engines. To help users in this process we have started the __ Game Engine for Unity developers series starting with the Godot Game Engine, followed by the Defold Game Engine. … Stride For Unity Developers Read More The post Stride For Unity Developers appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
1000xRESIST to launch in Q1 2024 for PC and Nintendo Switch
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Relive the memories of a God and resist a thousand year old lie in this thrilling tale of aliens, clones and betrayal, set for release early next year
Activision Blizzard reportedly cuts 10 from Hearthstone team
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Activision Blizzard has laid off some developers from the Hearthstone team, the company confirmed to Kotaku senior reporter Ethan Gach. Gach reported last night that 10 people within the Hearthstone team were let go without notice as part of a restructuring. "Organizational changes were made to the Hearthstone team," an Activision Blizzard representative told Gach.
Publisher Firesquid Sets the Bar for Great Strategy Games
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
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Sony investigates alleged ransomware attack
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has announced that it is investigating that a ransomware group claims to have breached its systems. As reported by Cyber Security Connect , the hacker group Ransomed.vc has taken credit for the alleged attack. The cohort claims the entertainment firm will not pay for the data; it is now for sale with no listed price tag.
TARISLAND TO FEATURE MUSIC BY COMPOSER RUSSELL BROWER
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
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MapleStory M pulls in $600m in lifetime earnings
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Nexon's MapleStory M has amassed $600 million in lifetime earnings. Per Sensor Tower , the MMORPG pulled in the consumer revenue figure from its launch date of October 13, 2016 to September 20, 2023.
Do Whatever It Takes to Survive in Ascent of Ashes, Coming November 15
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
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King's Candy Crush Saga hits $20bn in lifetime revenue
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox On the 20-year anniversary of King, the firm has announced that Candy Crash Saga has earned $20 billion in consumer spending. The match-3 puzzle game initially launched in 2012 and has regularly seen new content updates.
Resist Tyranny in The Front, a Time Traveling Open World Survival Game Releasing in Early Access October 11th
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
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Meta Quest 3 launches October 10
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Meta Quest 3 is set to release October 10, Meta announced today at its Meta Connect event. The base model of Meta's newest stand-alone VR headset will start at $499 ($650 in Canada). The headset will also run on a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said provides "twice the graphics performance of anything we've shipped before.
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
New demo version of cosy adventure lets you get a taste of the game and play along with your friends
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Cocos
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