Atari to acquire preservation and restoration studio Digital Eclipse for up to $20 million
Game Developer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The two companies previously worked together on the 'Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration' interactive documentary.
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What the hell is going on with video games? | Analysis
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
There appears to be two main story types on GamesIndustry.biz this year. First, there are all these record-breaking sales. Hogwarts Legacy selling 15 million copies in under two months. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shifting a record-equally ten million games in a weekend. Diablo 4 with its $666 million in five days. Starfield becoming Bethesda's biggest ever launch.
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10 design lessons learned from 30 years of horror games
Game Developer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Here are ten lessons from decades of interviews, GDC lectures and community blogs, condensed for your convenience.
Ubisoft's Chief People Officer Anika Grant to leave next month
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Ubisoft's Chief People Office Anika Grant will leave the publisher in November. In an email seen by GamesIndustry.biz , it is stated Grant is leaving to pursue new opportunities. She was brought into the company in 2021 following a series of abuse scandals that rocked the business the previous year.
Clean Slate vs. Reactive Design
Game Developer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Creativity comes in two flavors – Clean Slate and Reactive. In this blog post, Warren Spector discusses both and admits he’s an adherent of the latter rather than the former.
Atari to acquire Digital Eclipse in $20m deal
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Atari will acquire long-running US developer Digital Eclipse in a deal worth $20 million. Founded in 1992, Digital Eclipse is best know from remastering retro games with releases such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, the Disney Classic Games Collection and the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection.
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UK games sector primed for growth despite 2023 challenges | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
It would be easy to believe that the outlook for the games sector is all doom and gloom based on recent headlines about record numbers of layoffs in the sector, with estimates that up to 6,400 people have lost their jobs globally in 2023 after some of the biggest names in the industry, Microsoft, Epic, Sega, Unity, and Roblox, reduced staff numbers.
EA ends Windows 7 and 8 support for Star Wars, Battlefield games
Game Developer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
After November 30, Windows 7 and 8 users will no longer be able to play Battlefield V, Battlefield 1, or 2017's Star Wars: Battlefront II.
Halloween Horror Notes: Ross Tregenza on developing the sound of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Game Development News
OCTOBER 31, 2023
As candles across the land begin to fill the air with the scent of pumpkin spice and the dark nights come rolling in, it’s the perfect time to shut the curtains, cosy up. and play terrifying games to scare ourselves silly, obviously!
Ubisoft's chief people officer Anika Grant departs after 2-year tenure
Game Developer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Grant joined Ubisoft months after the studio was rocked with sexual misconduct allegations, and assigned to transform its troubled HR department.
Nightshade – An AI Tool For Artists from Glaze Maker
Game From Scratch
OCTOBER 31, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Nightshade – An AI Tool For Artists from Glaze Maker The rise of generative AI art tools such as DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are incredibly powerful but not exactly beloved by artists whose work might be powering these machine learning models, generally without permission. Until now, artists haven’t really had much they could do to fight back.
Alan Wake Remastered recoups development and marketing costs after two years
Game Developer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The remaster finally broke even ahead of the launch of Alan Wake 2.
Israeli government's graphic Gaza conflict ads appear in family-friendly mobile games
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
An Israeli government advertisement showing graphic footage of the Gaza conflict has reportedly appeared in mobile games including Angry Birds. An investigation by Reuters found six cases of an ad including videos of rocket attacks and explosions appearing in mobile games in the UK, France, Austria, Germany, and Holland. The ad has been reported as appearing on games such as Rovio's Angry Birds, Ketchapp's Stack, Sybo's Subway Surfers, LazyDog Game's Alice's Mergeland, and Rollic's Balls'n Ropes
EA thought only 2 million people would buy a single-player Dead Space 3
Game Developer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
A decade ago, the horror genre's niche appeal meant its biggest franchises like Dead Space were trying what they could to get more sales, for better and worse.
Playing for the Planet issues new guidelines to reduce carbon impact
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Playing for the Planet Alliance has issued a new report to reduce carbon emissions in the games industry. The paper by climate consultancy firm Carbon Trust is a survey of ten gaming firms about their methods for reducing emission impact. Trade body UKIE also supported the project by assisting with the initial project outline and getting the wider games industry involved.
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Indie DB
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Reficul 666 Halloween Giveaway! We've got 100 Steam keys to giveaway.
Embark Studios says that The Finals uses recorded voice and AI work
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Finals maker, Embark Studios, says it uses both recorded and audio generated via AI text-to-speech. As reported by IGN , this was in response to criticism the studio received from voice actors and game makers alike for using AI technology for its upcoming shooter.
GDevelop 5.3 Released
Game From Scratch
OCTOBER 31, 2023
GameFromScratch.com GDevelop 5.3 Released The popular free and open source “nocode” game engine GDevelop just released GDevelop 5.3. Since the 5.2 release several new features have been added, among the biggest being support for 3D (covered here in May), but the release also included several quality of life improvements. New features in this release … GDevelop 5.3 Released Read More The post GDevelop 5.3 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 beta 4
Mircosoft Game Dev
OCTOBER 31, 2023
We continue iterating quickly on beta snapshots for Godot 4.2 to ensure that we can solve regressions before the stable release.
Flax Engine 1.7 Released
Game From Scratch
OCTOBER 31, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Flax Engine 1.7 Released The powerful up and coming 3D game engine Flax just released version 1.7. Flax is an excellent alternative for Unity developers although it shared the same limitation Unity did, as recently exposed by the runtime changes scandal, the license could be updated at any time! Thankfully with Flax 1.7 perhaps … Flax Engine 1.7 Released Read More The post Flax Engine 1.7 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Pole to Win expanding by opening new office in Brazil
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Pole To Win is expanding its operations to South America by creating PTW Brazil. The service provider will open a new office in São Paulo in early 2024, and is set to employ over 100 people from the South American gaming industry working in quality assurance, player support, art, and localisation QA. Joao Albani will lead PTW's in-country operations, reporting to COO Sijo Jose.
From concept art to animation: ?Bring fantasy characters to life with Ziva VFX
Unity Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Learn how to bring concept art to life with Ziva VFX, and discover the animation workflow behind creating real-time 3D characters.
2023 sees more than two dozen games score 90 and up on Metacritic
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox As of October, 2023 has seen 25 titles with a Metacritic score of 90 and more in 20 years. This is according to data from Axios , which counted titles that reached the rating threshold on at least one platform.
How to estimate the Unity game development cost?
Juego Studio
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Game developers rely on a wide range of tools and software to create the games. Among these, the various game engines form the backbone of the development process. Unity game development services are among the most popular choices for creating the most complex of gaming projects. The post How to estimate the Unity game development cost? appeared first on Juego Studio.
Five Nights at Freddy's film pulls in $80m domestically
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Five Nights at Freddy’s film has pulled in $80 million domestically at the box office. As reported by Deadline , the Universal and Blumhouse's horror movie has also amassed $130.6 million worldwide.
Maximize Game Performance and Revenue with Video Game Analytics
Logic Simplified
OCTOBER 31, 2023
When creating a game, game app developers analyze player behavior to improve their interactive scenarios, by identifying what works and what doesn't for the players in a game. This is done to refine the game design and create a more enjoyable experience for their audience. What better way to explain this than to give you a suitable example of one of the most popular games, Candy Crush?
In a crowded market, Pioneers of Pagonia demo boosts fantasy game’s profile
Game Daily
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Pioneers of Pagonia is a fantasy city building and economy management game from Envision Entertainment. The development team is led by The Settlers original creator Volker Wertich. A recent demo was released on Steam, in anticipation of an early access release in December. GameDaily spoke to Wertich about the game, and the success of the demo. (This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Issua shader cocos 3x
Cocos
OCTOBER 31, 2023
this.avatar.spriteFrame = spriteFrame this.avatar.material = this.mat When I change the spriteframe of an image, the shader of that image doesn’t work. Everyone helped me with!
I feel like I or someone else asked you this, but do you think that gameplay will ever get to the point where it looks like the fancy prerendered cutscenes? Even the outstanding visuals we have now, don’t really look like say, Sonic Unleashed’s opening cinematic from….Christ, 2008 was really 15 years ago. Anyway, Is there a way to match that that look in style and fidelity or is it just kind of a “physics” thing where that’s basically not possible? What stops that if that’s the case.
Ask a Game Dev
OCTOBER 31, 2023
I don't believe that gameplay will ever look like fancy prerendered cutscenes because gameplay has certain needs that cutscenes do not, and cutscenes have certain needs that gameplay does not. Here's what I mean. When you're watching a cinematic in a game like Spider-Man, what are you seeing on screen? Usually what you want to see is Spider-Man doing some amazing, spectacular action.
[3.8.1] box2d engine crashes when you deactive or destroy a node
Cocos
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Since CC 3.8 the box2d engine seems different. I tried the new box2d-wasm, but I got the same problem. start() { let collider = this.getComponent(Collider2D); if (collider) { collider.on(Contact2DType.BEGIN_CONTACT, this.onBeginContact, this); } } onBeginContact(selfCollider: Collider2D, otherCollider: Collider2D, contact: IPhysics2DContact | null) { this.node.destroy(); // Crash this.node.active = false; // Crash } at b2Bo.
[3.8.1] box2d engine crashes when you deactive or destroy a node
Cocos
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Since CC 3.8 the box2d engine seems different. I tried the new box2d-wasm, but I got the same problem. start() { let collider = this.getComponent(Collider2D); if (collider) { collider.on(Contact2DType.BEGIN_CONTACT, this.onBeginContact, this); } } onBeginContact(selfCollider: Collider2D, otherCollider: Collider2D, contact: IPhysics2DContact | null) { this.node.destroy(); // Crash this.node.active = false; // Crash } at b2Bo.
Moving object along a path from point A to B [3.8]
Cocos
OCTOBER 31, 2023
[link] This is bezier curve. It means to make object move in a curve path. You can also make object move in a curve path with tween using custom easing function. Vec3.moveTowards is really straight forward to use. It will move an object towards another object, with maxStep equals by speed * delta time. So you move the same distance every frame. Then you only need to check if your current object is within a small distant from destination. if it is within range, you arrive at the destination. also
Bundle Loading Error 3.8.0
Cocos
OCTOBER 31, 2023
I can not load bundle release project project have 9145f40b-0ac4-4072-88c4-1d9785d412f2.b24cd.cconb but it has loaded.json and The Web server returns the HTTP 404 - File not found error message when it cannot retrieve the page that was requested. Does anyone have any solution?
Issue mask in content scrollview cocos creator
Cocos
OCTOBER 31, 2023
iI did it but there are items that are partly inside the mask and cannot be hidden. The mask actually causes scrolling to lag, not because of the item outside.
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