New Zealand government reaffirms support for Game Development Sector Rebate
Game Developer
JANUARY 4, 2024
The initiative allows eligible studios to claim a 20 percent tax rebate and is worth $40 million per annum.
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How digital showcases helped make A Little To The Left an indie hit
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 4, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A Little To The Left did have a small following before its appearance during a Wholesome Direct. The cozy puzzle game about organising household items was created by Max Inferno, a development team consisting of Anne Macmillan (art and animation) and Lukas Steinman (design and programming).
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Alan Wake II and Baldur's Gate 3 lead 2024 New York Game Awards nominees
Game Developer
JANUARY 4, 2024
Other Game of the Year contenders include Starfield, Tears of the Kingdom, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Nexon fined $8.9m for misleading MapleStory players
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 4, 2024
Nexon has been fined ₩11.6 million ($8.9 million) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for allegedly omitting to inform customers about probability changes to in-game items in MapleStory. As The Korea Economic Daily reported, this is the highest amount imposed for a company violating the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce in South Korea.
Rockfish to "future-proof" Everspace 2 with Unreal Engine 5 upgrade
Game Developer
JANUARY 4, 2024
Rockfish wants to support Everspace 2 for the foreseeable future, and wants Unreal Engine 5 to help make that achievable.
Using Unreal Engine for Architecture Visualization: UE Archviz Features, Benefits, and Challenges
Perforce
JANUARY 4, 2024
Unreal Engine architecture visualization uses game engines to present a hyper-realistic 3D rendering to stakeholders and clients. Learn about UE archviz features and real-life examples.
MapleStory dev Nexon fined $8.9 million by Korean regulator for misleading players
Game Developer
JANUARY 4, 2024
The Korea Fair Trade Commission claims Nexon altered the odds of purchasable item drops without informing players.
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Why Don't Nod Montreal will probably be "the last studio" to adopt AI
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Don't Nod Montreal's teen supernatural story Lost Records: Bloom and Rage shows why many game studios can't get much out of generative AI.
REPUNK - Announcement post!
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JANUARY 4, 2024
The time has come to finally announce REPUNK's Steam page!
Until Dawn devs shed light on original version of the game
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JANUARY 4, 2024
Former Sony London employees reminisce about the Until Dawn that almost was before Sony killed it.
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood shutting down this April
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JANUARY 4, 2024
Glu's mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is shutting down on April 8, 2024. The title has since been removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Those who installed it before it was taken down will see a notice in-game referring to the shutdown date. In-app purchases within Kim Kardashian: Hollywood have been disabled, but players can use in-game currency up until the closing date.
Meta Quest mobile app downloads declined by 25% in 2023, despite a strong Q4
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The Dragonhood trailer
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Savvy Group still wants Saudi Arabia to be global hub for game development
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JANUARY 4, 2024
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Study finds most social media ads ignore loot box label requirements
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JANUARY 4, 2024
Loot box researcher Leon Xiao has released the results of his latest study into loot box advertising , which found that ads for games on social media routinely run afoul of UK and EU regulations when it comes to disclosing the presence of loot boxes, or even in-game purchases of any kind. Using a list of games known to have loot boxes that he had prepared for a previous study, Xiao combed through Meta's ad library (covering its Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger platforms) and found 188 ads for
CG Spectrum 2023 Student Showcase | A reel of this year's highlights
CG Spectrum
JANUARY 4, 2024
CG Spectrum students continue to impress us with their creativity and talent! Too good not to share, we collated some of the outstanding work our virtual production , digital painting , animation , 3D modeling , visual effects , and game development students created throughout 2023. A big shout out to the CGS mentors — film and game industry experts who have supported our students throughout their studies, providing them with personalized feedback, valuable tips and tricks, and unique industry i
[C.Creator][3.8] Error display Font & UI in Window
Cocos
JANUARY 4, 2024
Hello all, That are capture: Images when running with a window app (it’s like building through windows), very bad interface, font errors,… And here are the images on the web (same as IOS, Android) So why is there this difference, how to fix it on windows? Thanks.
In your answer about technical designers, you remarked that technical artists are “special unicorns” - what sorts of things give them that status, and what does it mean for a technical artist’s career? Are there any other jobs in game dev you feel fall into the “special unicorn” category?
Ask a Game Dev
JANUARY 4, 2024
"Special unicorn" roles are generally similar in how difficult it is to find them combined with how useful they are to a dev team. Besides Technical Artist, there's also console architecture experts and Houdini VFX experts. While this list is by no means exhaustive, all three of these roles are in fields that are both difficult to master and extremely useful in most game dev teams.
Nexon has been fined £7.1M by the Korea Fair Trade Commission in its MapleStory consumer protection decision
Game Development News
JANUARY 4, 2024
Nexon has been made to pay a fine of ₩11.6 billion (£7.
[C.Creator][3.8] Error display Font & UI in Window
Cocos
JANUARY 4, 2024
Hello all, That are capture: Images when running with a window app (it’s like building through windows), very bad interface, font errors,… And here are the images on the web (same as IOS, Android) So why is there this difference, how to fix it on windows? Thanks.
Spine Animations broken after Chrome update on Androids
Cocos
JANUARY 4, 2024
Hello, am I the only one who is experiencing broken Spines after Chrome update on mobile? Looks like they just stop rendering and causing glitches The issue happens on: Cocos 3.X + Chrome v120.0.6099.144 + Android 12,13 Doesn’t happen on: Cocos 2.X Any PC Any iOS Android 11 Android 14 Any previous chrome versions Chrome v120.0.6099.030 Chrome v120.0.6099.200 Chrome Canary 122 Any suggestions?
Spine Animations broken after Chrome update on Androids
Cocos
JANUARY 4, 2024
Hello, am I the only one who is experiencing broken Spines after Chrome update on mobile? Looks like they just stop rendering and causing glitches The issue happens on: Cocos 3.X + Chrome v120.0.6099.144 + Android 12,13 Doesn’t happen on: Cocos 2.X Any PC Any iOS Android 11 Android 14 Any previous chrome versions Chrome v120.0.6099.030 Chrome v120.0.6099.200 Chrome Canary 122 Any suggestions?
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