Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2024

The media company will close down over the next several months as WB figures out what to do with properties like RWBY and Gen:Lock.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Photos by Moe the Photographer Like the sturdy belt and shiny buckle Rex Bowden once helped sell as a child, entrepreneurship is woven into the fabric of this co-founder of Africa Games Week (AGW). His journey began with those humble sales and blossomed into launching his own events business at the tender age of 20. These experiences instilled in him a profound passion for business and empowering African entrepreneurs.

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2024

Video game composer Winifred Phillips previews her upcoming GDC 2024 lecture, "Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects.” Included: a detailed case-study with multiple audiovisual examples.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Capcom has announced it is increasing all employees' salaries in the coming financial year. The Japanese publisher said that it plans to raise pay by an average of over 5% in fiscal year 2024 (twelve months ending March 31, 2025).

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MARCH 6, 2024

Like with the original Final Fantasy 7, PlayStation will be the only console home for Square Enix's remake games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

You can read all our South Africa Games Week articles on this page. After seven years in business, Annapurna Interactive made its very first acquisition last year: South African studio 24 Bit Games. While seeing Annapurna jump onto the M&A bandwagon might seem surprising, this specific acquisition makes a lot of sense considering the very close relationship between the two companies.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

A new chart from the Entertainment and Retail Association has revealed the digital and physical sales splits for the 20 best-selling games in the UK. The data is based on GSD and GfK figures, and shows that there is still a substantial number of games sold via physical stores. EA Sports FC 24, which was the best-selling game in the UK last year, sold 2.395 million units in 2023. 67.2% of the sales (1.61 million) came via PlayStation Network, Steam, Xbox Live and Nintendo eShop, while 786,000 (32

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2024

Eggnut will use the remaining budget of its now-canceled project to help its staff keep afloat and find new jobs elsewhere.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Glow Up Games is one of the first all-women-of-color companies to have raised over $1.5 million in funding. This was revealed by co-founder Dr. Mitu Khandaker on stage at DICE 2024 during the studio's keynote, where she explained that the five years since the studio's establishment has been a multifaceted learning lesson for development and creative intention.

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2024

The Canadian studio is also halting development on its early access RPG Unforetold: Witchstone.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Apple has blocked Epic's bid to launch Epic Games Store and Fortnite on iOS devices because it doesn't trust the games giant. Epic had its 'Epic Games Sweden AB' developer account approved by Apple last month, which paved the way for Epic Games Store and Fortnite hit the platform. The move followed the introduction of the Digital Markets Act in Europe which, amongst other things, requires Apple to allow third-party app stores on iOS.

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2024

Isles of Sea and Sky developer Jason Newman talks about how working within certain limitations helped spark some creative ideas in puzzle crafting.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Spearhead Games is ending production of Unforetold: Witchstone, which launched on January 4, and is laying off the majority of its staff. In a statement shared on LinkedIn , the Montreal-based developer said production on the game will end indefinitely on March 8, as will its Discord server. "The past few weeks have been challenging, as the combined impact of financial prospects that did not materialise have put us in a difficult position," it said.

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2024

Even with its recent regional delisting, Balatro can't help but grow in sales.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Thunderful's SteamWorld series continues to leap from genre to genre with each release, and the company's Brjánn Sigurgeirsson said this stems from a fear of reiterating the same game following the team's experience as a work-for-hire studio. Speaking at Hamburg Games Conference yesterday, Sigurgeirsson took attendees through the history of the acclaimed SteamWorld series, as well as the company that makes it, and

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

With the annual Game Developer Conference (GDC) just days away, Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games is ramping up to host exciting technology demonstrations and programming focused on evolving industry trends, including generative artificial intelligence (AI). From March 18-22, AWS for Games invites developers to connect with its team and see new AWS for Games and partner solutions in action at the Play and Learn Lounge (Moscone Convention Center West Hall #WL2-4, level 2), and check out a range

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down its Rooster Teeth division, according to a Variety report. The closure of the gaming and entertainment brand will result in layoffs for 150 full-time employees, with additional contractors and content creators losing a source of income as well. The outlet obtained a memo sent to staff earlier today by Rooster Teeth general manager Jordan Levin, who attributed the closure to "challenges facing digital media resulting from fundamental shifts in consumer beha

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Filmustage

MARCH 6, 2024

Each year, the Dolby Theater hosts the film industry's most awaited event: the Academy Awards. Though predicting winners is part of the excitement, one thing's for sure: with Filmustage, you are always a winner! ? To help you get closer to triumph and celebrate the Oscars 2024 with you, we're making the magic of Filmustage even more accessible: 30% DISCOUNT on all our annual plans from March 7 to March 31.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

You can read all our South Africa Games Week articles on this page. So far during this South Africa Games Week special, we've highlighted some established studios – Nyamakop , 24 Bit Games , as well as Sea Monster Entertainment and Free Lives to be published later this week – and a more recent studio founded by South African industry veterans ( Six Peaks Games ).

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Indie DB

MARCH 6, 2024

In this post we will talk about the survival side of Obitus. We talk about the inventories, foods and campfires.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Australian studio Torus has laid off its team and will be on a hiatus for the foreseeable future. The news was initially reported by journalist Jack Ryan on social media , with founder Bill McIntosh then telling GamesIndustry.biz that the company "is not winding up yet" and that a decision will be made about whether or not it'll shut down definitely later this year depending on 2024 "plays out.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 6, 2024

GameFromScratch.com TripoSR – Create 3D Models from a Single Image Stability.ai (maker of Stable Diffusion) and Tripo.ai partnered to create the just released TripoSR. TripeSR is used to create 3D models from a single image in seconds. As you can see from the video below the results are certainly mixed, not even close to game ready, but hinting at incredible […] The post TripoSR – Create 3D Models from a Single Image appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mattel, the toy firm behind Barbie, has announced that it will self-publish mobile titles. In an interview with GamesBeat , global head of digital gaming, Mike DeLaet, said that announcements for the company's self-published games will begin later in 2024.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 6, 2024

Indie Game Showcase 189 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The weekly indie game showcases highlight the many games we play on stream and if you would like me to check out your game, please reach out. All games played are either demos or press key submissions.… The post Indie Game Showcase 189 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Game developer Rocket Science has unveiled a new co-development firm, Atomic Theory. It will provide studios with in-game development and UI/UX engineering services.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2024

askagamedev : Today, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how we go about designing enemies from an important conceptual perspective - Time to Kill. Time to Kill is how long an enemy should take to defeat. Players will be interacting with many enemies over the course of their gameplay, so it is important for us to make them engaging and interesting to fight.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A cohort of industry professionals has unveiled a new game publisher, Rock It Games. The company aims to work with independent game makers and IP holders to provide consumers with indie and retro titles.

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The Liquid Fire

MARCH 6, 2024

There are plenty of ways to improve the combat in our project, but the first issue that sticks out to me is that attacks can happen from and to anywhere on the board. In this lesson we will begin to fix this issue by introducing size and reach mechanics. Overview To get started, you may want to look at the official rules regarding Size, Space, and Reach.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Today's Xbox Partner Preview featured reveals, launches, and a showcase of games planned for 2024. Among the newer third party games shown was Inverge Studios' Creatures of Ava. The non-violent title will have players take on the role of a creature saver on a distant planet.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 6, 2024

Choosing the Right WoW Classic Server: Factors to Consider Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Selecting the WoW Classic server you will play on is crucial and ought to be done carefully. The problem is that features like cross-server zoning, group search, and location zoning—all of which sound like common sense – just aren’t included … The post Choosing the Right WoW Classic Server: Factors to Consider appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Eggnut Games has announced that it has shut down on social media. In the announcement , the studio attributed the decision to complications in funding.

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Code with Mike

MARCH 6, 2024

Getting started in the world of online betting and casino games has never been easier. Thanks to user-friendly platforms, anyone can dive into the excitement from their computer or mobile device. What’s essential is the ease of access, particularly the simplicity of logging in. For instance, a straightforward process like […] The post Navigating The World of Online Betting Platforms appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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Game Errors

MARCH 6, 2024

Packet loss severely impacts Counter Strike 2 and its players globally. Experiencing high ping and packet loss while playing CS2 can lead to frustrating delays and lagging. Aware of this problem, I made this guide to show you how to fix CS 2 Packet Loss. Unfortunately, I dealt with this problem a few times since CS:GO turned into Counter Strike 2, but the solutions below helped me fix it in no time.

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Cocos

MARCH 6, 2024

Dear friends, I’m property, a high school student from China, only 17 years old. I’ve created a one-click Steam plugin to help you publish your games to Steam. It allows you to access the SteamAPI very easily and can save you much time. I’ve been spend much time on this plug-in, suffered hundreds of hours of technical precipitation andthousands of failures.

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