Game Developer

JANUARY 8, 2024

Seedy Eye Software's Arzette faithfully recreates the aesthetic of Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

During the day he works as a Senior Software Engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, creating games like Hearthstone, together with a large group of specialized professionals. In his spare time however, Evan Polekoff likes to work solo on whatever crazy project his mind thinks of. For the last five years, off and on, he worked on Critter Crossfire , a turn-based tactics and first person shooter hybrid.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 8, 2024

The two developers have started integrating NVIDIA's AI-generated tools into their respective pipelines to help make NPCs for their games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

The the first time in over ten years, video games is not the UK's biggest entertainment medium. ERA, which is the UK trade body representing video, music and games retailers, says that revenue made by video games in the UK reached £4.74 billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before. That includes sales of digital and physical video games, covering PC, mobile and consoles.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 8, 2024

A former executive claims he was victim of ageism at the Call of Duty publisher, and that non-white men at the company made a hostile environment.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

6.9 million digital and physical games were sold in the UK during December, an increase of 2% over the same period in 2022. This is based on GSD data, which tracks all physical game sales plus digital game sales from most major publishers. It's a strong result when you consider November and December didn't feature too many big new releases. EA Sports FC 24 reclaimed No.1 for the month, and was boosted by some pre-Christmas sales activity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

38 million video games were sold in the UK during 2023, the latest GSD figures reveal. It's a slight increase of 2.6% over the year before, with EA Sports FC 24 continuing where FIFA left off as the UK's best-selling video game. Sales for the rebranded series are down 8.4% over the year before to 2.39 million units sold. It's worth noting that FIFA 23 benefitted from the FIFA World Cup, which ran over December 2022.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 8, 2024

Anybody eager to part with $3,499 can help Apple usher in the "era of spatial computing.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 8, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Unity Announce Massive Layoffs Since their successful IPO Unity has sadly been no stranger to massive layoffs. Back in June 2022 the first round of layoffs were announced, followed by another round, then another. Following the departure of CEO John Riccitiello incoming Interim CEO James M. Whitehurst said the company would be facing a … Unity Announce Massive Layoffs Read More The post Unity Announce Massive Layoffs appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 8, 2024

Microsoft may want to take Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush out of Xbox's exclusivity basket and into Sony and Nintendo's hands.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox 2024 is in its early days as to what's in store for the games industry. 2023 proved to be eventful, with Activision Blizzard joining Microsoft officially and the sector losing thousands of people through waves of job cuts. It's anyone's guess what trends, stories, and topics will become the narrative of the new year.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 8, 2024

Ahead of a new year for games, Valve's premier PC platform for shows no signs of slowing down.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Chris Dring and James Batchelor return with our weekly dive into the biggest news stories from the business of video games. 2024 has barely started and the ongoing trend of layoffs across the games industry continues. We discuss some of the wider factors that are driving this, and what else we can expect in the year ahead. We also discuss recent stories about the use of generative AI in promotional art, including an ID@Xbox image that was published before the holidays, and the recent report of a

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Game Developer

JANUARY 8, 2024

The studio has worked on titles including Doom 3: VR Edition and Marvel Dimension of Heroes.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Apple will launch its new Apple Vision Pro on February 2 in the US. The headset will set back consumers $3,499, and it will come with 256 GB of memory storage.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

"I think our goals are more ambitious this time, and I think our focus will be tighter.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

HBO's The Last of Us scooped up eight awards at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2023 last night. The Creative Emmys focuses on technical achievements and behind-the-scenes work, in addition to accolades for actors. Nick Offerman won Outstanding Guest Actor for his portrayal of Bill in the episode 'Long, Long Time', while Storm Reid took home Outstanding Guest Actress for her role as Riley Abel.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 8, 2024

Power Network Tycoon is a city-building game uniquely focusing on power network management, developed by a power engineer. It features realistic simulations like EPR/GPR for electrical hazard management and an EMF Meter aligning with ICNIRP guidelines.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

Written by Javier Barnes We have talked several times before about Clash Mini, which has been in soft launch for over two years [1] [2]. It is Supercell’s more approachable take on the autochess genre. A genre that was all the rage back in 2019 but failed to grow beyond a niche. Why does this game matter? Well, Supercell hasn't launched a new game since Brawl Stars in 2018, so Mini becoming a hit would have an impact on the trend of the whole company.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are changing human-computer interaction as we know it. Many use cases would benefit from running LLMs locally on. Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are changing human-computer interaction as we know it. Many use cases would benefit from running LLMs locally on Windows PCs, including gaming, creativity, productivity, and developer experiences.

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Game Errors

JANUARY 8, 2024

If you’re encountering connection issues while trying to play Monster Hunter: World, I’ve got your back. I’ve been having similar issues recently, as well as occasional high ping and latency. So, the first thing I did was talk to some veteran gamers from different communities to figure out how to fix the game. Fortunately, I was able to resolve the network issues, and I’ve listed everything that worked so far.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Convai is a versatile developer platform for designing characters with advanced multimodal perception abilities. These characters are designed to integrate. Convai is a versatile developer platform for designing characters with advanced multimodal perception abilities. These characters are designed to integrate seamlessly into both the virtual and real worlds.

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Game Errors

JANUARY 8, 2024

While playing Monster Hunter World, I’ve noticed that after the latest update, I had low fps issues. In addition, I’ve had some other performance-related problems as well, such as stuttering and screen freezing. Fortunately, by using my past knowledge and some commonly recommended tips and tricks, I managed to boost my performance considerably.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Large language models (LLMs) are fundamentally changing the way we interact with computers. These models are being incorporated into a wide range of. Large language models (LLMs) are fundamentally changing the way we interact with computers. These models are being incorporated into a wide range of applications, from internet search to office productivity tools.

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Game Errors

JANUARY 8, 2024

After taking a long break from the game, I decided to return to it with a couple of friends. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to play right away because Monster Hunter World kept crashing unexpectedly during the launch, on the loading screen, and while playing. So my only option was to apply all of my previous knowledge of game crashes, as well as the tips and tricks provided by veteran gamers on various forums.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are produced and played. Game developers are exploring how these technologies can accelerate their. Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are produced and played. Game developers are exploring how these technologies can accelerate their content pipelines and provide new gameplay experiences previously thought impossible.

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Game Errors

JANUARY 8, 2024

While trying to launch some games, I’ve ran into application load error 3:0000065432 on Steam. This launch issue was troublesome because it took me a few hours to deal with it. Fortunately, with the help of my friends and the knowledge gathered about this topic from various gaming forums, I fixed it in the end. Thus, in this guide I will feature the most efficient ways to deal with it.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

NVIDIA is announcing the Generative AI on RTX PCs Developer Contest - designed to inspire innovation within the developer community. Build and submit your next. NVIDIA is announcing the Generative AI on RTX PCs Developer Contest – designed to inspire innovation within the developer community. Build and submit your next innovative generative AI projects on Windows PC with RTX Systems, and you could win an RTX 4090 GPU, a full GTC in-person conference pass, and more in great prizes.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Have you ever dreamt of crafting your own epic game? Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! Yes! We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. Think AI that helps you build landscapes, real-time 3D sculpting like magic, and coding made accessible even for total newbies.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

At CES, NVIDIA shared that SDXL Turbo, LCM-LoRA, and Stable Video Diffusion are all being accelerated by NVIDIA TensorRT. These enhancements allow GeForce RTX. At CES, NVIDIA shared that SDXL Turbo, LCM-LoRA, and Stable Video Diffusion are all being accelerated by NVIDIA TensorRT. These enhancements allow GeForce RTX GPU owners to generate images in real-time and save minutes generating videos, vastly improving workflows.

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Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thank you for the response. Yes it is an experimental feature but it’s working fine on mac os and only breaking the editor on windows os. I just wanted to report this issue so It can be fixed in future version of Cocos Creator. Being able to use native.fileUtils with Preview in editor mode will be very helpful for the project I’m working on. Looking forward for the fix in the future version.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 8, 2024

Honestly, there are two main things I've seen junior devs get shocked by and I've written about both of them before. I'll give a quick summary here and link to the previous posts. The first big issue to watch out for is [ self-crunching when you start ]. I know how much a new hire will want to prove herself, especially when it's your first job and you're a super passionate, driven youth without a lot of other responsibilities and something to prove.

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Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Shader Graph Background In order to lower the threshold for Shader development and expand the capabilities of procedural generation, and to encourage artists/technical artists to directly produce materials in Cocos Creator instead of third-party Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools, avoiding additional development work when importing materials, we have introduced a node-based material editor specifically designed for Cocos Creator.

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Played with Fire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Immersed in the realm of passion, we are the creators of groundbreaking virtual reality games. Our journey began in 2019, but the flame of game development had ignited within us long before. With titles like Stargaze and Mixture, we laid solid foundations, yet our adventure is just gaining momentum! We look to the future! What sets us apart? It’s not just a game; it’s an experience, emotions, a world of science.

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