Unity apologizes to devs, reveals updated Runtime Fee policy
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.
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An open letter to our community
Unity Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
An open letter from Marc Whitten to the Unity community in September 2023.
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Unity exec admits company wasn't "listening enough" to devs over Runtime Fee
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Unity Create president Marc Whitten admitted that a year after promising to "talk more" with developers, the company still hadn't done enough listening.
Bandai Namco: "Every publisher has to focus more on their own expertise"
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
2022 was a stellar year for Bandai Namco thanks to Elden Ring's critical and commercial success. As a result, 2023 felt like it was all going to be about maintaining that momentum. When we ask Bandai Namco Europe CEO Arnaud Muller about how well the company has managed to rise to that challenge this year, he first points to Elden Ring's DLC, the Shadow of the Erdtree, announced earlier this year and due to release soon.
Virtuos opens Tokyo studio to strengthen relationship with Japanese developers
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
"Our team is looking forward to supporting Japanese developers on both creative and technical needs.
UK preliminarily approves Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox At a glance The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has taken a significant step forward in approving Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and aims to make a final decision by October 6.
Why Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s absence of DLC bucks AAA trends
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Eiji Aonuma recently revealed that Nintendo currently has no plans to release additional content for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This decision marks a notable departure for both a blockbuster game and a major first-party Nintendo release.
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The CMA has provisionally approved Microsoft's restructured Activision Blizzard deal
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
The transfer of Activision Blizzard's cloud streaming rights to Ubisoft might have won over UK regulator the CMA.
Unity Announce Massive Pricing Changes
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Unity Announce Massive Pricing Changes Unity started a firestorm off a week ago when they announced a poorly thought out and overreaching Unity Runtime Fee and to say that Unity developers didn’t like it would be a bit of an understatement. This was back on September 12th and finally on September 22nd they have announced … Unity Announce Massive Pricing Changes Read More The post Unity Announce Massive Pricing Changes appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Updated version of Steam Deck is "years away"
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Before another Steam Deck hits the market, Valve wants to ensure its performance is matched up with its battery life.
Is chasing artificial intelligence genuinely senseless? | This Week in Business
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
This Week in Business is our weekly recap column , a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry. With a name like "This Week in Business," the expectation is that we talk about things that happened this week.
Rod Humble and King Choi illustrate the ambition of Life By You
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
In our latest Game Developer Podcast episode, Paradox Tectonic’s Rod Humble and King Choi discuss the ambitious vision of upcoming life sim Life By You , creating a healthy workplace, and the power of inclusivity.
Microsoft's hardware strategy looks more and more traditional | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
For all the interest piqued by the information accidentally revealed in Microsoft's FTC submissions this week , there's little in the way of surprising revelations in these documents. In fact, if you'd been asked last week to predict Microsoft's hardware and software strategy over the coming years, pretty much the safest, most default answers would have lined up perfectly with the plans that emerge from the court filings.
Rockstar's GTA+ service to include classic Rockstar games
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
The GTA+ service is getting a new lease on life as Rockstar begins adding its back catalog to draw in subscribers.
Finalists for the UK Best Places To Work Awards special awards revealed
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
The finalists for the special awards at the UK GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2023 have been announced. Ustwo has been nominated in five categories, while Sumo and Rocksteady are both up for three. PlayStation London are listed in two categories. These are the finalists for our Special Awards only, which are for excellence in specific areas.
Obituary: Garry's Mod modder Dave Hunt has died at age 35
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Hunt is best known by his online persona "Dav0r" and for creating the iconic Tool Gun for Garry's Mod.
Steam Deck follow-up not likely until late 2025 or later
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A Steam Deck 2 is not likely to be released until late 2025 or beyond, according to Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais. In an interview with The Verge , he attributed this to whether battery life technology will improve enough not to be affected by a higher device performance.
Ghanaian VR pioneer Caleb Mantey’s road to a Presidential Award
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
It took Caleb Mantey , CTO and Co-founder of Ghanaian-based Relu Interactives , 5 years of constant rejection for his company’s innovative gamified simulation to catch a break. In August 2023, his breakthrough arrived in the form of a 150,000 Ghanaian Cedi (GHC) award and an additional 50,000 GHC personal contribution by the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Report: European game industry salary potential varies by region
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report from recruitment agency Values Value and career platform InGame Job, says that European game professionals' salaries is determined by location. The Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2023 is based on a survey of 1,184 respondents regarding the European games market.
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER is out now!
Indie DB
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
The OG infinite rythmic runner latest installment is here.
ReedPop shares first-year results for new data platform Engage
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
ReedPop, events organisers and publisher of sites such as GamesIndustry.biz , has announced the results from the first year of its audience platform Engage. The data platform, which was developed in response to the demise of third-party cookies, saw year-on-year increases in performance across click-through rates (CTR), video completion rates (VCR) and viewability.
Release candidate: Godot 4.1.2 RC 1
Mircosoft Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
It's long overdue for the second Godot 4.1 patch release! This release candidate contains a number of important fixes, including performance and stability improvements, so let's give it a good test.
Wicked Saints Studios raises $3.5m for blended-reality game
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Wicked Saints Studios raised $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round co-led by Riot Games and Oregon Venture Fund. The round also included investments from Bronze, 1Up, Precursor, Authentic, Origins, Mini Fund, Cap Table Coalition, Gaingels, and Rogue Women. With pre-seed funding, the studio has raised an overall total of $4.6 million, which will go towards bringing its blended-reality mobile game World Reborn to market in 2025.
PreloadScene doesn't load resource files on web-mobile build on 3.7.1
Cocos
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Hi @SantyWang , we’re facing similar issues both in Cocos 3.7 and 3.8. Any information when this is supposed to get fixed. Our release is blocked because of this issue.
6 Pro Tips & Hacks for Successful Online Casino Gambling
Game Wisdom
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
6 Pro Tips & Hacks for Successful Online Casino Gambling Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Online casino platforms are doing their best to stay on top of their game, and even though there aren’t many new casino games popping up, there are a few ways you can perfect your gameplay. To get on top of … The post 6 Pro Tips & Hacks for Successful Online Casino Gambling appeared first on Game Wisdom.
How to get status code in loadRemote
Cocos
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Hi everyone, I want to load JsonAsset from server using assetManager like this : assetManager.loadRemote (endpoint, { ext: ' json' }, (err, jsonAsset) => { if (err) { // failure statement return; } // success statement }); Is it possible to get status code such as 200, 404, or 500 via a callback? Thank you in advance.
Kasey Ozymy and The Pulsating RPG Design
Game Wisdom
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
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Flappy Bird [Cocos Creator Source Code]
Cocos
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Thanks for sharing, Cocos Creator is focusing both on Web and Mobile native, we are a mobile first engine, otherwise the engine repo won’t have 50% of the code in C++.
The end of unity
Moonmana
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Unity: Depression, suicide and resuscitation Install fee is not a coincidence Many perceived the recent news of the introduction of the Unity Install Fee as an insult to developers, a loss of trust, a stab in the back, and a slap in the face to the entire community. However, if we look at the events of the past two years that have occurred within Unity, we can see that this is not a random occurrence, a management mistake, or a sudden thirst for more profit.
Cocos Performance Discussion
Cocos
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Hi all, I’m new to Cocos. Our team is looking for a new home after what happened to Unity. We’re trying out Cocos Creator and liking it. Over at Godot reddit, someone posted a detailed break-down of why Godot’s engine bindings will result in some bad performance. I can’t post the link, but you can search for “godot is not the new unity the anatomy of a godot api call” I’m a technical designer / application engineer, so I don’t like to work in engine code, but I also care a lot about performan.
The life of a Test Lead through the eyes of Sankar Pandiyaraj
iXie gaming
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Never stop learning for when we stop learning we stop growing and this motto has stood Sankar Pandiyaraj, Test Lead at iXie , in good stead throughout the course of his life. Like all gamers, Sankar’s love for gaming started at an early age with Mario, Super Mario and City Racer. His love for gaming was so high that when he found out that Indium , iXie’s parent company had a gaming division he jumped at the opportunity to turn his love for gaming into a career.
FBInstant games SDK gives the error "Cannot find name 'FBInstant'.ts(2304)" in Cocos Creator 3.8
Cocos
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Install the.d.ts from this npm module could solve the issue npm @types/facebook-instant-games TypeScript definitions for facebook-instant-games. Latest version: 7.1.2, last published: 8 days ago. Start using @types/facebook-instant-games in your project by running `npm i @types/facebook-instant-games`. There are 2 other projects in the npm.
FC 24 Crashing Issue on PC: Causes and Troubleshooting Steps
Game Errors
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
The FC 24 game crashing on PC is an issue many players have reported since its recent launch. As the latest installment in the popular FIFA football series , interruptions from unexpected crashes can frustrate dedicated fans. Identifying the causes and applying the proper fixes is key to enjoying FC 24’s exciting matches and the ultimate edition without annoyances.
Using C# and Visual Studio Code in Godot 4
Game Development for Beginners
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Godot supports GDScript, C# and C++ as the scripting language. Godot also allows you to mix and match different languages in a single project. In this tutorial, we will see how to set up C# and VS code for Godot 4. Word of Caution: Godot 4 does not support export to Android, IOS and Web.
cc.Node.active = false doesn't hide all sprites
Cocos
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
I have these lines of code. this.player1.active = false; this.player2.active = false; this.player3.active = false; this.banker1.active = false; this.banker2.active = false; this.banker3.active = false; When this chunks of code was executed, banker3 and player3 remained on screen. What explains this behaviour?
Debugging Complications
Ask a Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Sometimes a bug is easy to catch. You do some normal set of inputs and the aberrant behavior appears. Sometimes a bug is difficult to reproduce. Here are some of the qualities that can make a bug difficult to nail down: [ Build-specific ] - The bug only shows up in release or final builds. Platform-specific - The bug only shows up on a particular platform (e.g.
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