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European Court of Justice rules against Sony in PSP cheating lawsuit

Game Developer

Sony lost the case against UK peripheral firm Datel, failing to ban Datel from marketing Action Replay products.

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Skyrim-dev Nate Purkeypile goes solo and makes heavy metal horror game The Axis Unseen

PreMortem.Games

After 18 years in the games industry, including 14 years at Bethesda, Nate Purkeypile decided it was time for a change. He had been building giant open-world games like Fallout and Skyrim in large teams for years. So, as a first time solo developer, in order to keep things simple he decided to make his first project a… giant open world game. The Axis Unseen is a heavy-metal open-world horror game that is launching tomorrow.

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Twitch axes in-chat badge identifying game developers

Game Developer

Along with getting rid of the badge, Twitch is restarting its organization reviews that let accounts see stream analytics, manage games, and build Extensions.

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Huge Blender Add-On Giveaway & New QRemeshify Plugin

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Huge Blender Add-On Giveaway & New QRemeshify Plugin A ton of free add-ons for Blender were just made available for free from developer Blenderesse. Most of the add-ons are implemented using Geometry Nodes and they include: In addition to the Blenderesse giveaway, there is a new completely free add-on QRemeshify which enables you to convert triangle meshes to […] The post Huge Blender Add-On Giveaway & New QRemeshify Plugin appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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VFX as game design tools: The ludology of VFX in God of War: Ragnarok and Halo Infinite

Game Developer

'If authored with intentionality and purpose, VFX can become an essential part of any game’s design.

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Transmedia Triumphs and Traps: Lessons from the Convergence of Gaming and Media

Deconstructor of Fun

Let’s admit it—over the past three years, some of the most buzzworthy entertainment hasn’t come from traditional Hollywood blockbusters, but from gaming adaptations and transmedia storytelling. Games have now surpassed film, music, and publishing combined in market size and it’s clear: interactive storytelling has become king. To dissect this further, Mishka Katkoff sat down with the “OG of IPs and Transmedia” Peter Levin , to discuss the state of the industry, the role of gaming, and where thin

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Bandai Namco will publish Rebel Wolves' debut game, Dawnwalker

Game Developer

Rebel Wolves, which is made up of former developers on The Witcher 3, said it would reveal more information on Dawnwalker before the end of 2024.

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Hi-Rez Studios is pulling the plug on Divine Knockout and Realm Royale Reforge

Game Developer

Both games will go offline on Feburary 17, 2025.

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How digital is the video games market in 2024?

GamesIndustry.biz

The vast majority of the games industry is digital. This has been the case for quite some time.

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Ex-Supercell devs form new multiplayer-focused studio Antihero

Game Developer

The new Finnish studio also has offices in Barcelona.

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Is AA dead? | Microcast

GamesIndustry.biz

The latest GamesIndustry.biz Microcast is available to download now, bringing you a quick dive into the biggest stories of the past week.

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Are Self-Driving Cars Safe?

Perforce

Cars are increasingly dependent on technology and will progressively become more autonomous — and ultimately self-driving. For this reason, it's important to learn about the security concerns with self-driving cars so you can answer the questions "are self-driving cars safe" and "in what ways are driverless cars safer than human drivers?

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Ex-Supercell developers open new studio Antihero

GamesIndustry.biz

A group of former Supercell developers have set up a new company, Antihero Studios, drawing on their experience of making multiplayer games.

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Plague: London 1665 is Now Available!

Indie DB

The wait is over! Step into the grim and perilous world of Plague: London 1665, now officially released on Steam, Epic and GoG!

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Amazon's God of War TV series reportedly loses showrunner, will start from scratch

GamesIndustry.biz

Amazon's God of War adaptation has reportedly started from scratch following the departure of its showrunner.

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Summer Islands - Content for 12.2024

Indie DB

Terraforming, Buildings, Building Shop, Management, Weather disasters, Opponents, Map Editor.

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47% of UK Nintendo Switch players are women

GamesIndustry.biz

Almost half of all Switch players in the UK are women.

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3D Particles sorting issue

Cocos

Hi there, The 3D Particles are drawn behind sprites even when it’s placed higher in the hierarchy. I’m just using the default 2D scene setup and enabled 3D Particles module. 2D Particles sorts correctly. Using Cocos Creator 3.8.3 Anyone has this issue?

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What’s the Easiest Papa Louie Restaurant Game?

Game Wisdom

What’s the Easiest Papa Louie Restaurant Game? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Flipline Studio’s Papa Louie franchise became popular in recent years, specifically during the pandemic when people are finding things to do. Well, if you’re like me who loves cooking games, you’ll definitely love this franchise as much as I did. … The post What’s the Easiest Papa Louie Restaurant Game?

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3D Particles sorting issue

Cocos

Hi there, The 3D Particles are drawn behind sprites even when it’s placed higher in the hierarchy. I’m just using the default 2D scene setup and enabled 3D Particles module. 2D Particles sorts correctly. Using Cocos Creator 3.8.3 Anyone has this issue?

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5 Things Every New Stardew Valley Mobile Must Do

Game Wisdom

5 Things Every New Stardew Valley Mobile Must Do Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com If you’ve ever dreamed of owning and managing a farm, like really really getting into the day-to-day life of a farmer, you’re probably considering purchasing Stardew Valley Mobile. After all, it’s the most convenient option instead of being tied to … The post 5 Things Every New Stardew Valley Mobile Must Do appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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3D Particles sorting issue

Cocos

Hi there, The 3D Particles are drawn behind sprites even when it’s placed higher in the hierarchy. I’m just using the default 2D scene setup and enabled 3D Particles module. 2D Particles sorts correctly. Using Cocos Creator 3.8.3 Anyone has this issue?

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Your Guide to SAP Testing Automation & How to Get Started

Perforce

This blog will explore the fundamentals of SAP testing automation and provide an actionable roadmap to help you get started.

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Here's what GamesIndustry.biz is doing at MCM x EGX 2024

GamesIndustry.biz

GamesIndustry.biz will be contributing to the B2B content at MCM x EGX 2024.

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Why is it that when I setScale node when I rotate the screen, my node scales to the correct ratio but is not displayed correctly on the screen?

Cocos

view.setOrientation(macro.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); const frameSize = screen.windowSize; screen.windowSize = new Size(frameSize.height, frameSize.width); const ratio = screen.windowSize.height / this.node.getComponent(UITransform).height; view.setDesignResolutionSize(screen.windowSize.width, screen.windowSize.height, ResolutionPolicy.FIXED_HEIGHT); this.node.setScale(ratio, ratio, 1); This is a node I added to the Scene @Tom_k please help me!

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Mario Wonder, Mario Party, both latest Zelda’s, HAL, GameFreak, Insomniac, and several others had major leaks within the last year and a half. I feel like this has been ramping up in frequency and the scale of stuff getting put out to the public has been nuts. What on Earth is going?

Ask a Game Dev

The quantity of leaks jumped tremendously starting in 2020, when the world was forced to switch to remote work for the next two years. Operational security procedures up to that point were primarily focused on maintaining security around workers spending the majority of their time working at the office in person. They did not have sufficient procedures in place to guard against a huge amount of internal data being sent back and forth over the internet.

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Missing Assets not logged in Cocos v3.8.3

Cocos

Hi, When there’s missing assets (sprites/animation…), it doesn’t seem to get logged in the Console. It used to give warnings when opening the scene in Cocos Creator v2. Is this by design?

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Native vs Hybrid App: Which One Is Best?

Artoon

The discussion on Native vs Hybrid App is long old. Native app […] The post Native vs Hybrid App: Which One Is Best? appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Why is it that when I setScale node when I rotate the screen, my node scales to the correct ratio but is not displayed correctly on the screen?

Cocos

view.setOrientation(macro.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); const frameSize = screen.windowSize; screen.windowSize = new Size(frameSize.height, frameSize.width); const ratio = screen.windowSize.height / this.node.getComponent(UITransform).height; view.setDesignResolutionSize(screen.windowSize.width, screen.windowSize.height, ResolutionPolicy.FIXED_HEIGHT); this.node.setScale(ratio, ratio, 1); This is a node I added to the Scene @Tom_k please help me!

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Hotupdate cocos creator version 3.8.4

Cocos

Here is the example of hotupdate link for your reference: GitHub - cocos-creator/cocos-tutorial-hot-update: Tutorial project for Cocos Creator hot update There are two points for your problem: When building, do not check MD5 Cache,or it wont take hotupdate effect. 2.Make sure the hot-update plugin is under cocos project packages folder. This plugin will inject the below codes after building, which will set search path: // ahead of main.js will inject the codes (function () { if (typeof window.js

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Handling complex calculation in C++ for better performance in iOS

Cocos

Hi @A_S ,Thanks for your feedback. Perhaps rewriting the 2d assembler code in c++ is an option to optimize the performance on iOS. I’m also wondering how pool performance you got. Is it possible to update a simple demo that I could profile by?

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Hotupdate cocos creator version 3.8.4

Cocos

Asset update error: assets/internal/native/08/0835f102-5471-47a3-9a76-01c07ac9cdb2/OpenSans-Regular.ttf, Not Found The source already exists on the server, why can’t the downloaded source be found? @Tom_k pls help me!!

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