Ubisoft tells The Crew players they never actually owned the game
Game Developer
APRIL 10, 2025
The company says an ongoing lawsuit concerning The Crew shutdown is based on a 'faulty assumption' of video game ownership.
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ezEngine – The Easiest C++ Game Engine?
Game From Scratch
APRIL 10, 2025
GameFromScratch.com ezEngine – The Easiest C++ Game Engine? ezEngine is an open-source cross-platform C++ based game engine with a focus on ease of use. It provides a full Unity-like editing environment as well as both a visual scripting interface as well as AngelScript support. You may be asking yourself, why would I (or wouldn’t I) choose to use The post ezEngine – The Easiest C++ Game Engine?
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Actors union protests outside BAFTAs to call for better working conditions in the UK
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APRIL 10, 2025
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Ubisoft responds to The Crew lawsuit by denying players had "unfettered ownership" of the game
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SAG-AFTRA receives bipartisan congressional support for anti-deepfake and AI act
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APRIL 10, 2025
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How to Play a Sound Effect in Cocos2d-x 4.0 C++
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APRIL 10, 2025
Im making a platformer and I want to have a.wav sound effect to play when I jump. I tried both SimpleAudioEngine and AudioEngine and both didnt work. Thank you.
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APRIL 10, 2025
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Announcing SmartFoxServer 3!
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APRIL 10, 2025
After almost a year of ‘radio silence’ we’re happy to announce that SmartFoxServer 3 is coming soon. This is a new, major release of SmartFoxServer that provides a substantial upgrade with lots of new features, improvements and streamlining. Read all the details of the announcement in our newsletter.
Remedy’s Sam Lake will be a keynote speaker at Develop:Brighton 2025
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Sam Lake will host a fireside chat and receive the Star Award at Develop:Brighton 2025
I am a noob and i need help
Cocos
APRIL 10, 2025
Instead of dragging and dropping an image to the Sprite Component, try drag and drop the image from the asset panel to a target node.
Fireshine Games are sponsoring Indie Studio of the Year at the 2025 MCV/DEVELOP Awards
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Get Component when Collider trigger
Cocos
APRIL 10, 2025
you havent passed the component of other collider , you have just defined the type of the other collider use otherCollider = this.getcomponent(cc.circlecoolder2d); above this.
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APRIL 10, 2025
At the Royal Danish Academy we have an open call for PhD projects, and yes, it could be game and design-related. The Royal Danish Academy hereby invites pre-qualification proposals for the 2025 call PhD education outside the universities (DFF The Danish Independent Research Fund). The 2025-call will be announced by DFF in June. We expect to be allowed to support up to three proposals.
How to Play a Sound Effect in Cocos2d-x 4.0 C++
Cocos
APRIL 10, 2025
when i jump (which is when the sound effect is supposed to play) it sometimes says something like V/AudioPlayer (64): ~AudioPlayer() (0BFC9088), id=61 V/AudioPlayer (78): AudioPlayer::destroy begin, id=61 V/AudioPlayer (123): Before alSourceStop V/AudioPlayer (125): Before alSourcei V/AudioPlayer (131): AudioPlayer::destroy end, id=61 or D/AudioEngine-Win32 (275): AudioEngineImpl::_play2d, cache was destroyed or not ready!
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