November, 2023

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Microsoft and Inworld team up to create AI game dev tools

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Microsoft has announced a multi-year partnership with Inworld AI to create AI game developer tools. In a new blog post , Xbox general manager of AI Haiyan Zhang said the collaboration intends to provide accessible resources for dialogue, story, and quest creation.

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Game Development for Kids: Unlocking Potential Through Play and Creation

Game Development for Beginners

The digital age has presented an unprecedented opportunity for the younger generation to not only consume content but to create it. Game development for children is a frontier that combines the allure of play with the rigors of education, offering a unique blend of fun and learning. It is an artistic and scientific playground where. Read more The post Game Development for Kids: Unlocking Potential Through Play and Creation appeared first on VionixStudio.

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The ascent of Indian video game development

Game Developer

Indian video game development seems to be displaying more and more potential and exposure; we spoke to three different developers based in India about their current projects and their own experiences.

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Attracting investors and publishers with the right kind of game demos

PreMortem.Games

Disclosure: This article has been written as a part of a paid cooperation with Xsolla Game demos are as important to a successful game marketing strategy as trailers and advertising. They enable developers to establish a connection with their target audience early on, while turning interested players into buyers. A game demo is more than a condensed snapshot of your game.

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Unity Layoff 3.8% Of Workforce – Weta Digital Closed

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Unity Layoff 3.8% Of Workforce – Weta Digital Closed Acquired back in 2021 for an eye watering 1.6 BILLION dollars by Unity, today Weta Digital is being closed. In the face of high business costs not being offset by revenues, partially from expensive purchases like Weta, Unity proposed the Unity Run-time Fee. To say this was poorly received by … Unity Layoff 3.8% Of Workforce – Weta Digital Closed Read More The post Unity Layoff 3.8% Of Workforce – Wet

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UI Toolkit: New and updated demos for programmers and artists

Unity Blog

Two new and updated samples are now available to support programmers and artists/designers in creating professional in-game UI with Unity’s UI Toolkit.

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Atari's re-focus on retro

GamesIndustry.biz

Atari has been considered a retro brand for decades now, but it hasn't always leaned into that designation. While licensed T-shirts and plug-and-play consoles have been a fairly consistent offering, the company's growth plans focused less on its own games and more on branching out to wearables, movies, gambling, blockchain, and hotels. That changed a couple years ago with the arrival of new CEO Wade Rosen.

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Code My Crown guide released for black hairstyles in games

Game Developer

The Open Source Hair Library and Dove made a free guide for developers looking to implement more Black hairstyles.

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How Alan Wake 2’s Composer crafted the sound of The Dark Place

Game Developer

Learn what insidious instruments are at the heart of Alan Wake 2's score.

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Persona developer Atlus raising average annual salary by 15 percent

Game Developer

The Japanese studio hopes the move will enable to it become more competitive on the global stage.

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Unity is eliminating 265 jobs and terminating Weta FX partnership

Game Developer

The engine maker is preparing to lay off around 3.8 percent of its global workforce.

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Exclusive: Laid-off Keywords union members set to strike outside of BioWare Edmonton

Game Developer

EA and BioWare allegedly attempted to block members of Keywords Edmonton United from protesting outside of the company's office.

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The Sam Altman saga casts a shadow on "ethical" AI

Game Developer

We shouldn't let developers claim they're making generative AI "ethically" without scrutiny.

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Countering "lock and key" design with hostile immersive sim Mosa Lina

Game Developer

"I think immersive sims started to believe their own marketing material. That never fosters creativity.

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Former Kotaku staffers launch independent game and culture website Aftermath

Game Developer

The worker-owned publication was co-founded by Nathan Grayson, Gita Jackson, Riley MacLeod, and Luke Plunkett.

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Ukraine calls for boycott of game payment firm Xsolla over Russian operations

Game Developer

"Right now your customers' money flow and support the Russian military machine.

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GameMaker expands with more free options, replaces two subscriptions with one-time fee

Game Developer

The 2D engine is now free for non-commercial use on all non-console platforms and has introduced a new one-time fee catered towards hobbyists and indies.

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Embracer confirms 900 layoffs following net sales upswing

Game Developer

The company indicated it will continue making layoffs despite quarterly net sales rising by 13 percent to $170.5 million.

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Tips for building your own accessibility program

Game Developer

How do you design for accessibility from the ground up? Whitethorn Games' Britt Dye has some answers.

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24 Entertainment's Naraka: Bladepoint hits 40 million players

Game Developer

Months after switching to a free-to-model and launching on PlayStation 5, Naraka: Bladepoint has reached 40 million worldwide players across all platforms.

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Ex-Escapist staff launch new games media website Second Wind

Game Developer

Less than a day after resigning from The Escapist, Yahtzee Croshaw and ex-EiC Nick Calandra have established a new site to pick up where they left off.

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Annapurna Interactive acquires South African support studio 24 Bit Games

Game Developer

"By taking our partnership to the next level we feel like anything is possible.

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TikTok maker ByteDance is restructuring its video game business

Game Developer

The Chinese company is reportedly looking to shut down Marvel Snap publisher Nuverse and exit the game industry.

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Ways of designing intimacy in games

Game Developer

Indie designers and artists discuss different ways to make sexuality and intimacy more common in game design.

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15 years later, Chet Faliszek dishes on the making of Left 4 Dead

Game Developer

The Left 4 Dead co-lead looks back on "paying for the debt" of the game's broken engine—and how that led to a rapidly-developed sequel.

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Germany creates €100M subsidy to fund its game developers

Game Developer

Over the next several years, Germany plans to properly support its local game development scene and increase its cultural footprint in the country.

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Worker co-op dev The Glory Society has shut down

Game Developer

The four-year-old studio founded by two of the Night in the Woods developers is closing down and cancelling its debut project Revenant Hill.

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Puzzmo co-creator Zach Gage on building newspaper games that can last forever

Game Developer

"Every game I design is meant to be a sandbox. At the lowest level, someone coming in should just feel comfortable playing around.

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Making RoboCop: Rogue City a shooter was too "obvious"—so the devs made an RPG instead

Game Developer

Game director Piotr Łatocha discusses the making of a RoboCop RPG, and how the state of movie-based games has evolved in the last few years.

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Nintendo is helping retirees in Japan tear it up in Mario Kart

Game Developer

The company has started a new initiative that will allow senior citizens to keep gaming into their golden years.

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Microsoft to bring generative AI design tools to Xbox devs

Game Developer

Microsoft wants its Xbox developers to use AI in their quest and narrative design, and eventually leverage that technology out to third-party studios.

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Deep Dive: The visual tapestry of Chants of Sennaar

Game Developer

"A language is the result of a culture, and a culture is the emanation of a people.

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Sony sued for $7.9 billion over UK PlayStation Store pricing

Game Developer

Players in the UK claim Sony has unfairly jacked up PlayStation Store prices and created a monopoly after preventing third-party retailers from selling digital games.

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Unity is reviewing its product portfolio and says layoffs are "likely"

Game Developer

Interim CEO Jim Whitehurst said interventions will "likely include discontinuing certain product offerings, reducing our workforce, and reducing our office footprint.

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Valve is building on the Steam Deck's success with a new OLED version

Game Developer

Valve's new Steam Deck OLED promises an improved battery life and stronger Wi-Fi than its original model, which will be fully phased out once supply runs out.

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What the heck is happening with live service games?

Game Developer

It's been a bad year for game developers, and studios making live service games have taken some vicious body blows.

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Sega has started using ChatGPT-4 within a "closed environment" in Japan

Game Developer

It's unclear whether the tool has been handed to developers, although Sega has stated it can be used by "all employees" working in the region.