May, 2024

article thumbnail

Phoenix Labs lays off staff, cancels games in major restructuring

Game Developer

Update: The studio behind Dauntless and Fae Farm has laid off an unknown number of employees and cancelled a game "mere weeks" away from launching in Early Access.

Studios 363
article thumbnail

Solo dev Jason Nicot on his new project Sanctua “A more mature party game”

PreMortem.Games

Jason Nicot , a French solo game developer operating under the name Choose Red , recently announced his latest game Sanctua. In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. But with one of the players corrupted, escape is easier said than done. Since childhood, Nicot always had a fascination with video games, but when it was time to pick a career, game designer wasn’t on the radar.

Dev 239
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Arrowhead Games: "We want to be the next From Software or Blizzard"

GamesIndustry.biz

Nobody expected the success of Helldivers 2. The co-op third-person shooter, which was published by PlayStation and developed by Arrowhead Games, was released in February and has gone on to sell 12 million copies in three months. It is now PlayStation's fastest-selling game – bigger than God of War, or Spider-Man or Uncharted. "Depending on who you are, you’ll always point to different things [as to why it was successful]," says Arrowhead's chief creative officer Johan Pilestedt.

Co-op 145
article thumbnail

Unity 6 Preview is now available

Unity Blog

Unity 6 Preview (formerly known as 2023.3 Tech Stream) is the last release of our development cycle for Unity 6 and is available for download now.

article thumbnail

NVIDIA TensorRT 10.0 Upgrades Usability, Performance, and AI Model Support

Nvidia

NVIDIA today announced the latest release of NVIDIA TensorRT, an ecosystem of APIs for high-performance deep learning inference. TensorRT includes inference. NVIDIA today announced the latest release of NVIDIA TensorRT, an ecosystem of APIs for high-performance deep learning inference. TensorRT includes inference runtimes and model optimizations that deliver low latency and high throughput for production applications.

AI 139
article thumbnail

EA is diverting 100 percent of Immortals of Aveum net sales revenue to Ascendant Studios

Game Developer

With Immortals of Aveum hitting EA Play and Xbox Game Pass, Electronic Arts is passing all net sales revenue to its developer.

article thumbnail

Report: Xbox bracing for more cuts after studio-hoarder Microsoft claims it's spread too thin

Game Developer

Microsoft has spent billions on studio acquisitions but appears to be crumbling under its own weight.

Studios 363

More Trending

article thumbnail

Rolling Stone launches game vertical with help from Saudi wealth fund

Game Developer

RS Gaming has been launched in partnership with ESL FACEIT Group, which is owned by Saudi state-backed investment fund PIF.

Games 361
article thumbnail

Ubisoft laid off 1,700 workers on the path to its highest net bookings ever

Game Developer

Ubisoft's net bookings rose 33.5 percent in 2023 through 2024, but it's laid off 1,700 employees since 2022.

362
362
article thumbnail

Take-Two confirms Kerbal Space Program 2 is safe despite Seattle layoffs

Game Developer

The status of developer Intercept Games is less clear.

article thumbnail

EA reports annual net revenues of $7.56 billion amid layoff spree

Game Developer

EA boss Andrew Wilson claimed the company has built "strong momentum" just months after cutting 5 percent of jobs.

362
362
article thumbnail

Former Zynga COO Matthew Bromberg is the new CEO of Unity

Game Developer

The new chief exec will net an annual base salary of $850,000, a litany of stock awards, and sign-on bonus worth $2 million.

360
360
article thumbnail

Sony gutted PlayStation Studios to 'keep room for future growth'

Game Developer

900 layoffs and studio closures? It's all part of the plan for Sony.

Studios 354
article thumbnail

Creativity from constraints: developing new games from old IP

Game Developer

A game's legacy is not just the nostalgia it will come to evoke after enough time has passed. Its legacy is also in the creativity it comes to inspire in the works that arise in its wake.

article thumbnail

Embracer cut ties with more than 4,500 employees and cancelled 80 projects over the past year

Game Developer

The company reduced its headcount by 27 percent in the space of 12 months.

354
354
article thumbnail

Hooded Horse co-founder says publishers should ditch 'horrible' recoup clauses to help devs

Game Developer

"It's fundamentally stupid to have recoup terms where publishers protect all of their downside risks and recover all the money first.

Dev 355
article thumbnail

Microsoft closes Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks and Alpha Dog Studios

Game Developer

The developers behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and Mighty Doom are being shut down.

Alpha 355
article thumbnail

Steam suddenly banned in Vietnam

Game Developer

Valve's platform has been inaccessible in Vietnam for a few days now, but it's anyone's guess as to why, or if it'll return.

article thumbnail

IGN Entertainment buys GamesIndustry, RockPaperShotgun, other Gamer Network outlets

Game Developer

IGN Entertainment has also laid off an undisclosed number of Gamer Network workers in the UK.

article thumbnail

Ardán launches development fund for Irish indie studios

Game Developer

The IndieDev program will grant £15,000 / €15,000 to the seven studios in the island of Ireland to generate ideas and create game prototypes.

Studios 351
article thumbnail

PlayStation London has officially shut down

Game Developer

Over 22 years, PlayStation London broadened PlayStation's appeal with the SingStar games, along with its VR titles Blood & Truth and PlayStation VR Worlds.

Games 351
article thumbnail

Iwata's comments in restored 2004 interview look downright prophetic

Game Developer

Two years into being Nintendo's global president, Iwata looks ahead to the company's strategy with the Nintendo Wii and DS, and its console competition.

Console 350
article thumbnail

Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann says AI will 'revolutionize' development

Game Developer

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.

AI 350
article thumbnail

Gameloft Romania cuts 136 jobs and closes Cluj studio

Game Developer

'As a company, we need to constantly review our production capacities.

Studios 348
article thumbnail

Panic recovers stolen Playdates worth $400,000 after lots of 'detective work'

Game Developer

'Guess what got hastily dumped at a random restaurant this morning? Welcome back stolen Playdates!

347
347
article thumbnail

Obituary: Geoff Follin, video game composer, passed away at 58 years old

Game Developer

Follin and his brother Tim were well-known for their music in '80s and '90s games like Silver Surfer and The Incredible Crash Test Dummies.

Games 347
article thumbnail

Postmortem: SOUL COVENANT – Development Insights and Lessons Learned from #1 Hit on PlayStation VR2 in Asia Markets

Game Developer

Here, we share the development insights and lessons learned from the journey of SOUL COVENANT, highlighting both successes and challenges.

article thumbnail

Manor Lords has sold over 2 million copies in under three weeks

Game Developer

The early access title broke the record for Steam wishlists and has a lifetime conversion rate of 26 percent.

348
348
article thumbnail

Obituary: Judgement actor Akira Nakao passed away at age 81

Game Developer

Nakao played the mentor figure Genda in the Judgement series, and previously appeared in Godzilla movies throughout the '90s and early 2000s.

346
346
article thumbnail

Sony apologizes after completely botching interview with Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann

Game Developer

'We have found several significant errors and inaccuracies.

345
345
article thumbnail

Lightforge Games laying off 'majority' of development team

Game Developer

The studio said it has struggled to secure funding for its debut project and is now pausing development.

article thumbnail

Game workers in Quebec are making a huge unionization push

Game Developer

Game Workers Unite Montreal has joined forces with Canadian trade union CSN to help workers establish unions at major studios in the region.

Studios 348
article thumbnail

Relic partners with investment firm to go fully indie again

Game Developer

The Company of Heroes studio hasn't been independent since THQ acquired it over 20 years ago.

Indy 344
article thumbnail

Book Excerpt: Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game

Game Developer

'Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on the long-running Ultima series of computer role-playing games (RPG) and to assess its lasting impact on the RPG genre and video game industry.

Games 343
article thumbnail

Amazon Games opens Bucharest studio to support development and publishing ambitions

Game Developer

'Expanding our internal development teams into Europe was a natural next step for us.

article thumbnail

Exclusive: Here are your 2024 Games for Change Awards finalists

Game Developer

The final shortlist includes notable titles like A Highland Song, Chants of Sennaar, Jusant, and more.

Games 340
article thumbnail

Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian opens new studio in Poland

Game Developer

The new studio will help Larian create 'genre-leading' RPGs.

Studios 340