Game Developer
MAY 16, 2024
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.
PreMortem.Games
MAY 24, 2024
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.
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GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 22, 2024
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.
Unity Blog
MAY 1, 2024
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.
Nvidia
MAY 14, 2024
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.
Game Refinery
MAY 30, 2024
Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Their secret to success? Mastering the art of LiveOps. That’s why, for this year’s Mobile GameDev Awards, we’ve been celebrating the achievements of the mobile market’s live event champions, looking at the most innovative ways leading studios have kept players invested in their pocket-sized interactive worlds.
Game Developer
MAY 16, 2024
With Immortals of Aveum hitting EA Play and Xbox Game Pass, Electronic Arts is passing all net sales revenue to its developer.
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GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 22, 2024
Arrowhead Games Studios has named Shams Jorjani as its new CEO, replacing company founder Johan Pilestedt in the role. Pilestedt will remain chief creative officer and chairman. The move follows the smash hit success of Helldivers 2, which has sold 12 million copies since it launched on PS5 and PC in February. Jorjani is a games business veteran and spent 12 years in senior leadership roles at Paradox Interactive.
Game Developer
MAY 9, 2024
Microsoft has spent billions on studio acquisitions but appears to be crumbling under its own weight.
Game Developer
MAY 1, 2024
The status of developer Intercept Games is less clear.
Game Developer
MAY 15, 2024
Ubisoft's net bookings rose 33.5 percent in 2023 through 2024, but it's laid off 1,700 employees since 2022.
Game Developer
MAY 22, 2024
RS Gaming has been launched in partnership with ESL FACEIT Group, which is owned by Saudi state-backed investment fund PIF.
Game Developer
MAY 8, 2024
EA boss Andrew Wilson claimed the company has built "strong momentum" just months after cutting 5 percent of jobs.
Game Developer
MAY 30, 2024
'Cats are an animator's dream because they're arguably the most dynamic creatures on earth.
Game Developer
MAY 2, 2024
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.
Game Developer
MAY 2, 2024
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.
Game Developer
MAY 30, 2024
900 layoffs and studio closures? It's all part of the plan for Sony.
Game Developer
MAY 23, 2024
The company reduced its headcount by 27 percent in the space of 12 months.
Game Developer
MAY 14, 2024
"It's fundamentally stupid to have recoup terms where publishers protect all of their downside risks and recover all the money first.
Game Developer
MAY 7, 2024
The developers behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and Mighty Doom are being shut down.
Game Developer
MAY 9, 2024
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.
Game Developer
MAY 21, 2024
IGN Entertainment has also laid off an undisclosed number of Gamer Network workers in the UK.
Game Developer
MAY 20, 2024
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.
Game Developer
MAY 21, 2024
Over 22 years, PlayStation London broadened PlayStation's appeal with the SingStar games, along with its VR titles Blood & Truth and PlayStation VR Worlds.
Game Developer
MAY 20, 2024
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.
Game Developer
MAY 23, 2024
Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.
Game Developer
MAY 28, 2024
'As a company, we need to constantly review our production capacities.
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
'Guess what got hastily dumped at a random restaurant this morning? Welcome back stolen Playdates!
Game Developer
MAY 31, 2024
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.
Game Developer
MAY 16, 2024
The early access title broke the record for Steam wishlists and has a lifetime conversion rate of 26 percent.
Game Developer
MAY 29, 2024
Here, we share the development insights and lessons learned from the journey of SOUL COVENANT, highlighting both successes and challenges.
Game Developer
MAY 9, 2024
The studio said it has struggled to secure funding for its debut project and is now pausing development.
Game Developer
MAY 1, 2024
Game Workers Unite Montreal has joined forces with Canadian trade union CSN to help workers establish unions at major studios in the region.
Game Developer
MAY 22, 2024
Nakao played the mentor figure Genda in the Judgement series, and previously appeared in Godzilla movies throughout the '90s and early 2000s.
Game Developer
MAY 29, 2024
'We have found several significant errors and inaccuracies.
Game Developer
MAY 22, 2024
The Company of Heroes studio hasn't been independent since THQ acquired it over 20 years ago.
Game Developer
MAY 16, 2024
'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.
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