September, 2024

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Remedy enters into €15 million loan agreement with Tencent

Game Developer

The Alan Wake developer said the cash will help realize the potential of its production slate.

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Time spent gaming in Southeast Asia up 53% after post-pandemic drop

GamesIndustry.biz

Players in Southeast Asia are engaging more with video games in 2024, with a 53.2% year-on-year increase in the average individual weekly gaming time.

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Waiting For Godot 4.4

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Waiting For Godot 4.4 Just over a month ago Godot 4.3 was released so now of course it is time for us to start waiting for Godot… Godot 4.4 that is. There have been two Godot 4.4 Dev releases, these releases are essentially pre-Beta versions and are certainly not considered for use in production. […] The post Waiting For Godot 4.4 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Hive Jump 2: Survivors 1.0 OUT NOW!

Indie DB

Tear through alien hordes and become unstoppable in this action roguelite.

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Zoochosis by Clapperheads will make you fear those lovely animals in the zoo

PreMortem.Games

Like most times in horror stories, it starts out as a normal night. A rookie zookeeper straps on their bodycam and begins making the rounds on their first-ever night shift. But soon, you discover that things are far from normal in this zoo. A terrifying parasite is spreading, mutating some of the animals into grotesque, blood-thirsty monsters ready to kill their way out of their cages.

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Electronic Arts streamlines game patching with AWS

AWS Games

This post was co-authored by Bryan Chiu, Site Reliability Engineer, EA. Electronic Arts (EA) engages players around the globe in immersive games across PC, console, and mobile. Known for popular game franchises including EA Sports FC, Madden NFL, Battlefield, and Apex Legends, EA regularly releases new game versions to mitigate issues, make improvements, and add new in-game content.

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'We don't think Hi-Fi Rush 2 is going to make us money:' Krafton CEO says Tango Gameworks acquisition is about legacy

Game Developer

'It's a team that should be encouraged to create something new and continue their journey.

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Godot 3.6 finally released!

Mircosoft Game Dev

After 2 years of development, Godot 3.6 is finally out and it comes fully packed with features and quality of life improvements! This includes 2D physics interpolation and hierarchical culling, and 3D mesh merging, level of detail, tighter shadow culling, ORM materials, and more.

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Paladin's Passage Port UE5 to Xbox & PS5

Indie DB

This article gives an overview of the process and challenges of porting our Unreal Engine 5 game from Windows (Steam) to Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.

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Walk in the paws of a newly adopted cat in Copycat from Spoonful of Wonder

PreMortem.Games

Copycat is an emotional, narrative-driven adventure starring Dawn, a recently adopted shelter cat who suddenly finds herself outsmarted by a sneaky stray with a plan to steal her life. As players help Dawn claw her way back home, they’ll unravel a tale filled with jealousy, identity, and the complex emotions that shape the human experience. Will her owner, Olive, recognise the real Dawn if she ever returns?

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Exclusive: Unity is killing its controversial Runtime Fee

Game Developer

The company is reverting to a seat-based subscription model, but will be increasing the price of Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise in January 2025.

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All of Annapurna Interactive has resigned

Game Developer

In a stunning turn of events appropriate for Hollywood, all workers and executives at Annapurna Interactive have resigned from the company.

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Report: Microsoft is laying off another 650 game workers

Game Developer

It seems the cuts will largely impact staff providing 'corporate and supporting functions.

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'This was essentially a two-week long DDoS attack': Game UI Database slowdown caused by relentless OpenAI scraping

Game Developer

The free repository relaunched a few weeks ago to provide 'the ultimate reference tool for game designers.' Then OpenAI came knocking.

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Report: Annapurna Interactive collapse followed years of infighting by top execs

Game Developer

The game division's upper management reportedly kept going over and against each other, and Annapurna Interactive's staff were helpless to watch it happen.

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Helldivers 2 and Dead Island 2 support studio Toadman Interactive confirms layoffs

Game Developer

The layoffs are expected to impact around 100 full-time and contract employees.

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W4 Games says Godot console porting solutions land in October

Game Developer

Devs looking to port their Godot-developed game to consoles will have solutions as soon as October.

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Godot founders had desperately hoped Unity wouldn't 'blow up'

Game Developer

Godot was a big winner when devs revolted against Unity's Runtime Fee—but its founders were worried about a surprise influx of users.

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Report: Behaviour Interactive shutters Midwinter Entertainment after scrapping Dead by Daylight spinoff

Game Developer

'My time with Midwinter Entertainment has come to an abrupt end due to the studio closure.

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Patch Notes #4: Strange Scaffold rejected a 'culture of hope' to resurrect I Am Your Beast

Game Developer

Xalavier Nelson Jr. explains how the famously efficient studio honed its process to build a goated shooter in nine months.

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Ubisoft employees in France called to strike over return-to-office mandate

Game Developer

French union STJV is calling for the strike and has also raised concerns over wages and 'appalling' conversations with management.

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UK studio nDreams confirms layoffs could impact 17.5 percent of workforce

Game Developer

The VR company said it has struggled to navigate a 'challenging' games market.

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Spiders employees secure boosted wages, better remote work policies

Game Developer

Developers at French studio Spiders will receive better pay after threatening to strike.

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Behaviour Interactive acquires Darkest Dungeon dev Red Hook Studios

Game Developer

Days after shutting down Midwinter's 'Project T' and closing the studio, Behaviour Interactive has acquired another studio.

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Nexon America is making layoffs to pursue 'exciting' IP growth strategy

Game Developer

The company has confirmed a 'small number' of roles will be eliminated.

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Unity wants fewer developers to park on older versions of the engine

Game Developer

Unity's move to "generational" updates is meant to help devs access engine improvements more often.

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Atari CEO Wade Rosen says the company is done being a 'fast follower'

Game Developer

'We never really led in any category.

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TouchArcade is shutting down after 16 years

Game Developer

'The reason we're shutting down probably isn't a surprising one: Money.

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Indie publisher Merge Games is shutting down

Game Developer

Merge's story comes to a close after a 15-year run.

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Patch Notes #3: The game industry is becoming an innovation wasteland

Game Developer

Astro Bot acclaim, PlayStation 5 Pro disdain, and more jobs down the drain.

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Games featuring paid loot boxes will soon receive a mandatory 'M' rating in Australia

Game Developer

The Australian Government doesn't want titles featuring "in-game purchases with an element of chance" being recommended to children under 15 years of age.

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Report: Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon is making layoffs

Game Developer

The UK studio has spent years working on a 'rebuilt and enhanced' version of the horror title.

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Report: Gamurs Group cutting jobs across network of game publications

Game Developer

The company reportedly terminated some employees by firing out a generic email in the middle of the night.

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Breachway's beautiful ship designs were honed by architectural expertise

Game Developer

Edgeflow Studios' Breachway looks so danged beautiful in part because its development team includes trained architects.

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EA desperately wants investors to know it's on the generative AI bandwagon

Game Developer

EA execs say the technology is at the 'very core' of its business and could propel user generated experiences to new heights.

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Deep Dive: How custom tools made the 2D photo mode of A Highland Song sing

Game Developer

Photography isn't just for 3D games. Here's how inkle gave players a dynamic photo mode in a sidescrolling exploration game.

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Ex-SCEE president says laid off devs can 'drive an Uber' while waiting for industry to right itself

Game Developer

Why job hunt when you can stay at a beach for a year?

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