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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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Behaviour Interactive CEO says Red Hook Studios acquisition helps both companies "reduce risk"

Game Developer

Both Red Hook Studios leadership and Behaviour Interactive CEO Rémi Racine see this acquisition as a move that creates stability in troubled times.

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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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Unity 6 will launch globally on October 17

Game Developer

Unity intends to back the next iteration of its engine with 'deeper, long-term support.

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Real reasons (not) to build custom game engines in 2024

Game Developer

Drawing from Highfleet's experience, this article explains why building your own engine may be a bad idea and when it might be worth considering.

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Halo Infinite co-developer Skybox Labs is making 25 people redundant

Game Developer

The studio was purchased by NetEase in January 2023 and told it would be given the resources to retain workers and make new hires.

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Krafton CEO says The Callisto Protocol suffered because it lacked a 'gameplay edge'

Game Developer

'We had difficulty predicting if the production was going the way it should.

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CWA slams Microsoft over 'extremely disappointing' layoffs

Game Developer

The union, which threw its weight behind Microsoft's merger with Activision Blizzard, has underlined the 'devastating' impact of layoffs.

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Deep Dive: Developing a rating system and making juicy TV in The Crush House

Game Developer

Selecting the criteria for a good picture is a persistent photo mode challenge. What happens when you relinquish critique to the player?