Game Developer
APRIL 26, 2024
The Entertainment Software Association recently came out against the preservation of past games. This short post is a plea for common sense and a recognition of the importance of videogame history.
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 22, 2024
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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GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 22, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Embracer Group has announced its split into three separate companies. The three entities created will independently publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. These companies are currently being referred to as Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-Earth Enterprises & Friends – although the latter two will be given a new name at a later date.
Game From Scratch
APRIL 22, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Brackeys Returns – Making Godot Tutorials Brackeys is perhaps one of the largest, if not the largest, tutorial YouTubers for the Unity game engine. In 2020 Brackeys suddenly called it quits posting a goodbye video on YouTube. That seemed to be the end of this influential channel, until the entire Unity runtime fee fiasco occurred and […] The post Brackeys Returns – Making Godot Tutorials appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
APRIL 22, 2024
Libraries' attempts and proposed plans for archiving older games don't strike a chord with the ESA, which still thinks it remains publishers' burden.
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 26, 2024
Embracer’s three-way split is actually the financially mature thing to do. Quick thoughts by Joost van Dreunen. This week Embracer announced that it is going to split into three separate publicly-listed game companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. Clearly, the Swedish gaming conglomerate was struggling in its form as a federation of different projects and properties.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 26, 2024
This Week in Business is our weekly recap column , a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry. The US government this week said it will ban TikTok if the platform isn't sold in the next nine months.
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Game Developer
APRIL 23, 2024
The remake of the original 1992 Alone in the Dark only just released this past March, but Embracer's not said much about how well it has (or hasn't) sold.
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 24, 2024
If Triple-A games are the equivalent of Hollywood blockbuster movies and indie games are comparable to independent films, then you could call Indika by Odd Meter an arthouse experience. The game, centered on a nun grappling with the voice of the devil within her, deviates from the standard in almost every aspect. This is very intentional, according to Founder and Game Director Dmitry Svetlow.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 25, 2024
Game development is, in some ways, more accessible than ever. Between the ease-of-use of engines like RPG Maker to the release of titles like Game Builder Garage that gamify the act of development itself, there are countless ways into game development that do not require previous experience of coding or design. The opportunity for creation with engines like Unreal, Unity and more is enormous.
Game Wisdom
APRIL 25, 2024
A Command & Conquer Retrospective Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com For my RTS book I am writing, I decided to take it upon myself to replay the entire Command & Conquer series as I only played bits and pieces of them back in the day. Returning to the game that … The post A Command & Conquer Retrospective appeared first on Game Wisdom.
Game Developer
APRIL 26, 2024
Veteran game designer Raph Koster thinks there's a lot of room to explore what "fun" is in game design.
Unity Blog
APRIL 23, 2024
Unity Muse users can now use all 5 AI capabilities in the Editor to complement your creative process & streamline development – plus, check out 3 new features.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 23, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Lars Wingefors, CEO of the Embracer Group, has acknowledged the backlash against himself and his company in the wake of mass layoffs and studio closures. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz after the group announced it would be split into three , Wingefors told us he has been "taking a lot of hits and criticism, both internationally and in Sweden.
That One Game Dev
APRIL 22, 2024
FlatBuffers is a serialization library developed by Google. In this article I will talk a bit more about them and about binary serialization. The post What is FlatBuffers? appeared first on That One Game Dev.
Game Developer
APRIL 22, 2024
Fresh from cutting 1,400 jobs and shuttering numerous Embracer studios, Wingefors reassures investors he's here for the long haul.
Indie DB
APRIL 23, 2024
Our journey with 'Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef' has led to our most ambitious game yet. After nearly two years of work, we're exploring new features and engaging the community through Early Access, aiming for a release around Steam Scream 2024. Our project.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 23, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission today published a final rule banning non-compete clauses in contracts. "Noncompete clauses keep wages low, suppress new ideas, and rob the American economy of dynamism, including from the more than 8,500 new startups that would be created a year once non-competes are banned," FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said in announcing the rule.
Perforce
APRIL 25, 2024
Where is the future of embedded software development headed? At the annual Embedded World conference, we met with the diverse embedded community to discuss emerging trends and technologies, as well as the wide array of tools available that accelerate development.
Game Developer
APRIL 25, 2024
Determined to keep from overscoping on Against the Storm, developer Eremite Games built a practical process to predict how long it would take to make the "Rainpunk" citybuilder.
Retro Game Coders
APRIL 24, 2024
We wrote a kind of C64 text adventure in the previous part of this series, but it was more of a “choose your own” adventure kind of style. Now let’s take a look at writing a true text adventure for the Commodore 64 using BASIC. C64 text adventure game There is a lot of benefit to writing these kinds of games, even if the game itself is not the end result you are working towards.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 22, 2024
About a year ago, one of Rare's fans noticed something on Google Maps. The Xbox developer's offices are at the heart of Manor Park, a huge area of land surrounded by trees, ponds and greenery, which the studio fully owns. It moved there in 2001 and the complex is made up of a central building and four barns – A, B, C and D. Then last year, Google revealed the existence of a fifth barn, and one substantially bigger than all the others.
Nvidia
APRIL 22, 2024
This week’s model release features two new NVIDIA AI Foundation models, Mistral Large and Mixtral 8x22B, both developed by Mistral AI. These cutting-edge. This week’s model release features two new NVIDIA AI Foundation models, Mistral Large and Mixtral 8x22B, both developed by Mistral AI. These cutting-edge text-generation AI models are supported by NVIDIA NIM microservices, which provide prebuilt containers powered by NVIDIA inference software that enable developers to reduce deployment times f
Game Developer
APRIL 26, 2024
There is a corner of AI where the games tribe will find their Eden. Where creativity is enhanced and copyright is respected. What are these tools, what challenges can they help overcome and how will they positively impact and shape the industry in the near future?
Indie DB
APRIL 22, 2024
Complete challenging puzzles in Puzzle Mode or create awe-inspiring tracks in Sandbox Mode. Customize your courses and enjoy fully simulated physics!
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 23, 2024
Atari has announced the revival of the Infogrames brand, relaunching it as a publishing label. Infogrames will focus on publishing and acquiring IP, the first of which being Totally Reliable Delivery Service, which it purchased from Tiny Build. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Atari said it includes the 2019 game, its trademarks, and "underlying property.
Game From Scratch
APRIL 26, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Godot… But Prettier There is no question that the Godot game engine has come a long way in a relatively short period of time. You can actually trace the evolution of the Godot game engine from prelease to today here. One area Godot has often trailed the competition though is in aesthetics. In […] The post Godot… But Prettier appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2024
The ban could have a tangible impact on workers in the video game industry, where noncompetes have been used to prevent staff from moving between studios.
The Bottom Feeder
APRIL 23, 2024
My first edition copy, released 1982. This rare collectable is now worth … about as much as I originally paid for it. This is my first edition copy of Fringeworthy, out in 1982. It was one of my favorite games, the first alternate world RPG. Basically, each character was "Fringeworthy," so you could travel to alternate worlds. Where Hitler took over the world, or you had to marry a catgirl, or Cheetos were blue, or something like that.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 26, 2024
Microsoft has released its latest financial results, showing significant growth in gaming revenues — thanks in no small part to the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. However, Xbox hardware sales continue to decline and saw the steepest drop since the Xbox Series X and S launched in 2020, down 31% year-on-year. The company's overall revenues were up 17% to $61.9 billion, primarily due to growth in Microsoft Cloud which saw revenues rise 23% to $35.1 billion.
Game From Scratch
APRIL 23, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Unreal Engine 5.4 Released Epic Games have just released Unreal Engine 5.4 first previewed at the GDC 2024 State of Unreal. There are as always hundreds of new features in UE 5.4, but a big focus in this release is on the new animation tools built directly into Unreal Engine. This will prevent animators […] The post Unreal Engine 5.4 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
APRIL 22, 2024
'Rather than imposing conformity on thriving businesses, we should foster an environment that amplifies existing success.
Indie DB
APRIL 20, 2024
Dungeon Inn - Demo Update: Changed UI/UX at 'Manage Inn' New Events, Fame, Inn Ability, New language Added(French)
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 23, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox In a hits-driven industry such as video games, investing in new and emerging IP is often considered a financial risk. As budgets rise, so do expectations. While new games like Helldivers 2 and Palworld find fame and success, Immortals of Avenum struggled to the point where maker Ascendant Studios reportedly furloughed most of its staff.
Game From Scratch
APRIL 25, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Unity AI Muse Tools Review Unity have recently announced that all 5 in development Unity AI tools are available inside the Unity editor. They have also made a 2 week free trial available for everyone to test them out. So that is exactly what we have done, going hands-on with Muse Sprite, Muse Texture, Muse […] The post Unity AI Muse Tools Review appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
APRIL 23, 2024
During his Atlus tenure, Kaneko touched everything from Persona to Shin Megami Tensei and Soul Hackers to even Devil May Cry.
Indie DB
APRIL 22, 2024
I break down the process of taking my physical hand-drawn art and creating an in-game scene for my upcoming game Murder On Space Station 52.
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