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Want to make a great game trailer? Stop pretending it’s a movie trailer

PreMortem.Games

Top image: Nobody Saves the World – DrinkBox Studios. Why? Great game and great trailer ! Most games do not call for the flashy or stylistic trailer editing you see in a typical Hollywood movie trailer. This is because a game trailer often has to communicate more, or at the very least, different information than a movie trailer. MORE editing does not mean BETTER editing and LESS editing does not mean WORSE editing.

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Obituary: Delphine Software founder Paul de Senneville died at age 89

Game Developer

In his brief time with video games, de Senneville formed two game development studios and partnered with publishers such as Interlay and Electronic Arts.

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Now available: 12 recipes for popular visual effects using the Universal Render Pipeline

Unity Blog

The all-new URP cookbook provides 12 recipes for popular visual effects that can be applied to a wide range of games, art styles, and platforms. If you work with stencils, instancing, real-time ambient occlusion, decals, and more, then this is the resource for you.

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Player Two PR sets up indie publishing label Mooncat Games

GamesIndustry.biz

Player Two PR has created a new indie publishing label called Mooncat Games. An extension of the PR and marketing agency, Mooncat will "offer a broad range of custom services" beyond these two areas, its website says , including localisation, distribution and platform partnerships, storefront management, business development, porting, and QA. Mooncat Games will be led by Player Two PR founder Charlene Lebrun as director.

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Olivier Madiba’s Kiro’o Games is building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem

PreMortem.Games

Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. This is his story. Olivier Madiba recalls playing games on warm sunny afternoons at his grandmother’s home with a spark in his eyes.

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Hi-Rez Studios lays off employees in company restructuring

Game Developer

To better serve the operations of its live service games, Hi-Rez is merged its different subsidiaries together under two overall developers.

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Introducing Unity Muse and Unity Sentis, AI-powered creativity

Unity Blog

Every object, every system, and every pixel in games will eventually be touched by AI. Get to know Unity’s newest AI products for creators: Unity Muse, an expansive platform for AI-driven assistance during creation, and Unity Sentis, which enables developers to embed neural networks in the Unity Runtime.

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Basic Warfare Giveaway

Indie DB

We've got 100 copies of Basic Warfare an Action RTS to giveaway on Steam.

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Mooncat Games is a new publishing label hoping to spotlight the smallest subgenres

Game Developer

The nascent company said it wants to provide small teams with an "optimistic" foundation.

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The new Water System in Unity 2022 LTS and 2023.1

Unity Blog

The new Unity water system was first introduced for the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) as part of the 2022.2 Tech Stream. The latest LTS release and upcoming 2023.1 Tech Stream extends the system’s feature set for better integration with worlds and gameplay. Dive into all that you can do with these tools.

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Canada regulator says Microsoft-Activision deal "likely" to harm competition

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The FTC vs Microsoft hearing has revealed Canada's stance on the latter's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The Verge reports the nation's Competition Bureau believes the deal is likely to harm competition in both the console and multi-game subscription spaces.

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Fire up your Unreal Engine-based game on all Graviton cores

AWS Games

This post is written by Yahav Biran, Principal Solutions Architect, and Matt Trescot, Games, SA Leader – Americas Historically, the art of creating and running complex game servers locked developers in to a single CPU architecture, typically Intel/AMD. Our developers tell us it’s hard to introduce different CPU architectures once game servers are built for a given processor.

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IO Interactive's fantasy game may have Xbox exclusivity

Game Developer

As IO steps out of Hitman's shadow with new games, that may involve making one of its future projects exclusive to Xbox and PC.

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9 Verified Solutions on the Unity Asset Store's new AI Marketplace

Unity Blog

Discover a wide range of third-party solutions for AI-driven development and gameplay enhancements, curated by Unity and available on the Unity Asset Store.

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Report: Over half of Scavengers Studio laid off

GamesIndustry.biz

Season developer Scavengers has gone through "massive layoffs," according to former staff. Scavengers 3D artist Mathieu Sauve Leroux shared on Linkedin that he was made redundant alongside "most of [his] colleagues" on June 21. Other Scavengers employees have reposted Leroux's message, shared posts of their own, or changed their Linkedin status to "open to work.

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In Vampire Hunters you need all of your six hands and a dozen guns to survive

PreMortem.Games

Imagine having to face rampant attack waves like in Vampire Survivors but from a first person point of view. Feels like a stressful undertaking, doesn’t it? That’s why Brazilian developer Gamecraft Studios is evening the odds with a unique weapon-stacking system. It often takes up almost half the screen, but lets you kill enemies in every possible way you desire.

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PlayStation exec thinks cloud game market will be "meaningful" by 2025

Game Developer

The cloud games market is said to be "very, very small" right now, but PlayStation and Xbox seem poised for it to grow into something bigger in a few years.

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MathCar

Indie DB

We've got 100 copies of Mathcar to giveaway on Steam, a racing / math game.

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CD Projekt: "We need to fix the relationship with our players"

GamesIndustry.biz

The story of Cyberpunk 2077 -- the real world story -- was a fairlytale that turned into a nightmare. CD Projekt was riding high on the success of The Witcher 3, and the anticipation for its next title was at levels few games could dream of. It was the headline act of numerous E3 events, culminating in the iconic 'You're Breathtaking' moment from E3 2019, featuring the game's star Keanu Reeves.

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Vermintide 2 Keeps Crashing: How to Fix & Avoid Crashing on Startup

Game Errors

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has launched for PC and consoles and like many PC ports, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is also a victim of issues like Vermintide 2 crashing on the computer. Here we will discuss all the errors that PC players have been experiencing while trying to play the game and will also provide you with a possible fix or a workaround so that you can play the game without any problems.

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Monster Hunter Rise has topped 13 million sales worldwide

Game Developer

Sunbreak, an expansion for Rise that launched in June last year, has also surpassed 6 million sales.

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Label Plus – An SDF-based BMFont generation and rendering plug-in is here!

Cocos

Editor Introduction Many developers want to have as much uniqueness in their games as possible. Some with their art style, some with their music, and some with gameplay. Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.

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Hi-Rez Studios restructure results in layoffs

GamesIndustry.biz

Hi-Rez Studios has gone through a restructuring leading to a wave of layoffs. The company announced the change on Linkedin , explaining that the restructuring aimed at focusing the business "around its top priorities" and establishing a "better corporate framework for future growth." It's unclear how many staff are affected at this stage, but GamesIndustry.biz has reached out for comment.

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Reality, Upgraded: Navigating VR/AR Gaming with Alex Silkin

Game Dev Unchained

Virtual Reality’s Second Surge As the first decade of commercial virtual reality (VR) draws to a close, we caught up with seasoned game developer, Alex Silkin , to discuss the twists, turns, and future of the VR and augmented reality (AR) industry. Silkin’s perspective, gained from ten years of professional game development in that space, provides valuable insights into an industry on the brink of transformation. “What started as a thesis project at the University of Southern C

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PlayStation looking at allowing Roblox to exist on its consoles

Game Developer

After years of being on non-Sony systems, the extremely popular (and profitable) Roblox may finally get to have a place on the PlayStation.

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Fix: Quantum Break Crash on Launch, Low FPS & Stuttering

Game Errors

Quantum Break is only available for users with Windows 10 and DirectX 12 support in the Windows Store. Because the game is a PC port, a lot of gamers are encountering Quantum Break errors , such as crashing on launch which is making the game unplayable. These issues are related to graphics, the stability of the game, framerate, and stutter. Our guide provides solutions for the most common and encountered Quantum Break issues: crashes, low fps, and stuttering.

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Developers say Valve blocks AI games from Steam

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Valve, owner of Steam, is shifting from accepting AI-made games on its digital store. The news was first reported by an AI game developer that shared their rejection letter on Reddit nearly a month ago.

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Soulknight Demo now out

Indie DB

The Demo of Soulknight is now available to download and play on Steam.

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Yager sunsetting The Cycle: Frontier after cheaters cause irreparable damage

Game Developer

The studio explained a surge in cheating after a promising launch resulted in a "significant decrease in our player base.

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Early Bird tickets are now on sale for Scottish Games Week

Game Development News

Tickets for Scottish Games Week 2023 are now available for purchase - MCV/DEVELOP

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Dino Patti's mission to trigger the indie multiplayer revolution

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Dino Patti wants to see more interesting and unique multiplayer games – and he believes those will come from the indie space. Alongside his ongoing work at Jumpship, the Inside and Limbo producer is co-founder and CEO of a tech startup Coherence, which has developed a Unity SDK of the same name to make it easier for indie studios to add multiplayer functionality to their games.

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Proxy Paradigm Devlog #1

Indie DB

I'm excited to announce a new game project - Proxy Paradigm, a story-based third person shooting game set in near-future dystopian world.

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Report: Valve won't publish Steam titles that feature AI-generated content

Game Developer

The company told one Steam developer it "cannot ship games for which the developer does not have all of the necessary rights.

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Release candidate: Godot 4.1 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

A few more regressions were fixed, and we should now be ready for the Godot 4.1 release. Help us confirm that by testing RC 2!

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Sony's Jim Ryan discusses cloud gaming, Call of Duty and Starfield in court

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan believes that cloud gaming will not begin to become a significant part of the games industry for at least a few more years, perhaps not for another decade. He also said he did not believe Microsoft's decision to make Starfield exclusive to Xbox was anticompetitive (although he "[doesn't] like it"), that Activision's current agreement only keeps Call of Duty on PlayStation cons

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Devices Tycoon - Release Date

Indie DB

Devices Tycoon is a unique business simulator where you can create your own company producing smartphones, tablets, laptops, smart watches, headphones, processors, operating systems and even your own software!

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Activision Blizzard won't receive PlayStation dev kits if it's acquired by Microsoft

Game Developer

"We simply could not run the risk of a company that was owned by our direct competitor having access to that information.

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