PreMortem.Games

JUNE 29, 2023

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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Game Developer

JUNE 26, 2023

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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Unity Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

Daedalic Entertainment is giving up on game development, as first reported by Games Wirtschaft. The Hamburg-based company is shutting down its internal game development efforts as it pivots to emphasize its publishing and marketing business instead. In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz , the company called it, "A difficult break, but also a new beginning in the already long history of Daedalic Entertainment.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

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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Game Developer

JUNE 27, 2023

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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Games 305

GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 29, 2023

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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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 27, 2023

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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Game Developer

JUNE 27, 2023

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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Unity Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

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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AWS Games

JUNE 28, 2023

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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Game Developer

JUNE 30, 2023

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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Unity Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 29, 2023

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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Game Errors

JUNE 30, 2023

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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Game Developer

JUNE 28, 2023

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

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Cocos

JUNE 29, 2023

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 26, 2023

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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Real Programming

JUNE 26, 2023

Real Programming 4 Kids is continuing our instructor profile series to shine a light on another gifted computer programmer we’re lucky to have, Eduardo Soto. Eduardo is a full-time programmer and software engineer working with the federal government who also teaches for RP4K and has since 2019. Eduardo builds custom CRM solutions to automate processes for the Canada Border Services Agency.

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Game Developer

JUNE 29, 2023

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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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 28, 2023

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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Game Errors

JUNE 30, 2023

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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Game Developer

JUNE 30, 2023

Daedalic has reportedly canceled the other Lord of the Rings project it was developing, and is pivoting to game publishing for the foreseeable future.

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Indie DB

JUNE 25, 2023

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

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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iHobo

JUNE 28, 2023

Ten Player Motives #8 If you asked me which of the ten player motives was the most underrated, I would without hesitation reply: the curiosity motive. Not only do most game designers not appreciate the tremendous power of this aspect of human experience, but there is very little recognition of the intensity of the emotions that can be brought into play through curiosity.

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Game Developer

JUNE 28, 2023

"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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Indie DB

JUNE 24, 2023

We've updated our public demo to version 0.3.0. This brings in a huge amount of improvements and additions to the previous version, including range indicators, new units, difficulty settings, autosave functionality and improved UI.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 27, 2023

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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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2023

After 4 months of development, Godot 4.1 is only days away. To make sure it doesn't miss the mark, here's the first release candidate for your testing!

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Game Developer

JUNE 28, 2023

While numerous tech vendors have clearly identified the need among developers for accessible, usable, and affordable tools, progress has been incremental at best.

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Indie DB

JUNE 25, 2023

Erenshor is created for the nostalgic gamer who no longer wants to commit to online or scheduled play times, it offers unrestricted exploration, Simulated players, strategic battles, and countless weapons, armors, and spells to discover.

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