Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 7, 2023

GameFromScratch.com The Best Open Source Game Tools Are you interest in game development but what to use an entirely open source set of tools? In that case you are in luck as in this guide we list the best open source (not source available like Unreal, fully OSI compliant open source) game engines, graphics and audio tools … The Best Open Source Game Tools Read More The post The Best Open Source Game Tools appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Despite alleged anti-union behavior from management, the QA team at Experis Game Solutions formed their union and are now drawing up a contract.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In Verne: The Shape of Fantasy players take on the role of famous sci-fi writer Jules Verne and venture into a fantastical, parallel world built from his own imagination. Development studio Gametopia has translated their love and admiration for the works of the author into an original tale, told through a pixel perfect point-and-click adventure. “The influence of his work on our culture is enormous.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Armello developer League of Geeks has just announced that it's laying off 50% of its staff. The entire team behind Jumplight Odyssey, which launched in Early Access in August, has been made redundant, with the title put on a hiatus indefinitely as the studio seeks more funding. In total, 31 people were laid off, including the Jumplight team, staff on the operations and publishing teams, and contractors.

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Unity Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Our updated optimization guides include the latest updates from Unity 2022 LTS and provide you with useful tips and tactics to optimize your projects.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Now recognized by CD Projekt, the Polish Gamedev Workers Union aims to have "fruitful cooperation" with the developer and partner with other companies.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It may have been born out of necessity, but after two successful murder mystery games EQ Studios can now be considered somewhat of a specialist in this particular genre. Still, Fery Tomi, Director of the Las Vegas based studio, wants to keep all options open for the next project. “Although the mystery investigation genre is a strong contender, we are open to other game ideas as well.

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Designer Notes

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Jake Solomon, best known for the XCOM reboot and Midnight Suns. They discuss how much money he had to give back to Accenture, how to animate multiple units at the same time, and why Sid suddenly started golfing so much. This episode was recorded on April 25, 2023. Games discussed: Sopwith , Silent Service , Zork , Jumpman , Ultima V , Falcon 4 , F-19 Stealth Fighter , Pirates!

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Safety concerns for its staff and attendees have forced Nintendo to cancel its annual live event that was meant to start up in mid-January 2024.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Stray Bombay just celebrated the 1.0 launch of their debut game, The Anacrusis , after 23 months in Early Access. Co-founder Chet Faliszek , known for Left 4 Dead and Portal 2’s co-op campaign during his tenure at Valve, feels optimistic about the success of the game. “I hope we pull off a miracle and make enough to continue working in this world.” Things looked very different almost two years ago when The Anacrusis first appeared on Early Access. “Our Early Access launch versi

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission has made its appeal to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard – despite the $68.7 billion deal closing in October. As Reuters reports, lawyers representing the FTC and Microsoft appeared before a three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals yesterday. The FTC argued that district judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who denied the government body's appeal for a preliminary injunction in July, held the FTC to too high a standard.

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The GameDev Guru

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Not handling shader prewarming? Then yo are not helping your players pay you money.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Over a month after laying off 100 employees, Bungie's woes continue as its remaining independence seems to hinge wholly on Destiny 2: The Final Shape.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Games for Change announced the launch of the Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge. A program that aims to improve representation and increase visibility for underrepresented creators in the mobile gaming industry. Creators around the world compete for the grand prize, which includes funding, mentorship, and various marketing and promotional opportunities.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox There were hopes and expectations that Grand Theft Auto 6 would release in 2024. The one-two punch of the next GTA and the anticipated launch of a new Nintendo console would have bolstered the global games market in 2024, and deliver a more positive year compared to 2022's decline (at least compared to the COVID years) and 2023's marginal growth.

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Game as a Service (GaaS) has fundamentally transformed the gaming industry. There is a shift noticed from the traditional model of releasing a complete, standalone game to it now becoming an ongoing, evolving experience. The new approach involves continuous updates, expansions, and in-game purchases to extend the lifespan of games, by letting game app developers address player feedback and fix issues long after the initial release.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

"We wanted to ensure we could secure the same working conditions, fair pay and benefits as our directly employed ZeniMax coworkers.

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The Art of the Game

DECEMBER 6, 2023

So, due to life being busier than a 1 legged dude at a butt kickin’ contest – I totally forgot to post about showing the game at Cleveland Gaming Classic 2023. Each year it keeps getting bigger and I LOVE that its right in my backyard.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Electronic Arts has implemented a round of layoffs at F1 developer Codemasters. IGN reported an unknown number of staff at the British-based studio have been made redundant following "small-scale organisational changes" made by EA. The company was behind the recent releases of F1 23 and EA Sports WRC.

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Rocket Brush Studio

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Explore the transformative power of AWS Generative AI in simplifying DevOps workflows. Discover how cutting-edge AI technologies from Amazon Web Services streamline code development, enhance collaboration, and optimize continuous integration and deployment, making DevOps easier and more efficient than ever before.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Rovio set up Studio Lumi to help get it into the console/PC space, but those plans are now dashed with the subsidiary's closure and its project scrapped.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Fight your way through hordes of ferocious monsters and nerve-wrecking bosses as the popular web classic 2D action RPG "Mighty Knight" returns with new and enhanced gameplay, HD visuals, and many more!

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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. Every now and then, piracy becomes relevant to the day-to-day reporting of games industry news, usually when a big new game has been leaked online before its actual release date, like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , Halo 2 , or more recently, Splatoon

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 7, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Godot Powered W4 Games Gets $15M Investment W4 Games, a commercial company started to support the Godot ecosystem by several key Godot Engine developers, just received a huge investment, $15,000,000 specifically. This is the second round of investments they have received, with the first being an $8.5M investment in September 2022.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

"It's physically painful to part ways with colleagues after all the good work they put into the company.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Introduction This blog covers how to deploy your own personal Minecraft Java server on AWS. Hosting your server on AWS can eliminate common networking challenges and security concerns associated with at-home servers. Because you have control over the virtual machine, you can configure any mods or plugins that you want. We will use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to run a Minecraft server for you and your friends.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony is expected to take full control of Destiny developer Bungie if the studio fails to meet the financial targets it was set after it was acquired last year. That's according to an extensive report on IGN , which cites multiple current employees.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Hope you all have been enjoying the Autumn Sale! To celebrate, we have released a small update to give a little more swag to doggo! We added some more hats and fixed a few things to improve the game.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Dungeons & Dragons publisher wants Archetype Entertainment's sci-fi RPG to give it a new franchise in a genre it's had minimal success in.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Raylib 5.0 Released Raylib 5.0, the incredibly easy to use C/C++ game development framework just (*cough* two weeks ago *cough*) released Raylib 5.0. This release also marks the 10th anniversary since Raylib 1.0 was released. Key features of the Raylib 5 release: As always, those are only some highlights of the new raylib 5.0 but … Raylib 5.0 Released Read More The post Raylib 5.0 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

£167 million worth of video game consoles, accessories and physical games were sold over the Black Friday week in the UK, GfK reveals. It's the third biggest Black Friday for video games so far. It's only beaten by Black Friday 2013 and Black Friday 2020, which both coincided with the launch of a PlayStation console (PS4 in 2013 and PS5 in 2020).

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Noble Master Games releases Retro Commander, a post-apocalyptic, futuristic real-time strategy game (RTS), after 6+ years of development.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Brothers: A Tale of Two Suns , the 2013 adventure game from Starbreeze, introduced the world to Josef Fares and is being remade for current-gen systems.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This year has marked significant milestones for the Godot Foundation, and it's all thanks to the incredible support from our community.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Africa is home to nearly 200 million gamers, who spend hundreds of millions in US dollars on video games (primarily on mobile). That's according to the newly-published Africa Games Industry Report, which goes live today in the aftermath of Africa Games Week. Produced by Nigeria-based studio Maliyo Games, the report offers an overview of the industry landscape and the audience across Africa, as well as how it fits in wit

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The Astronauts

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over the past month it seems like Gaussian Splatting (see my first post) is experiencing a Cambrian Gaussian explosion of new research. The seminal paper came out in July 2023, and starting about mid-November, it feels like every day there’s a new paper or two coming out, related to Gaussian Splatting in some way. @MrNeRF and @henrypearce4D maintain an excellent list of all things related to 3DGS, check out their Awesome 3D Gaussian Splatting Resources.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Best known for the Insurgency games, New World was hit with "restructuring changes" that saw an unspecified number of employees get laid off.

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