Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The purchase of an "invaluable resource" like AtariAge allows the actual Atari to better invest in preservation for the retro game industry and its own history.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Actually, the roguelite city builder is a mashup of different genres that Beer somehow managed to glue together. Game development began as a hobby but became serious very fast. “I can focus, really dive deep into it, and make it perfect”, he says. Beer has been learning some valuable lessons along the way.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

PAX organiser ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events, the company and the ESA have announced. The ESA has also informed the Los Angeles Convention Center, which is the traditional home of E3, that it will not be putting a show on there in 2024. The ESA has not cancelled plans for a 2024 event, but if one was to go ahead, it won’t take place in that venue.

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The Astronauts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

SIGGRAPH 2023 just had a paper “3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering” by Kerbl, Kopanas, Leimkühler, Drettakis, and it looks pretty cool! Check out their website, source code repository, data sets and so on (I should note that it is really, really good to see full source and full data sets being released. Way to go!).

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

"These vital protections are not only righteous and fair.but necessary to counter the existential threat to member work posed by the unregulated use of AI.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In the report All About Games – European Key Facts 2022 from Videogames Europe and the European Game Developer Federation ( EGDF ), we get a detailed insight into both consumer behaviour and professional activities in -you guessed it- Europe. First of all, some numbers on European gamers. 126.5 million people play games in Europe. 46,7% are female, that’s about 59 million.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Atari today announced that it has agreed to acquire the Atari-focused community and news site AtariAge. The site will continue to operate under the management of AtariAge founder Albert Yarusso and his team of volunteer moderators, and Yarusso will also take a role with Atari as the company's internal historian. AtariAge launched in 1998 under the name Atari 2600 Nexus, and was re-launched as AtariAge in 2001.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Even before he became Epic's CCO, Mustard has been linked with the studio for years and helped get Fortnite out the door to become what it is today.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

After a year in Early Access, a unique game now crashes into Steam that presents players a simple yet irresistible premise: build structures and crash them into other structures. The physics based destruction is a delight to behold. Abriss – Build to Destroy is the brainchild of three German students operating under the name The Randwerk Cooperative.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Non-endemic companies such as Google and Amazon are among the biggest threats to the games industry. That's according to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who shared his thoughts on the future of games during the keynote at last week's GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit in Seattle.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Connections T he new daily game at the New York Times is called Connections , and I’ve seen a few people comment that they just don’t like it as much as Wordle or Spelling Bee. That the difficulty is inconsistent and it often makes you just feel stupid. I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The makers of this 2D-3D puzzle platformer created a retro visual style with a little help from their own personal memory banks.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Triband is a studio that creates comedy games. Their latest title What the Car? is a racing game featuring a car on legs. With a jetpack, riding a bicycle. Sometimes. Or kite surfing over the river and sommersaulting from island to island. Or not. Confused? Good! You get that a lot with this lot, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. So, when a studio makes games that turn everyday, mundane activities into grotesque acts of cartoon foolery, can you really expect an everyday, mundane interview with the c

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox When is a game launch not just a game launch? When it’s a matter of identity, of course; when some segment of the gaming population has managed to tightly wind some aspect of their sense of self around the perceived success or failure of this commercial product. People behaving badly online is nothing worthy of a raised eyebrow anymore, of course, but when we hit launches like this it’s time for everyone to

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Visual Studio Code C# Dev Kit and Unity Tools Microsoft recently announced they are killing off Visual Studio for Mac and the replacement is clearly the C# Dev Kit and updated Unity extension for Visual Studio Code. The C# Dev Kit is actually a collection of tools, the C# Dev Kit, Intellicode for C#, the C# services and the … Visual Studio Code C# Dev Kit and Unity Tools Read More The post Visual Studio Code C# Dev Kit and Unity Tools appeared first on GameFromScratch.c

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One of Bungie's most notorious harassers is legally forbidden from being involved with anything related to Destiny 2 or its future games ever again.

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Played with Fire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We’re thrilled to announce that we’re teaming up with Bloober Team and Meta for a completely new project that will mark the next chapter in our journey. This collaboration is a big step forward; we’re updating our visual identity as much has changed. Nearly four years have passed since our adventure began – years of refining our path and fortifying our ranks.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy has returned to the top of the UK boxed charts, following a 228% spike in sales week-on-week. As reported by GfK, a retailer promotion has seen sales increase across all formats for the Warner Bros. title, the highest on PS5 at 266% followed by Xbox Series X|S at 249%. Meanwhile, Starfield's premium edition upgrade — essentially a box with a download code that unlocks early access to the digital edition — debuted at No.7 following early access on Friday last week.

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Unity Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

See how Unity is tackling the challenge of preparing future generations by helping to bridge the gap between education and the workforce.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

After losing its original developer Hardsuit Labs, Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 is back in action with The Chinese Room at the helm.

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Game Development News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

After a summer break, the travelling quiz night DevPub Quiz returns in September and will be heading to the North East for the first time - MCV/DEVELOP

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox SAG-AFTRA is calling on members to vote on whether or not the union should be given authority to declare a strike for video game actors and performers. In addition to its strike against TV and film production companies, the union is currently negotiating the terms of its Interactive Media Agreement with a number of video games publishers, developers and service firms.

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Rocket Brush Studio

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Discover the benefits of No-Code Kubernetes and Harpoon Docker Extension for Kubernetes cluster management. Deploy and manage clusters with drag-and-drop tools without coding. Learn about Harpoon's custom integrations and third- party capabilities.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Guillaume de Fondaumière said the company's new publishing label, Spotlight, wants to help devs "who have something fresh to say.

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Unity Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Keep up with everything that the Unity community is creating (and achieving) with this roundup of highlights from August 2023.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Mortal Shell, the Dark Souls-like action game from developer Cold Symmetry, has now sold one million units worldwide. And that doesn't include players who have touched the game via subscription services, publisher Playstack says. Mortal Shell has featured on Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus. The game initially released on PC, PS4 and Xbox One in August 2020, before coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X and S in March the following year.

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

X Marks Island is a new multiplayer online board indie game with turn-based controls. One of the most important updates in the release 0.0.5 is the sound effects in gameplay. Another update is "Score Table" Now you can be in a competition with your.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Robox Corp. has announced a slew of new features for Roblox, including a PlayStation launch, an AI chatbot, a video calling application, and more.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

When you are desperate for attention, any attention feels like good attention. In my last post about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Z:TotK for short), a very popular game, I suggested that people would be interested in thoughtful criticism of slightly older games, once the dust has settled and people had the chance to calmly reflect about them. It was my least-read post in a while, so yeah, I was wrong about that.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Ubisoft Singapore is facing union action organised by the country's Creative Media and Publishing Union (CMPU). According to Kotaku, the union voiced concerns regarding workplace treatment, equality, and pay at the studio. "At the request of the CMPU, a branch of Singapore's National Trade Union Congress, a ballot exercise is being conducted this week among eligible team members in the studio to determine whether formal recognition should be granted," Ubisoft told Kotaku.

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Get ready for heart-pounding action as Strike Force 3 gears up for its September 7th release on PlayStation, Switch, and Epic Store. Join an elite operative on a thrilling journey through modern combat, battling the ruthless Tariqian Liberation Front.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

"Once again artificial intelligence is putting our members in jeopardy of reducing their opportunity to work.

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I gave a talk on games and meaning at GDC 2023, which is now available on YouTube: However, I fully scripted the talk ahead of time, so I decided it would be worth taking the time to post the slides online, in three parts to have mercy on your browser. Hi everyone, I’m Soren Johnson, and welcome to You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop Here are the published games that I’ve worked on over my career, some of which I will touch on over the next hour.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Roblox is having its ninth annual Roblox Developers Conference in San Francisco today and tomorrow, and it's using the event to roll out a few announcements for the gaming platform, including the imminent arrival of Roblox on PlayStation platforms and its full launch on Meta Quest, both of which are happening this month. Beyond that, the company is also touting Roblox Connect, an "immersive 3D communication experience" for users 13 and over that will use spatial audio and a device's cameras and

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Jawbreaker has some big updates! The new trailer reveals 2 epic boss battles, a menacing mini-boss, brand new locations, and a new weapon!

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It's claimed that Google has already let some players test out instantly playable games on YouTube ahead of an eventual larger rollout across the platform.

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

I gave a talk on games and meaning at GDC 2023, which is now available on YouTube: However, I fully scripted the talk ahead of time, so I decided it would be worth taking the time to post the slides online, in three parts to have mercy on your browser. Besides the question of whether we know what we are doing as designers, what about the question of whether games can teach us anything about our world.

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