Ubisoft employees in France called to strike over return-to-office mandate
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
French union STJV is calling for the strike and has also raised concerns over wages and 'appalling' conversations with management.
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Oxford University study with PowerWash Simulator finds 72% feel happier while playing games
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
A study conducted by the University of Oxford in collaboration with FuturLab and PowerWash Simulator has found that 72% of players were likely to experience an uplift in mood during play sessions.
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Rablo Games: From solo developer to team collaboration on Necro Story
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Small teams and solo developers often produce some of the most unique and personal games, and this holds true for Rablo Games, an indie studio led by founder Pablo Coma. The studio’s upcoming release, Necro Story, marks an exciting new chapter. Coma, known for his solo debut Healer’s Quest, is no longer working alone. Now collaborating with Baptiste Remy and later joined by Clémence Geurts , he is working on Necro Story as a team and has even begun development on the studio’s next pr
Waiting For Godot 4.4
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Waiting For Godot 4.4 Just over a month ago Godot 4.3 was released so now of course it is time for us to start waiting for Godot… Godot 4.4 that is. There have been two Godot 4.4 Dev releases, these releases are essentially pre-Beta versions and are certainly not considered for use in production. […] The post Waiting For Godot 4.4 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Behaviour Interactive acquires Darkest Dungeon dev Red Hook Studios
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Days after shutting down Midwinter's 'Project T' and closing the studio, Behaviour Interactive has acquired another studio.
Nintendo's patents were designed to take on Palworld
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
On September 19, 2024, Nintendo Co. issued a press release stating that it, along with The Pokémon Company, had officially filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, Inc. in Tokyo District Court. As stated in the press release the "lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by [Pocketpair], infringes multiple patent rights.
Player choice is key in Bohemian Pulp’s debut game Let Bions Be Bygones
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
In the grimy world of Let Bions Be Bygones a down-on-his-luck private detective gets a last shot at redemption. John Cooper takes the case in finding a missing upper-class girl in the seedy underbelly of the dystopian city-planet, Terrahive. An intriguing tale full of twists and turns -and multiple endings- plays out in this fully narrated cyber-noir thriller.
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Frostpunk 2 sells over 350K copies in opening weekend
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11 Bit Studios declares Frostpunk 2 a success, says it's made back the money it spent developing and marketing the sequel.
Ubisoft workers urged to strike in October over return to office
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Ubisoft's France-based workers are being called to take part in a three-day strike next month over a dispute around the company's return to office policy.
Ada Eden’s AI-powered 1001 Nights is a human story about narrative power
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In the indie game dev scene, the use of AI is often met with suspicion and disdain. Many see AI as an evil tool that scours the internet, grabs bits and pieces of other people’s work, and spits out bizarre creations with seven fingers. But AI comes in many forms, and some developers see it as a tool to enhance storytelling and create unique, immersive experiences, all while keeping a close eye on the ethical concerns surrounding its use.
Unreal to Godot – Amazing New Exporter Tool
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Patch Notes #4: Strange Scaffold rejected a 'culture of hope' to resurrect I Am Your Beast
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Time spent gaming in Southeast Asia up 53% after post-pandemic drop
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Players in Southeast Asia are engaging more with video games in 2024, with a 53.2% year-on-year increase in the average individual weekly gaming time.
Creative Ways to Teach Applied Math to Kids
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Math is one of the most important, fundamental things kids can learn in school, but they’re not always rushing to their math class. Depending on how the concepts are framed, math can seem abstract, difficult, or boring. We all know that excited, engaged students are better learners, so how do we make students hungry to learn math? RP4K has a few ways to make our online math courses fun and exciting.
Daily Missions in Puzzles: Why should we see them more often?
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Written by Ahmetcan Demirel , the maestro of product management and a podcast host ( Game Dev Diary ) from Germany! With a knack for puzzles, arcades, and simulation games. When Ahmetcan isn’t busy crafting and designing killer features, you’ll find him exploring Berlin's vibrant tech scene or writing for Deconstructor of Fun in one of the hipster cafes of the city.
Behaviour Interactive CEO says Red Hook Studios acquisition helps both companies "reduce risk"
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Both Red Hook Studios leadership and Behaviour Interactive CEO Rémi Racine see this acquisition as a move that creates stability in troubled times.
Sony embraces its PlayStation history | Opinion
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
PlayStation turns 30 this year, and Sony is in a celebratory mood – admittedly, the kind of corporate celebratory mood that's largely expressed by trying to get people to buy more stuff, but don't those 30th anniversary consoles and controllers just look lovely?
Paladin's Passage Port UE5 to Xbox & PS5
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
This article gives an overview of the process and challenges of porting our Unreal Engine 5 game from Windows (Steam) to Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
Raylib Project Creator
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Raylib Project Creator I have long been a fan of the open source free RayLib game development framework. With bindings for just about every programming language ever, tons of examples and support for most major platforms, Raylib is a versatile toolkit for building games using code. What has always shined about RayLib though […] The post Raylib Project Creator appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Unicorn Overlord sells over 1 million copies in six months
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Within half a year, Vanillaware's tactical-RPG has reached the 1 million milestone faster than its last two games, 13 Sentinels and Dragon's Crown.
Merge Games closing down after 15 years
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Merge Games is closing its doors, just a few weeks after going through a round of layoffs and the closure of its office.
SALVATIONLAND - Huge Update v2.5!
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
Hey everyone! Recently, the game celebrated its one-and-a-half-year anniversary since release day, and to mark the occasion, we decided to undertake another large-scale update.
Unity 7 Development Roadmap
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GameFromScratch.com Unity 7 Development Roadmap At the keynote of their annual developer conference Unite, Unity outlined the features of what they are referring to as Unity Next Generation, but I believe can safely be referred to as Unity 7 (as they just rebranded to Unity 6 last year!). Although quite a ways away from being […] The post Unity 7 Development Roadmap appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Remedy enters into €15 million loan agreement with Tencent
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The Alan Wake developer said the cash will help realize the potential of its production slate.
How Brazil's new legal framework for games will change the industry
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
During the opening session of Gamescom Latam, Carolina Caravana – vice president of Brazilian games trade body Abragrames – said the history of the nation's games industry would now be split into two periods: before and after 2024.
Transport Fever 2 Console Mod Support
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Best of Synty POLYGON Game Dev Assets #3
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GameFromScratch.com Best of Synty POLYGON Game Dev Assets #3 There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Best of Synty POLYGON Game Dev Assets #3 Remix. This is a collection of over 20 different Synty low polygon art style assets in Unreal Engine, Unity and raw FBX (so any other game engine such as Godot […] The post Best of Synty POLYGON Game Dev Assets #3 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
SAG-AFTRA pulls League of Legends into video game strike over VO studio's conduct
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Formosa Interactive, an audio outsource studio that's worked on League of Legends, has been accused of trying to bypass rules of the ongoing voice actors' strike.
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GameFromScratch.com Arcade Paradise GameDev Treasure Chest Humble Bundle There is a new bundle of interest to game developers, the Arcade Paradise GameDev Treasure Chest Humble Bundle. This bundle is a collection of 24 Unity assets redeemed directly on the Unity Asset Store, as well as one game, Arcade Paradise. This is the first major Unity only Humble Bundle […] The post Arcade Paradise GameDev Treasure Chest Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
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