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Remedy enters into €15 million loan agreement with Tencent

Game Developer

The Alan Wake developer said the cash will help realize the potential of its production slate.

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Time spent gaming in Southeast Asia up 53% after post-pandemic drop

GamesIndustry.biz

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.

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Waiting For Godot 4.4

Game From Scratch

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.

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Hive Jump 2: Survivors 1.0 OUT NOW!

Indie DB

Tear through alien hordes and become unstoppable in this action roguelite.

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Ubisoft employees in France called to strike over return-to-office mandate

Game Developer

French union STJV is calling for the strike and has also raised concerns over wages and 'appalling' conversations with management.

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Ubisoft workers urged to strike in October over return to office

GamesIndustry.biz

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.

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Advanced PC game development techniques & technologies

Juego Studio

As developers strive to push the boundaries of immersive gameplay, innovative techniques are emerging that offer unprecedented levels of realism, interactivity, and player engagement.

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Patch Notes #4: Strange Scaffold rejected a 'culture of hope' to resurrect I Am Your Beast

Game Developer

Xalavier Nelson Jr. explains how the famously efficient studio honed its process to build a goated shooter in nine months.

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Behaviour Interactive acquires Darkest Dungeon dev Red Hook Studios

GamesIndustry.biz

Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has acquired Red Hook Studios for an undisclosed amount.

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Rablo Games: From solo developer to team collaboration on Necro Story

PreMortem.Games

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

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Bigfoot Life New Gameplay Trailer

Indie DB

‘Bigfoot Life’ New Gameplay Trailer. A Unique Simulation Game Featuring The Immortal Sasquatch.

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Behaviour Interactive acquires Darkest Dungeon dev Red Hook Studios

Game Developer

Days after shutting down Midwinter's 'Project T' and closing the studio, Behaviour Interactive has acquired another studio.

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Oxford University study with PowerWash Simulator finds 72% feel happier while playing games

GamesIndustry.biz

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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Player choice is key in Bohemian Pulp’s debut game Let Bions Be Bygones

PreMortem.Games

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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Anvil Empires - Underworld Generation

Indie DB

Learn about the latest updates, including: underworld generation, mining operations, and combat stability system.

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Indie publisher Merge Games is shutting down

Game Developer

Merge's story comes to a close after a 15-year run.

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Grand Theft Auto 5 is No.1 again in August | European Monthly Charts

GamesIndustry.biz

11.8 million console and PC games were sold across Europe in August, a rise of 7% over the year before.

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Godot Rendering Priorities: September 2024

Mircosoft Game Dev

4.3 is out. It's time for an update!

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Prehistoric Hunt - Map & Dilophosaurus

Indie DB

Our new map is being built along with Dilophosaurus. Check out this dev blog to find out more!

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Report: Gamurs Group cutting jobs across network of game publications

Game Developer

The company reportedly terminated some employees by firing out a generic email in the middle of the night.

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Vampire Survivor developer Poncle opens publishing arm

GamesIndustry.biz

Vampire Survivor developer Poncle has revealed a new publishing division.

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Unreal to Godot – Amazing New Exporter Tool

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Unreal to Godot – Amazing New Exporter Tool There is a powerful new tool for Godot Engine game developers, called appropriately enough Unreal to Godot Exporter. I covered the authors previous tool Unreal to Unity (available on Unity asset store here) and it was by far the best way to get assets from Unreal Engine to Unity. I […] The post Unreal to Godot – Amazing New Exporter Tool appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Isonzo - Montello expansion is OUT NOW!

Indie DB

Solstice brings a new map & 2 new weapons for free, plus a new cosmetic DLC.

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Behaviour Interactive CEO says Red Hook Studios acquisition helps both companies "reduce risk"

Game Developer

Both Red Hook Studios leadership and Behaviour Interactive CEO Rémi Racine see this acquisition as a move that creates stability in troubled times.

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Merge Games closing down after 15 years

GamesIndustry.biz

Merge Games is closing its doors, just a few weeks after going through a round of layoffs and the closure of its office.

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Daily Missions in Puzzles: Why should we see them more often?

Deconstructor of Fun

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.

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Transport Fever 2 Console Mod Support

Indie DB

Urban Games are bringing official mod support for Transport Fever 2 to their console players on September 23rd, using mod.io integration.

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Halo Infinite co-developer Skybox Labs is making 25 people redundant

Game Developer

The studio was purchased by NetEase in January 2023 and told it would be given the resources to retain workers and make new hires.

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Nintendo's patents were designed to take on Palworld

GamesIndustry.biz

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.

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Godot SDK Integrations

Mircosoft Game Dev

A new GitHub organization to centralize the community efforts to provide support for third-party SDKs for Godot.

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POLYARIS - Arctic

Indie DB

Polyaris is a single-player, first-person survival skiing game set in a post-nuclear, procedurally generated Arctic world.

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Frostpunk 2 sells over 350K copies in opening weekend

Game Developer

11 Bit Studios declares Frostpunk 2 a success, says it's made back the money it spent developing and marketing the sequel.

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California law compels digital storefronts to inform players they don't own their games

GamesIndustry.biz

A new California state law will compel digital storefronts to tell consumers they don't own their purchases.

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Creative Ways to Teach Applied Math to Kids

Real Programming

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.

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SALVATIONLAND - Huge Update v2.5!

Indie DB

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.

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Breaking down GTA V’s pedestrian dialogue system: An analysis with speculative examples

Game Developer

Grand Theft Auto 5's ambient pedestrian dialogue system makes its game world feel alive, and this article breaks down the basics of how it works.

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How Brazil's new legal framework for games will change the industry

GamesIndustry.biz

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.

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