GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 3, 2024
Every year, we turn to a panel of trusted analysts to ask them what they see coming down the road, and ask them to assess their predictions from the previous year. This year we've got all of last year's participants returning: Niko Partners' Lisa Cosmas Hanson, Midia Research's Karol Severin (offering the firm's take alongside Perry Gresham), Kantan Games' Dr.
Game Developer
JANUARY 3, 2024
The nascent collection includes pitch decks for titles like Cosmoteer and Wargroove.
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PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 3, 2024
Based in the city of Ohrid in North Macedonia, the two brothers Bobby and Zhanko Mojsovski work hard on their next game, the bodycam survival-horror shooter Chasmal Fear. Working under the name of MystiveDev the Mojsovski-brothers actively include the player community in almost every aspect of development. “Our games are made for the players. They know what’s good and what needs to be improved, so we listen to them.” “My brother and I have been working together on video games f
Concept Art World
JANUARY 1, 2024
Concept Art World Jeong Won An An Jeong Won An a.k.a. Maggi is a professional concept artist and illustrator from Seoul, South Korea. Jeong has worked in the game industry for projects such as HanbitSoft’s MMORPG Sword of the New World (Granado Espada). Link: Portfolio | Twitter | Instagram All images © Jeong Won An or their respective copyright holder.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 2, 2024
Sony has been fined €13.5 million by French antitrust regulator Autorité de la Concurrence , which has accused the company of "abusing its dominant position in the market" by restricting third-party PlayStation 4 controllers. Filed by the regulator last month following a referral from French controller manufacturer Subsonic, its investigation found that Sony put counterfeiting measures in place in November 2015 that caused third-party controllers to regularly disconnect from the conso
Game Developer
JANUARY 3, 2024
Three days into the new year, and 3D Realms and Slipgate have may have already laid off more staff after its cuts at the end of 2023.
Indie DB
JANUARY 2, 2024
Experimental horror survival with elements of science fiction and RPG. A story between life and death in a stylized game origami world. Bukkaku created by Lukas Reznicek in the game engine Unity.
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GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 5, 2024
UK developer Bossa Studios has laid off around one third of its staff, GamesIndustry.biz has learned. Sources shared a list of 19 people that were affected by the redundancies, mostly in QA and production roles as well as non-UK employees. Bossa Studios has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it did dismiss a number of staff at the end of 2023, and that 40 people remain in the studio.
Game Developer
JANUARY 3, 2024
"We have worked all our lives to reach our current position.
PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 5, 2024
Top image: The Wandering Village by Stray Fawn Studios was one of the selected games last year. The off-site GDC event European Game Showcase 2024 is coming to San Francisco once again this year. It’s an event where 30+ European developers get to showcase their latest games to the press, publishers, and strategic partners. The event will be held at Swissnex located at Pier 17 in the Embarcadero, San Francisco during GDC.
Game From Scratch
JANUARY 4, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Blender Controls in Godot 4.2 One of the most exciting new features in the recent Godot 4.2 game engine release was the addition of Blender style transformation hotkeys. You need to configure this feature yourself, but the video below shows you step by step how to do so. At first glance the Blender hotkeys may … Blender Controls in Godot 4.2 Read More The post Blender Controls in Godot 4.2 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 5, 2024
A former Activision executive has sued the publisher in California state court accusing the company of age discrimination and violating the state's whistleblower protection law, as reported by Law360. The suit was filed earlier this week by a 57-year-old former tech executive who worked for the company from 2014 until being laid off as part of a restructuring in the Activision Blizzard's Central Tech department last August.
Game Developer
JANUARY 2, 2024
All signs suggest it was a record-breaking year for new releases on Steam.
Cocos
JANUARY 2, 2024
The interesting gameplay of the camera’s perspective, to achieve the same visual performance of “Don’t Starve” We highly recommend watching the video as you read this tutorial to get a full understanding of the tutorial. Introduction The visual presentation of the game of Octopath Traveler and Don’t Starve is very interesting. You can clearly know that it is a 2D material, but it presents a feeling of a 3D world.
Indie DB
JANUARY 1, 2024
A relentless environment where resource management is the key to survival.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 4, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A Little To The Left did have a small following before its appearance during a Wholesome Direct. The cozy puzzle game about organising household items was created by Max Inferno, a development team consisting of Anne Macmillan (art and animation) and Lukas Steinman (design and programming).
Game Developer
JANUARY 5, 2024
The title will be rendered unplayable on February 1, 2024.
Game From Scratch
JANUARY 2, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Unreal January 2024 Asset Giveaway It’s a new year and its time for the first Epic Games Unreal Engine asset giveaway for January 2024. The first Tuesday of every month Epic Games give away a number of Unreal Engines from the UE Asset Marketplace and January is no exception. This month we have 5 “Free … Unreal January 2024 Asset Giveaway Read More The post Unreal January 2024 Asset Giveaway appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Indie DB
JANUARY 3, 2024
The Festive Season is here, so it is time to cozy up on the couch and play some of your favorite games with friends and family. And because it is the season of giving, we would like to gift all the fans of our franchise a huge brand-new patch for We.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 2, 2024
Jukai Studio announced its closure over the holidays, despite launching its horror survival title Stray Souls last October. In a statement shared to social media on December 22, the developer cited "many reasons" for its decision to shut down, including the closure of its publisher Versus Evil , cyberbullying, poor reception to Stray Souls, and bad sales.
Game Developer
JANUARY 4, 2024
The initiative allows eligible studios to claim a 20 percent tax rebate and is worth $40 million per annum.
Game Refinery
JANUARY 4, 2024
Dive into some of the most popular and successful ways app developers implement season-based systems in mobile games.
Indie DB
JANUARY 5, 2024
This update features new mission, replays, and new model and capabilities for Xanthous resourcer, mission briefings and more.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 2, 2024
Square Enix will be actively pushing into the generative AI field, exploring how it can be used in the company's internal games development. The plans emerge from the Japanese publisher's annual New Year's Letter from its company president – this time penned by Takashi Kiryu, who took over from Yosuke Matsuda after the latter stepped down at the end of his ten-year tenure.
Game Developer
JANUARY 2, 2024
Jukai Studio closed its doors hours after its publishing partner Versus Evil and two months after the launch of its debut game, Stray Souls.
The Astronauts
JANUARY 2, 2024
I left Unity at start of 2022. So for this lazy Tuesday afternoon, figured I can share the rambles I wrote in my goodbye email. No big insights there, just old man reminiscing. And hey the text is already written, so that makes it easy to copy-pasta it into the blog: It’s now exactly 16 years of me working at Unity. And as everyone knows, if you don’t leave after 16 years, you have to wait until 32 years for your next chance (look, I don’t make the rules).
Indie DB
JANUARY 1, 2024
We are pleased to announce the release of Matali Physics 6.4, the significant step on the way to the seventh major version of the environment. Matali Physics 6.4 introduces a number of improvements and fixes to Matali Physics Core, Matali Render, Matali.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 2, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Last week, a government official was removed from one of China's regulatory agencies following a dip in gaming stocks in response to new game proposals. As reported by Reuters , per sources familiar with the matter, the withdrawn individual was head of the publishing unit of the Communist Party’s Publicity Department.
Game Developer
JANUARY 2, 2024
A legal battle that began in 2020 has finally come to an end.
Unity Blog
JANUARY 3, 2024
It can be hard to keep up with everything the Unity community is creating. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this roundup of highlights of games made with Unity in 2023.
Indie DB
DECEMBER 31, 2023
New update for Hero's Story has been released! It includes new boss, in-game cutscenes and localization system.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 4, 2024
Nexon has been fined ₩11.6 million ($8.9 million) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for allegedly omitting to inform customers about probability changes to in-game items in MapleStory. As The Korea Economic Daily reported, this is the highest amount imposed for a company violating the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce in South Korea.
Game Developer
JANUARY 3, 2024
Ansell co-made the original Warhammer and lead Games Workshop's decades-long focus on it and its spiritual sequel, Warhammer 40K.
Game Development News
JANUARY 2, 2024
SEGA Europe has announced changes to its executive leadership structure
Indie DB
JANUARY 4, 2024
The time has come to finally announce REPUNK's Steam page!
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 5, 2024
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. Our top story this week is that TinyBuild announced that it was shutting down Versus Evil, the indie publisher it acquired in 2021.
Game Developer
JANUARY 4, 2024
Other Game of the Year contenders include Starfield, Tears of the Kingdom, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
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