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How to build immersive gaming experiences with AR/VR game development 

iXie gaming

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) represent the cutting edge of technology, and some of the most immersive experiences in gaming by bridging the gap between digital and physical worlds. While this sub-category of gaming is still in its infancy compared to the industry as a whole and therefore has a much smaller market, it has some of the most ambitious ideas and principles driving each and every project.

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Overwatch 2 enters Steam as a review-bombed top seller

Game Developer

Blizzard Entertainment's hero shooter Overwatch 2 has only been on Steam for a day, and its existence on the storefront is a clash of reception.

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Newzoo expects the global games market to grow by 2.6% in 2023

PreMortem.Games

Image by pikisuperstar on Freepik Newzoo ’s latest Global Games Market Report gives an insight into the state of the worldwide games industry. First things first, the global games market will generate $187.7 billion in 2023, representing +2.6% year-on-year growth. Mobile accounts for the highest share of revenues, but a challenging privacy landscape will somewhat limit growth until 2026.

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Capcom's recipe for success is simple: stay the course, ignore the bandwagons | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

Fear of missing out, or FOMO, is a key part of consumer psychology that just about any businessperson has learned about at some point. It's the reason why sales and special offers "must end soon"; it's the concept that underlies limited edition products, pre-order bonuses, and every wily form of artificial scarcity this industry has ever cooked up. Yet, for all that, any businessperson worth their salt knows how to manipulate FOMO in consumers, very few of them are immune to its effects in turn.

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Alder Forge - The Final Chapter

Indie DB

After three years of development and more than a year and a half in Early Acces, the Alder Forge final chapter is released.

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Altagram apologizes for failing to credit Baldur's Gate 3 translators

Game Developer

Altagram described the situation as "unfortunate and frustrating" and has pledged to update the game's credits.

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Out Now • Solo dev Pat Naoum of the handpainted The Master’s Pupil: “Creativity is a tool”

PreMortem.Games

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. That alone took him hundreds of hours and the whole project now sits at 7 years. But the end is here, the game is out now on steam. “The painting really comes down to uniqueness”, he says. “Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet.

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Enemy Alien Update

Indie DB

Explore 'Enemy Alien,' a solo-developed adventure game crafted using the Visionaire Engine, featuring classic adventure elements and a thrilling shooting twist.

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Research indicates China's playtime limitations are "ineffective"

Game Developer

Players in China appear to have not felt much, if any, real restriction from the government limiting their playtime so severely.

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Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio

PreMortem.Games

Top image: Gnoumagbee and Teninke Camara It’s 3 am, and while the world sleeps, a creative force comes alive in the heart of Teninke Camara , the brilliant Creative Director and Founder of Blind Bend Studio. Born to parents who ventured from Guinea to France, Teninke’s artistic inspiration knows no bounds as she thrives in the late evenings and early mornings.

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PS5 UK sales surge again as Sony admits performance had been weaker than expected

GamesIndustry.biz

PlayStation 5 sales continue to accelerate in the UK on the back of its new £399 price point. The deal started two weeks ago and had an immediate impact, with console sales jumping by 75% in that first week. Now into the second week and sales continue to climb, with PS5 units up 59% (revenue is up 51%). Last week was the biggest week of the year so far for PS5 sales in the UK.

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Is GitHub Safe?

Perforce

Is GitHub safe? Learn about Git security issues, your Git access control options, alternative version control tools, and how to secure Git.

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Take-Two lauds recurrent consumer spending and hints GTA 6 could launch in 2024

Game Developer

Grand Theft Auto V is still bringing home the bacon, and there are signs that suggest a sequel could be imminent.

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Erenshor- now in private alpha testing

Indie DB

Erenshor is created for the nostalgic gamer who no longer wants to commit to online or scheduled play times, it offers unrestricted exploration, Simulated players, strategic battles, and countless weapons, armors, and spells to discover.

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What are the biggest games in Italy?

GamesIndustry.biz

FIFA was both the first and third best-selling games in Italy during 2022. FIFA 23 was comfortably No.1 by almost four times the sales of second place, which was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. FIFA 22 in third place was only slightly behind Call of Duty. Considering the country's love of football, this is not surprising. In fact, FIFA 23 is also the second best-selling game of this year (so far), and only slightly behind the No.1 game -- which is Hogwarts Legacy.

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Godot Conference 2023: Call for Participations

Mircosoft Game Dev

GodotCon 2023 needs participations

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Netflix Games adds controller app ahead of TV support

Game Developer

Netflix continues its gradual expansion into the video game space with an iOS controller app and a release on TV devices in the near future.

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Cornucopia Enters Early Access

Indie DB

Cornucopia - an immersive 2.5D farming sim with 50+ NPCs, innovative compost system, unique card system, 200+ recipes. Befriend, date, marry, and have children with 31 NPCs. Attend festivals, auction animals, fish, craft, and play mini-games. In-depth.

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Netflix launches game controller app on mobile

GamesIndustry.biz

Netflix has launched a game controller app on the App Store for iOS devices, suggesting its plans for a cloud gaming service may be taking shape. The Netflix Game Controller app will let subscribers play games on their TV using a gamepad interface. According to The Verge , launching a game through the app prompts users to connect their device, but currently displays "Netflix Games on TV are in beta" with potential device support limitations.

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Mighty Action Heroes bring battle royale collectibles to Web3 gaming

Game Daily

Mighty Action Heroes is a new battle royale game for mobile, offering Web3 capabilities via blockchain-tradable, collectible NFTs. Players can earn, create, own and trade characters from the game, which is inspired by “the best of Hollywood, Bollywood, Hong Kong cinema, and beyond” GameDaily spoke to Simon Davis, co-founder and CEO at Singapore-based developer Mighty Bear Games.

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Video: One-page designs

Game Developer

In this classic GDC design talk, designer Stone Librande shows how-to make effective, concise one-page game design documents.

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Serania - Path of the Scion

Indie DB

How new characters are created as part of the expanded story in Serania - Path of the Scion (desktop version).

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A better way to grow? | This Week in Business

GamesIndustry.biz

You ever see something so awful that your first instinct is to show it to someone else, so they can share in how awful it is? Even though you know it's probably just going to make their day worse? I sure hope so, because that will make me feel a little better about showing you this: That's from Roblox's latest quarterly earnings report. I have seen companies shade every other line of the tables in their investor relations materials for readability in the past, but I've never before seen someone

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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Though both roles are essential, they have distinct responsibilities and roles. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

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Larian says Baldur's Gate 3 is performing "way beyond" expectations

Game Developer

At one stage, Larian wondered if the title's early access success might actually hold it back.

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The Fast Life and Fiery Death of Vampire Survivors Games.

The Bottom Feeder

The one, the only, the original. If it looks good, you should write a copy of it. Everyone else has. Way back in February, I wrote a big article about indie phenomenon Vampire Survivors. It was a fun cheap game that is still fun and cheap. It's also a charming, scruffy take on the classic Twin-Stick Shooter genre, great for mindless gaming, with a price that is effectively zero.

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Researchers find China's game time limits ineffective in reducing excessive play

GamesIndustry.biz

China has imposed strict game time limitations for minors partly out of concern they could develop addictions, but a new paper published in Nature Human Behavior found no evidence that the rules have had any impact on excessive gaming at all. The researchers partnered with Unity to examine more than 7 billion hours of playtime and around 2.4 billion Chinese gamer profiles from mid-August of 2019 to mid-January of 2020, a span of time that includes the imposition of an hour-and-a-half daily playt

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I’ve seen a few people on the internet who advocate for abolishing copyright laws (mainly when the topic of fan games are brought up). But in reality, what are the consequences if copyright and IP laws were to be abolished?

Ask a Game Dev

The purpose of IP law is to protect the creators of intellectual property. Without IP law protections, there is little to stop those with more money/resources from simply taking whatever good ideas from their creators and making their own version of the product without ever paying the original creator or giving them any credit for coming up with the idea.

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Microsoft's Activision Blizzard merger approved in New Zealand

Game Developer

The Commerce Commission found them merger is "unlikely to substantially lessen competition.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 dev 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

One month into the release cycle for Godot 4.2, things are well under way. This third dev snapshot features a lot of improvements to C# and rendering.

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Xbox’s Jen MacLean to keynote PAX Investment Summit

GamesIndustry.biz

Xbox’s Jen MacLean is the latest speaker to join the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX. The event takes place on Thursday, August 31st at the Seattle Convention Center. Tickets are on sale now. MacLean is the general manager of game creator partnerships at Xbox, working with third-party studios to help them succeed across the Xbox ecosystem.

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How Much Does It Cost To Build A Fitness App?

Artoon

Fitness App Development is growing in popularity like none other. In 2022, […] The post How Much Does It Cost To Build A Fitness App? appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Valve is now selling refurbished Steam Decks

Game Developer

Previously owned but slightly more affordable, Valve says its limited line of refurbished Steam Decks will have the same support as a fully new handheld.

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Made with Unity July 2023 roundup: Dave the Diver, Football Manager, and other games on top

Unity Blog

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

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Reply Games: We want to be the Italian PlatinumGames

GamesIndustry.biz

Reply Games is a studio that's a small part of one of Italy's biggest corporations. Reply Group provides all sorts of B2B digital services for all sorts of industries, from energy to banking and telecoms to healthcare. It generates billions of euros in revenue and boasts over 10,000 employees. The group's clients were looking to develop B2B experiences, particularly around VR and AR, and so Reply hired game developers to make some.

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Godot Rendering Priorities: July 2023

Mircosoft Game Dev

The Godot rendering team continues to focus on stability, performance and usability

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Report: Embracer's era of self-sufficiency begins with the closure of Campfire Cabal

Game Developer

Former Campfire Cabal executive producer Bruno-Christian Belibou claims everybody at the studio has been laid off.

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