Game Developer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

"Our overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

French game workers union STJV (Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo) is organising a strike today across three Ubisoft studios. Workers were invited to join the picket line in Ubisoft's Annecy and Montpellier studios from 9am, and in Paris' studio from 2pm, the union said. STJV called for the strike earlier this month , following the failure of the annual salary negotiations at Ubisoft.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Twenty years ago Rohan Nowell made a game for a high school project and it was then that the seed was planted. However, it took another 15 years for his debut game Swoopy Boi to come out. The mobile game about a Magpie that swoops down and attacks pedestrians was successful enough for Nowell to keep developing games. “I like variety in my work”, he says.

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Retro Game Coders

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Neo6502 is a “Modern Retro Computer” – a brand new single board computer that features a real 6502 microprocessor – designed by Olimex. Rather than the original 6502 , it comes with a modern W65C02S on board. w65c02 microprocessor RP2040 A RP2040 provides memory, clock, and peripheral emulation. Kind of like what I did with my homebrew Z80 breadboard computer !

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The union hopes to "change the industry for the better.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Nigeria-based games developer Maliyo Games is behind a new Disney game coming to mobile this month. The smartphone developer, which also employs staff in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, is creating the official tie-in to Disney's Iwájú, which is a new animated series launching on Disney+ on February 28th. The animation is co-produced with Kugali Media and set in a futuristic Nigeria, while the game is called Disney Iwájú: Rising Chef, and is due to launch on the same

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In VR horror title Titanic: A Space Between players find themselves entangled in a bizarre time-travel mishap. On a mission to locate and rescue a missing time-traveler named Diana, you end up on the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Trapped within the confines of history’s most infamous vessel, players must navigate the ship’s decks as they gradually succumb to the icy depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If game designers are to have any success combating toxicity, we must acknowledge that our own design choices are often the underlying systemic cause, and that it is our responsibility to change them.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 16, 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. Microsoft dropped a bombshell yesterday, confirming recent reports that it would be going multiplatform, bringing a quartet of first-party games to rival consoles in the near future.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

­In today’s global interconnected world, organizations often find themselves distributed across various geographical locations. It all begins as a small local studio, where artists collaborate in a single physical location, relying on local storage solutions like network-attached storage (NAS). As the studio begins to gain momentum and expand to a globally connected organization with studios in multiple locations the adoption of global file systems (GFS) becomes important.

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Perforce

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Dive into the specifics of Jira Server end of life, exploring how your team can respond, and explore free Jira alternatives or Jira similar tools.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Multiple posts on social media indicate job cuts are happening "across the company.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors said that the current reduction in workforce at the company and across the industry is "something that everyone needs to get through," later adding that the group's strategy has been to cut the things that have "the lowest chance of success going forward" and to only keep "the most iconic studios." This conversation was part of the Q&A portion of the company's earnings call yesterday, as it announced its Q3 results.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of filmmaking, the script serves not just as a blueprint. It stands as a living, flexible entity, set to evolve and adapt amidst the unfolding pressures and demands of production. This fluidity can be the crucible in which good films are forged into great ones. The history of cinema is replete with examples where script revisions during production not only saved films from potential mediocrity but elevated them to iconic status.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Disney’s renewed push into interactive is a watershed moment in entertainment with video games at the center. The investment suggests that conventional media and entertainment firms are finally ready to dive into the games industry. It took a while, though. Bob Iger, who grew Disney’s market cap from $48 billion to $257 billion during his 15-year tenure that ended in 2020, came out of retirement two years later to navigate the firm’s push into digital.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Workers at ZA/UM allege management is mishandling the Disco Elysium studio and mistreating its veteran staff.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The behemoth that is the games industry has profound responsibilities towards its players, and these are ever-evolving. Unfortunately, right now, actions towards accessibility – making games suitable for their disabled audiences – fall short of where they should be. Thankfully, accessibility is gaining more attention and traction across the industry though.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Location scouting is often shaped by an unseen force: film budgeting. It can be a creative catalyst, pushing filmmakers to discover hidden gems and embrace innovative solutions. We'll plunge into real-world examples, from Hollywood blockbusters to indie diamonds, where masterful budgeting strategies birthed legendary cinematic moments. How Budgeting Shapes Every Frame of Your Film ?

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The greatest thing about other people having a look at your game is that they most likely find something you are just not aware of. The camera is the window into the game world and as such plays a central role in the presentation of the whole game. This.

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Games 103

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Writers Argo Tuulik and Dora Klindžić allege ZA/UM has been completely broken by management in a permanent manner.

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Studios 347

GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Not so long ago, the announcement that Sony didn't have any new entries in its major first-party franchises in the pipeline for the coming year would have been viewed as an extraordinary opportunity for Microsoft to gain ground on the market leader. There are many reasons why Xbox has faced an uphill struggle against its major rival. Brand strength and digital library lock-in are certainly among them, but the ultimate, seemingly insurmountable barrier was Sony's first-party studio system, which

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Rocket Brush Studio

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Integrating AI into data migration processes in today's data-driven landscape enhances efficiency, accuracy, and speed. This post explores the concept of AI-assisted data migration, detailing its necessity due to the challenges of traditional migration methods and how it leverages machine learning to automate and optimize various stages, from data mapping to testing.

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A grid-based, relaxing settlement builder with simulated citizens.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

His final project is slated to release in April 2024.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has released its latest financial results, showing an increase in sales for both the whole company and its PlayStation division. But the company has lowered its sales forecasts for PlayStation, in part due to an expected hardware decline with the company adding that it is not planning to release any games from its biggest franchises in the next fiscal year.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Say goodbye to placing barriers, hello to the new acyclic graph

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Toytopia is coming out on STEAM this month on 19/02/2024. Be sure to check it out and wishlist it on steam to stay updated!

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

After years of major first-party exclusives, PlayStation plans to sit out the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Xbox head Phil Spencer reportedly told employees that Microsoft isn't planning to stop making consoles. Games journalist Shannon Liao shared in her weekly industry newsletter on Substack on Friday that Xbox allegedly held an internal company townhall last Tuesday, during which Spencer clarified that Xboxes would continue to be part of the company's strategy alongside other devices.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Get RPG Maker XP Free This Week In celebration of RPG Maker Festival 2024, you can currently get a copy of RPG Maker XP completely free. This is the version, that while very dated at this point, was used to create perhaps the most successful RPG Maker game, To The Moon. Getting your free copy of RPG […] The post Get RPG Maker XP Free This Week appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that update 1.48 for "Black One Blood Brothers" is now available! This release introduces a plethora of new content and exciting improvements to enrich your gaming experience.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There is great potential for video game companies to use this digital future to promote better-preserved products, but they must choose to respect the consumer’s right to ownership.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

PlayStation is looking at bringing more of its exclusive first-party titles to other platforms, such as PC, in an effort to grow its games business. During an earnings call following the release of its latest financial results , Sony president and COO Hiroki Totoki told investors that making PlayStation exclusives multi-platform would help its operating income improve, which was down 15% to ¥979.4 billion ($6.5 billion).

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Advances in AI are rapidly transforming every industry. Join us in person or virtually to learn about the latest technologies, from retrieval-augmented. Advances in AI are rapidly transforming every industry. Join us in person or virtually to learn about the latest technologies, from retrieval-augmented generation to OpenUSD.

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Godsworn is releasing into Steam Early Access on March 28th!

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Daybreak and one of its MMO subsidiaries are the newest developers to get swept up in the industry's layoff cycle.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Embracer Group has released its latest financial results and offered an updated on its ongoing restructuring program, which the company claims is "approaching the final stretch." The results for the three months ending December 31, 2023 showed decent sales across the company, despite declines in its PC/console games segment, but the group still ended the year with a net debt of SEK 16.1 billion ($1.5 billion).

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