Why art tests fail artists and the game dev industry
Game Developer
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Art tests in game dev often harm diversity and fail to reflect real skills. It's time to rethink their use and adopt more inclusive hiring practices.
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Matt Handrahan of Kepler Interactive: “Playing it safe doesn’t have any value”
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 4, 2024
With over 2000 pitches flooding their inbox every year, Kepler Interactive is no stranger to reviewing a deluge of game ideas. The small team of six to seven professionals is tasked with wading through roughly 150 new concepts per month, determining which few might have the potential to become the next big title. “It’s truly crazy,” says Matt Handrahan , Senior Portfolio Manager at Kepler Interactive, “but we break it down to three or four a day, and you get through your quota.
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"We don't want to just replicate successful games": Behind Krafton's acquisition of Tango Gameworks
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OCTOBER 1, 2024
South Korean publisher Krafton became the unlikely saviour of Japanese developer Tango Gameworks in August , following Microsoft's sudden decision to shutter the studio a few months earlier.
Using generative AI to build the ultimate VALORANT esports team
AWS Games
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Riot Games are calling on esports fans and builders alike to participate in the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Hackathon: Esports Manager Challenge. This new hackathon will put the latest generative AI tools in the hands of fans to unlock new ways to build and develop stronger esports teams. VALORANT is a tactical first-person-shooter game by Riot Games, combining precise gunplay with unique agent abilities in a strategic 5v5 format.
Report: Annapurna Interactive collapse followed years of infighting by top execs
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
The game division's upper management reportedly kept going over and against each other, and Annapurna Interactive's staff were helpless to watch it happen.
Zoochosis by Clapperheads will make you fear those lovely animals in the zoo
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Like most times in horror stories, it starts out as a normal night. A rookie zookeeper straps on their bodycam and begins making the rounds on their first-ever night shift. But soon, you discover that things are far from normal in this zoo. A terrifying parasite is spreading, mutating some of the animals into grotesque, blood-thirsty monsters ready to kill their way out of their cages.
Is the Star Wars franchise in crisis? | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 4, 2024
As hints about the sales numbers for Star Wars Outlaws have trickled out through various different data tracking agencies, the depth of the crisis that has engulfed Ubisoft is slowly becoming clear.
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Obituary: LucasArts artist Ti-Ning Kwa has passed away
Game Developer
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Kwa provided art and model work for The Sims sequels and their expansions and Tribes 2 before pivoting to making award-winning, high-end luxury eyewear.
Solo dev Tomasz Kaye: “ChatGPT massively sped up the development of Axe Ghost”
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Tomasz Kaye had prior game development experience, with credits on Ibb & Obb and Chalo Chalo , but this time he went solo for his latest creation Axe Ghost. “It wasn’t exactly a deliberate choice,” he explains, “I had a small game idea that I wanted to finish and publish, and it seemed doable alone.” What started as a simple concept quickly turned into a game that challenges players with a mix of strategic depth and risk-reward mechanics.
Tencent and Guillemot family reportedly planning Ubisoft buyout
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Tencent and Guillemot Brothers Ltd have been exploring ways to stabilise Ubisoft in the wake of its recent troubles, which could result in the pair buying out the publisher and taking it private.
Simplify and Scale AI-Powered MetaHuman Deployment with NVIDIA ACE and Unreal Engine 5
Nvidia
OCTOBER 1, 2024
At Unreal Fest 2024, NVIDIA released new Unreal Engine 5 on-device plugins for NVIDIA ACE, making it easier to build and deploy AI-powered MetaHuman characters. At Unreal Fest 2024, NVIDIA released new Unreal Engine 5 on-device plugins for NVIDIA ACE, making it easier to build and deploy AI-powered MetaHuman characters on Windows PCs. ACE is a suite of digital human technologies that provide speech, intelligence, and animation powered by generative AI.
Why are so few games set in the Prohibition era?
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OCTOBER 4, 2024
The United States' Prohibition era has inspired creatives across the entertainment industry, but hasn't been featured in video games as much as you'd expect.
Emberwake: Hobby to Survival Game
Indie DB
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Emberwake started as a hobby project—a scene of villagers around a campfire with a dynamic day-night cycle. After a period of being shelved, it was revived and evolved into a survival game where players guide villagers to keep the last ember burning.
PlayStation says full-screen PS5 dash advertisements were caused by a "tech error"
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Sony says that full-screen-sized promotional materials that appeared on PS5 dashboards following its latest update were added in "error" and have now been removed.
Visual Studio Code September 2024 Upgrade
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OCTOBER 4, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Visual Studio Code September 2024 Upgrade Microsoft’s popular open source editor Visual Studio Code just got upgraded with the release of the September 2024 upgrade. With this release comes several plumbing fixes including a move to ESM (ECMAScript Modules) as well as a switch from the Yarn package manager to NPM. Highlights of this release are: […] The post Visual Studio Code September 2024 Upgrade appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Blizzard's workplace culture seemed destined for chaos from day one
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OCTOBER 1, 2024
The new book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment sheds light on how Blizzard's road to success was shaped by a chaotic workplace culture.
Black One: Blood Brothers 1.50
Indie DB
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The moment is here. Black One Blood Brothers Early Access 1.50 is almost live, and we’re eager to hear your thoughts and see you in action! Helios has worked tirelessly to integrate the most requested features and fixes from the Beta Test. A special.
Awesomenauts devs reclaim their unfinished game as new studio Rangatang
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Ronimo Games, the Dutch developer behind indie hit Awesomenauts, filed for bankruptcy in August last year. Today, four former members of the team – including the CEO – return with a new studio, Rangatang.
Unreal Engine Launch Everywhere with Epic
Game From Scratch
OCTOBER 2, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Unreal Engine Launch Everywhere with Epic Along side the announcement of Unreal Engine 5.5, Epic games just announced Launch Everywhere with Epic. In a nutshell this program will enable you to cut your Unreal Engine royalty from 5% to 3.5% with one major caveat. Your games need to launch before or during the launch on other […] The post Unreal Engine Launch Everywhere with Epic appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Breachway's beautiful ship designs were honed by architectural expertise
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Edgeflow Studios' Breachway looks so danged beautiful in part because its development team includes trained architects.
The Mobius Machine Update 1.2
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
The Mobius Machine Update 1.2.0 is live on Steam, Playstation5 and Xbox Series. This update adds new Workshop, new environment art, map layout improvements and much more.
Epic suing Google and Samsung over Auto Blocker's barrier to other app stores
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Epic Games is filing another legal complaint against Google as well as Samsung, claiming the latter's Auto Blocker is a barrier to alternative app stores and clashes with a jury verdict last year.
When developing a live service game, is there a standard for how far into the future your team plans in terms of content like say a preseason and first season worth of content outlined. If there’s a story/plot attached to your game, is there a planned “ending” that you deviate from based on how successful the game is?
Ask a Game Dev
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Most in-development live service games plan ahead for one year's worth of post-launch content from the jump. Typically this is planned to follow a quarterly schedule, so that we have sufficient development time to build a sizable amount of new content for players. The development focus is not evenly distributed either - the closest update is always much more concrete than three updates in the future because the closest update is launching much sooner.
New indie, Day 4 Night Studios, formed by Ubisoft Milan and Rockstar alums
Game Developer
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The new developer consists of former designers and producers from Ubisoft, and they're partnering with Krafton on a fully original project.
Project Helia - v0.3.1
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
A new version of Project Helia (the ambitious indie MMO) has been deployed! Unlike previous releases which have focused primarily on gameplay and mechanics, this release focuses on atmosphere. With drifting soundscapes, mysterious relays, and reworked.
Sharkmob London faces layoffs after game cancelled
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OCTOBER 1, 2024
Sharkmob is facing layoffs at its London studio after cancelling one of the games it had in development, with an unknown number of jobs now at risk.
Is classic game porting/remastering becoming its own specialization? What I mean is, of course it’s happening more these days, so/but is space growing to be someone who specializes in these projects? Or is it still niche enough that the small number of teams/staff who do it will continue to do it?
Ask a Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
The answer here is "kind of". Here's the main issue - game development is expensive. AAA studios are expensive and cost a lot to run, assigning a AAA studio a remake/port project is not really worth it when compared to the estimated return on investment. Instead, what game publishers often do is contract out the remakes/port job to an independent third-party studio.
Xbox expands Research division to collaborate with game developers
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
A new program within the Xbox Research division allows developers to give the console maker feedback and help it improve in key areas.
RISE OF DEADS released
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Mario + Rabbids and Red Dead Redemption creators form new studio: Day 4 Night
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The creators of the Mario + Rabbids series and the lead designer of Red Dead Redemption have formed a new studio called Day 4 Night.
Unreal Engine 5.5 Preview
Game From Scratch
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GameFromScratch.com Unreal Engine 5.5 Preview Unreal Engine 5.5 preview was just announced at Unreal Fest Seattle 2024 and it is packed with exciting new features. Unfortunately there are no release notes or announcement blog available right now, so our coverage is entirely in the video below. Unreal Engine 5.5 preview is available for download today […] The post Unreal Engine 5.5 Preview appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Starstruck: Hands of Time is a rhythm game that lets you use your old guitar peripherals
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Teeny Tiny Trains - Chapter 7
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
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FromSoftware to increase average basic salary pay by around 11.8%
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 4, 2024
FromSoftware has announced that starting in April 2025, employees will receive an average basic salary pay increase of approximately 11.8%.
Hard Ops & Box Cutter for Blender
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Epic suing Samsung and Google for allegedly blocking third-party app distribution
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
The company claims Samsung is deploying an 'Auto Blocker' feature to make it difficult for users to access third-party storefronts.
Designer Notes #85: Zach Barth – Part 2
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In this episode, Soren interviews independent game developer Zach Barth, best known for his puzzle games, including SpaceChem, Infinifactory, Shenzhen I/O, and Opus Magnum. They discuss why he made a game about assembly language, how he guaranteed that Fortune’s Foundation is winnable, and whether he knows how to make fun games. This episode was recorded on September 11, 2023.
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