Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2024

"It's been five months since the closure of Volition, but I'm grateful to post that a group of us have re-formed as Shapeshifter Games.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was ‘extremely rewarding’. He started his career in advertising, but the world of video games always held his real interest. “Making games was something that seemed very far from reality”, he says. Yet, with help from the internet and some classes in college, he realized that he too could create games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report from Griffin Gaming Partners says that 95% of game makers are developing or maintaining a live service game. The 2023 Game Development Report, made in partnership with Rendered VC, surveyed 537 studios from across the globe.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JANUARY 31, 2024

AI apps demand a unique approach to performance testing that goes beyond traditional methods. QASource's performance testing of AI apps signifies the continuous testing recurrence and collaboration to enhance the responsiveness of AI apps across diverse scenarios.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 29, 2024

Level design is like when you eat a delicious food without knowing its recipe. Experiencing a good taste is NOT enough to make a similar one. You should understand about the entire process; from the fundamentals to polishing the product.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

The hottest game these weeks is Palworld by Japanese developer Pocketpair. It’s an open-world survival craft game where you tame monsters and put them to work. And it has earned more than $200 million in its first five days. Not bad for a $7.6 million development budget. But the game stands out for a few reasons beyond its initial monetary success. To start, Palworld borrows blatantly from existing hit titles and intellectual property.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In the world of film and storytelling, every student has the power to change narratives. Supporting them isn't just an investment in their future; it's an investment in storytelling itself. Students bring fresh perspectives, but often face barriers like financial constraints and limited access to tools. Support, like Filmustage's Academic Subscription, removes these barriers, nurturing the next generation of boundary-pushing filmmakers.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Costs are down, revenues are up, and its stock has never been higher—yet Microsoft still laid off nearly 2,000 developers.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

More and more South-Korean indie game developers take aim at the PC and console market. Like Seoul-based Funnylocks with their recently released horror action shooter Unstoppable. Set in a New York office building in the 1990’s, the game plays out as a action-filled mini series, including cutscenes that unravel the plot. “To ensure authenticity, we referenced American dramas, cartoons, and games from that era when designing everything from the characters’ clothing to office props.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2024

Update : The Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega reacted on social media , confirming this is related to the previously announced plan to "phase out" temporary workers by February 2024. The union said they had been in discussion since November to negotiate the situation, but confirmed the 61 layoffs. "Through our union efforts, we’ve been able to more than double the number of saved jobs, and to offer severance to our temp workers," the union said.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Guest post by Alexander Devyaterikov , Producer at Belka Games In today's gaming world, it's not enough to just have a good game. We need to release regular updates: more content, more events, faster, and higher quality. There's no secret to how a good update should look: it should be engaging, profitable, and regular. The question is, why do LiveOps work for some projects but not for others?

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Game Developer

JANUARY 29, 2024

The sci-fi franchise hits a setback with the sudden cancellation of the follow up to 2016's Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

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Real Programming

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sometimes, when we learn a new subject, what we absorb gets applied down the road in surprising ways. You never know how a math lesson may assert itself later in contexts that have nothing to do with crunching numbers. For example, kids learn problem-solving when they do math, but thinking on their feet can help them in countless other situations. Likewise, learning how to write code can help kids in several unexpected ways.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The past 12 months have been the bleakest I've seen in video games. Cancelled projects, closed studios and thousands upon thousands of employees laid off, with few jobs available for them to step into. And this period of intense pain is likely to continue all year and into 2025. We've discussed at lengths the reasons for the situation. As an industry, we spent too much during the pandemic, costs have risen exponentially, revenue is falling, competition is as fierce as ever and investment levels

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Retro Game Coders

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my review of the Agon Light – a single-board computer based around a Z80 CPU – I mentioned that as well as Z80 assembly, there is a good version of the LLVM C/C++ compiler that the Paul Cawte and some in the community has been working on. Let’s see how far we can get porting my forever-work-in-progress dungeon game to the computer!

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Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2024

Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice drove the studio to success after hitting the ground running on Meta Quest and PlayStation VR 2.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you really wanna go nuts, try to define what a “game” is. I mean, Hidden Object Games barely even count as an activity. And yet, we know they are games, because they have “game” in the name. One of the great (?) things about making and writing about games for 30 years is the patterns you get to see. Arguments that come up again and again.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This interview is part of GamesIndustry.biz’s Black Voices Progress Report, offering insight into the different experiences Black professionals have in the games sector. You can read more about the project and check the other entries on this page. The project and the studio were unveiled in July last year: EA launched Cliffhanger Games, a new developer working on a Black Panther game.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 27, 2024

We bring truly amazing news - GRAVEN has now left Early Access and is fully released! We would like to thank everyone who accompanied us on our Early Access journey, it's only thanks to your support and feedback that we've been able to bring you the.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As it approaches its one-year anniversary, the worker-led AEGIS union will be hit hard by Sega of America's layoffs in the coming weeks.

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Unity Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Reimagining games, apps, and experiences with Unity visionOS

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The fruits of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition have been shown in its financial results for the previous quarter, with Xbox revenues showing year-on-year growth of 49%. The company brought the Call of Duty publisher into the fold when the $68.7 billion deal was completed in October , adding hundreds of games and millions of users to its gaming business – although this also increased its operating expens

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Dear Space Colony Managers, a lot has been going on behind the scenes in the last few months, we've been working hard on console versions of the game, constantly improving it in many details and carefully fine-tuning proven features. At the end of this.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Reality Labs continues to lose billions each quarter, and Meta now expects those losses to "increase meaningfully year-over year.

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Perforce

JANUARY 30, 2024

What is linting? Linting is the process of checking code for programmatic and stylistic errors. Compare basic lint code tools to advanced static code analyzers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Konami has raised its forecasts for the financial year following a strong nine-month period in which revenues rose 11% and profits were up 53%. For the nine months ending December 31, 2023, the Japanese publisher reported business profit up ¥62.8 billion ($427 million, up 53% year-on-year) and operating profit of ($405.2 million, up 59%).

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Rotten Flesh have now just been released on Steam! Will you check it out and try to find your dog by shouting his name on your microphone?

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Game Developer

JANUARY 31, 2024

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has a simple-but-brilliant mechanic to help players remember hidden locations on the game's massive map.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

GameFromScratch.com InstaMAT – Powerful New Texture Application InstaMAT is a new application from the makers of InstaLOD, that is used to create and layer procedurally generated textures in a manner very similar to Substance Designer and Quixel Mixer. InstaMAT is described as: InstaMAT lets you tap into unprecedented workflows when it comes to working with 3D materials … InstaMAT – Powerful New Texture Application Read More The post InstaMAT – Powerful New Texture Applic

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 30, 2024

Electronic Arts released its earnings report for Q3 FY24 (the three months ended December 31, 2023), with the firm seeing modest top-line growth but a more considerable jump from the bottom line that was higher than the company's outlook range. The numbers EA saw at least some growth from all its key performance indicators during the holiday quarter, but the publisher was likely most pleased by EA Sports FC.

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Last Citadel, A Co-Op, Roguelite Indie Game Unveils Free Demo And Launches Kickstarter Campaign January 29th, 2024.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2024

"We have found ourselves at a loss as our competitors continue to produce new products.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 30, 2024

GameFromScratch.com GB Studio 3.2 Released GB Studio, an amazingly easy to use but comprehensive game engine for creating retro GameBoy-style games, just released version 3.2. This is the first major update since GB Studio 3.0 was released all the way back in 2022. When I say create “GameBoy-style” games, that’s misleading. This game engine can … GB Studio 3.2 Released Read More The post GB Studio 3.2 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2024

Fandom-owned outlet GameSpot has endured a round of layoffs today, as reported by multiple current and now-former employees on social media. The employees' posts give little detail as to the scope or focus of the layoffs, saying only that "some" people were let go. A Fandom representative told GamesIndustry.biz that the company would not be providing a statement.

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