Game Developer
MARCH 17, 2023
The battle between ZA/UM and ousted co-founders Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov continues, with the two announcing their plans to "purse legal action" against their former studio.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 17, 2023
Jędrzej Napiecek was not in a good place. 25 years old, fresh out of script writing studies and feeling detached from society. To be honest, he just felt so… useless. He desperately needed change, something to reinvent himself. In 2014 he started hearing stories of refugees drowning in the Mediterranean. It was horrendous and he felt the drive to get involved.
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GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 16, 2023
Shuhei Yoshida will be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship at the BAFTA Game Awards on March 30. The Fellowship recognises Yoshida's work "as a champion of independent developers," BAFTA said. "Through his personal social media presence and his corporate endeavours he has consistently nurtured the creativity and innovation of the indie games industry, and regularly champions indie games through podcasts, official PlayStation videos, and the wider games media," the organisation added.
Game Refinery
MARCH 16, 2023
From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. With over 90% of the top-grossing 100 iOS mobile games using seasonal events to boost their revenues, national holidays have become an essential part of LiveOps with players expecting an influx of new content as we approach the holiday seasons.
Game Developer
MARCH 16, 2023
Comprised of all of Bandcamp staff across the US, Bandcamp United has called on its leadership and parent company Epic Games to willingly recognize that it exists.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 13, 2023
Want to get away from the hustle and bustle in the Moscone Centre and just have a good conversation and decent coffee with Dutch games industry professionals? Well, you’re in luck, because The Netherlands Lounge (located in Hotel Zeppelin ) is returning this year. Here you will find game developers, publishers and tool- and tech providers ready to do business.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 14, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The ongoing legal dispute between Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM and the game's producer Kaur Kender has been resolved. ZA/UM studio has announced that ex-staffer Kender has repaid all debts owed to it.
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Game Developer
MARCH 17, 2023
The 60-year-old actor was known for many roles, including Zavala in Destiny 2 and Matthew Abbadon on Lost.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 16, 2023
Top image by Lalesh Aldarwis – Pexels.com 2022 was a rough year for gaming. Coming off from the Pandemic induced highs it was inevitable that something had to give once the situation went back to normal. It turned out that the games market faced its first downturn in over a decade. Compared to 2021, overall playtime dropped by almost 15%, and spending decreased year on-year.
Unity Blog
MARCH 14, 2023
In the second installment of this two-part article, Software Engineer Kevin Vacheresse looks at job system overhead from Unity’s former job system and how the engineering team has addressed this in the 2022.2 Tech Stream release. With part two, discover the latest changes made to the job system to reduce overhead and improve performance scaling.
Game Development News
MARCH 15, 2023
Read insights from Hooded Horse, Savvy Games, Renaissance YRS TRULY, Room 8, Modulate and more in the FREE March issue of MCV/DEVELOP!
Game Developer
MARCH 17, 2023
Yarn Spinner lead developer and Secret Lab co-founder Jon Manning joins us on the Game Developer Podcast to share the secret trick to teaching writers to code, sing the praises of good documentation, and highlight the value of a collaborative development community.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 14, 2023
Deathgrip is a sci-fi arcade racer in which pilots get pulled by overpowered engines through alien landscapes at brain-melting speeds. It’s unapologetically reminiscent of the Star Wars podracer games from the 1990’s but it’s insanely fast and incredibly fun. The game is made by a two-man team called Reclaim Interactive. “I think racing games have fallen out of favor because there’s a lack of innovation as they focus more on graphics and realism than creativity and feel”, says founder and
Unity Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
In this guest post, Owlchemy Labs’ Jazmin Cano dives deep into how the team used Unity to develop an all-new vision accessibility update for Cosmonious High in virtual reality (VR).
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 14, 2023
It's another week at the top of the UK boxed charts for Warner Bros' huge hit Hogwarts Legacy. It has also been No.1 in the weekly digital data, too. In fact, after just five weeks, the game has now surpassed the lifetime sales of Elden Ring in the UK (digital and physical). The reason for the comparison to Elden Ring is because the Bandai Namco game was last year's major breakout hit, with sales only surpassed by FIFA 23, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, GTA 5 and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker S
Game Developer
MARCH 13, 2023
Microsoft wants Activision Blizzard's games to come to its Game Pass service eventually, but Diablo IV won't be the first title from the publisher to start that trend.
CG Spectrum
MARCH 13, 2023
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more sophisticated and regulations struggle to keep up, global concern has arisen about its place in the creative industries. People have begun questioning the ethics of AI art and what it means for those working or pursuing a creative career, particularly digital painting. How will AI impact artists such as digital illustrators and concept artists ?
Unity Blog
MARCH 13, 2023
XRI 2.3 offers full support for hand interaction, poking, eye gaze, and audiovisual affordances, as well as improved two-handed interaction and a fully revamped device simulator to help test your apps without a headset.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 16, 2023
The veterans who left Need for Speed developer Criterion in December last year have reunited to form a new AAA studio: Fuse Games. The new outfit has been founded by studio general manager Matt Webster, head of content Steve Uphill, head of production Pete Lake, head of technology Andrei Shires, and head of operations Alan McDairmant. The team is in the process of finding an office in Guildford, and will adopt a hybrid working approach.
Game Developer
MARCH 15, 2023
The Strong Museum has named the 12 games shortlisted for this years World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees, which features titles like Computer Space, The Last of Us 2013, and Wii Sports.
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 15, 2023
Following the biggest Godot release ever we've collected several critical fixes and smaller usability improvements to make your experience with 4.0 more pleasant. This is the first release candidate for early adopters to test the changes, with the stable 4.0.1 release coming soon after.
Game Errors
MARCH 17, 2023
SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter with an amazing concept, time moves only when you move. We find this idea very exciting and the gameplay was amazing although the game has some issues. The most common SUPERHOT issues that players reported on Steam Dashboard are crashing, not launching, black screen, and performance issues like low FPS, FPS drops, lag, that are making the game unplayable.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 14, 2023
GDC is back at the Moscone Convention Center next week. A staple among games industry events, GDC 2023 is expected to gather around 24,000 people in San Francisco, organisers said in January. Officially running from March 20 to 24, the event extends well beyond the boundaries of these days and of the convention centre's walls. Games industry professionals from all walks of life have started gathering already and will be taking over San Francisco for meet ups within the next two weeks.
Game Developer
MARCH 14, 2023
The newly formed Gas Giant Games will make their presence known at next week's Game Developer's Conference, where it'll show off its first project to court publishers and investors.
Rocket Brush Studio
MARCH 15, 2023
With the rise of cloud computing, APIs have become an increasingly popular way of sharing data and services between applications. However, the increased use of APIs also means a greater risk of malicious activity. According to a report by Salt Security, API attack traffic reached an average of 26.46M calls in 2022.
Game Development News
MARCH 15, 2023
Embracer Freemode has announced that it will now offer PR and communication services to external partners from around the video game industry
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 13, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Stories about developers being omitted from game credits have been multiplying in recent months. Prominent examples include former MercurySteam employees being left out of Metroid Dread's credits , 20 people from Striking Distance Studios forgotten in The Callisto Protocol's acknowledgements , or the original Metroid Prime developers omitted from the remastered version , among many others.
Game Developer
MARCH 16, 2023
It's no secret that Epic uses Fortnite to make Unreal Engine a better tool. But how does the process work?
Rocket Brush Studio
MARCH 14, 2023
In today's fast-paced business environment, companies are always looking for ways to improve their QA testing process and stay ahead of the competition. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is by creating an automation strategy. Test automation is crucial for businesses because it helps to improve the efficiency and accuracy of software testing while reducing manual efforts and costs.
That One Game Dev
MARCH 14, 2023
In this article I explore C/C++ cross-compiling through docker containers. I use the very well made dockcross containers. Check out for more! The post CMake Cross-Compiling using Docker appeared first on That One Game Dev.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 14, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Over the last five years, the digital pages of GamesIndustry.biz have been awash with stories of games studios being set-up, floated, expanded significantly, and getting bought. The level of investment in the games industry has been incredible, and only accelerated during the pandemic, leading to three multi-billion-dollar acquisition announcements in January 2022.
Game Developer
MARCH 15, 2023
The FBI suggests mobile players be wary of anyone who wants them to spend real-world money on cryptocurrency to play a game on their phones.
Nvidia
MARCH 17, 2023
Polyphony Digital, a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc and the creators of Gran Turismo, has exceeded 90M copies of cumulative sell-through sales. Polyphony Digital , a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc and the creators of Gran Turismo , has exceeded 90M copies of cumulative sell-through sales of PlayStation software titles over three decades.
Designer Notes
MARCH 15, 2023
In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game designer Liz England, best known for her work on Scribblenauts , Sunset Overdrive , and Watch Dogs: Legion. They discuss how she organized her mom’s RPG inventories, what is the boiling point of a lion, and whether system complexity matters if the player can’t see it. This episode was recorded on September 17, 2022.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 16, 2023
The UK regulator the CMA has revealed the responses to its provisional findings over Microsoft's planned $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The regulator believes the deal would pose a risk to competition and has called on Microsoft to offer remedies to counter its concerns. The regulator prefers structural remedies, such as selling off the Call of Duty IP.
Game Developer
MARCH 17, 2023
Butterfly Soup 2 once more hangs with a group of gay Asian-American teens as they play baseball, send 2009-era memes over text, and deal with the complexities of school and life.
iHobo
MARCH 15, 2023
Ten Player Motives #3 If the victory motive asks us to endure frustration to get to the win, and the problem-solving motive asks us to endure confusion to solve the puzzle, is there something else we can endure for our future pleasure? There is: boredom. You may have noticed that a lot of videogame players complain about grinding, and yet games still contain an enormous amount of grinding.
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