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How Video Games can Help Combat Stress

OPM Jobs

Video games have long been a popular form of entertainment, but their impact on mental health has been a topic of debate. In recent years, video games have been increasingly recognised as a tool for relaxation, escapism, and emotional processing. In honour of Stress Awareness Month, we’ve explored the benefits of video games for mental health, and how gaming can help combat stress, anxiety, and loneliness.

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Roblox for game development: Pros, Cons & Future

iXie gaming

Epic Games recently announced an expansive creation toolkit for its juggernaut of a game you may know as Fortnite. This toolkit provides its users the freedom to create unique levels and experiences and publish them for Fortnite players to enjoy. Epic touted that creators with high player engagement within their creations will get a share of the revenue generated by them, thanks to their new revenue-sharing program that was also announced with this new toolkit.

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Sega of America employees announce multi-department union

Game Developer

The Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS) is both the Sonic the Hedgehog developer's first-ever union, and also the United States' first game developer union to cover multiple staff departments.

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Microsoft vows to appeal as the UK regulator blocks its acquisition of Activision Blizzard

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has announced it's "preventing" Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard "over concerns the deal would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market." In its statement , the CMA said that Microsoft "failed to effectively address the concerns in the cloud gaming sector.

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Epic Games v. Apple Is Over

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Epic Games v. Apple Is Over The ongoing lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple, started all the way back in August 2020 is now over, with Apple winning on 9 of 10 claims. This was decided by the US Ninth Court of Appeal upholding the decisions of Judge Rogers in September 2021 (TL;DR summary here). Details … Epic Games v. Apple Is Over Read More The post Epic Games v.

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Forward+ (Plus) Rendering in Unity URP 14+ - Shine Your Lights!

The GameDev Guru

Cannot have many real-time lights with Forward Shading in URP. can you?

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The best free game making tools

Game Developer

From small and specialized game engines like Bitsy and Ren'Py to the free versions of bigger tools like Unity and Unreal, here are a few of the best tools with the lowest barrier to entry.

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Don't like always-online consoles? #DealWithIt | 10 Years Ago This Month

GamesIndustry.biz

The games industry moves pretty fast, and there's a tendency for all involved to look constantly to what's next without so much worrying about what came before. That said, even an industry so entrenched in the now can learn from its past. So to refresh our collective memory and perhaps offer some perspective on our field's history, GamesIndustry.biz runs this monthly feature highlighting happenings in gaming from exactly a decade ago.

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Coming soon: Recipes for popular visual effects using the Universal Render Pipeline

Unity Blog

A dash of post-processing, a cup of decals, a pinch of color grading, and some sparkling water: Our new Universal Render Pipeline (URP) cookbook is coming soon. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s on the menu.

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PlayStation 5 nears 40 million lifetime sales, and Sony thinks it could become a record-breaker

Game Developer

Sony thinks the console could sell 25 million units during the current fiscal year, which would represent a new hardware sales record.

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Dwayne Waite Jr. “Spend marketing dollars smarter by clearly defining target market”

PreMortem.Games

Dwayne Waite Jr., former Marketing Manager at Schell Games and current Marketing Director Game Events at ReedPop talks marketing at the IndieGameBusiness podcast. When talking about a holistic or integrated marketing approach he really means the whole marketing process combined: “It’s a lot! From your public relations efforts to advertising and going to events.

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Apple wins appeal against Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Apple has won an appeal in an antitrust claim from Epic Games' following years of legal battles. As reported by Bloomberg , the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision supports the 2021 ruling , which rejected nine out of ten claims from Epic.

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The Relationship Between Coding and Mathematics

Real Programming

What does it mean when someone says an activity is “like math”? People often say this of activities like chess, as if the calculations you make moving pieces are akin to crunching numbers. Plotting moves on a chessboard doesn’t actually involve numbers, so how can it be mathematical? Learning to code is mathematical too, and also doesn’t directly require multiplying or dividing large sums.

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Microsoft inks (another) cloud gaming partnership to support "emerging" segment

Game Developer

The move comes days after the company's Activision Blizzard deal was blocked in the UK over fears it will allow Microsoft to become a cloud gaming powerhouse.

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Brok the InvestiGator is the first Punch&Click game “Indies need to be innovative”

PreMortem.Games

It took Fabrice Breton, a French solo developer at CowCat Games , 6 years to create Brok the InvestiGator. When he left his day job in 2014 to become a full-time indie developer, he realised he had to come up with something special to stand out from the crowd. He created what he calls the first ‘Punch & Click game’, combining a classic adventure with beat ’em up and RPG elements.

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Star Wars is the sixth highest grossing video game franchise in UK history | UK Time Tunnel

GamesIndustry.biz

The upcoming release of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will by the 119th Star Wars video game released since 1993 (when LucasArts published X-Wing). That’s an average of almost four Star Wars games a year over the last three decades. That’s according to Dorian Bloch, the games lead at GfK. It means that there are more games based on Star Wars than any other IP, including Mario and The Sims (with all its various expansion packs).

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A powerful Holocaust videogame

Game Daily

Games have a unique power to teach us about the full range of human experience. They allow us to walk in the shoes of others. The Light in the Darkness is one such game. The free game teaches us about the Holocaust from the point of view of an ordinary Jewish family whose lives are destroyed by anti-semites and Nazi collaborators in World War II France.

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A comprehensive guide to the Unity Game Engine: Answers to Your Questions

Game Developer

Are you curious about how to make games with Unity? This guide will teach you everything you need to know when considering Unity as the engine for your next game project.

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The Ultimate Guide to Using Hashtags for Game Developers to Promote Their Game

Game Development for Beginners

Are you a game developer looking for ways to promote your game on social media platforms? Hashtags are a powerful tool that can help you reach a larger audience and increase your game’s visibility. In this guide, we will discuss the best hashtags for game developers to use and how to use them effectively to.

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The CMA and Microsoft agree on one thing: the cloud gaming market is what matters | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox In the end, it wasn't really about Call of Duty. It wasn't even really about PlayStation, no matter how much some people want to try to spin this as a console war narrative. The biggest setback to Microsoft's bid to buy Activision Blizzard – a setback that could quite possibly sink the deal entirely – came largely from an interpretation of Microsoft's own beliefs and logic.

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Dragon Age Inquisition Crashes On Launch: Apply These Methods

Game Errors

Even if it is one of its kind, some worldwide players reported that Dragon Age Inquisition sometimes crashes on launch. These crashes can be frustrating for players who are eager to dive into the game’s immersive world and storyline. In this situation, there are several troubleshooting steps that players can take to try to resolve the issue and get the game running smoothly.

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Trawling in the deep: How Black Salt Games made spooky fishing RPG, Dredge

Game Developer

How do you create waves that don't scupper players, and what goes into building an accessible fishing mini-game? Here there be answers.

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The Mobile Games Moving Away From Gacha

Game Refinery

Mobile games and gacha mechanics have been closely aligned for a significant time. Regardless of the genre, most gamers playing titles on a mobile device will inevitably encounter gacha mechanics in some shape or form, whether that’s a box gacha, sugoroku gacha, timed gacha, or one of many others. That’s why it was such a surprise when Brawl Stars and Mario Kart: World Tour removed gacha mechanics in recent updates and to see Marvel Snap neglect the mechanic entirely in favor of othe

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PS5 shipped 19m units in FY2022, games revenues up 33% to $26.5bn

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox PlayStation 5 shipped 19 million units in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 – ahead of Sony's original target of 18 million. The sales achieved were partly thanks to resolved pandemic-induced supply issues which have hampered the PS5 during the early years of its life.

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How to Create a Requirements Traceability Matrix — With Examples

Perforce

Get step-by-step guidance on how to create a traceability matrix. You’ll learn how to create an Excel traceability matrix — and when it’s time for a traceability matrix tool.

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Koei Tecmo vaguely praises Wild Hearts & Wo Long for "successful" launches

Game Developer

Despite releasing so close to each other, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and Wild Hearts were apparently good launches for Koei Tecmo.

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F1 2017 Crashes On PC: Quick Fixes

Game Errors

F1 2017 is available on Steam and by now it has received some amazing reviews. However, some worldwide players claimed to experience crashes on their PC while trying to run the game. If you’re here, then you’re in the same boat. Now, do not worry! You can fix this kind of trouble with some simple workarounds, that you can find in our guide below.

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Sega of America cohort moves to unionize

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A unit of 144 staffers at Sega of America has filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). As reported by The Verge , the cohort known as the Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS) consists of employees from departments that include live service, marketing, and product development.

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Power your players’ creativity with User-Generated Content from Unity

Unity Blog

Now in open beta, Unity User-Generated Content (UGC) is a comprehensive solution designed to help game developers empower players to become creators.

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Hoyoverse's Honkai: Star Rail had 20 million downloads on launch day

Game Developer

Honkai: Star Rail has gotten off on the right foot with players and may have even broken some app store records.

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How QASource Solves Health Insurance App Testing Challenges

Rocket Brush Studio

In today’s world, having health insurance is of utmost importance since hospital expenses can burn a hole in your pocket and all your finances. All of this can be prevented by simply spending a small sum regularly, which would decrease stress in the case of medical extremities. There are numerous benefits of health insurance, such as cashless treatment, transportation charges, room rent, medical checkups, financial cover, etc.

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Ukraine approves Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ukraine joins the list of countries that have approved Microsoft's proposal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The country's Antimonopoly Committee announced yesterday , per Google Translate, that it authorized the deal, noting that it had few concerns regarding cloud gaming competition.

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How to initiate guest access for remote collaboration with Parsec for Teams

Unity Blog

Parsec’s remote desktop allows you to connect to work, games, or projects wherever you are, whenever you want. Find out how to securely enable guest access for even broader remote collaboration.

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Let's gush over the art and environments of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Game Developer

Great-looking games take a lot of work. Let's celebrate the fine folks at Respawn who've given life to the world of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

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Adoption of AR/VR in eLearning

Rocket Brush Studio

The increasing prevalence of online learning in modern education brings with it the need for more immersive, engaging, and interactive learning experiences. Unfortunately, traditional 2D online learning often fails to provide these experiences. Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) offer great potential to revolutionize eLearning, by providing learners with a more interactive and engaging way to learn.

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Why Ghost Ship is sailing into publishing

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ghost Ship Games' decision to open a publishing label happened two ways; gradually and then suddenly. Having had success with co-op shooter Deep Rock Galactic, the company has been playing a supporting role within the Danish industry for some time and investing in developers.

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Extended Q&A: Optimizing memory and build size with Addressables

Unity Blog

In this extended question-and-answer (Q&A) from February’s Accelerate Success webinar, discover the community’s most pressing questions – and our team’s answers – about optimizing memory and build size for Addressables.

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