OPM Jobs
APRIL 27, 2023
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.
iXie gaming
APRIL 24, 2023
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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Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2023
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.
The GameDev Guru
APRIL 23, 2023
Cannot have many real-time lights with Forward Shading in URP. can you?
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 26, 2023
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.
Game From Scratch
APRIL 25, 2023
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.
Game Developer
APRIL 28, 2023
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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GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 24, 2023
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.
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 28, 2023
Top image: Stray Gods by Summerfall Studios, trailer by Derek Lieu Twitter is not a good place to advertise to potential customers, but it is good for connecting to people in the game industry like scouts, publishers, streamers, press, etc. So let’s talk about how to make a good trailer specifically for Twitter. Even if Twitter goes down completely in flames, these tips still apply to social media platforms where audio is muted, and scrolling away is quick and easy.
Game Developer
APRIL 28, 2023
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.
Perforce
APRIL 28, 2023
Learn about the best virtual set software to help transport your audience.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 26, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Games firm Koei Tecmo saw its net sales reach $588.5 million throughout the fiscal year of 2022.
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 26, 2023
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.
Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2023
Toy soldiers.
Real Programming
APRIL 26, 2023
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.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 24, 2023
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.
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 24, 2023
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.
Game Developer
APRIL 28, 2023
Honkai: Star Rail has gotten off on the right foot with players and may have even broken some app store records.
Perforce
APRIL 25, 2023
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.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 26, 2023
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.
Game Daily
APRIL 27, 2023
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.
Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2023
Despite releasing so close to each other, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and Wild Hearts were apparently good launches for Koei Tecmo.
Game Development News
APRIL 25, 2023
ustwo games has provided financial support to UK Youth in a cost of living crisis response campaign
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 28, 2023
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.
Game Development for Beginners
APRIL 28, 2023
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.
Game Developer
APRIL 26, 2023
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.
Perforce
APRIL 24, 2023
Taking a shift-left approach to software security means performing security-related tasks early in the SDLC. Read on to find out more about shift-left security.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 24, 2023
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).
Unity Blog
APRIL 24, 2023
Now in open beta, Unity User-Generated Content (UGC) is a comprehensive solution designed to help game developers empower players to become creators.
Game Developer
APRIL 28, 2023
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.
Game Refinery
APRIL 27, 2023
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
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 28, 2023
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.
Game Errors
APRIL 22, 2023
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.
Game Developer
APRIL 27, 2023
How do you create waves that don't scupper players, and what goes into building an accessible fishing mini-game? Here there be answers.
Indie DB
APRIL 23, 2023
New hauling features are here for this delivery sim
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 28, 2023
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.
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 27, 2023
More improvements come to the stable version of Godot 4 with the 4.0.3 patch release. Here's the first release candidate to test the changes before they go live.
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