Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

"This feature introduces a new way for you to enjoy games collaboratively."

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

This article explores how emotional design features - colours and shapes - influence player perception of pixel art characters. By understanding these design elements, game developers can create characters that elicit specific emotional responses, improving player engagement and retention.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 16, 2024

Square Enix has confirmed developer Toylogic "experimented" with Midjourney to create in-game album artwork.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Grabbing the attention of gamers is challenging in a crowded market, but QORPO s unique video gaming experiences stand out. Leveraging many managed services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the game developer, publisher, and solutions provider accelerated creative game development for popular titles like Citizen Conflict.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This year the blog section was our litmus test for industry sentiment on accessibility, generative AI, climate change, and the shift away from Unity in light of its Runtime Fee disaster.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A new video from Valve breaks down the Steam storefront, and which parts are curated by Valve and which parts are curated algorithmically.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In response to a comment by Bill Markus, the co-founder of Dogecoin, that gamers have become “ideologically captured,” Elon Musk announced that his firm xAI will open a game studio. Musk states: “ Too many game studios that are owned by massive corporations ,” and that said studio will “ make games great again.”

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Game Developer

JUNE 2, 2023

Game developers Taylor McCue and Nilson Carroll released their third yearly Queer Games Bundle that features games and software made by LGBTQ developers.

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Game Developer

JUNE 29, 2023

The company told one Steam developer it "cannot ship games for which the developer does not have all of the necessary rights."

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With their second game, Canadian indie studio Lithic Entertainment takes a sharp turn from the tranquil charm of their peaceful city-building debut title, Dwarrows. A breakthrough came when they revisited old game jam notes. “It After the first game, we were in a position to hire, so we found nine brilliant people.”

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Mirthwood , the debut title from Bad Ridge Games , merges genres like RPGs, life sims, and farm sims into a medieval sandbox experience. Fast forward a bit and we thought we’d try something we had been talking about for a few years; making a game. Learning to draw specifically for the game, he refined the style over time.

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Game Developer

MARCH 27, 2023

Looking to incorporate accessibility features but don't know where to begin? Here are a few tips from Microsoft senior Gaming Accessibility Program manager Brannon Zahand.

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Game Developer

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.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The PlayStation 5 remaster for Naughty Dog's zombie horror game comes with a roguelike mode for players to go through modified runs or die trying.

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Game Developer

JUNE 7, 2024

Cooking is such a universal activity that it is no wonder why it is featured into so many games.

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Game Developer

JUNE 10, 2024

A four-year deal means the UK's most prominent football game series gets access to the sport's equally monumentous organization.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

With the new funding, Codecks aims to beef up staff and create new features to help game developers to keep track of their workload.

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Game Developer

JUNE 26, 2023

YouTube's "playable" feature would let users play online games in the YouTube app or browser.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Belgian developer Cyborn has introduced a fresh perspective on mixed-reality gaming with the release of Wall Town Wonders , a game that transforms living spaces into bustling miniature towns built right on the wall. Eighteen months later, the game is here,” he says. But I’m happy we put it in already.”

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Game Developer

AUGUST 30, 2024

Under the new changes, developers can control what games or DLC 'make the most sense' to be featured on their title's Steam page.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2023

Guerrilla's cooperative endeavor for the Horizon franchise may feature a new look over the series' photorealistic style.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite that and its rich symbolic, cultural, and social meaning, food rarely features in narrative. The rare exceptions are worth a closer look.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Void Sails by indie developer Ticking Clock Games is a single-player action-adventure RPG that takes players on a thrilling journey through mysterious worlds, where they captain a flying ship across uncharted space. The name Ticking Clock Games serves as a reminder for the team to stay on track and meet deadlines.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Like 2022 before it, Valve's list of best-sellers for 2023 feature the year's biggest titles and games that have have been around for a year or longer.

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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.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Information on anti-cheat software in multiplayer games can now be featured on Steam store pages.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Unlock direct-to-player game streaming at 1080p resolution, 60 frames per second to any device globally with a web browser.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 25, 2024

With Mixed Reality (MR) as a key feature in current and next generation VR hardware and headsets, many developers are wondering if their console skill sets transfer to more virtual settings.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 10, 2023

After December 5, Rocket League players will no longer be able to trade in-game items with one another, a feature introduced back in 2016.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 2, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Rust Powered Bevy Game Engine Release 0.15 Almost 5 months after the previous release the open-source Rust powered cross-platform 2D/3D data driven game engine/framework Bevy just released Bevy 0.15. Key features of this release include: Key Links Bevy Homepage Bevy 0.15

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Jackbox Games is a Chicago-based game studio best known for its lineup of popular party-game hits such as Quiplash , Fibbage , Drawful , Trivia Murder Party , and more. Jackbox Games north star is accessible gaming, which means meeting customers where they are.

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Game Developer

MAY 3, 2024

As a lesson in and reminder of what's philosophically important to my studios' games, inspirational posters have been a useful tool. This post features some 'here's what's important to me' concepts and asks you to come up with your own.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Unreal Engine has a longstanding built-in integration with Perforce Helix Core, with new features and integration points constantly being added.

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Grumpy Gamer

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

First screen shot from my new game called Death by Scrolling. I started working on this game back in 2019. Everyone asked for progression and “game” stuff and over the next six months I proceeded to ruined it. There is something about the game that I could never let go of. What do they know?

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 9, 2024

When you live in a country that houses twenty percent of the entire worlds population, yet hardly see a genuine and honest representation of that country in video games, its time to take matters into your own hands. And thats precisely what Shalin Shodhan is doing with his studio, Masala Games. That choice was very much deliberate.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Gain key insight into player behavior and retention, developer spend, and more in this discussion featuring pioneering datasets trusted by the leading players in the industry.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Prince of Persia’s Accessibility is Inaccessible To Some Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com At the Game Awards, it was easy to blink and miss the award for best accessibility feature in a game for 2024, with the winner going to Prince of Persia : The Lost Crown.

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