PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The real issue in the industry is not the concentration of content creators under publishing labels, but rather the shift in economic power towards platform holders. 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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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Roblox has announced the addition of more safety features for users under the age of 13 on its platform. Read more

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This release focuses on package size reduction, rendering pipeline improvements, and editor usability, alongside extensive bug fixes and platform compatibility enhancements. Platform support : Google Play : Initial support added (not yet complete, to be finalized in future community releases). Migu Platform : Added support.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Google has begun public testing for its new Playables feature on YouTube, which brings games to the video platform. An update about various tests and experiments the company is running, spotted by 9to5Google , says the test began earlier this week on September 5 starting with a "limited number of users."

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 3, 2024

It is built on the WordPress SaaS platform and offers users several free themes to get started. WORDPRESS VS OTHER CMS PLATFORMS: A COMPARISON GUIDE This section will look at WordPress vs other CMS platforms and evaluate their features and differences in various categories, from user-friendliness and customizability to security.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 29, 2024

Google has started rolling out its Playables feature on YouTube. The in-app arcade is available to play on desktop, iOS, and Android, featuring over 75 games including Angry Birds Showdown, Words of Wonders, and Cut the Rope.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 28, 2024

Advanced Features of the Unity Asset Store Game app developers at Logic Simplified believe it’s important that there are no barriers in the development process. The combination of plug-ins, assets, community support, and other features that the Unity Asset Store provides support game developers to find advanced solutions to complex problems.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 26, 2023

Google is reportedly playtesting a new YouTube feature called Playables, which would let users play games on the platform. According to the Wall Street Journal , which had access to an email sent to Google employees about Playables, games would be accessible directly on YouTube's website, or via the iOS or Android YouTube app.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

To stay ahead of the competition, studios are exploring innovative strategies, like enhancing ad creatives to attract new players and introducing fresh gameplay features to keep existing players engaged and invested in their titles. Magic Cauldron follows Wordle’s template, with similar mechanics but featuring potions instead of words.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 2, 2024

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 GameFromScratch.com Rust Powered Bevy Game Engine Release 0.15 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 3, 2024

However, after experimenting with different formats, it evolved into a platformer and a Metroidvania genre game,” says Songraf. ” The visual flair of Anima Flux is another standout feature. Looking ahead at the Q4 2024 launch on all major platforms, the team at Anima Flux has high hopes and clear plans for their game.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

This officially marks the start of feature freeze for 4.4. We wont risk merging any new features or risky bug fixes until after we release 4.4 Highlights Many features originally intended for 4.3 is jam-packed with new features despite having a much shorter development period than 4.3. release cycle. New in Beta 1!

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Unity Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The new Shader Graph Feature Examples sample set is now available to import now from the Package Manager to help you create a wide range of effects and techniques using Shader Graph.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Promotional collaboration events popularity across US, China and Japan (source: GameRefinery SaaS platform). Promotional collaboration events in the top 10% (Revenue) of China midcore games (source: GameRefinery SaaS platform). Source: GameRefinery SaaS Platform.). What makes a successful in-game collaboration event?

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A narrative can also help with pacing, building and releasing tension alongside key story beats while directing the players’ attention and emotions through them, all the while supporting other features and creating a meaningful foundation for retention. The top 200 merge game titles (source: GameRefinery platform).

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A standout feature of Wall Town Wonders is its hand-tracking interaction, allowing players to control the game and engage with characters using just their hands. Wall Town Wonders features a distinctive aesthetic that blends realism with charming cartoony vibe, giving it a diorama-like appeal.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

The examples we’ve included here are only a small handful of the thousands of seasonal event implementation examples on the GameRefinery SaaS platform, so if you’re interested in seeing more examples, check out the platform. A few examples of different icons and screenshot changes from a selection of mobile games. Merge Go! (幻兽爱合成)

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Cross-platform mobile and PC MMORPG Tarisland to be scored by Three-Time Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated composer Russell Brower

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

” When asked about the feature of the game they’re most proud of, Casals has a tough time picking just one. ” This Tilt Scale, as the team lovingly calls it, has since become an unofficial metric for measuring features in the game. “We ask ourselves, ‘How many tilts is this feature worth?’

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Point and Click Games Feature Balance 104

Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Visual Studio Code is an incredibly popular open-source cross platform highly modular code editor lead by Microsoft. The highlight features of this 1.95 Four of the seven major features in this update are for Microsoft’s […] The post Visual Studio Code 1.95 GameFromScratch.com Visual Studio Code 1.95

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 2, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore how game developers are incorporating unique in-game ad features into the game design or, in some cases, have made ads an integral part of the game to enhance the user experience and drive revenue. Why should I consider incorporating rewarded ad features into my mobile game?

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AWS Games

MARCH 11, 2025

Game studios, with geographically distributed teams, are challenged with creating and delivering innovative, increasingly complex, games across multiple platforms, on time and on budget. platform is addressing these challenges head-on with its comprehensive cloud-native game development environment built on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 13, 2023

Based on the designer’s vision and in tune with the game’s visual style the platform generates a base character. According to Jim Franzen , CMO at Didimo, the platform allows for an increase in digital characters in a game. “We For example, our character blending technology is an amazing feature.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 5, 2024

GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring will lead a panel featuring former PlayStation exec, and current advisor to Tencent, Shawn Layden, veteran games analyst Michael Pachter and author, curator and historian Van Burnham. Where will gamers be playing in the future?

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

This year, we featured 22 inspiring creators in our Solo Developers-series and we love to share some of their highlights in these final days of the year. Life lessons He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was extremely rewarding.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Joanie Kraut, CEO of Women in Games International (WIGI), will moderate a panel discussion featuring Stephanie Latham (Roblox), Jen MacLean (Dragon Snacks Games), and Sarah Anderson (Amazon Games). Each space features two demo stations, and an opportunity to dive deep with AWS for Games solution industry experts.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“My Co-founder Jakob Schmid and myself created the rhythm based puzzle platformer 140 together back in the day, and we are both interested in integrating music systems with the game design.” It was a complex feature to make, and aside from making it look cool, we also had to solve a range of technical challenges.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2024

The first 2D Mario platformer in 11 years, Super Mario Bros Wonder released last October. It features the aforementioned Wonder effects, which change aspects of a level often in drastic ways, whether that's affecting the screen's orientation, Mario's abilities, or leads to Piranha plants breaking into song.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Multiplayer games platform CrazyGames engages more than 35 million players around the world with browser-based titles such as Ludo King and Paper Delivery Boy in 24 different languages. Since then, the platform has grown organically and now hosts more than 3,000 games spanning different genres.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 27, 2023

A Daily Spotlight Shop has now replaced the gacha pipes; it features a changing selection of drivers, karts, and gliders available for purchase up to three times per day in exchange for rubies. However, they don’t feature direct monetization. Regardless, the title is currently a significant financial success.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature. We’ve updated the blog post with new battle pass implementation examples and best practices for introducing the feature into your mobile game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 23, 2024

Games are diving into content platforms in the wake of YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix’s success. have existed for a while now, games are experimenting with platforms where revenue is not directly attributable and the platform has to mediate creator payouts. In these platforms, it is up to the creator to monetize their content.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Based on our experiences talking with other streaming platforms, we were anticipating having to do a custom build, but we didnt need to. Controlling costs at scale Bringing any one game to a streaming platform for the first time can be a major undertaking and Jackbox Games has a sizable game library. Ads allow us to do that.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

the platform for X-Wing and Tie Fighter style custom missions, is released with a bunch of new features and new missions to play. Open Galaxy 4.0,

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has announced it is hosting a PlayStation Showcase online next week to show off upcoming titles for its platforms.

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Indy Studios Platformer Feature 142

Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

Publishers and studios are constantly looking for new ways to improve these, whether it’s with more powerful ad creative to boost UA or by adding new gameplay mechanics and features to improve player retention. The game also started running UA creatives and changed its Appstore page featuring gameplay from these levels.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Console platforms set a high bar for certification, encompassing stringent compliance, functional, and performance criteria. The certification phase is where preparation meets platform-specific requirements, each critical to securing that coveted first-time pass. First-time success in console submission is no small feat.

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