Opinion: How will Project 2025 impact game developers?
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JULY 18, 2024
The Heritage Foundation's manifesto for the possible next administration could do great harm to many, including large portions of the game development community.
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Gnarly content: 9 risks for horror game development
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DECEMBER 4, 2024
This blog explores some of the risks of horror game development and how to address them.
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What are game developers getting out of Bluesky?
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NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Game developers are among the millions users leaving X (formerly Twitter) and signing up for Bluesky. What are they getting out of the platform?
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Snapping Your Career into Place with Ben Brode: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 48
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
This month on the Game Developer podcast, we interview Ben Brode, chief development officer at Second Dinner, the studio behind Marvel Snap.
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Twitch axes in-chat badge identifying game developers
Game Developer
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Along with getting rid of the badge, Twitch is restarting its organization reviews that let accounts see stream analytics, manage games, and build Extensions.
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Xbox expands Research division to collaborate with game developers
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
A new program within the Xbox Research division allows developers to give the console maker feedback and help it improve in key areas.
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What Washington State is doing to juice local game development
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OCTOBER 9, 2024
The Washington State government's Chamber of Commerce wants to the state's 'creative economy' humming along.
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Must-have tools and libraries for indie game developers in 2024
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Thanks to the constant development of technology and an ever-growing set of powerful tools, indie developers can create games that rival those made by big studios. If you're an indie developer looking to take your project to the next level, here's your essential toolkit for 2024.
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Game Developer's 2024 Wrap-Up: 5 devs that made an impact
Game Developer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
These are a few of the developers wed like to send some kudos, for making the industry a better place in a very difficult year.
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59 percent of devs say industry in 'bad' straits, blame investors and mismanagement
Game Developer
JUNE 24, 2024
As the game indstry continues through these difficult times, those surveyed by the Game Developers Collective believe they know the real core problems of the industry.
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Codecks nets €1 million in funding for game dev project management tool
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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Unity CEO Matt Bromberg says Runtime Fee reversal is part of bid to become 'a fundamentally different company'
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Bromberg told Game Developer that Unity's Runtime Fee reversal is part of a bid to bring the company "back to where it began." "
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Survey says half of developers consider VR market on decline or in stagnation
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OCTOBER 22, 2024
Developers speaking to the Game Developers Collective seem to think the VR games market has hit a roadblock, even with this year's launch of the Apple Vision Pro.
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Book Excerpt: Great Games Need Great Leaders
Game Developer
AUGUST 15, 2024
This book brings together the knowledge and perspectives of numerous past and present games industry leaders and practitioners to form a clear picture of how leadership operates in a game development studio.'
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The Last Humble Bee postmortem: Staying sane in solo development
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DECEMBER 5, 2024
This is a postmortem for my second game release, and I share lessons learned for staying sane in independent solo game development.
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Bridging history and gameplay: Lessons from historiographical video game design
Game Developer
AUGUST 20, 2024
This post chronicles that journey, highlighting key lessons learned and offering practical insights for game developers interested in integrating historical accuracy into their designs.
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GOG expands preservation program to protect delisted games
Game Developer
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The company's recent efforts to protect and update older games will now include titles that get delisted from its store.
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Future Publishing signs content partnership with OpenAI
Game Developer
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The company behind Edge, GamesRadar, and PC Gamer will let OpenAI use its content to enhance the 'ChatGPT experience.'
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Ubisoft kills XDefiant and closes studios in San Franciso and Osaka
Game Developer
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Half of the XDefiant team are moving onto other projects, but 277 developers will "likely" be laid off.
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WB Games Montreal lays off 99 developers
Game Developer
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Most of the impacted developers let go from WB Montreal were subcontractors through esteemed support developer Keywords.
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EA makes photosensitivity and speech recognition tech patents open-source
Game Developer
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Non-EA developers can now use the publisher's technology that detects photosensitivity issues and creates personalized speech for their own games at no cost.
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Hothead Games has shut down after almost 20 years
Game Developer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The Canadian studio has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure publishing deals.
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Mass Effect director shutters new studio due to 'unexpected shortfall of funding'
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NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Casey Hudson formed Humanoid Origin in 2021 to build a new sci-fi universe.
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Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games
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NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The Unreal series may have been shelved years ago, but Epic is letting its first two installments live on through the Internet Archive.
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Exclusive: Unity is killing its controversial Runtime Fee
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The company is reverting to a seat-based subscription model, but will be increasing the price of Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise in January 2025.
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Korean devs report a burst of interest in single-player console and PC games
Game Developer
AUGUST 14, 2024
Developers at Pearl Abyss, Round8 Studio, Shift Up, and other studios say developers and players in the region want to break out of the free-to-play market.
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Update: Humble Games confirms layoffs amid 'restructuring', denies full shutdown
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JULY 23, 2024
Update: In a statement, Humble confirms layoffs at Humble Games but maintains that the publisher is still up and running. Update: Humble has now provided a statement saying Humble Games hasn't been shut down, but just restructured.
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'This was essentially a two-week long DDoS attack': Game UI Database slowdown caused by relentless OpenAI scraping
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The free repository relaunched a few weeks ago to provide 'the ultimate reference tool for game designers.' ' Then OpenAI came knocking.
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'We don't think Hi-Fi Rush 2 is going to make us money:' Krafton CEO says Tango Gameworks acquisition is about legacy
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
'It's a team that should be encouraged to create something new and continue their journey.'
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All of Annapurna Interactive has resigned
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
In a stunning turn of events appropriate for Hollywood, all workers and executives at Annapurna Interactive have resigned from the company.
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Phoenix Labs lays off staff, cancels games in major restructuring
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MAY 16, 2024
Update: The studio behind Dauntless and Fae Farm has laid off an unknown number of employees and cancelled a game "mere weeks" away from launching in Early Access.
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SAG-AFTRA can now call immediate strike if game companies refuse AI protections
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JULY 22, 2024
The union is attempting to secure better wages, working conditions, and AI protections for voice actors and performers within the game industry.
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Why art tests fail artists and the game dev industry
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OCTOBER 3, 2024
Art tests in game dev often harm diversity and fail to reflect real skills. It's time to rethink their use and adopt more inclusive hiring practices.
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Remedy enters into €15 million loan agreement with Tencent
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The Alan Wake developer said the cash will help realize the potential of its production slate.
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ZeniMax union workers strike in protest of Microsoft remote work and outsourcing policies
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NOVEMBER 13, 2024
ZeniMax Workers United-CWA members aren't happy with the decision making of parent company Microsoft.
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Why Doesn't Everyone See the Importance of Preserving Our Past?
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APRIL 26, 2024
The Entertainment Software Association recently came out against the preservation of past games. This short post is a plea for common sense and a recognition of the importance of videogame history.
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Nintendo's systemic policy of miscredting is harming external translators
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JULY 12, 2024
External translators who've worked on major franchises including The Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing have been refused credits and locked into decade-long NDAs.
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Ex-Humble Games staff form new publisher, Good Games Group
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OCTOBER 8, 2024
Humble will use Good Games to continue supporting games it had already published prior to restructuring its staff in July.
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Dark Math Games obtains seven-figure investment for debut project, XXX Nightshift
Game Developer
DECEMBER 5, 2024
ZA/UM veterans are reuniting with a major investor from the Disco Elysium days to work on its 'true detective RPG' successor.
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Indie publisher Armor Games reportedly axes publishing team
Game Developer
AUGUST 1, 2024
If true, it's unclear what that means for the games Armor's expected to publish. Ex-staff claim the publisher has eliminated its entire publishing team.
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Godot founders had desperately hoped Unity wouldn't 'blow up'
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Godot was a big winner when devs revolted against Unity's Runtime Fee—but its founders were worried about a surprise influx of users.
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Humble Games' recent restructure is hurting devs and their games
Game Developer
JULY 30, 2024
Developers Squid Shock and Stairway are unable to push console updates, and the former is resorting to Patreon while looking for a solution.
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'Polish something that has never existed before:' Miyamoto explains how Nintendo is countering rising development costs
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NOVEMBER 11, 2024
'We believe that it is important to nurture developers who take this unique concept to heart.'
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Nintendo will kill the Switch's Chinese eShop in May 2026
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NOVEMBER 26, 2024
After bringing the Switch to China in 2019, Nintendo will shut down its eShop in the country for unexplained reasons.
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