Game Developer

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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JULY 11, 2023

New data from the Entertainment Software Association offers data on possible underserved audiences in the game market.

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Game Developer

JULY 11, 2023

The Entertainment Software Association says it's committed to defending current copyright practices—which makes game preservation all the more difficult.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 22, 2024

The co-op third-person shooter, which was published by PlayStation and developed by Arrowhead Games, was released in February and has gone on to sell 12 million copies in three months. It is now PlayStation's fastest-selling game – bigger than God of War, or Spider-Man or Uncharted. Nobody expected the success of Helldivers 2.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Turn 10 game director Andy Beaudoin says Motorsport and From Software's games are both about 'mastery.'

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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.” Iteration is key.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 12, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Former Naughty Dog, Id Software, and Activision developers have established Empty Vessel. Based in Texas, Empty Vessel will be overseen by CEO and game director Emanuel Palalic. Alongside him, COO and general manager Garrett Young will lead the studio.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Presenter Slides is serious business software for the potential go-getter and does not dilly dally with any game stuff that takes you to hell or anything.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 20, 2024

At the outset of 2024, the most often expressed concern about this year in the games business was that it was going to have a very sparse and underwhelming release calendar, at least compared to the spectacular heights of 2023.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Studios like Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, and Guerrilla Games were bought out after years of working increasingly closely with Sony, effectively functioning as Sony "second-party" developers for a while before being brought in-house as first-party studios. The Bungie deal was a departure from that strategy. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The winners of the Game Republic 20th Anniversary Awards have been announced, with Revolution Software taking home two accolades. The York-based developer won Best Game Ever Made in Yorkshire and The North for Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, while co-founders Charles Cecil and Noirin Carmody were given the Games Legend award.

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Jesper Juul

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

64 was the preeminent UK Commodore 64 game magazine, launched in 1985, published until 1994 ( “Commodore Force” in the end), and reanimated as commemorative issues and annuals from 2002 and onwards. Frey’s covers often commented on the games reviewed (as in Dropzone on this cover). Why magazines? At launch, Zzap!64

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 15, 2024

A public campaign to prevent publishers from pulling online support from video games in a way that makes them unplayable has prompted a response from the UK government. The Stop Killing Games campaign organised a petition on the government's website , which passed the 10,000 signatories needed to secure a response. Read more

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Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Black Friday 2024 For Game Developers Every year we round up all the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales for game developers and 2024 is no exception. The follow are the best deals we located for game development software, tools and assets.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 12, 2024

It was quite the week for the games industry with not one, not two, but… well many live shows and events occurring last week with more still to come later this month.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

UKIE published its latest Consumer Market Valuation Report, showing that the UK games market was worth £7.82 While overall game sales were up in the UK in 2023, boxed sales have continued their decline and were down 5% to £495 million compared to 2022. billion, and digital PC software sales increased 4.5% to £2.48

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Game Developer

APRIL 13, 2023

Software and moxie can get you really far with an all-remote team, but Something Wicked Games founder Jeff Gardiner says you need a foundation of trust to make great games.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Similarly, in a game development setup, various virtual reality tools have become easily accessible to both creators and consumers to create and encounter immersive experiences. 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools There are a range of tools and frameworks that are being used for VR game development projects.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The dynamic AWS for Games programming lineup is designed to spark discussion on some of the biggest trends and challenges in the gaming industry. With so many AWS for Games sessions, chalk talks, and workshops to explore, our team has compiled a curated guide to re:Invent for Games customers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 8, 2024

Apple has approved a notarisation submission made by Epic Games Store after twice rejecting it. While developers are now able to release software for iOS without distributing it through Apple's App Store, the company still requires it to go through a notary service. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A report by the Entertainment Software Association has found that 72% of children in the US want games-related products for Christmas, but only 22% have asked for physical games. Of the 500-plus children surveyed (ages 10 to 17), most are planning to ask for video game-related gifts for the holidays. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Epic Games is raising the price of its Unreal Engine for developers outside the gaming industry. He clarified that the licensing model would not be "unusually expensive or inexpensive" and would work similarly to Maya and Photoshop. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2023

There are plenty of city building games around but Fabledom adds a fairytale twist to the genre. Set in a storybook kingdom filled with magical creatures, kings and castles, the game gives players the opportunity to build their own kingdom and find their true love. He never worked on a ‘real’ game either. Making games is hard!”

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2024

North Beach Games has announced the opening of a new studio in Prague, and development of Stranded Deep 2. The new studio is led by CTO and creative director Sam Edwards (Beam Team Games, creator of Stranded Deep), and general manager Tomáš Pšenička (Keen Software House, creator of Space Engineers).

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report says that UK video game technology used by non-gaming industries was worth £1.3 FTI Consulting and UKIE's study says the "spillover" technology includes game engines, VR, and 3D rendering software. billion during 2021.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Internship recruiting season has begun for some large game publishers and developers. If you’re a student and you have an interest in game development as a career, you should absolutely look into these. This means that a number of internship opportunities for summer 2025 have been posted and will be collecting applicants.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 16, 2024

More than 190 million people in the US played video games for at least one hour a week in 2023, according to new data from the Entertainment Software Association. The ESA's 2024 Essential Facts About the Video Game Industry report was conducted in October 2023 by YouGov, including data from 5,000 respondents. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 23, 2024

Sony seems to be building a mobile games platform for free-to-play games. The job description says the company is seeking a software engineer to design a platform "for developing, publishing, and operating free-to-play mobile games" which would involve connecting "mobile games to PlayStation services."

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The UK video games market shrank slightly in 2022, with spending on software, hardware and other related products slipping to £7.05 less than the record-breaking £7.47 billion achieved in 2021, and marks the first decline in spending since 2019.

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AWS Games

JULY 16, 2024

Azur Games , a mobile game publisher and developer, recently achieved over 8 billion game installs across their portfolio of hypercasual games. Screenshot of Kingdom Clash, published by CASUAL AZUR GAMES. A hypercasual game is a simple, easy-to-play mobile game with low barriers to entry.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 13, 2024

Epic Games has announced new pricing for its Unreal Engine for developers outside the gaming industry. engine is launched in late April, Epic will introduce a new "seat-based" subscription for industries outside game development. As detailed in a blog post , when Unreal 5.4 Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the face of rampant cheating, it's time for game developers to hack the hackers. For video game developers, a large portion of revenue comes from additional purchases made by the player base, including purchases of expansions to the base game and purchases of in-game microtransactions. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

Texas-based Wimo Games seems to have closed its doors yesterday, as former employees shared the news on social media. Associate software engineer Walter Hill said on LinkedIn that the independent developer and publisher shut down. Principal concept artist Kevin T. Chin also shared the news on X.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

You'll be able to earn the skills and experience needed to make your dream game real while building other games and seeing some best practices in action. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 10, 2024

Content studio Offbrand has branched out into games, having launched its publishing division Offbrand Games. Announced at IGN Live , content creator Ludwig Ahgren shared that he was partnering with Jason "Thor" Hall, founder of independent studio Pirate Software.

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Jesper Juul

DECEMBER 10, 2024

First, why is the best-selling Commodore 64 computer absent in many computer and video game histories, and what is the influence of its games from SimCity to IK+ to Paradroid ? All this just as the Commodore 64 is experiencing a renaissance with new games, operating systems, hardware, and events! I hope you’ll enjoy it.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 2, 2024

The From Software title was the best-selling game across PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam. The last time Elden Ring was the best-selling game in the US was in May 2022 following its release. Elden Ring topped Circana's US charts for June, with sales boosted by the release of its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.

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