Ubisoft laid off 1,700 workers on the path to its highest net bookings ever
Game Developer
MAY 15, 2024
Ubisoft's net bookings rose 33.5 percent in 2023 through 2024, but it's laid off 1,700 employees since 2022.
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UK government responds to Stop Killing Games campaign
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. The statement added below the petition was attributed to the Department of Culture, Media & Sport.
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The closure of four studios casts a shadow on Microsoft’s commitment to innovative content
PreMortem.Games
MAY 13, 2024
Layoffs and studio shutdowns are barely newsworthy anymore, considering their frequency. It nevertheless came as a surprise when Microsoft emailed everyone about the planned shutdown of four Bethesda Studios last week: Arkane Austin (maker of Redfall), Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush, The Evil Within), Alpha Dog Games (Mighty Doom), and Roundhouse Studios.
Voting for the MCV/DEVELOP Awards ends Monday – last chance to decide the winners!
Game Development News
MAY 10, 2024
The headline pretty much says it all; that if for some bizarre reason you’ve been holding back on voting in this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards, time is running out.
NVIDIA TensorRT 10.0 Upgrades Usability, Performance, and AI Model Support
Nvidia
MAY 14, 2024
NVIDIA today announced the latest release of NVIDIA TensorRT, an ecosystem of APIs for high-performance deep learning inference. TensorRT includes inference. NVIDIA today announced the latest release of NVIDIA TensorRT, an ecosystem of APIs for high-performance deep learning inference. TensorRT includes inference runtimes and model optimizations that deliver low latency and high throughput for production applications.
Marvel's Midnight Suns director worries the card-based combat kept players away
Game Developer
MAY 14, 2024
Former Firaxis Games creative director Jake Solomon looks back on how the complex card system of Marvel's Midnight Suns may have hurt the game's marketability.
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Gamer Deep Lore, Exhibit #3. The Tomb of Horrors.
The Bottom Feeder
MAY 15, 2024
The first edition. My own personal copy. I was so disappointed when I realized that awesome bird dude isn’t in the adventure. Second printing, with a color cover. Where’s mah bird dude? The myth, the legend, the 1978 Dungeons & Dragons murderfest Tomb of Horrors. Famed for its difficulty, it was the most infamous of the early TSR Gary Gygax modules.
Brunelleschi is Back: Source Code
Indie DB
MAY 12, 2024
Like a phoenix from the ashes, Brunelleschi is coming back. We're resurrecting and rebuilding the source code for new features and better-than-ever performance.
Omeda Studios swaps out ‘Predecessor’ backend in less than five months using Amazon GameLift and Pragma
AWS Games
MAY 14, 2024
It’s hard to overstate the dedication of Omeda Studios developers working on the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game “Predecessor.” Its core team has developed the game since 2018, even though the studio was officially formed in 2020. Made by fans, for fans, “Predecessor” was born out of the ashes of “Paragon,” a MOBA game developed by Epic Games from 2016-2018.
Sharing laughs and swapping save files in Athenian Rhapsody
Game Developer
MAY 14, 2024
Creator Nico Papalia talks about what thoughts went into creating a game where no two playthroughs should be the same and how he turned player saves into collectibles.
PlayStation names Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino as its new CEOs
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 13, 2024
Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will jointly succeed Jim Ryan as the CEOs of Sony Interactive Entertainment. Hulst is CEO of the newly named Studio Business Group, which includes all of PlayStation’s first-party teams, plus covers the development of PlayStation IP onto other mediums, such as TV and film. Hulst was already head of PlayStation Studios.
Unity CREATE Head Marc Whitten Resigning
Game From Scratch
MAY 14, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Unity CREATE Head Marc Whitten Resigning The last major player in the entire Unity run-time fee fiasco, Marc Whitten, head of Unity CREATE (the division responsible for the Unity game engine) has announced his resignation. Marc was famously the person who stepped forward to apologize for the entire fiasco and may or may not have been […] The post Unity CREATE Head Marc Whitten Resigning appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Anvil Empires - Large Worlds Prototype
Indie DB
MAY 14, 2024
Read about new features coming to Pre-Alpha soon like Large Worlds, Animal Breeding, Donkeys, Mills, and More!
Sad City (or: How to make a somber level)
The Art of the Game
MAY 15, 2024
As I type this, its snowing outside- a condition known here in the Rut Belt (typo intended) as: The Grey. Its a long, dreary season from the end of October up until April – sometimes as late as May. And even then, it may not get ‘nice’ until the end of May. Which, as you can imagine, puts me in a lovely mood. I need the sun. I need fresh air and puttering in my garden.
Hooded Horse co-founder says publishers should ditch 'horrible' recoup clauses to help devs
Game Developer
MAY 14, 2024
"It's fundamentally stupid to have recoup terms where publishers protect all of their downside risks and recover all the money first.
Square Enix embarking on "aggressive multiplatform strategy" as profits drop 70%
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 13, 2024
Square Enix has released its financials for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, with the results largely below what it had previously forecasted. As a result, the firm is set to implement a brand new strategy going forward, hoping to achieve "stable profit generation" in its digital entertainment segment by 2027. Square Enix's digital entertainment sales were ever so slightly up, mainly thanks to its HD Games sub-segment, the firm said.
Epic Environments Mega Humble Bundle
Game From Scratch
MAY 13, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Epic Environments Mega Humble Bundle The Epic Environments Mega Bundle is now live on Humble Bundle. This bundle contains mostly 3D environment assets from FreshCan3D but also contains a few 3D characters from Yarrawah. The environments are a mix of Unreal Engine and Unity assets, however using the links below you can easily export them […] The post Epic Environments Mega Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
about the Hades 2 shadowdrop. I’ve seen a lot of people talking about how that impacts indies launching in the same window and how that invalidates months/years of preparation on their part. isn’t there anything an indie impacted by something like this could do? isn’t possible to just delay the launch a few weeks/months?
Ask a Game Dev
MAY 14, 2024
Of course a studio can delay the launch, but a launch delay will have its own set of consequences. Remember, no game launches in a vacuum. Timing is the key factor. The most obvious consequence goes back to the adage "Time is money". The developers working on the game need to pay rent and buy food. The studio needs to pay those developers during that time to keep them employed.
This Thing Of Ours out soon
Indie DB
MAY 10, 2024
After years of hard work, we're happy to announce that This Thing Of Ours is officially coming out on May 11th 2024!
Steam suddenly banned in Vietnam
Game Developer
MAY 9, 2024
Valve's platform has been inaccessible in Vietnam for a few days now, but it's anyone's guess as to why, or if it'll return.
PlayStation full-year revenues rise to $27.5 billion but narrowly misses PS5 sales target
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 14, 2024
Sony has released its full-year financial results, showing a solid twelve months for its PlayStation business ahead of a year in which it is forecasting declines. The platform holder saw net sales for its Game & Network Services division, which includes PlayStation, rise by 17% year-on-year to ¥4.3 trillion ($27.5 billion), while operating income rose 16% to ¥290.2 billion ($1.9 billion).
Visual Studio Code TODO Management
Game From Scratch
MAY 14, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Visual Studio Code TODO Management We recently did a video about making Godot more organized featuring a plugin that handled TODO and FIXME comments automatically. I was asked “What about if I work in Visual Studio Code?” which is probably the most popular code editor today. Therefore we today are going to be looking at […] The post Visual Studio Code TODO Management appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Charting the Upswing: The Mobile Ad Ecosystem Starts Gaining Momentum
Unity Blog
MAY 15, 2024
We are halfway through the second quarter of 2024, and LevelPlay data is signaling a healthy market rebound, suggesting that the 2023 downtrend is finally receding. This upswing is a testament to both the resilience of the sector and to the strategic agility of publishers who are capitalizing on the evolving market dynamics.
Drag[en]gine 1.22 Released
Indie DB
MAY 11, 2024
New game engine release combined with upgraded Visual Studio Code DragonScript extension.
Report: Square Enix to lay off employees in American, European offices
Game Developer
MAY 13, 2024
Square Enix's "unforgettable experiences" will be made without some unforgettable people.
Epic €1.1m fined for breaking EU consumer law in Netherlands
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 14, 2024
Original Story: The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets has fined Epic Games €1,125,000 for using "unfair commercial practices" aimed at children in Fortnite. An investigation by the ACM found that the company "exploited [the] vulnerabilities" of children through design choices in its item shop. This included using demanding phrases such as "get it now" or "buy now" on certain advertisements, which the ACM described as an "illegal aggressive commercial practice.
PR Panel 2024: Stefano Petrullo, Renaissance
Game Development News
MAY 10, 2024
In the Feb/Mar issue of MCV/DEVELOP we featured our annual PR Panel, bringing together the good, the bad (in a good way) and the beautiful people of games PR to give us their take on what’s been going on in our beloved industry over recent months.
Instant Realistic Lighting in Godot
Game From Scratch
MAY 16, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Instant Realistic Lighting in Godot Out of the box the lighting system in Godot doesn’t give amazing results. In fact, out the box the lighting system in the Godot game engine ONLY works in the editor, which can be more than a bit confusing for beginners. Thankfully we have an in-depth lighting tutorial that will […] The post Instant Realistic Lighting in Godot appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
I got distracted and built a Physically-Based Renderer
Harold Serrano
MAY 16, 2024
I was completely immersed in rewriting my game engine when I stumbled upon these captivating images. The author experimented with the properties of various metals and demonstrated how to create them in a Physically-Based Renderer through renderings. They looked so cool that made me wonder if I could build a Physically-Based Renderer myself and render these metals.
Why does EA think in-game ads are better business than a Mandalorian game?
Game Developer
MAY 10, 2024
Chasing in-game advertising while canning games like Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars first-person shooter seems downright bananas.
Why Sweden's games industry is still growing
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 13, 2024
Despite the many difficulties the games industry faces around the world, Swedish developers are feeling somewhat optimistic as the local development scene continues to experience rapid growth. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz , Dataspelsbranschen spokesperson Per Strömbäck says the general state of the Swedish games industry is "good", with the number of people working in the industry having grown from 2,500 to 8,500 people in the last decade.
Why has every with some kind of “designated climbable ledge” mechanic seemingly settled on marking such ledges with yellow?
Ask a Game Dev
MAY 10, 2024
When we create a visual style for a game, we must establish a visual language. This means visual indicators that the player can recognize and understand. Here is an example of visual language that you might recognize: Each of these blocks provides gameplay context to the player upon seeing them. They each have different behaviors and the player can determine what each of them means by their visual cues.
Make Godot Engine More Organized with TODO Manager
Game From Scratch
MAY 9, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Make Godot Engine More Organized with TODO Manager A follow up on our earlier discussion on how to improve the Godot game engine (by making it prettier), today we look at another handy plugin that makes Godot more organized. If you are used to littering your code with TODO or FIXME type comments, this handy add-on helps you […] The post Make Godot Engine More Organized with TODO Manager appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Games industry keeps getting worse with Damien Evans
Game Dev Unchained
MAY 15, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of the video game industry, one thing has become painfully clear: instability. I’ve had the privilege of speaking with numerous industry professionals about the challenges they face over the years. One such conversation, which left a significant impact on me, was with Damien Evans. We discussed the ongoing struggles within the industry, particularly the recent wave of layoffs and their profound impact on employees.
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