Game Developer

APRIL 14, 2023

Grace Curtis of Future Friends Games highlights several important factors in building your TikTok presence and how to help your game coverage videos go viral in an authentic and effective way.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Monopoly Go has been an instant success for Scopely. In speaking with Scopely's GM of Monopoly Go and VP of product Massimo Maietti, the game's success in the face of a challenging market is the first thing we ask about. The game launched in April, and topped the US mobile charts in August.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Once Gran Turismo Sport takes its last ride in January, 2022's Gran Turismo 7 will be the only entry in the series that can be played on current hardware.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Toys for Bob has been part of Activision Blizzard for nearly 20 years, and is now leaving to be its own studio again.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It doesn't look like all this activity is going to slow down either, with potentially even more legal changes on the horizon and regulators gearing up to get even more involved. EU and UK consumer legislators are focused on the digital world, with the games industry at the forefront of the minds of regulators.

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Game Development News

MAY 24, 2024

Last bit of “news” from us before the weekend, which is that there are just four weeks left until the 2024 MCV/DEVELOP Awards. Slightly less, in fact, because in precisely four weeks the winners will have woken up with sore heads. Not because of undue excess – we would never countenance such behaviour – but …

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The multiplayer-focused Rocket Arena and The Crew were recently delisted and will be taken offline completely next March.

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Artoon

MAY 5, 2024

Let’s compare two programming backend technologies: Go vs Nodejs! Are you confused […] The post Go vs Nodejs: Which Is the Better Choice for Your Project? appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Game Developer

APRIL 17, 2023

Sonic's live-action success is set to continue with a spinoff centered on his other best friend (sorry, Tails).

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 14, 2024

Scopely's Monopoly Go has amassed $2 billion in revenue Read more

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Xbox's four games are coming to PlayStation and Nintendo seemingly over the next several months, starting with Pentiment.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Learn how you can drastically increase user adoption and other key metrics by automating, modeling, and visualizing PlayFab data

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Cocos

MAY 25, 2024

Unity is very capable and powerful, with a robust asset store so it obviously has a lot going for it. Also, you’re probably going to be programming in C++ if you choose Cocos2d-x, although it also has JavaScript and Lua support. So yeah, check out the latest Cocos Creator 3.x. I would start with the Cocos Creator manual.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 28, 2023

A leaked press release says that the Lenovo Legion Go will cost $799/€799. Per Windows Report , the handheld will be revealed on September 1 and will go on sale in October. The competitor to Valve's Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally will run on Windows 11 and feature an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor. Read more

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Game Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

When Game Launches Go Wrong Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The recent missteps of game launches in 2023 frames our key to games podcast as we talk about some of the recent ones.… … The post When Game Launches Go Wrong appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 29, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Pokémon Go maker, Niantic, will be closing its Los Angeles office and is poised to lay off 230 staffers. As reported by Kotaku , John Hanke, company founder, explained in an email that the company had let its expenses grow faster than its revenue. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The games industry's current troubles have been well documented by this point and, looking at the release slate for the rest of the year, you'd be forgiven for thinking there's not much cause for optimism on the horizon.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Triple-A games only really became $70 last year, but Capcom president Harushiro Tsujimoto believes they could stand to be priced a little higher.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Go hang out with your friends. Go outside. The post Go Play! Play them badly if you’re too tired to play them competitively. There may be some days when you can’t play games, or even stand to look at any piece of cardboard with a victory point track printed on it. Call your loved ones. Do something you always wanted to do.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Polyphony Digital driving simulator’s servers will go offline on January 31, 2024. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has announced that Gran Turismo Sport’s online services will be ending. Read more

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Game Developer

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Last of Us Part II Remastered's game mode No Return let Naughty Dog show off the true power of its combat and AI systems.

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Game Developer

JULY 10, 2023

A former developer alleges Niantic consistently underpaid her for years and worked to quash female staff from raising concerns about sexism within the company.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 27, 2024

Fair Go Casino Online Review: Your Gateway to Thrilling Adventures! Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Welcome to the Dazzling World of Fair Go Casino! Embark on a journey through the vibrant universe of Fair Go Casino , a hidden gem in the online gambling galaxy.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Director Naoki Yoshida says the revenue from Final Fantasy XIV's many expansions is too important to transition the entire game to free-to-play.

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The Art of the Game

APRIL 21, 2022

So, I started to pursue funding – except to no one’s surprise; people just don’t hand out checks to random people saying, ‘Go make yer dream game kid!’ Thinking to myself about ways to make money, I did come to the realization that if I’m ‘going’ to be a dev – how about sell your work?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

“Although simple at a glance, it is a completely different beast from a shooter, and a lot of different types of smoke and mirrors go into making things hit just right and to receive the feedback just in time. The post Mordhau on consoles: “A lot of smoke and mirrors go into making things hit” appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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Game Developer

APRIL 18, 2023

Monster Hunter Now aims to bring the monster hunting experience to streets, parks, and other real-world locations.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Starbreeze has been focused on Payday for years, but it may now be in a position to buy properties with video game potential.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 23, 2024

It's now been two years since the hotly anticipated launch of Panic's handheld, the Playdate. 70,000 units had been sold as of February 2024 , and Panic revealed a few more stats about its cranky yellow console last week , to celebrate its anniversary.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 14, 2023

Pokémon Go has been downloaded over 678 million times globally since its 2016 release. According to Data.ai's latest findings, published last week, a quarter of downloads (164 million) came from the United States, Pokémon Go's biggest market. Globally, Pokémon Go is the No. Globally, Pokémon Go is the No.

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Game Developer

JUNE 29, 2023

Niantic attributes its newest layoffs and axed projects to the growing market of AR games and declining revenue after an early pandemic surge.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Over a year after entering open beta, Space Punks is being shut down by its developer Flying Wild Hog.

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Game Developer

JUNE 12, 2023

Bandai Namco announced its 2012 fighting game Soul Calibur V will be taken offline and delisted completely on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on June 19.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 24, 2024

When Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors declared an end to the company's nine-month restructuring program at the start of this month, you would have been forgiven for assuming that things would finally settle for the troubled games group.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

There appears to be two main story types on GamesIndustry.biz this year. First, there are all these record-breaking sales. Hogwarts Legacy selling 15 million copies in under two months. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shifting a record-equally ten million games in a weekend. Diablo 4 with its $666 million in five days.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 13, 2024

From an individual worker's perspective, I think that most of the people who were let go (~70-75% or so) will find new jobs in the industry within the next year or so. I think that there's going to be a bunch of indie studios get founded in the wake of the layoffs.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A class action lawsuit against Epic Games will be going ahead in Canada. Now, judge Sylvain Lussier has sided with the plaintiffs, agreeing that that claim "does not appear to be frivolous or manifestly ill-founded," with the legal proceedings to now go ahead as the plaintiffs "have a valid product liability claim against the defendants."

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