Google Play Games adds UK and New Zealand to PC beta
Game Developer
MAY 25, 2023
More countries, more beta participants for Google Play Games.
The Importance of Beta Testing in Game Development
iXie gaming
MARCH 24, 2024
Beta testing is a critical game quality assurance (QA) process. It allows you to detect technical problems in your game and assess gameplay and balance. This ensures customer satisfaction by delivering a game that provides a seamless experience. But what is beta testing? What are the several types of beta tests?
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Forgotten Skies - Closed-Beta
Indie DB
JANUARY 16, 2024
Players can now pre-register on our website for the closed beta of our upcoming game Forgotten Skies. Registered players will receive confirmation and will be notified as soon as the Forgotten Skies closed beta begins.
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Netflix introduces limited beta for cloud gaming service
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 15, 2023
Netflix has launched a limited beta to test its cloud gaming service. Starting today, a small number of subscribers in Canada and the UK will be able to play games on their TV using the Netflix Game Controller app.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 13, 2023
beta 11 , we found a lot of regressions – as we expected! As the pace intensifies in the lead-up to the first Release Candidate, we decided to make more frequent beta snapshots for testing. when dealing with PackedArrays) which many beta 11 users experienced ( GH-71228 ). The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 7
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 1, 2022
has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some big changes in this beta: Android: Enable GLES3 support ( GH-69355 ). GDScript: Loads of follow-up improvements to recent fixes in beta 5 and 6. C#: Tons of improvements! What's new.
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Netflix Games rolls out TV support for Canada and UK in limited beta
Game Developer
AUGUST 14, 2023
TV integration for Netflix Games may be limited to just two regions, but it helps the streamer feel out how to draw more users to its video game service.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 16
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 27, 2023
The beta snapshots cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time. This beta includes quite a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Make AnimatedSprite’s playback API consistent with AnimationPlayer ( GH-71907 ).
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 6
Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
has been in beta for a little over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. This beta 6 includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: GDScript cyclic reference issues begone! beta with their Scatter addon. What's new. milestone.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 23, 2022
betas for over three months now, and we are glad to see it get more stable and usable every week. Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. The game started development with Godot 3.x, Happy holidays! What's new.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 14
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 20, 2023
Release Candidate on the horizon we continue to release beta snapshots frequently and relentlessly! This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Fixes to CanvasItem draw methods to better handled lines of different widths and filled rectangles ( GH-41239 , GH-71623 , GH-71679 ). With the first Godot 4.0
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 10, 2023
beta releases. We took a bit longer to prepare this beta as there were a number of fairly big GDScript refactoring PRs (needed to fix many bugs), which we wanted to merge all at once. As such we expect that this beta 11 might introduce some new GDScript regressions, which we'll aim to fix for beta 12 next week.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 19, 2022
has been in beta for over three months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 What's new.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 9, 2022
has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 15
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 25, 2023
The beta snapshots cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time. This beta includes quite a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Add support for Unicode identifiers in GDScript and Expression ( GH-71676 ).
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Godot Editor (Beta) arrives to the Play Store
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Godot Engine arrives to the Google Play Store with an official beta release of the Godot Editor for Android! With the UI adjusted to work better on a tiny screen, you can try your hand at making games on the go.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 13, 2023
beta 11 , we found a lot of regressions – as we expected! As the pace intensifies in the lead-up to the first Release Candidate, we decided to make more frequent beta snapshots for testing. when dealing with PackedArrays) which many beta 11 users experienced ( GH-71228 ). The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 23, 2022
betas for over three months now, and we are glad to see it get more stable and usable every week. Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. The game started development with Godot 3.x, Happy holidays! What’s new.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 10, 2023
beta releases. We took a bit longer to prepare this beta as there were a number of fairly big GDScript refactoring PRs (needed to fix many bugs), which we wanted to merge all at once. As such we expect that this beta 11 might introduce some new GDScript regressions, which we’ll aim to fix for beta 12 next week.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 19, 2022
has been in beta for over three months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 What’s new.
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Unreal Editor for Fortnite launching in beta today
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 22, 2023
At GDC 2023 today, Epic Games unveiled details about its Unreal Editor for Fortnite, Unreal Engine 5.2 procedural tools, and more.
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Diablo 4: Bugs & Glitches That Creeped the Beta Version
Game Errors
MAY 29, 2023
But before you dive into playing this highly anticipated game, be warned there are some bugs and glitches that might creep up on you during gameplay. In this article, we’ll discuss all the issues with the beta version of Diablo 4 and why you should hold off on playing it just yet. What is the problem with Diablo 4 beta?
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Diablo 4 Stats Reveal: Two Most Popular Classes In Open Beta
Game Errors
APRIL 7, 2023
Blizzard Entertainment has just concluded the longest open beta weekend in the history of the Diablo franchise for their upcoming game, Diablo 4. The company revealed some interesting statistics about the beta, including which classes were most popular among players in its open beta. This is just the beginning.
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MW3 Beta Crashing: How to Fix It in No Time
Game Errors
OCTOBER 13, 2023
If you’re like me, there’s nothing more frustrating than getting pumped up for an action-packed round of Call of Duty: MW3 Beta, only for the game to crash on you. Table of Contents: Why Does Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Beta keep crashing? How to fix MW3 Beta crashing? I feel your pain.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 2
Mircosoft Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
beta 1 two weeks ago! But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. So here's beta 2! This beta 2 is not only bugfixes though! We released Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4
Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
beta 1 in September, and that was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our next major release – be sure to check out that blog post if you haven't yet, for an overview of some of the main highlight of Godot 4.0. We're now at beta 4, slightly delayed as I was on holiday, but all the more interesting to try out. Requires.NET SDK 6.0
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Diablo 4’s Beta Shows the Horror of Modern AAA Design
Game Wisdom
MARCH 27, 2023
Diablo 4’s Beta Shows the Horror of Modern AAA Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com It’s been a rough couple of years for Blizzard Entertainment, going from one of the premier studios in the world to one mired in controversy, scandals, lawsuits, and destroying years’ worth of goodwill with their fans.
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Supercell's Smash Bros: How "the stars aligned" for Squad Busters
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 13, 2024
Supercell is one of the most successful developers in mobile gaming, a feat even more impressive when you consider it's off the back of just five games. The game generated $1.1 While Supercell's marketing exec Rob Lowe does not confirm this, he does add the game is "quickly getting toward profitability." Read more
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AAA games on iPhone 15 Pro: Game changers or gimmick? | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Weirdly enough, I was playing Fable 2 on Tuesday night, using my phone and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Read more
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 7
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 1, 2022
has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some big changes in this beta: Android: Enable GLES3 support ( GH-69355 ). GDScript: Loads of follow-up improvements to recent fixes in beta 5 and 6. C#: Tons of improvements! What’s new.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 2
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 15, 2022
beta 2 should be worth the wait! This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ).
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 6
Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
has been in beta for a little over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. This beta 6 includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: GDScript cyclic reference issues begone! beta with their Scatter addon. What’s new. milestone.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 3
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 30, 2022
stable release with a third beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! This ensures your game will run the same on all machines.
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Error 316719 in Diablo 4 Beta: Fast Fix [Explained]
Game Errors
MARCH 18, 2023
Although there were some responses from Blizzard and explanations that the game servers cannot handle all of the players, we dug a bit deeper to understand if any specific fixes on your PC can prevent this error from occurring. Besides the 316719 Diablo 4 error, some users experience problems with Diablo 4 Beta Won’t Launch.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 4
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 15, 2022
stable release with a fourth beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta 4 is a small update with just 83 commits excluding merges, focusing on fixing bugs to stabilize the current feature set for 3.5 Like with 4.0
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Call of Duty MW3 Beta Low FPS: Boost Performance
Game Errors
OCTOBER 13, 2023
I get how maddening it is to experience low FPS while you are playing Call of Duty MW3, especially since the beta is only available for a limited time. High Graphics Settings : If you’ve got all the in-game settings turned up to maximum, your system might struggle, reducing your FPS. I don’t want anything messing with my game.
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Call of Duty MW3 Beta Won’t Launch: How I Fixed It
Game Errors
OCTOBER 13, 2023
I know how frustrating it is when the beta version of Call of Duty MW3 doesn’t launch. But don’t worry, I encountered this problem too, and I know how to fix it, so I put together this step-by-step guide because I understand the hassle of troubleshooting, especially when you’d rather be gaming.
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[UPDATED 071314] Cocos Creator 3.8 Community Beta is now available
Cocos
JULY 27, 2023
beta ### System information Windows 11 … ### Issue description The game causes an error if I destroy a node in the BEGIN_CONTANT event or update. 692:38) at Game._updateCallback When you destroy or deactive a rigidbody in the update or BEGIN_CONTACT event CC causes error. 236:20) at PhysicsContactListener. _updateCallback (game.ts:1027:22)
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 2
Mircosoft Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
beta 1 two weeks ago! But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. So here’s beta 2! This beta 2 is not only bugfixes though! We released Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4
Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
beta 1 in September, and that was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our next major release – be sure to check out that blog post if you haven’t yet, for an overview of some of the main highlight of Godot 4.0. We’re now at beta 4, slightly delayed as I was on holiday, but all the more interesting to try out. Requires.NET SDK 6.0
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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 1
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 13, 2022
So we're starting the beta testing phase with this already significant set of changes, and we'll have frequent beta builds to polish them for the stable release. Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. was released 2 months ago , and some of the major planned features for Godot 3.5
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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 5
Mircosoft Game Dev
MAY 3, 2022
stable release with a fifth beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). This ensures your game will run the same on all machines.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 9, 2022
has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0
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