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Phil Spencer wants to see other digital storefronts on Xbox

GamesIndustry.biz

Xbox head Phil Spencer has said that he wants to see more digital retailers on the console, such as the Epic Games Store and Itch.io. When asked by Polygon if he could see these storefronts on the platform at some point in the future, Spencer said he believed console players would benefit from more options.

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5 Factors Which Vary Unreal Engine 5 from Unreal Engine 4 

iXie gaming

It was designed to work with the latest generation of consoles and PCs. Number of Polygons: The number of polygons that may be used in the engine is likely the biggest change between UE4 and UE5. The shapes used to create meshes inside the game engine are called polygons.

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New report shows game investment slowdown

Game Daily

The most active sectors by value were technology (24 percent), followed by mobile and esports (19 percent each), mobile cloud gaming (18 percent) and console / PC (15 percent). Still, Web3 gaming investors were the most active, including Polygon, Bitkraft Ventures, and Animoca Brands.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

You can move the polygon with the node transform, drag the corners to reshape it, add delete points. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Windows: Improve console handling and execute ( GH-55987 ). This changes the editor console handling to be like on Unix systems (Linux and macOS).

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VFX in Unreal: Emerging Tools & Features

iXie gaming

With the latest generation of consoles and GPUs that are nothing short of performance beasts, games have never looked as good as they do now. It redefines how developers approach asset creation by eliminating traditional polygon budgets and LOD systems.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

You can move the polygon with the node transform, drag the corners to reshape it, add delete points. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Windows: Improve console handling and execute ( GH-55987 ). This changes the editor console handling to be like on Unix systems (Linux and macOS).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

You can move the polygon with the node transform, drag the corners to reshape it, add delete points. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Windows: Improve console handling and execute ( GH-55987 ). This changes the editor console handling to be like on Unix systems (Linux and macOS).

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