Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 10, 2024

The kind of games that have the least cut content are annual sports titles - they have the most stringent schedules and know exactly what they are committing to with each annual cycle, so they have significantly less wiggle room than a project with a longer schedule and bigger scope (e.g.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 12, 2023

Top image: Europa Universalis IV expansion, Lions of the North Downloadable content (DLC) has become an essential tool for game developers and publishers. It enhances the gameplay experience, provides additional content, and attracts new players. On average, the 56 DLC releases for strategy games increased MAU by +30.5%

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Epic Games has announced a partnership with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) to rate all islands and other content published through Fortnite's Creative Mode. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Something Wicked Games announced that it has hired Will Shen as its new lead content designer. He joins the studio that has brought other games industry veterans such as Robert Land, Jessica Sliwinski, and Akil Hooper. Read more

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Players who make and release Fortnite islands to be shared with the larger community will have to make sure it's secured an age rating from the IARC.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 30, 2023

of players would be "motivated" to pay for environmental content in games if it adds to the experience. When asked whether they would like to see environmental content in the games they play, the respondents replied "Yes, definitely" at 35.4%, and "Maybe, if it fits the game's universe/narrative" at 46%.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2023

For as long as PC games have existed, the boundary between developer and fan has been blurred. Players have been building their own content since the dawn of computer games, as seen in the many mods and game modes created from other titles. The latest platform to enter this fray is Singapore’s CliCli. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 3, 2023

An update in YouTube's moderation policies has reportedly led to increasing demonetisation of gaming content on the platform. According to VentureBeat , YouTubers like Penquinz0 have noticed an uptick in demonetised videos after a policy update cracking down on game violence.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The former Bethesda Softworks quest designer is now the lead content designer on Something Wicked Games' upcoming game Wyrdsong.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 12, 2024

It's time for the game industry to fully embrace this new era, recognizing that it not only leads to better content for players but also fosters deeper engagement for game studios.

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Game Developer

JUNE 29, 2023

The company told one Steam developer it "cannot ship games for which the developer does not have all of the necessary rights."

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Indie DB

AUGUST 20, 2023

Loads of new and free content after finishing the map goal in this automation base-builder game!

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

Written by Tiffany Keller , who is a Director of Product and investor with a decade of experience in mobile games across Scopely, Activision Blizzard, Miniclip, and Zynga. Mobile knockout games are springing up everywhere - such as Stumble Guys or Netease’s Eggy Party , which launched with a UGC creator mode last May.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nintendo is putting the brakes on Mario Kart Tour, as the company announced the game will receive its final new content next month. From 10/02/2023 (Wed) on, tours will consist of content from tours that have appeared before. Mario Kart Tour's last content update will come four years after the game itself launched.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Using the high-quality and uniquely designed PS4 to play games is an exciting and thrilling experience. Unfortunately, like many other consoles, PS4 experiences errors occasionally that get in the way of gaming. These errors pop up and prevent access to several games if not all. What is PS4 cannot use the content error?

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Welcome, once again, to the all-new GameDeveloper.com, now updated for better readability, easier content discovery, and an all-around improved site experience.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With Fortnite now focusing on user-generated content, industry devs have formed Barnyard to get in on the trend.

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Lost Garden

JANUARY 3, 2021

As game budgets expand once more, the success of a title often depends on producing large amounts of high quality content. Mistakes setting up your content plans can easily result in panic, shipping delays, scope cuts, rework and crunch. Modern developers live on the content treadmill so we might […].

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2024

You can read all our South Africa Games Week articles on this page. Nyamakop, arguably one of the most well known studios within South Africa, was founded in 2016, initially as a business endeavour to turn a university project into a commercial game, which became 2018's Semblance. "We

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Netflix has recently revealed plans to encourage adoption of the games catalog that it offers as part of a standard subscription. This is set to become part of a two-pronged strategy: Netflix Stories will strengthen its content offering, while Games on TV focuses on widening access.

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Unity Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Now in open beta, Unity User-Generated Content (UGC) is a comprehensive solution designed to help game developers empower players to become creators.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It normally costs tens of thousands of dollars per hour to pay for all of the time, equipment, and labor for all of the people involved, and everyone has a busy schedule - actors have other jobs lined up, the capture studio has other customers hoping to do their own recording sessions, and the developers have a whole game to build.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 27, 2024

Misfits Gaming has launched a new games studio called Misfits Interactive. The new studio is currently working on two original user-generated content titles set for release this year, developed by a team of over 20 people. Chris Casanova has been appointed as head of interactive to lead the studio.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 31, 2024

"Great content is key to our growth." "

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Cocos

JANUARY 27, 2024

Scrollview Content children are getting touch event even when scrollview is scrolling. i want android scrollview like functionality to implement nested scrollview in my game. anyone knows how to stop this please help. Version : 2.4.7

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 4, 2024

Of course cut content exists. On the latest shipped game that I worked on, I was hired for and spent months working on a significant game mode that was eventually cut. Our game mode was playable with a full game loop but the higher-ups decided it wasn't shaping up to be what they wanted for the overall game.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Scrollview Content children are getting touch event even when scrollview is scrolling. i want android scrollview like functionality to implement nested scrollview in my game. anyone knows how to stop this please help. Version : 2.4.7

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Video Games Europe, formerly ISFE, says that minors, on average, spend €39 a month on games. This is according to a new report in by Ipsos , which surveyed 2,808 caretakers from the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and Germany. Read more

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

With the annual Game Developer Conference (GDC) just days away, Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games is ramping up to host exciting technology demonstrations and programming focused on evolving industry trends, including generative artificial intelligence (AI). Be sure to RSVP here if you plan to attend.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups. Steel Media has announced that Craig Chapple has been appointed as head of content at PocketGamer.biz. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 2, 2023

About 8 months ago, we discussed how Apple’s NFT-related guideline changes could affect blockchain games. However, it was still quite an important step for every blockchain game developer. Apple including blockchain games in their review guidelines acted as a seal of approval for those games.

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Game Developer

JUNE 27, 2023

Unity's AI tools include a content creation tool called Unity Muse and a runtime inference engine called Unity Sentis.

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Game Errors

JUNE 13, 2023

Many Diablo 4 players in PS5 is getting can’t use this content error repeatedly. You may get this error when you try to open this title on your game console. Why is PS5 saying can’t use this content while opening Diablo 4? also can be the reason why you are getting can’t use this content error.

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Game Errors

APRIL 25, 2023

For many players of the Rockstar game, it has become a frustrating experience for them to encounter the Error In Content Enumeration GTA 5 problem. This is the error you get when you’re in story mode on GTA 5, and your saved game data can’t be loaded, or the game will not launch at all. Remove local saved games files.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 17, 2024

Matthew Gallant, game director of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, explains why No Return won't receive any future content updates.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 13, 2024

There's uncertainty about the content. Who the hell's making the games?" "There's so much uncertainty when you look at the sales data or look to project this year. There's uncertainty around the hardware. Read more

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