Palia developer Singularity 6 laying off 35 percent of workforce
Game Developer
APRIL 8, 2024
Palia officially launched on Steam in March and now developer Singularity 6 is gutting its development team.
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The ascent of Indian video game development
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NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Indian video game development seems to be displaying more and more potential and exposure; we spoke to three different developers based in India about their current projects and their own experiences.
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Unity sees WebGPU as a growing market for game development
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APRIL 2, 2024
According to Unity, games that can be played "instantly" present new possibilities for game developers.
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CD Projekt voluntarily recognizes Polish developer union
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DECEMBER 7, 2023
Now recognized by CD Projekt, the Polish Gamedev Workers Union aims to have "fruitful cooperation" with the developer and partner with other companies.
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TRY AGAIN: How frustrations with game development lead to a platformer about game development frustrations
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FEBRUARY 28, 2024
TRY AGAIN developer Adam Morina talks about how their own frustrations coming up with a game concept would lead to a game about those very frustrations.
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Hidden Path makes layoffs and pauses development on unnamed RPG
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
"In the face of a challenging environment, we now have no choice but to pause development on that project and reduce the company size." "
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If Hollywood adapts more games, developers deserve a cut
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JANUARY 19, 2024
The 2024 GDC State of the Industry report indicates one quarter of triple-A developers are seeing their games adapted for film or television. Will the workers reap the rewards?
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Game Developer's 2023 wrap-up: Indie developers name their unsung heroes of the year
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DECEMBER 22, 2023
Indie developers like Quinn K, Cosmo D, Taylor McCue and more name their "unsung heroes" of 2023.
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Forecasting work in video game development
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Peter Willington, Production Director at Auroch Digital shares insight into how game developers can predict the future with correct forecasting techniques.
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Unity developer group dissolves after company "completely eroded trust"
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The Boston Unity Group no longer want their name tied to Unity after the company's recent business moves, and are calling it quits to focus on the city's larger community of developers.
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Diablo IV 's development was set back by Blizzard's developer shuffles
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JUNE 12, 2023
A new report shows how Diablo IV's development was tainted by Blizzard Entertainment's culture once its original director and designer were brought on.
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Saints Row developer Volition has been shut down
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AUGUST 31, 2023
Volition, developer of the Saints Row and Red Faction franchises, is no more after its parent company Embracer chose to close the studio.
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Germany creates €100M subsidy to fund its game developers
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NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Over the next several years, Germany plans to properly support its local game development scene and increase its cultural footprint in the country.
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Indie developer Threaks is shutting down
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JANUARY 18, 2024
After 15 years and developing the likes of Battle Planet and All I Have is Time, Threaks is definitively calling it quits later this year.
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Why do game developers love mechs?
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Game developers weigh in on the "utter perfection" of giant mechanical robots.
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Audio Implementation Practices to Ease Development Stress
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NOVEMBER 27, 2023
But that's where a smart technical sound design approach can mean the difference between a total development nightmare or a dream come true. Every game has so many audio assets and so little time to program them before launch.
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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers
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DECEMBER 22, 2023
Here at PreMortem.Games we have a great admiration for developers that go through a complete development cycle alone. And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights.
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Obituary: Developer Philipp Gosch has passed away
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Known by his handle Saphire, Gosch was the VP and founding member of the Game Development Graz association and an "integral part" to the Austrian game industry.
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Approximately one third of game developers were affected by layoffs last year
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JANUARY 22, 2024
According to the GDC 2024 State of the Game Industry report, about a third of game developers were affected by a layoff in 2023.
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Embracer lays off 50 employees at Chorus developer Fishlabs
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NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Embracer's "restructuring program" hits another one of its developers, this time Fishlabs, known best for the Galaxy on Fire franchise.
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UK developer union to hold all-hands about layoffs
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OCTOBER 9, 2023
Game Workers Unite is inviting any and all UK game developers to attend its gathering on Thursday, October 12 about industry layoffs in the UK region.
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Report: Fall Guys developer Mediatonic "decimated" by Epic layoffs
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The 18-year-old developer may have been among those hit hardest by Epic's recent call to lay off nearly 900 employees.
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Discord will let developers monetize their apps
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OCTOBER 19, 2023
App developers in the US, UK, and Europe can now make some money from their product on Discord, provided they meet the chat app's three requirements.
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Nickelodeon and Disney developer Workinman unanimously votes to unionize
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Workinman's election marks the newest effort for game developer unionization in months, and is the United States' first union to be formed under IATSE.
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Game Developer's 2023 wrap-up: The events that defined the year
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DECEMBER 20, 2023
From Unity's botched Runtime Fee to Embracer going scorched earth on its own development studios, here are the events that shaped the game industry in 2023.
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Panic says it's time for Playdate developers to take center stage
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FEBRUARY 13, 2024
"It's beyond our wildest dreams in terms of how many developers have embraced it and the quality of the titles that we're seeing." "
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Godot Developed Non-Game Applications
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FEBRUARY 20, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Godot Developed Non-Game Applications One of the strong points of the Godot Game engine is it’s use to develop non gaming applications. In the video below we run through 15 non-gaming applications that were developed using the Godot game engine.
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Only half of developers saw a pay raise in 2023
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FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Despite the lack of upward pay in 2023, most developers are hopeful for some kind of raise to come through in the next year.
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Unlocking Portugal's game development industry
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APRIL 2, 2024
The Gaming Hub aims at becoming a "focal point for innovation, collaboration, and growth within the gaming industry in Portugal and beyond," executive director of the Portuguese Game Developer Association (APVP) Diogo Rato said at the time.
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How Flix Interactive aimed to be a good co-development shipmate on Sea of Thieves
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MARCH 13, 2024
Flix Interactive CEO John Tearle discusses the collaborative nature of co-development and leveraging its broad expertise on all decks.
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Solo developer Kaighen Finley: “It’s easy to lose myself in game development”
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 17, 2023
Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. Why did you become a solo developer? How do you stay motivated through (years of) development?
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Embracer says it spends more money on platforms than game development
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
CEO Lars Wingefors thinks revenue programs like Epic Games' First Run program can help developers reduce the cost of bringing their games to storefronts.
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IATSE survey: Developers feel their jobs are unsustainable
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Game developers are worried that the game industry may eat itself alive due to crunch, unequal pay, and an inability to retain long-term workers.
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Rockstar axed Agent for "distracting" from Grand Theft Auto V development
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NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The would-be PlayStation 3 exclusive Agent was reportedly cutting into development on what would be Grand Theft Auto V , and for Rockstar, something had to give.
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Toge Productions acquires A Space for the Unbound developer Mojiken Studio
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NOVEMBER 27, 2023
"Our journey together as a developer and a publisher has been built upon mutual trust, shared values, and dynamic teamwork."
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Game Developer's Best of 2022: The top game developers of the year
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DECEMBER 21, 2022
From developers in Ukraine to Poncle, Naughty Dog and Second Dinner, these are our picks for game developers of the year.
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Dorothy Orina left engineering behind to pursue game development at Maliyo Games
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 3, 2024
Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. At that time, the Nigerian-based studio’s game development training program had tripled its participants in just a year, with Google on board as a partner. So it’s the perception.”
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The best game development software
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JUNE 9, 2023
Our resources for free and low cost game development software, from game engines to art tools and tutorials, and more.
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Transitioning from PC-only development to multiple platforms
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FEBRUARY 1, 2024
An efficient transition requires good organization skills and solid knowledge on how consoles development can be done efficiently.
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Starbreeze to develop and self-publish Dungeons & Dragons co-op game
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DECEMBER 4, 2023
Payday developer Starbreeze is partnering with Wizards of the Coast to develop a co-op live service title for Dungeons & Dragons.
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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024
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APRIL 1, 2024
Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Is it well-defined?
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League of Geeks pauses Jumplight Odyssey development after significant layoffs
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DECEMBER 6, 2023
"We were forced to choose between pausing development on Jumplight Odyssey or shutting down entirely."
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Hajime Tabata wants JP Games to foster the next generation of developers
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DECEMBER 4, 2023
The Final Fantasy XV director is aiming to do things differently from Square Enix and bring in young developers from outside of Japan.
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Firmament developer Cyan Worlds credits AI in development—but not actors
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JUNE 8, 2023
Cyan's newest game Firmament used AI during the game's development, but the voice actors "assisted" by the tech aren't properly credited at all.
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