Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

The developers behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and Mighty Doom are being shut down.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

Microsoft is shutting down four of the studios it picked up as part of the 2020 Bethesda acquisition, as reported by IGN. The four studios include Arkane Austin, maker of last year's disappointing Redfall , and Tango Gameworks, the studio behind Hi-Fi Rush, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and The Evil Within. Beyond that pair, Mighty Doom developer Alpha Dog Studios and Human Head Software successor Roundhouse Games are also shutting down.

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

The current peak of Hades II puts it at nearly triple that of the first Hades when it came to Steam in Early Access in 2019.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

A jury has ruled that Activision Blizzard will pay tech incubator Acceleration Bay $23.4 million for patent infringement. As reported by Law.com , the May 3 ruling comes after the incubator began its legal action back in 2015. The case filed in the US District Court for the District of Delaware claims that patents for networking and broadcasting were used in Activision's multiplayer title.

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

The findings of this paper provide a guiding direction for game producers to express claims in their products, and inform the authorities in communicating ideologies through video games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

Nintendo has given the first indications on when we can expect news on its next console, revealing that the device will be announced "within this fiscal year." In a social media post released alongside its full-year financial results, the platform holder's president Shuntaro Furukawa wrote that the announcement of "the successor to the Nintendo Switch" will be made by March 31, 2025.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

Nintendo has released its latest financial results, showing a strong year in terms of net sales and profits thanks to the success of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros Wonder and The Super Mario Bros Movie. For the full year ended March 31, 2024, the platform holder reported net sales rose 4.4% to ¥1.7 trillion ($11 billion) and gross profit up 7.8% to ¥954.3 billion ($6.2 billion).

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

Studios with both mocap and voice recording services aren't quite common, which now makes PTW a boon for London game devs.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

Brazil has officially adopted a new law redefining video games in the country and establishing guidelines to guarantee and regulate its industry's future growth. The bill was approved on May 3 by Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after two years of debates and lobbying from games trade body Abragames, regional associations, and studios in the country.

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

The studio has scrapped the project to focus on existing franchises.

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AWS Games

MAY 7, 2024

Introduction Developing an online multiplayer game capable of supporting thousands of concurrent players is an incredibly complex endeavor. For Singularity 6 (S6) , creators of the hit game “Palia,” which released across platforms in 2023 and 2024—their developers needed to craft an immersive and captivating gaming experience while managing the vast resources and infrastructure required to keep the game’s services running smoothly.

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

The next Nintendo console will be revealed during the current fiscal year.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

Whoever thought Spine 2D animation reminds you of a paper doll craft, where you move all the body parts to create animations, was right! Spine is a 2D skeletal animation tool for game development and other animation projects. How does it work? Imagine each character with a series of single 2D images making up its various body parts. These images are posed around each other, and on top of an invisible, virtual skeleton consisting of a hierarchy of interconnected bones.

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

Here are the steps Pingle Studios took to implement multiplayer on multiplatform, with five key takeaways from the project.

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Console Studios 177

GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

Electronic Arts today released its earnings report for Q4 FY24 (the three months ended March 31, 2024), showing sales down during a quiet fourth quarter even as the bottom line improved year-over-year. For the full year, EA's top-line numbers were up modestly while the bottom line improved more significantly. Electronic Arts revenues and bookings were down in the fourth quarter, with some of the decline attributable to an empty release slate.

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

The Nintendo DS could be about to lose its crown.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

You can now download or watch the latest episode of the GI Microcast, our weekly quick dive into the biggest stories of the past week. This week, we discuss the reported troubles at Take-Two with claims that indie-focused label Private Division, Rollerdrome developer Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2 studio Intercept Games were all affected (and, in some cases, closed) by the planned 580 layoffs.

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Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

Learning about design constraints on the NES is helpful.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

Remedy has announced the cancellation of its multiplayer title codenamed Kestrel in order to focus on its existing franchises. In a post on its website , Remedy said the title was at its "early concept stage," supported by a small team. The developers will be assigned to other projects at the studio, and Remedy also reduced its recruitment and funding needs as a result.

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Indie DB

MAY 7, 2024

The next big update for Lost Paws is now out! This update is focused on many quality-of-life changes, a graphics and environment upgrade, and most importantly a complete overhaul to the UI.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

ByteDance and TikTok have filed a challenge to the bill banning the app in the US. As reported by NPR , it was filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The filing argues, in part, that no public evidence has revealed that the Chinese government has been using the app to spy on Americans.

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Game From Scratch

MAY 7, 2024

GameFromScratch.com e-on VUE, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog Now FREE The e-on software developed VUE, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog CG applications have just been made completely free. VUE is an application for creating virtual worlds and landscapes similar to Gaea or Terragen, while PlantFactory is more akin to SpeedTree. Owner Bentley Systems have decided to cease development on these applications and […] The post e-on VUE, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog Now FREE appeared first on GameFro

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 7, 2024

Despite the common myth that publishers are evil vampires who exist to make things work, publishers really do serve a legitimate purpose that makes them valuable. What publishers do is provide logistical support to the development studio. Beyond the obvious of providing funding to build the game, publishers also generally handle things like: Providing QA support Providing technical support/code/back end for console development Providing tool support Providing network/back end support Handling ga

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Game From Scratch

MAY 7, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Unreal May 2024 Asset Giveaway It is time for the first Epic Games Unreal Engine asset giveaway for May 2024. The first Tuesday of every month Epic Games give away a number of Unreal Engines from the UE Asset Marketplace and May is no exception. This month we have 5 “Free for the Month” assets, […] The post Unreal May 2024 Asset Giveaway appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2024

This was a script in the internal folder outside assets, it was one of the deault scripts the editor suggests. Note- This doesnt happen when i create my own script under assets.

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Game Development News

MAY 7, 2024

Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight. This month, we speak to Susan Burns, Head of Studio at Skyhook Games. Skyhook is synonymous with Lawn Mowing Simulator. Tell us something we don’t know about the studio?

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Artoon

MAY 7, 2024

In the dynamic world of game development, choosing the right tools can […] The post GameMaker vs Unity: What is the Preferred Choice for Game Development? appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Game Development News

MAY 7, 2024

In the Feb/Mar issue of MCV/DEVELOP we featured our annual PR Panel, bringing together the good, the bad (in a good way) and the beautiful people of games PR to give us their take on what’s been going on in our beloved industry over recent months.

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Artoon

MAY 7, 2024

In the confusion of Angular vs Nodejs, remember that both are very […] The post Angular vs Nodejs: Performance, Scalability, and Use Cases Compared appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Game Development News

MAY 7, 2024

While the 20 year anniversary edition of Nordic Game, NG24 Spring on 21-24 May in Malmö, Sweden, is getting closer, the organisers announced that more than 150 speakers are now lined up for the show.

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Editing Games 52

Artoon

MAY 7, 2024

Introducing Ruby on Rails vs Node js, two powerhouse technologies shaping the […] The post Ruby on Rails vs Node js: A Comprehensive Comparison appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2024

We can find many crash error: Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn’t find “libcocos.so”. Would others also encounter this issue? Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[DexPathList[[zip file “/data/app/com.magicgame.momskitchencrush-3lFQwPRlNdNW9XLdkOYHBA==/base.apk”],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.magicgame.momskitchencrush-3lFQwPRlNdNW9XLdkOYHBA==/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64]]] couldn’t find “libcocos.so” Fat

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Hopscotch

MAY 7, 2024

Hey Hopscotchers, The Hopscotch Server is down, and we had to revert back to the backup from two months ago (March-16-2024). As a result, your progress in the app during the last two months will not show up in the Hopscotch app. We are contacting our service provider to see if we can restore the app activities from the last two months. We are very very sorry for this incident, and we will provide any updates when we receive any.

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2024

We can find many crash error: Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: couldn’t find “libcocos.so”. Would others also encounter this issue? Fatal Exception: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[DexPathList[[zip file “/data/app/com.magicgame.momskitchencrush-3lFQwPRlNdNW9XLdkOYHBA==/base.apk”],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.magicgame.momskitchencrush-3lFQwPRlNdNW9XLdkOYHBA==/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64]]] couldn’t find “libcocos.so”.

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