Wed.Mar 01, 2023

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Games Can Make Statements – but Should They?

Game Developer

Do you have a theme or issue you want to explore in your game? Do you want to tell players what you think about something? Well, don’t. Telling people things is for other media, not ours.

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Sony's third-party plan to make PlayStation the best place to play

GamesIndustry.biz

As Sony Interactive Entertainment's head of third-party portfolio and acquisitions, Shawne Benson is in a good position to trace the platform holder's evolving strategies when it comes to – in her words – "making PlayStation the best place to play." Benson has been with Sony in a portfolio role since early 2017, and took over her current title in 2021.

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In Cosmic Crew , different co-op controllers keep a starship intact

Game Developer

Cosmic Crew sees a gunner and mechanic running different controller stations, with the gunner spotting foes and shooting them while the mechanic repairs and loads ammo.

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Welcome to the weird and wonderful hand-build world of Harold Halibut

PreMortem.Games

‘ Harold Halibut started life as a conversation over dinner about our love of stop-motion and story games.’ It sounds like the opening line of a documentary about one of the most remarkable games ever made. And who knows, one day it might be. Truth is, that conversation was over 10 years ago and Harold Halibut is still in development by the German indie team Slow Bros.

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Generative AI tools got a warm, if cautious welcome at DICE 2023

Game Developer

Developers seem ready to embrace tools that use generative artificial intelligence, but want to avoid the legal hurdles.

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Godot 4.0 sets sail: All aboard for new horizons

Mircosoft Game Dev

It's official. Today marks the beginning of a new era for Godot. After 3+ years of breaking and rebuilding from the ground up, we're thrilled to say: Welcome to the start of Godot 4!

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Playtika no longer launching or developing until market challenges ease

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Playtika has temporarily suspended the development of new games, and will not launch any new titles for the foreseeable future. The change in strategy was announced alongside the publisher's Q4 financial results, MobileGamer.biz reported, and were attributed to various challenges in with mobile marketing.

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How Stacklands uses simplicity to create a compelling card-based village builder

Game Developer

Stacklands is a card-based city-builder built on simplicity and clarity, tasking you with stacking cards just right to keep folks fed and housed.

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Room 8 unveils new production studio Heroic

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Development services provider Room 8 Group has launched Heroic, its new production studio. The firm said that Heroic will focus on creating high-end trailers for PC, console, and mobile titles.

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Playtika will temporarily suspend launching new mobile games

Game Developer

Playtika puts its plans to release new mobile games on pause, for the moment.

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Marvelous and Arc System Works alum launch Studio Flare

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Toshinori Aoki and Toshimichi Mori have unveiled their new games firm Studio Flare. As reported by Siliconera , the company is based out of Gotanda, Tokyo, and was backed by funding from NetEase.

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How tight deadlines led to a fun shopping cart controller in Grocery Trip

Game Developer

In Grocery Trip , players run cooperative errands with a shopping cart controller: one person steers while the other grabs food and punches customers.

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Godot 4 Released

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Godot 4 Released Coming over 5 years after the release of Godot 3, the long wait for Godot 4 has finally come to an end, Godot 4 was just released. Godot is a popular open source 2D/3D game engine. The 4.0 release predictably enough is absolutely packed with new features and changes. Key … Godot 4 Released Read More The post Godot 4 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Hi-Fi Rush rocks out with 2 million players

Game Developer

But how many of Hi-Fi Rush 's 2 million players stayed on beat?

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Forspoken studio Luminous Productions merged with Square Enix

GamesIndustry.biz

Forspoken developer Luminous Productions is being folded into Square Enix, the company announced. The merger, which will be effective from May 1, is part of a wider strategy to "bolster the competitive prowess" of the firm's development studios, Square Enix said. Luminous previously was a subsidiary of Square Enix, so it will now be an in-house studio and not a separate entity anymore.

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Telltale Games delays The Wolf Among Us 2 to avoid crunch and burnout

Game Developer

More like a Wolf Among 2024.

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CWA presses charges against Activision over the firing of two employees

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Communications Workers of America has pressed charges against Activision Blizzard following the firing of two QA employees. According to Kotaku , the two members of staff were reportedly fired on February 17 after they had expressed their concern following Activision mandating a partial return to the office , which the CWA said is violating labour laws.

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Q&A with Remedy Entertainment: Adopting USD into the Game Development Pipeline

Nvidia

Mika Vehkala has worked in the game development industry for nearly three decades and contributed to projects such as Horizon Zero Dawn and The Walking Dead: No. Mika Vehkala has worked in the game development industry for nearly three decades and contributed to projects such as Horizon Zero Dawn and The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land. Now, he’s director of technology at Remedy Entertainment, the studio that created Alan Wake and Control.

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FTC warns companies over unsubstantiated AI claims

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Federal Trade Commission has published a warning to companies about overselling claims around the use of artificial intelligence in their products. In a post on its website, the Commission emphasised that AI is an "ambiguous term with many possible definitions," and that while it can refer to tools for predictions, recommendations and decisions, computers cannot completely recreate or predict human behaviour.

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Unity Meetup: Was the Pizza Worth it?

The GameDev Guru

No GDC, no Unity, but a 20-minute walk I can do

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Join the free GI Webinar on code assessment and how it can save developers time and money

GamesIndustry.biz

A free one-hour webinar on software and code assessments will take place on March 15th, via GamesIndustry.biz. To sign-up for the webinar, simply head through here. The event is in collaboration with software and tools experts Endava, and is ideal for games programmers and studio leaders. The event is all about how game developers can overcome and identity issues such as slow development, system weak spots, and whether anything is missing in the team’s knowledge.

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QASource's Expertize in Testing Stream Monetization

Rocket Brush Studio

Millions of broadcasters, streamers, and influencers have chosen to use stream monetization to distribute content. Some products have monetization built into their product model from the start, while others seek to add it later. The product must be thoroughly evaluated in order to ensure that stream owners are receiving the promised financial benefits.

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Victory

iHobo

Ten Player Motives #1 Everybody likes to win, but not everybody is willing to suffer to get there. This simple truth is perhaps the most ignored tenet of enjoyable play in the entirety of videogames. When International Hobo Ltd was founded in 1999, we found an enormous number of publishers and developers who were absolutely adamant that all that mattered was winning. 'Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing', as they say.

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Made with Unity Monthly: February 2023 roundup

Unity Blog

Keep up with everything that the Unity community is creating (and achieving) with this roundup of highlights from February 2023.

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What are the upcoming Star Wars Games?

Game Wisdom

What are the upcoming Star Wars Games? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com The vastness of the Star Wars universe makes room for countless tales and adventures, which can be retold in any fashion and in any literary field imaginable. Star Wars offers tons of entertainment for audiences of all ages, whether in … The post What are the upcoming Star Wars Games?

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Improve your simulations with Ziva VFX 2.1

Unity Blog

The Ziva team is always striving to provide better performance, and – with this update to 2.1 – has improved the quality of the simulations as well as general ease of use for this Unity tool.

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Video Game Engineers: Job Description and Salary

Game Designing

Video game engineers are an important part of a game development team who takes care of a range of advanced technical tasks. Due to the skills required, becoming a game engineer can take some time and education, but it can also be a very well-paying job. In this article, we will go over what exactly a game engineer does, what kind of education you will need to become one, and how much money you can expect to make.

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ESL FaceIt acquires esports analytics provider Vindex

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox ESL FaceIt Group (EFG) has purchased esports technology firm Vindex. Vindex offers gaming, streaming, and esports analytics via its Vindex Intelligence Platform. It also provides content production for in-person events and tournaments.

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Diablo 2 Resurrected Lag: Fix it Easily

Game Errors

Many new releases roll out with lag and stuttering issues, not to mention a few bugs here and there. But eventually, the developers work on those issues and release batches that fix them. However, when it comes to the Diablo 2 Resurrected lag, little has been done on the developers’ side to address this problem. So you’ll have to fix it yourself by fiddling with your system configurations.

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[Solved] Sliced image bug on CC 3.7.1

Cocos

I found the issue, when I import an atlas, by default the image file type is set to sprite-frame but the issue has existed yet, if I change the type to something else and set it to sprite-frame again, it will work!

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Apex Legends Stuttering: How to Improve Performance

Game Errors

Apex Legends is a free multiplayer battle royal game, very fun and addictive. Although the game came out as well-optimized from the beginning, it still needs powerful hardware so you can play it with enjoyment. Despite this, the game can suffer from micro-stuttering, lags, and freezing which is pretty irritating, especially if you are in grilled action on the screen.

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Beacon of Neyda

Indie DB

This post-apocalyptic indie releases a new devlog

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Error Code MD-DL Fortnite: How to Fix It Easily

Game Errors

Error code MD-DL Fortnite players experience when entering the game. This error can completely unable players from enjoying this battle royale game. Luckily, we found out how to resolve this issue if it occurs due to problems on your device. Another common problem players encounter is Error Code 93 in Fortnite. What is the error code MD-DL in Fortnite?

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Can we use cocos creator exported particle in cocos2dx

Cocos

i want to create particle in cocos creator and then want to use them in cocos 2dx but if i do this my game crash in cocos2dx , so is there any way to do this or it is not possible?

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