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Atari CEO offers to acquire control of company following financial struggles

Game Developer

Amidst Atari's continued money struggles, its one-year CEO is looking to acquire the company outright.

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Destiny 2 | Games of the Year 2022

GamesIndustry.biz

Picking a live service title for my 2022 game of the year felt like a bit of a copout, and I'm sure at any other game website, it may be perceived as such. If this piece had to be about a game released this year, I have some solid favourites: God of War: Ragnarok, Citizen Sleeper, and Neon White, to name a few. Alas, tomorrow is my last day at this wonderful website, so I'll do what I want.

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Upgrade to UE5: How to Manage Your Game Engine

Game Developer

Unreal Engine has a longstanding built-in integration with Perforce Helix Core, with new features and integration points constantly being added.

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Free gamedev tools and art packs to kick-start your next project

Unity Blog

We’ve compiled top-rated tools and starter packs to support your next project. Whether you’re an expert game developer or just beginning, discover a selection of free assets available now.

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How To Accelerate Your Mobile Game Growth

Game Developer

Learn how game developers can expand their mobile game business beyond the app stores, improve UA and discoverability, and discover more freedom to deliver unique experiences directly to new and existing players.

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Fan Collective Unimatrix 47: Star Trek Prodigy’s “Mindwalk” Episode

Game Industry News

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. Mind-swapping has been with Trek since the first Enterprise , and while “ Turnabout Intruder ” will never, ever be my favorite episode, it does handle the body swapping nicely. I can say the same of “ Mindwalk.” Kate Mulgrew really steals the show as Dal in Janeway’s body, though Brett Grey’s performance is certainly solid. However, “Mindwalk” isn’t about fun and “Freaky Friday” shenanigans.

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Gamers band together to sue Microsoft over Activision merger

GamesIndustry.biz

A private consumer lawsuit was filed in California this week that aims to stop Microsoft from completing its $69 million acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The suit, filed on behalf of 10 plaintiffs in California, New Mexico and New Jersey, is seeking an order to block the deal over antitrust concerns. According to Reuters , the complaint claimed Microsoft would gain "far-outsized market power in the video game industry, with the ability to foreclose rivals, limit output, reduce consumer choice

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Using the Unity Memory Profiler to Troubleshoot Out-of-Memory Issues

Game Developer

How to efficiently resolve memory leaks, reduce ANRs, hangs and crashes, and optimize game loading times before they ruin game performance and experience.

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During a H1 downturn Atari’s blockchain division sees growth

GamesIndustry.biz

The first six months of the fiscal year saw 50% of Atari's business segments decline year-on-year. The company released its financial results for H1 which ended on September 30, 2022. Here's what you need to know: Although half of Atari's business segments were on a downturn, its blockchain division was also ahealthy performer. It pulled in €1M ($1 million) during the six months, up 101% year-over-year.

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Inside the design goals of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Game Developer

For Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Gearbox needed to create a standalone title in the Borderlands universe that stood on its own and broke the mold while still capturing the series' iconic appeal. Here's how the team pulled it off.

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Violent games a part of the post-shooting pageant | 10 Years Ago This Month

GamesIndustry.biz

It has now been a full decade since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, when a 20-year-old man went into the school with an AR-15-style rifle and killed 26 people, most of them first graders. It was a senseless tragedy, and one that has only been compounded in the years since by the complete lack of action to prevent similar tragedies from happening again, and again, and again.

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How Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld tell radically different stories

Game Developer

Both Rimworld and newly 1.0 Dwarf Fortress allow deep simulation and player-centered storytelling, but Bay 12's game simply feels more personal.

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Clara.io 3D Modelling Application Shutting Down

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com. Clara.io 3D Modelling Application Shutting Down. Clara.io, a decade old browser based 3D modelling application, is being shut down on December 31st, 2022. We first covered Clara all the way back in 2016 and honestly, not much has changed since then, which is a big part of why it is being shut down. In addition to … Clara.io 3D Modelling Application Shutting Down Read More.

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The Pokémon Company files suit over unauthorized Pokémon NFT game

Game Developer

Legally, you can't mint any of 'em.

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How to Choose the Perfect Web Development Company?

Artoon

Websites have become the forefront for businesses that cater to large audiences, […]. The post How to Choose the Perfect Web Development Company? appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Fallout 76 has reached 13.5 million players

Game Developer

That's a lot of vault dwellers.

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What World of Warcraft can teach players who are far from online games

Code with Mike

Online games have become an integral part of the gaming industry and attract players with an open game world, constant additions, bright and dynamic battles and the possibility of socialization and influence on the server economy. In fact, each player becomes who he really is, but for various reasons he […]. The post What World of Warcraft can teach players who are far from online games appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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Ex- Far Cry boss Dan Hay joins Blizzard Entertainment

Game Developer

From open worlds to unannounced worlds.

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The Game Wisdom 2022 Awards For Best Action Game

Game Wisdom

The Game Wisdom 2022 Awards For Best Action Game Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com. It’s time to start giving out awards for 2022, and I’m going to begin with the action genre. This award is for the games with the best combat systems where action and reflex-driven design are the focus. Could Have Been … The post The Game Wisdom 2022 Awards For Best Action Game appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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My Elephant in the Room

Designer Notes

I gave a design postmortem at GDC this year on Old World , a game which took me six years to make. In reality, it took me 22 years to make this game as every stop in my career path informed the design, especially lessons learned from my first seven years at Firaxis, working on Civilization III and IV. It’s my elephant in the room, so to speak.

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Ask a Game Dev - Untitled Article

Ask a Game Dev

Excellent question. I’ve tried to keep the descriptions brief for both of our sakes, but included links to other posts I’ve written about that role in particular. There’s a lot of them, so let’s just jump into it. Leadership Executive Producer (aka Game Director ) - The mastermind in charge of the entire project. Makes all of the high level decisions, including major features, story, world building, budgeting, scheduling, team composition, marketing, contracts, etc.

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CGS FX and compositing students prepare to work in a booming industry

CG Spectrum

Did you know that almost all films made today use visual effects? VFX can be as small as removing a car from the background of a shot to integrating CG environments and characters and adding FX (smoke, destruction, water simulations, etc.). The worldwide visual effects industry is expected to reach $15.5 Billion by 2027 1 , which means the demand for skilled VFX artists will only grow!

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5 Tested Ways to Fix Destiny 2 Stuck on Loading Screen

Game Errors

Many gamers encountered Destiny 2 stuck on loading screen problem, and the users are forced to end the game early since it won’t load anymore. Always keep your GPU drivers updated to ensure a smooth gaming experience. You might need to temporarily disable some security programs since they might prevent this operation from going well. Try a dedicated VPN solution to make sure Destiny 2 never gets stuck on the loading screen.

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The Many Advantages of Java Classes for Kids

Real Programming

It’s 2022, so most parents know that kids need to understand how “computers” work. Some parents who know that but lack any coding knowledge may struggle to know precisely what to do next. How should kids begin their coding journey or continue it? One of the best coding languages for children to learn is Java, a coding language RP4K has proudly taught for years.

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How Do You Use Free Spins in Bitcoin Casinos?

Code with Mike

Crypto casinos are on the rise at the moment as this technology promises to offer players a safer alternative to modern-day online gambling. However, even though cryptocurrencies brought many benefits to the gambling industry such as security, lower transaction fees, and faster deposits and withdrawals, some of the concepts from […]. The post How Do You Use Free Spins in Bitcoin Casinos?

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Q&A: Testronic’s Tudor Costea on why player support is not the same as customer service

Game Development News

Tudor Costea is the player support delivery manager at Testronic. MCV sat down with him to ask about the key differences between traditional customer service and player support – and how studios can improve their player support strategies.

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Do Video Games Reduce College Stress?

Game Wisdom

Do Video Games Reduce College Stress? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com. Thousands of students enjoy playing video games in their free time. However, many parents and healthcare experts still believe this type of hobby is just another waste of time. We are here to break this myth. The truth is that … The post Do Video Games Reduce College Stress?

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Naming convention folders, files CocosCreator style

Cocos

We don’t force any rule on user’s file name, but there is some limitation to the build system, like you can’t have spaces or special characters existing in the whole path of your Android build folder, if you do you will get a build error. In the engine team, we use kebab-case for folders and typescript files, PascalCase for C++ files.

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GAME OVER: May 2022

Game Development News

Electronic Arts and football’s world governing body properly went their separate ways in May.

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Prefab lost all references on the scene when I update it

Cocos

It’s weird because the updated prefab stays on the scene like the references. I have to compare with Unity because In Unity you can update a prefab on the Scene and keep all references added on the Prefab.

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Shallow Wish

Indie DB

This 2D action adventure indie releases its first trailer

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Build-template not working if md5 cache is checked

Cocos

This is not currently being processed,you can handle this in the build plugin if you need to do a copy and replace of the file

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Metal: Hellsinger passes 1m players | News-in-brief

GamesIndustry.biz

Metal: Hellsinger passes 1m players Read more.

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Bug with setSiblingIndex()?

Cocos

Koei: Native doesn’t work has been fixed before. The native non-effective issue was fixed after 3.6.1, if you want to use 3.6.

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