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How proactive voice moderation can solve gaming's toxicity crisis

Game Developer

Toxicity in online games and platforms continues to grow. With every harmful interaction, community sentiment declines and players are more likely to churn. Proactive voice moderation solves these challenges by detecting toxicity and helping teams respond in real-time.

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Best of POLYGON Game Dev Assets By Synty Humble Bundle

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Best of POLYGON Game Dev Assets By Synty Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle for game developers, the Best of POLYGON Game Dev Assets by Synty bundle. This is a huge collection of low polygon art style 3D models in Unreal, Unity and Source (generally FBX) formats, meaning you can use them in Godot, O3DE or any other … Best of POLYGON Game Dev Assets By Synty Humble Bundle Read More The post Best of POLYGON Game Dev Assets By Synty Humble Bundle appeared first on

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Microsoft: Sony "hoping the future never arrives" by opposing Activision Blizzard deal

Game Developer

Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith held a press conference in Brussels yesterday, and Sony was the talk of the town.

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PlayStation VR 2 | Critical Consensus

GamesIndustry.biz

Today sees the launch of Sony's latest virtual reality headset, the PlayStation VR 2, which aims to offer a generational step up on the company's original VR headset. Announced in February 2022 , the PSVR 2 follows up on 2016's PlayStation VR, which had sold 4.2 million units worldwide as of March 2019. Launching alongside Guerrilla Games and Firesprite title Horizon Call of the Mountain (more on this further down), the PSVR 2 features two 2000 x 2040 OLED panels, native 90 or 120 FPS, eye track

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Obituary: Tohru Okada, creator of PlayStation's logo sound, has died

Game Developer

Along with the PlayStation sound effect, Okada also made music for Crash Bandicoot commercials in the 90s.

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Why Microsoft's claim that it has 20% market share in Europe vs PlayStation's 80% was accurate

GamesIndustry.biz

During this week's hearing in Europe over the Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft made a case that -- when it comes to video games -- it is very much the small player. It showed a slide to highlight the market share of the console sector in Europe, revealing that PlayStation holds 80% of the market, whereas Xbox has just 20%. In the press briefing, Microsoft's Brad Smith went further: "Globally, it’s about 70/30.

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Why Do Businesses Need No-code/Low-code Automation?

Rocket Brush Studio

A complete walkthrough on no-code/low-code automation provides an overview of the benefits of automation and how to get started. This covers market trends, advantages, challenges, and how to address concerns for your project.

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The mechanics and banal brilliance of Baba Files Taxes

Game Developer

Baba is You creator Arvi Teikari explains how they created an absurd spin-off that plunges players into the world of monotonous white collar crime.

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The next generation of VR gaming on PS5

Unity Blog

PlayStation® VR2 is now available. Learn how to use Unity to build for this next-gen VR platform.

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Meta is reportedly planning to lay off more employees

Game Developer

Months after laying off over 10,000 of its workforce, Meta is reportedly planning to cut even more jobs over 2023.

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Bungie seeks $6.7m default judgment in case against LaviCheats

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Destiny 2 creator Bungie has filed for a $6.7 million default judgment against LaviCheats. As reported by TorrentFreak , the motion was filed last week as the website's operator failed to make a court appearance.

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Betrayal at Club Low uses dice to pull players into compelling, surreal narrative situations

Game Developer

Betrayal at Club Low is a rescue mission where die rolls will lead to unpredictable, surreal, and often intriguing new situations whether you succeed or fail.

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PS4 reveal signals a new generation | 10 Years Ago This Month

GamesIndustry.biz

The games industry moves pretty fast, and there's a tendency for all involved to look constantly to what's next without so much worrying about what came before. That said, even an industry so entrenched in the now can learn from its past. So to refresh our collective memory and perhaps offer some perspective on our field's history, GamesIndustry.biz runs this monthly feature highlighting happenings in gaming from exactly a decade ago.

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inTIErrupted cooperatively untangles a tie filled with puzzles

Game Developer

inTIErrupted is a cooperative escape game about untangling an incredibly long, puzzle-filled tie without getting caught in such a compromising position.

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Genshin Impact publisher takes legal action against leakers

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Cognosphere, a subsidiary of MiHoYo and publisher of Genshin Impact, has taken legal action against leakers of its RPG. As reported by Axios , a Californian court's subpoenas seek the names, IP addresses, and phone numbers of the Twitter account users Merlin Impact, Genshin World, and XWides.

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Elden Ring has sold over 20 million copies worldwide

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Rise, tarnished.

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The ongoing absurdity of Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During Microsoft’s press briefing yesterday , the firm’s Brad Smith pulled out an envelope with a contract in it. “I walk around with an envelope that contains the definitive agreement that we sent to Sony two days before Christmas, I am ready to sign it at any time.

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Amazon Games acquires publishing rights for NCSoft's Throne & Liberty

Game Developer

Amazon Games nets another high-profile partnership with a game developer.

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Thunderful Group acquires Say No! More developer Studio Fizbin

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Thunderful has acquired Germany-based developer Studio Fizbin through its subsidiary Headup for an undisclosed sum. This is the eleventh acquisition Thunderful has made so far, and the first time it's picking up a studio with which it has previously worked as publisher.

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Thunderful acquires Minute of Islands developer Studio Fizbin

Game Developer

The deal means Thunderful now owns 11 development studios.

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Rovio delists original Angry Birds due to impact on free-to-play games

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Rovio has announced that the re-release of the original Angry Birds will be delisted on Android and renamed on iOS due to "the game's impact on our wider games portfolio." The company announced the change on Twitter , with Rovio Classics: Angry Birds due to be pulled from the Google Play Store today – less than a year after it was released last April.

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MiHoYo pursues legal action against Genshin Impact leakers

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Leaked and legal impact.

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The Ten Player Motives

iHobo

The ten player motives (10PM) is a player satisfaction model developed by International Hobo Ltd, one that we use as a key tool when helping clients with the challenging process of crafting enjoyable, engaging, and memorable games. Over the next few months, I'm going to write a little about each of these motives and how to apply knowledge of these motivations to your game design process - but first, it's probably worth explaining how this model came about.

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Hogwarts Legacy Low GPU Usage [Solved]

Game Errors

Hogwarts Legacy low GPU usage is one of those issues that surprised many users. No matter what specifications your machine has, the game seems to lag and stutter, and the graphic rendering is subpar at best. Why is my GPU Usage so Low when Playing Hogwarts Legacy? Many reasons contribute to this issue. Some of those reasons might have to do with the game configuration while others have to do with your graphic card itself.

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Did Microsoft do enough to convince Europe to let them buy Activision Blizzard? | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

This article has been updated and edited for clarity, plus a correction over the timing of a tweet from an Activision Blizzard executive. During Microsoft's press briefing this week, the firm’s Brad Smith pulled out an envelope with a contract in it. “I walk around with an envelope that contains the definitive agreement that we sent to Sony two days before Christmas, I am ready to sign it at any time.

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“Gameplay Programmer” is a very broad job title. What are some subsets of this? Combat, AI?

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Gameplay programmers do a lot of setting up of rules for a particular game mechanic or system and building interfaces/tools for us designers to use to create specific bits of content to utilize those rules. For example, a programmer working on itemization will write code that enforces all the desired rules for our game’s items and build an interface for a designer to create specific items bound by the rules the programmer set up.

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Thunderful's full-year profits rise to $106.3m

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Thunderful Group has released its full-year financial results for 2022, showing a rise in profit despite a slight dip in revenues. The publisher and distributor posted gross profit of SEK 1.1 billion ($106.3 million) for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 – an increase of over 15% year-on-year.

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The Slot Games Players Will Enjoy Most

Code with Mike

No casino game has benefitted from the transition online more than slots. Now able to offer more variety and bigger prizes, the player base has swelled massively. Developers have become desperate to innovate and produce the next big hit to captivate the slot community. Numerous failed attempts have left the […] The post The Slot Games Players Will Enjoy Most appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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Cocos Creator 2 - Blend Modes

Cocos

In Spine using an image like this: You can set the image to “Additive” and this way remove the black parts of the JPG and making it transparent: What is the equivalent setup for blending modes (Srd Blend Factor and Dst Blend Factor) in Cocos Creator 2 to make this happen? I’ve tried to play around with it and layering images to blend them, but without succeeding.

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Sons of the Forest Won’t Launch: Easy Ways to Run This Game

Game Errors

When your PC or the game files go through some issues, you may face Sons of the Forest won’t launch or similar problems. However, that will not prevent you from playing this game if you follow our tips. This horror survival game lets you play alone or with your friends. But, if it doesn’t run at all, that will be a very unpleasing experience.

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Renaming or moving the folder name causes a lot of errors

Cocos

Hello everybody! When I rename or move the folder I get a lot of errors. Has anyone experienced this and is there a way to be able to rename or move the folder without error? I use Cocos Creator v3.4.0.

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Phasmophobia Not Launching: Quickest Ways to Fix

Game Errors

Phasmophobia became an instant hit as soon as it appeared and a great treat for fans of paranormal horror games. However, what separates you from the real enjoyment of this excellent game can be a problem with launching or constant crashes. For this reason, we have prepared helpful tips for overcoming Phasmophobia problems and truly enjoying the game.

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Reduce the draw call of the particle system Cocos Creator v3

Cocos

Thank you for your help. <3 Is there any solution to reduce drawcall like dynamic batch? Because all of my particles need to be visible in the camera.

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Sons of the Forest Stuck on Loading Screen: Fix it Easily

Game Errors

Is Sons of the Forest stuck on the loading screen? You can easily solve this problem if you do the recommended things from this article. This horror survival game is one of the best in its category. Its predecessor, The Forest, did very well too. However, for some unexpected issues, this item may take forever to load, or it may become stuck on the loading screen.

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