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Sony claims it's being harassed by Microsoft over Activision Blizzard merger

Game Developer

Microsoft wants to obtain information from Sony to help it fight the FTC, which is attempting to block its Activision Blizzard merger.

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Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Crashing on PC: How to Fix

Game Errors

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is available to play for any gamer, but it seems that the game is not such a big hit as the other CoDs. Since the release of the game, a lot of players are complaining about different issues, and the game has only a couple hundred mixed reviews. There is a lot of arguing on the forums about this game, and most of it is because players are complaining about game-stopping issues and bugs.

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Double Fine releases documentary on Psychonauts 2 development

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Double Fine provides at a lengthy look at its lengthy development of Psychonauts 2.

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Sony says Microsoft's demands in FTC case about Activision acquisition are "obvious harassment"

GamesIndustry.biz

Sony has characterised Microsoft's demands related to the US regulator's investigation into the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition as "obvious harassment." As reported by Axios , Microsoft had asked to see documents about seven Sony executives as part of the case and in the context of a subpoena it filed mid-January. "Microsoft made the reasonable request that SIE begin collecting documents from agreed-upon custodians at various points during the negotiations, including in writing on Janua

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Ubisoft broke The Division 2 while working to update The Division 2

Game Developer

Massive Entertainment is working to get The Division 2 's build system back online so it can be properly updated before its new season starts.

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Marketing tips to have a successful Early Access phase

GamesIndustry.biz

When I began working on my first Early Access title, I was very sceptical about the whole model. As a marketer, I feel that Early Access games are a bit harder to promote as opposed to full releases. The press doesn’t show much interest in Early Access games and the consumers behind Early Access titles have a different mentality too. Usually, consumers aren’t that thrilled over EA titles – although that’s changing – and those that do take the bite have high expectat

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PS5 sales surge in January, but game sales fall | UK Monthly Charts

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2.24 million video games were sold across the UK during January, the latest GSD data shows. Tracking all physical games, plus digital downloads from most major publishers (see list below), sales are down slightly on last year (a drop of 4.4%). The main reason for the drop is January 2022 saw the huge launch of Pokémon Legends: Arceus from Nintendo.

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Playing Football with the Twisting, Sliding Controller of Hua & Liu's Fooscade

Game Developer

Fooscade is a pong-like take on football (soccer), using a sliding, spinning controller to mimic the complex footwork and movements of the sport.

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Ruben vs. Furious Barista @Starbucks

The GameDev Guru

Well, that did not go quite as planned.

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Revenue down at Remedy, but on the upside Alan Wake 2 is now playable from start to finish

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Wakey wakey.

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Why Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal shouldn't go through, and why it will | This Week in Business

GamesIndustry.biz

This Week in Business is our weekly recap column , a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check back every Friday for a new entry. It's been over a year now and Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have officially become the worst "Will they or won't they?

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Fallout 1 can be played on phones after open source project

Game Developer

War never changes, but going open source changes everything.

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UITransform.hitTest is not working correctly

Cocos

I followed your code and did a test, hitTest and isHit both work fine, you can refer to my demo, if you have any more questions, please feel free to leave a comment and provide a demo to me, thanks! NewProject.zip (28.

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Outriders dev People Can Fly is switching to self-publishing

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People Can Publish.

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Mobile is a big market as ae live service games. Downside of long running games is their file sizes balloon and this isn’t particularly friendly to the mobile platform. Any solutions to this problem the industry is working on?

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There’s a lot of tricks developers have been doing. The issue most players have with load times is that there are thresholds beyond which the player gives up and drops the game. If we can keep the player from experiencing too much loading, especially in one contiguous chunk, then we are probably good. This is usually handled in one of a several ways.

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Sims 4 Crashing without Error: Here’s Why and How to Fix it

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Sims 4 is one of the most famous life simulation video games published by EA Origin. The game has been made available on all gaming platforms for free, thereby attracting a lot of players. Gamers have been complaining of Sims 4 keeps crashing without error lately and this is why we’re here. This problem is very common on PCs but lesser on game consoles.

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Ins and Outs: January 2023’s industry hires roundup

Game Development News

Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP’s January 2023 issue

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare Crashing on PC: How to Fix

Game Errors

Call of Duty (CoD) Modern Warfare is a popular first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward. Players engage in breathtaking covert operations with a cast of international forces and freedom fighters in iconic European cities and the Middle East. However, many gamers are also complaining of CoD Modern Warfare crashing PC on startup. This article will provide quick but sure tips that will help you solve the issue.

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Q&A: Julia Herd, Five in a Boat on PR challenges in the year ahead

Game Development News

Who better to cut through the noise of recent and future industry history than gaming’s elite PR professionals?

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How to Fix Error Code L-401 in Minecraft: Quickest Ways

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Minecraft is a popular sandbox video game where players can build, explore and create in a virtual world made of blocks. However, players may sometimes experience error code 401 while playing Minecraft. The error typically occurs when the game is unable to connect to a server. This error can prevent players from accessing the Minecraft marketplace, which is a key part of the Minecraft experience for many players.

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UITransform.hitTest is not working correctly

Cocos

Hello, I’m using cocos creator 3.7.0, but method hitTest of UITransform is seem not working. Basically, I have this code: register event this.node.on(NodeEventType.TOUCH_END, this._onTouchEnded, this, true); process touch end: protected _onTouchEnded (event: EventTouch, captureListeners?: Node[]) { // screen location let screenPoint = event.getLocation() // {"x":779.2784423828125,"y":1581.3411254882812} let uiPos = event.getUILocation() // {"x":519.5189615885416,"y":1054.2274169921875} // Have t

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How to Fix Games That Keep Crashing on PC: Quickest Ways

Game Errors

Do games keep crashing on your PC? If it is happening, don’t give up. You can easily solve this problem if you follow the proper steps. This article will tell you how to prevent games from crashing and also give you some essential information. Usually, when a PC meets the system requirements of a game, it should run without any problem. An exception may happen if the title lacks proper optimization from the developers’ end.

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How to make camera 3D alway contains two points with multi resolution

Cocos

Hello, I have a problem with camera 3D with multi-resolution. I want two points in the world space alway visible with different resolution of mobiles. How to ensure two points include in camera3D’s view Thank you!

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Three Under Rated Nintendo Switch Games You Should Play Right Now

Code with Mike

Get ready to discover the hidden treasures of Nintendo Switch, one of the most popular consoles of all time. I believe at the time of writing it’s just moved into 3rd position behind the PS2 and Nintendo DS. These games may not have found a place on the bestseller lists. […] The post Three Under Rated Nintendo Switch Games You Should Play Right Now appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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How to make camera 3D alway contains two points with multi resolution

Cocos

Hi, you can refer to this demo to see if the object is in the camera’s field of view github.com CocosCreatorHowToUse/proj/Demo/Creator3.6.0_3D_ObjectIsInCameraView at v3.6.x ·. v3.6.x/proj/Demo/Creator3.6.0_3D_ObjectIsInCameraView Contribute to yeshao2069/CocosCreatorHowToUse development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Nexon hits "record revenue" in 2022 but net income down 11%

GamesIndustry.biz

Nexon has released its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

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Cocos Creator 3.7.0 how to rotate 2D object by certain angle?

Cocos

If I understood correctly, I need to fix angle after certain values? for example, if it above 90 - do minus 360 of it?

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Zoria: Age of Shattering

Indie DB

This story-driven RPG indie discusses their development focus

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Is Dragonbones for Android no longer being maintained?

Cocos

Thanks! Do you think using TS mode on native platform would affect the performance negatively?

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Arcane Vale

Indie DB

This action-packed retro RPG makes a new release on Steam

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Is Dragonbones for Android no longer being maintained?

Cocos

If using TS mode on a native platform, the performance of TS is inferior to that of C++

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An Outcry explores the importance of a single personal choice

Game Developer

An Outcry sees a nameless character locked out of their apartment for the night, dealing with bigot neighbors and debating genocidal birds about their right to exist.

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Cocos Creator 3.7.0 how to rotate 2D object by certain angle?

Cocos

wanna cry - Weird behaviour of 'rotateBy' starts from CC 2.

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