Report: Microsoft believes UK regulator will block Activision Blizzard deal
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Four sources briefed on the situation have told the New York Times that Microsoft thinks the CMA will move to block the merger.
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Designing a deeper space: Visual effects in Alt Shift’s Crying Suns
Unity Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
In this guest post, Alt Shift Lead Programmer Christophe Sauveur explains how he lit up Crying Suns’s gritty deep-space world, and provides rendering tips and resources you can apply to your own project.
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Focus Entertainment will publish indie dev Mad About Pandas' next game
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
With Mad About Pandas, Focus continues its goal of becoming another big name publisher in the games space.
Zordix launches Maximum Entertainment and restructures its studio organisation
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Maximum Games has relaunched itself as Maximum Entertainment. It's not just a rebrand, with parent company Zordix making a series of changes that brings its various publishing and development companies together. It has united all its studios (including Dimfrost, Invictus Games, Mane6, Modus Brazil and Zordix Racing) into one division called Modus Studios, which will be led by global studio director Bruce Hayes.
Telling emotional stories through evocative scenes in Rhett Tsai's How Deep Is the Dark Water?
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
By chasing a mysterious figure through almost dreamlike vignettes, How Deep Is the Dark Water? creator Rhett Tsai wants players to understand the emotional stories of communities and individuals displaced by war.
Game Changers | Elina Tyynelä, Neogames Finland
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox GamesIndustry.biz Game Changers is a series of profiles on the groups and individuals going the extra mile to make the games industry a better place. These interviews encompass folks from around the world helping to improve conditions and attitudes towards diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, mental health and more.
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla wins best game soundtrack at Grammys
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Stephanie Economou won the Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media award for Assassin's Creed Valhalla at the Grammys yesterday. Economou was specifically rewarded for her work on Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Dawn of Ragnarok expansion. The 65th annual Grammy Awards were rewarding game soundtracks in their own category for the first time this year, with Assassin's Creed Valhalla nominated alongside Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Marvel's Guardians Of The
Stephanie Economou wins first game score Grammy for work on Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Economou triumphed in the Recording Academy's new Video Games/Interactive Media category.
Mortal Kombat X Crash, Not Launching: How to Fix
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Mortal Kombat X is a worldwide top combat franchise and because the game comes with a new pre-loading feature, many players complained about various issues. Namely, different fans confirmed recurrent issues regarding this game such as Mortal Kombat X not starting, and the game not launching on Steam. The most common errors that people also reported are Mortal Kombat X crash on startup, not launching on PC and more.
Overwatch 2 gets first-ever brand crossover with new season
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Blizzard talked about crossing over with different brands for Overwatch 2 , and now it's got its wish.
Hitman Absolution Crash, Not Starting: How to Fix
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
HITMAN is available on Steam and by now it got some pretty bad reviews. Players complained about a lot of game crashing issues, and it seems that this release is not so good. In the game, you play Agent 47, the world’s ultimate assassin. The most common HITMAN errors and bugs that players encountered and complained about on Steam’s dashboard of the game are Hitman Absolution keeps crashing, the game not starting, crashes after selecting difficulty, or crashes when starting a new gam
Why Deliver Us Mars frequently flashes back to good old Earth
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sometimes to make a space game sing, you have to get back to ground level.
PlayStation reaffirms support for Turkey as Sony closes local office
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has emphasised that its PlayStation operations in Turkey will not be impeded by the decision to close its office in the region. News of the closure emerged last week, with National Turk reporting that Sony was shutting its office in Ümraniye, Istanbul, and ceasing Turkish operations.
Exploring unique surveilling and thieving controllers for Debono's HEIST '98
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
HEIST '98 uses cameras, door controls, and tapping pad controllers to simulate a thief and security guard going head-to-head.
FIFA 23 and God of War Ragnarok reclaim top two positions | UK Boxed Charts
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
FIFA 23 is back at No.1 in the UK physical charts after an 11% increase in sales week-on-week. The game is closely followed by Sony's God of War Ragnarok, which is up to No.2 after a 12% rise. The action adventure game has been helped by the availability of a PS5 hardware bundle. Last week's chart-topper, Dead Space, slips to No.3 after an entirely respectable 52% sales drop week-on-week.
The very best way the games industry can reduce its carbon footprint
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Why the industry is in the prime position to demand a much-needed console power cap.
EA Originals: "We are moving away from niche"
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
EA probably hopes we'll open this article by talking about It Takes Two. It is the biggest game from EA's ever-growing indie label, EA Originals. It has picked up numerous awards and has just surpassed 10 million sales worldwide. But we'd much rather talk about Knockout City, an altogether different EA Originals title created by Velan Studios.
Reflections on my first year leading inclusion and diversity at Unity
Unity Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Unity Global Inclusion Lead Tai Wingfield (she/her) shares reflections on her first year supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts at the company.
Overwatch 2 helps Activision Blizzard rake in record Q4 bookings
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Activision Blizzard's earnings report for the three months ending December 31 – and the financial year as a whole – see the company coming in strong overall, thanks to the launch of Overwatch 2 and the continued success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It does, however, seem to not be making any layoffs, which bucks the current trend in tech and games.
Mafia 3 Crash FIX: How to Stop It from Crashing
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The Mafia game comes back with the third installment in the series and this time, a lot of players are complaining about Mafia 3 issues. The game is developed by Hangar 13 and you will play in 1968 as an orphan and a Vietnam War veteran, who is on a quest to build a new crime organization to confront the Italian mob. At this time, a lot of players are complaining about issues with this game such as Mafia 3 crash on startup or crash on the loading screen.
Netease launches global remote studio Spliced
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Netease has debuted its newest Western development studio, Spliced. The studio is working on "a world class online gameplay experience" using an original IP, and current job listings call for people with experience working on AAA games and large-scale teams of at least 100 people. While billed as a global remote studio, Spliced has offices in Manchester, England to support UK-based office and hybrid workers.
The Division Crashing on PC: Here’s Why & How to Fix It
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Tom Clancy’s The Division is available on Steam and by now the game has a lot of mixed reviews. Players complained that the game servers went down at the launch of the game and also about other critical errors involving The Division PC crashing. A lot of players are encountering game-breaking issues and they are unable to play the game. The most common problems that users reported are The Division crashing on startup or crashing on fullscreen.
Take-Two misses sales guidance, downgrades forecast again
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Take-Two reported its earnings for the third quarter today, showing increased sales and net losses just like the first two quarters of its fiscal year, with the added disappointment of missing its own revenue and bookings forecasts. Accordingly, it also downgraded its full-year revenue projections, and cautioned investors that net losses would be deeper than previously expected.
Bonfire – RPG Game Engine for Flutter
Game From Scratch
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Bonfire – RPG Game Engine for Flutter Bonfire is a game engine for the Flutter framework, built on top of the FLAME game engine (covered here) for creating 2D RPG style games. While targeted at creating RPG games, the Bonfire engine can be used to create any 2D game with 45, 65 and 90 degree viewing perspectives … Bonfire – RPG Game Engine for Flutter Read More The post Bonfire – RPG Game Engine for Flutter appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
CrossfireX will shut down in May
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The string of online and live service games scheduled to close continues with CrossfireX, the multiplayer shooter for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Developed by Remedy in collaboration with South Korean publisher Smilegate, and a spin-off of the latter's hugely popular Crossfire, the first-person shooter was released on February 10, 2022.
Why many live service games are now shutting down, even you guys are tolding us its the future of gaming?
Ask a Game Dev
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Live service games typically get shut down for one major reason - they are unable to find or sustain a sufficient player base to keep development going. Any live service game needs players playing the game and some number of them paying into the game. That money pays for the developers to continue building new content updates for the game, plus some profit for the publisher.
Microsoft reportedly expecting CMA to oppose ABK acquisition
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Following objections from the US Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission, Microsoft now expects the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to oppose its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Sources told The New York Times , spotted by VGC , the Xbox firm's legal team expects the UK regulator will object to the merger.
How to Get Started with Game Analytics
iXie gaming
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Game analytics is a core factor in the life of every game developer, regardless of whether you’re an employee at a startup or an established corporation like Konami. No matter how big the development team is, game analytics will be incredibly valuable. This piece will focus on exploring game analytics in terms of analyzing data from different reports, deciding on metrics you want to monitor, and more.
Maximum Games lands $30m credit line
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Zordix subsidiary Maximum Games has secured a $30 million credit facility on a three-year timeline, the company announced this week. To start with, Maximum will take an initial drawdown of $20 million; the remaining $10 million will be available "subject to covenants.
Hi I’m a 2D Graphic Design Artist (Cartoon) for hire
Cocos
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
More Art Works : More Art Works : Available for more art works! 2D Cartoon Art Work Game Assets Service : I can work on fixed price (based on my $14 per hour rate estimate), I do need a list of the assets to calculate. You can email me at oryzano@gmail.com for more details For Cost reference : Character Design : $7 - $28 (depend on details) +add $7 - $14 per animation (4 - 10 frames) (depend on details) Item $5 - $14 (depend on details) Background $14 - $56 (depend on details) Buttons $2 - $7 (d
Rovio enters preliminary proposals with potential buyers
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Angry Birds maker, Rovio, has announced that it is in multiple talks with potential buyers. The firm's issued and outstanding shares will be sold at a suggested price of €9.05 per share.
Sniper Elite 4 Crash on Startup: How to Fix it Quickly
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sniper Elite 4 is a thrilling World War II-era, third-person shooter game that allows players to take on the role of a sniper. The game features realistic environments, challenging missions, and a variety of weapons to choose from. However, some players have reported that Sniper Elite 4 crash on startup when they attempt to launch the game. In this guide, we will go through different solutions that can help you fix the issue.
US court dismissed Joy-Con drift lawsuit
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
A US judge has dismissed a Joy-Cons drift lawsuit against Nintendo. The legal action was initially filed in October 2020 , by parents on behalf of their 10-year-old. At the time, they explained that the drift on the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con "became so pronounced that the controllers became inoperable for general gameplay use." As reported by Eurogamer , the lawsuit was actually dismissed last November, with the judge arguing that the user agreement was between Nintendo and the parents (who boug
Best Monsters to Kill for Money in OSRS: Profitable Monsters
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
People are born equal. Monsters in Old School RuneScape , on the other hand, not so much. Some are more powerful than others while some are more profitable than the rest. And among those that you can earn considerable amounts of OSRS gold, there are those that stand heads and shoulders above the rest. Here’s a list of the cream of the crop. What are the most profitable monsters in OSRS?
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