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How Tiny Tina's Wonderlands ' development embraced interdisciplinary cooperation

Game Developer

Gearbox's Kayla Belmore and Matt Cox discussed their efforts to make development on Tiny Tina's Wonderlands as frictionless as possible between the production and design departments, and later the whole studio.

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Bringing the social experience to your games: Introducing Friends and Leaderboards

Unity Blog

Announcing two new Social solutions within Unity Gaming Services, Friends & Leaderboards, to help devs add a new layer of social experience to their games.

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Using a modular system of maneuvers to design Psychonauts 2 's boss fights in a hurry

Game Developer

Double Fine gameplay programmer Rebecca Vessal showed off the highly modular "maneuver" system the team designed to make the game's larger-than-life boss encounters on a tight schedule.

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Xbox upgrades its developer program designed to support underrepresented creators

GamesIndustry.biz

Xbox has detailed its new-look program designed to support underrepresented creators. The program has actually been running since 2019, and has offered porting funding to over 100 independent developers, supporting titles such as Onsen Master, ValiDate and Paper Ghost Stories 7PM. The newly named ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program will continue to offer the porting support, which is non-recoupable and does not require Xbox exclusivity or company equity.

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How to create functional narrative outlines that your team will actually read

Game Developer

Speaking at GDC 2023, HeartMachine narrative director and Solar Ash writer Tyler Hutchinson shared sage wisdom such as "verb your characters" and "emotional outlines are b t.

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WWE 2K23 ends Hogwarts Legacy's reign as champion | UK Boxed Charts

GamesIndustry.biz

Hogwarts Legacy's five-week stay as the UK's best-selling physical video game is over, as WWE 2K23 climbs to the top of the ladder. 2K's game sold 26% fewer boxed copies at launch compared with last year's title: WWE 2K22. 2K22 was the first title in the series for over two years, and so it may have benefitted from strong pent-up demand from fans. This is purely physical sales, and digital sales may also make up the difference. 53% of boxed sales were on PS5, 23% on PS4, 15% on Xbox Series S and

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Meet CliCli, the next big user-generated games content platform

GamesIndustry.biz

For as long as PC games have existed, the boundary between developer and fan has been blurred. Players have been building their own content since the dawn of computer games, as seen in the many mods and game modes created from other titles. While this used to require a great deal of technical knowledge, new platforms have emerged in recent years that make it easier for players to create their own games.

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Here are more details on Ubisoft's Ghostwriter AI tool from GDC 2023

Game Developer

Ubisoft showed off more details about its new narrative generative AI tools at GDC 2023. Here's what we saw.

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CCP raises $40m for AAA blockchain game in EVE Online universe

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox CCP Games has raised $40 million in its latest financing round, and will be dedicating these funds to the development of a new blockchain-based title. Investment in the Icelandic games firm was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with contributions from Makers Fund, Bitkraft, Kingsway Capital, Nexon, Hashed and more.

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Developing a live game that never truly left Early Access with Deep Rock Galactic

Game Developer

How listening to the audience and implementing player feedback transformed this co-op FPS into a popular live service game.

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EA to sunset Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 1 and 2, and Mirror's Edge

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox EA has announced that it will be delisting Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 1 & 2, and Mirror's Edge from digital stores. The titles will be removed on April 28, 2023, and consumers will no longer be able to purchase them afterward.

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How Marvel's Spider-Man optimized its web-swings for PC gamers

Game Developer

Renowned PC-porting studio Nixxes reflects on its first project for Sony, speaks directly to #stutterstruggle.

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Canada Judge rejects unlawful gambling accusation in EA loot box lawsuit

GamesIndustry.biz

A Canada judge says that a plaintiff's claim that loot boxes in EA games constitutes 'unlawful gaming' was "bound to fail". However, Judge Justice Fleming will allow the class-action lawsuit to proceed based on the accusation that loot boxes in EA games may have adopted "deceptive acts or practices". Plaintiff Mark Sutherland has accused Electronic Arts of "deceptive and unconscionable acts or practices" under British Columbia's Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act.

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EA marks 15th anniversary of Mirror's Edge by pulling it from digital storefronts

Game Developer

Mirror's Edge and multiple titles in the Battlefield series will be removed from digital shelves later this year.

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Job cuts hit Team17

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Staff layoffs have hit independent games label Team17. Per Eurogamer , employees were advised in a meeting that redundancies were coming as the firm was moving to restructure its business operations.

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Ubisoft's AI Ghostwriter tool aims to support scriptwriters

Game Developer

Ubisoft gets into the AI game with its Ghostwriter tool to handle the NPC barks in its games.

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Twitch viewership dips 8% in February as it hit 1.64bn hours

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Twitch's viewership saw a slump of 8% in its February performance as it hit 1.64 billion hours, according to StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg's monthly State of the Stream report. The streaming platform reached 1.9 billion hours watched throughout the month last year.

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Five tabletop RPG mechanics that video games should definitely steal

Game Developer

Obsidian senior area designer Evan Hill took to the stage at GDC 2023 to plot a heist.

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Super Evil Megacorp expands team for upcoming Netflix title

GamesIndustry.biz

Catalyst Black developer Super Evil Megacorp has expanded its staff following the news of its partnership with Netflix. As reported by MobileGamer.biz , the studio's new additions, and promotions includes alum from firms such as Blizzard, Ubisoft, and Rockstar.

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Join us for the first Game Developer News Desk at GDC 2023!

Game Developer

Here's what the Game Developer team has in store for GDC 2023, including talk coverage and micro-interviews with GDC speakers, developers, and industry advocates.

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The Many Benefits of Studying Coding Twice a Week

Real Programming

We have all experienced a tense minute that felt like hours or weeks that felt like a day or two. Time can be an extremely relative, elastic thing. Students learning a new subject tend to absorb the material more fully when they immerse themselves and take multiple dives into the material. Coding students of all ages and experience levels are tackling a subject that keeps them stimulated and challenged.

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ID@Xbox launches new acceleration program to empower underrepresented devs

Game Developer

The program will focus on key areas including porting, information, and prototypes.

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The evolution of Sky's seasonal events

GamesIndustry.biz

That Game Company director of online experience Tim Nixon began his session about events in Sky: Children of the Light at the Game Developers Conference Free-to-Play Summit Monday by acknowledging that he was preaching to the choir to some extent. "We're at the Free-to-Play Summit, so I'm sure a lot of you already believe in the power of events to drive revenue, monetization, and engagement in your game," Nixon said.

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The Influence of AI and Machine Learning on Pen Testing

Rocket Brush Studio

A few years ago, intelligent security tools were just a marketing gimmick. Today, artificial intelligence and machine learning are a necessary part of IT security operations. AI is changing the security testing industry and is making software development safer, more efficient, and more reliable.

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Making Tic-Tac-Toe in ANSI C

That One Game Dev

In this simple tutorial I teach you how to create a game of Tic-Tac-Toe in ANSI C. It is beginner friendly so check it out. The post Making Tic-Tac-Toe in ANSI C appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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The FTC has ordered Epic Games to pay $245 million to consumers tricked into purchases

Game Development News

Epic Games will have to pay $245 million out to its consumers

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Nvidia at GDC 2023

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Nvidia at GDC 2023 Yesterday, Nvidia announced the release of several game development SDKs at GDC 2023. This includes the new version of DLSS or Deep Learning Super Sampling, now with frame generation, as well as Streamline and abstraction layer of super resolution solutions (FSR, DLSS, Xe Super Sampling). They additionally announced new Path … Nvidia at GDC 2023 Read More The post Nvidia at GDC 2023 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Affinity Designer – various handy little Mini Videos

2d Game Art Guru

A couple of "shorter" mini videos I recorded using Affinity Designer Affinity Designer Mini Video Tutorials During the past weeks, I did record a few short ‘mini videos’ using Affinity Designer on various handy topics with little tips and tricks. A few of them are based on the weekly challenges in the Facebook group ‘Affinity Designer – hands-on’ I run.

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Adobe Enter the A.I Ring with Firefly

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Adobe Enter the A.I Ring with Firefly Today Adobe have announced Firefly, a family of creative generative AI models coming to Adobe products. In other words, this is Adobe’s answer to A.I image generators like DALLE, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion (learn more about these 3 tools here). Adobe need to walk a fine line here as their … Adobe Enter the A.I Ring with Firefly Read More The post Adobe Enter the A.I Ring with Firefly appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Creator autonomy takes center stage at GDC

Game Daily

Despite the hype surrounding certain buzzwords in gaming right now, it’s always worth remembering that technology isn’t always a primary agent of change. People, and the way we see ourselves, can also make lasting differences, and improvements. A quick search of last year’s hot ticket words “Web3” and “metaverse” on this year’s Game Developer Conference’s session calendar reveals that the vast majority of returned matches are sponsored sessi

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COD Modern Warfare Won’t Launch on PC? Here’s How to Fix

Game Errors

Call of Duty Modern Warfare is the undisputed king in online shooting games, however, it does come with its share of problems like, it won’t launch on your PC at times. Although certain reasons may be shared across various Modern Warfare issues, such as crashing on PC , there are also distinct factors that could be responsible for Modern Warfare not launching on PC.

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Whynow Media acquires Wireframe Magazine, launches Whynow Gaming

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Whynow Media has launched a new games website following its acquisition of Wireframe Magazine. Previously owned and published by Raspberry Pi, monthly magazine Wireframe was shut down back in January , although the website remained.

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Valorant 0xc0000005 Error: An Easy Fix [2023]

Game Errors

Valorant from Riot Games is an excellent shooter with a significant player base, which in its way, tries to bring the atmosphere closer to the popular CS. Unfortunately, Valorant doesn’t gain enough momentum thanks to errors at launch or during gameplay, which annoys fans of the game terribly. One of the more annoying errors is with a message that reads: “The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005).

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Non Functional Testing - With Non Functional Test Examples

Perforce

Non functional testing verifies how well the product works. Read this blog to better understand the different types of non functional tests.

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