Game Developer

MAY 25, 2023

Microsoft's legal fight with the CMA over the future of Activision Blizzard continues.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The CEO of Embracer Group has said the abrupt end to a potential partnership his company was due to announce was brought about by "external factors." Yesterday, the company revealed in its financial results that a strategic partnership it had been close to securing had unexpectedly been scrapped, leading to the firm to lower its earnings forecast.

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Game Developer

MAY 25, 2023

"Painting everywhere is a technically expensive thing to do, and it can be very difficult to achieve if you’re not entirely focused on it as a goal of your project.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

Games companies in the US, Canada and UK can now enter the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2023. The awards are open to all games companies with offices in those countries, including developers, publishers, service companies, retail and media, and you can submit your company through here. The deadline is Friday, August 4th. All three awards will still run seperately, with the US event set for August, the UK ceremony taking place on September 27th, and the Canada digital presentation

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Game Developer

MAY 25, 2023

The mobile studio said the cuts were made in pursuit of "greater financial flexibility.

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Unity Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Learn about the benefits and trade-offs of different ways to access the underlying pixel data of textures in your Unity project.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Gollum is not the sort of character who typically headlines a video game. Most games protagonists are heroic figures, power fantasies for the players that can take on great numbers of evil foes and triumph with barely a dent in their health bar. The works of JRR Tolkien are not short of such figures, from wizards and kings to elven archers and dwarven warriors.

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Game Developer

MAY 25, 2023

The sequel will retail for $59.99 on consoles and $49.99 on PC.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Today marks the awaited release of indie title Protodroid Delta, a 3D action-platformer from solo dev Adam Kareem. Game development is never an easy endeavour to start with, but Kareem went through it on Hard Mode, as a hobbyist developer who had to balance his dream project with a full-time job and raising kids.

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Filmustage

MAY 25, 2023

Central to their creation is an efficient script breakdown, an often complex yet rewarding process. This article delves into the unique challenges and solutions for script breakdown in multilingual films. Understanding script breakdown Script breakdown is a crucial phase in pre-production that transforms the screenplay into actionable components for film production.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

In our latest Microcast, GamesIndustry.biz 's Christopher Dring and James Batchelor offer a bite-sized breakdown of yesterday's PlayStation Showcase, from the new hardware revealed to the glimpses at Sony's future first-party line-up. As well as rounding up some of the highlights, the discussion dives a little deeper into the potential audience and use cases for the Project Q handheld streaming device, Remedy's decision to release Alan Wake 2 as a digital-only title, and Sony's latest steps into

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 25, 2023

The end of May means the approach of the feature freeze for Godot 4.1, and this dev snapshot aims to give you as many new features to test as possible.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

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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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 25, 2023

Another beta build for Godot 3.6, implementing important bug fixes and some new features for existing games in production.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Kabam, the publisher behind Disney Mirrorverse and Marvel Contest of Champions, has laid off 12% of its employees. Per Kotaku senior reporter Ethan Gach , the developer confirmed the move yesterday.

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Perforce

MAY 25, 2023

IP geofencing adds regional restrictions for access to IP, regardless of access permissions. Learn more about this foundational aspect of IP security.

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Game From Scratch

MAY 25, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Move From Unity to Godot Engine in Seconds Today we are going to look at how easy it is to move assets from the Unity game engine to Godot in just a few seconds. We recently did a video showcasing how easy it is to move from Unreal Engine to the Unity engine using the excellent Unreal Engine … Move From Unity to Godot Engine in Seconds Read More The post Move From Unity to Godot Engine in Seconds appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Wisdom

MAY 25, 2023

The Clash of Choices in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com One of the many balancing acts of game design is the act of creating cool, interesting, unique, abilities for the player to use, and then balancing said abilities within the scope and design of your game. The challenge of all … The post The Clash of Choices in Game Design appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 25, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During Q1, streaming platform Kick pulled in 113.7 million hours of viewership, according to StreamElements analytics partner Streams Charts. When it officially launched in January, it reached 12.8 million hours watched during the month.

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Game Industry News

MAY 25, 2023

After last week’s long, involved discussion about Amanda Grayson , I figured it was time for something short and light, and frankly, the Star Trek Powers That Be could not have graced us all with the trailer for season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at a better time. The new season begins airing on June 15th via the usual channels, so we are in the home stretch as far as waiting goes.

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Rocket Brush Studio

MAY 25, 2023

According to a report by Global Industry Analysts Inc , the global API testing market is projected to reach a staggering 1.8 billion USD by 2026, witnessing significant growth from 641.6 million in 2020. This exponential growth highlights the increasing recognition of API testing as a critical component in ensuring the reliability and success of modern software solutions.

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Juego Studio

MAY 25, 2023

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have revolutionized the digital landscape, offering unique opportunities across various industries. Understanding different types of NFT is crucial in this rapidly evolving space, so it’s important to know the various NFT types […] The post Different Types of NFT’s You Should Know About appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 25, 2023

I did briefly work as a lead at one company due to the need. There are two major elements to being leader that I didn’t know until I had to do it myself. First - the lead dinglehopper doesn’t actually do all that much dinglehopping herself. However, the small amount of dinglehopping she does tends to be the mission-critical stuff, because the lead dinglehopper has the best understanding of the entire process.

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Juego Studio

MAY 25, 2023

AR VR in metaverse is revolutionizing how we interact with each other while experiencing the world around us. The concept of a metaverse, or an interconnected virtual space that ties together different digital environments, has […] The post The Role of AR and VR in the Development of the Metaverse appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Real Programming

MAY 25, 2023

When a student is in the right learning environment, there’s nothing they can’t achieve. Kids take coding classes to have fun acquiring or sharpening their coding skills. Parents understand that we live in a digital world, where the ability to write code is a major advantage when job hunting. Preparing kids for their eventual entry into the workforce is one reason parents enroll their children in online coding classes for kids.

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Code with Mike

MAY 25, 2023

Do you want to experience the best sound quality and comfort while listening to your favorite tracks? If yes, then you need a good pair of headphones. Headphones have become an integral part of our lives, whether it’s for listening to music, taking calls, gaming, or watching movies. The demand […] The post Discover the Future of Audio: Our Picks for the Best Headphones in 2023 appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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Game Errors

MAY 25, 2023

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is a multiplayer shooter for one hundred players on one map, the point of which is a deadly game of hide and seek in search of the winner. However, despite its great popularity, PUBG is far from ideal, as it is quite a hardware demand due to insufficient code and engine optimization. The problem you may encounter is that PUBG won’t update on your PC.

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Starloop Studios

MAY 25, 2023

For most players, hearing the words game engine will conjure up imagery of the likes of Unreal Engine 5, game developers speaking about how useful it is, and promotional material about its array of useful features. The likes of Unreal Engine 5 and Unity undoubtedly have extensive feature sets that help developers in innumerable [.

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Game Errors

MAY 25, 2023

One Piece Odyssey is an exciting adventure thanks to engaging combat, liberating character customization, and beautiful environments. After a few initial patches, the game lives up to its potential and is easily recommended as a One Piece experience and a JRPG. What can spoil your enjoyment of the game is the “LowLevelFatalError,” which causes the game to crash.

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Game Development News

MAY 25, 2023

NetEase Games has announced Jackalope Games has gone through a rebrand, alongside news that the studio is in early development on its first game based on Warhammer IP

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Game Errors

MAY 25, 2023

Tons of worldwide users are excited by the adventure, but it seems like this masterpiece is sometimes not launching, which is negatively impacting their gameplay experience. If you’re in the same boat, keep in mind that this is a pretty common problem in video gaming. As a consequence, there are several solutions you can try to effortlessly fix it.

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Cocos

MAY 25, 2023

Now, at current version, you may enter ‘Comp. vs Comp.’ (View 2 computers playing together) for all unlocked stages without purchasing, hope you would enjoy the game!

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Game Errors

MAY 25, 2023

Microsoft Flight Simulator is a terrific flying game. However, it’s also a game prone to crashing on lower-specification PCs, at least. Many users report Microsoft Flight Simulator crashing to the desktop with regularity while playing the game: I have owned MSFS since Nov 2020 (physical disk) and it always worked perfectly fine. Over the last few weeks, I can’t even start a flight as it constantly crashes to either a green screen or a white screen.

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Game Development News

MAY 25, 2023

Brazil’s International Games (BIG) Festival has announced that Devolver Digital and Atari will take part in their Panorama Mundo showcase

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