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Q&A with Blizzard leadership on return-to-office, bonuses leaves devs fuming

Game Developer

Comments made by Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra during a company town hall reportedly outraged developers and cratered morale.

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Get your free copy of the 2023 Video Game Publisher List now

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IndieGameBusiness has just released its updated directory with over 500 video game publishers. The best thing about it? Besides the fact that it has 500 game publishers in alphabetical order with links and the platforms they primarily release on? It’s free! Get your digital copy here. Game consultant Jay Powell is the driving force behind IndieGameBusiness.

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Hoyoverse to recast Genshin Impact role after voice actor allegations

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Going forward, Hoyoverse will recast the English voice for Tighnari in Genshin Impact and re-record the character's previous lines.

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Three Xbox rivals believe the Activision Blizzard merger would harm competition

GamesIndustry.biz

The UK regulator has summarised six meetings it held with Xbox rivals as part of its investigation into the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition. The six companies are either an existing competitor or a potential competitor in "console gaming services or cloud gaming services," the CMA explained. Out of those six companies, half of them believe that if Microsoft was to complete its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it would harm competition.

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Embracer currently has a whopping 224 game projects in development

Game Developer

Precisely 11,152 developers are working on that mammoth slate, which includes five Lord of the Rings game projects.

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Game Changers | Professor Jim Huntley

GamesIndustry.biz

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. You can read more Game Changers interviews here.

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Telltale raises $8m from Hiro Capital and Skybound

GamesIndustry.biz

Telltale has raised $8 million as part of a Series A funding round led by Hiro Capital. Skybound Entertainment also joined the round, with the funds raised primarily going towards the launch of The Expanse: A Telltale Series (due this summer), the development of The Wolf Among Us 2, and another unannounced title. CEO of Telltale Jamie Ottilie commented: "We are honoured to have the confidence of Hiro Capital, a fund that is committed to the future of the games industry, and that of our colleague

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Ubisoft credits "long-lasting" live games for third quarter success

Game Developer

Things are looking up for Ubisoft in its third quarter.

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Navigating the Complexities of Game Porting

Starloop Studios

The complexity of porting games is often overlooked and considered to be a simple case of bundling a game together and making it available on other platforms. The reality of porting games is that it’s a significantly more complicated process than it seems, especially seeing as every platform has its intricacies to navigate. To overcome [.

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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist turns life experiences into a card game

Game Developer

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist sees players living as teens on a strange alien world, turning their unique lived experiences and decisions into a card game.

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Cocos Shader Tutorial 1.0 - about UV

Cocos

Preview Here : Preview Link Introduction to UVs The reason for naming it as UV is that X, Y, and Z have already be used by 3D coordinates. In order to distinguish it from 3D, so it is named as UV. Among them, U refers to the horizontal axis, V refers to the vertical axis, and the range of UV is 0 to 1. ) The vertical axes of textures and picture pixels is shown above, when sampling textures in shaders, that is from top to bottom, which is top-right corner.

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New studio Wildlight Entertainment formed by triple-A game veterans

Game Developer

More and more triple-A developers are breaking off to form their own independent studios.

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Deep Rock Galactic developer launches Ghost Ship Publishing

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ghost Ship Games has announced the opening of Ghost Ship Publishing. The division intends to support game makers in developing titles that prioritise open communication and the player experience.

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Deep Rock Galactic dev Ghost Ship Games opens publishing division to create indie "launchpad"

Game Developer

The Danish studio described Ghost Ship Publishing as a "passion project.

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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Won’t Close: How to Fix

Game Errors

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is the sequel to the original Rising Storm. The game comes with authentic gunplay and first-person shooter action of the Red Orchestra series. Like any other game, it has a lot of crashes when performing certain actions and other glitches that are making the game unplayable. Most importantly, the main issue discussed by players is about Rising Storm 2 Vietnam not closing.

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Andrew Eiche named CEO of Job Simulator developer Owlchemy Labs

Game Developer

A changing of the guard is imminent at the Google-owned VR studio.

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Xbox: "We want to build on the potential we’re seeing in India"

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox While consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S haven't flown off store shelves in India, mobile gaming continues to scale one peak after another in the country. Microsoft now has a team devoted to building its presence in India. At IGDC 2022 in Hyderabad, Telangana, we sat down with Arjun Varma, a manager at Xbox's new GXI (Global Expansion Incubator) team to talk all things ID@Xbox.

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The memory-altering mechanics of adventure game RE:CALL

Game Developer

"The player is an agent of chaos. Lock them up.

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2022 gaming deals totalled $51.5 billion

GamesIndustry.biz

2022 was the second-biggest year for games industry investments, mergers, and acquisitions, according to the latest report from Digital Development Management (DDM). The firm tracked $51.5 billion in gaming deals last year, led by Take-Two's purchase of Zynga ($12.7 billion), Unity's deal for IronSource ($4.4 billion), and Sony's acquisition of Bungie ($3.7 billion).

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4 success stories from indie devs who saved time and money with assets

Unity Blog

While the list of indie studios building with assets from the Unity Asset Store grows by the day, here are four stories to inspire you in your quest to build your dream game.

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Starbreeze almost halved its loss in 2022 but didn't re-establish profit

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Starbreeze has published its financial results for Q4 2022 as well as for the full year, with sales on a par with 2021, but loss shrinking further. Full year 2022 Net sales: SEK 127 million ($12.2 million), up 1.5% year-on-year Loss: SEK -59.8 million ($5.

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Q&A: Alex Verrey from Embracer Freemode 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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Unreal Military Game Assets Humble Bundle

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Unreal Military Game Assets Humble Bundle The Unreal Military Game Asset Humble Bundle is a huge collection of military themed assets from Dekogon and Yarrawah for the Unreal game engine. This is the second game development focused Humble Bundle today (this is the first) and is an amazing collection of tanks, equipment and environments in a … Unreal Military Game Assets Humble Bundle Read More The post Unreal Military Game Assets Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFrom

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Ubisoft emphasizing predictability after downgrading targets

GamesIndustry.biz

Ubisoft today reported its financial results for the three months ended December 31, showing modestly rising sales but sliding bookings. Ubisoft braced investors for disappointment last month when it slashed its full-year forecast , acknowledged an under-performing slate of holiday titles including Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Just Dance 2023, and committed to a cost-cutting campaign over the next two years.

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Learn To Make Survival Games with Unity Humble Bundle

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Learn To Make Survival Games with Unity Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Learn to Make Survival Games with Unity bundle. This bundle contains 35+ hours of courses from Zenva on making a Survival style game in the flavour of Rust, Valheim or ARK. As with all Humble Bundles it is … Learn To Make Survival Games with Unity Humble Bundle Read More The post Learn To Make Survival Games with Unity Humble Bundle appeared first on Ga

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Savvy Games Groups invests $265m in Chinese esports firm VSPO

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Esports organization VSPO has received a $265 million investment from Savvy Games Group. The transaction from Savvy Gaming Group, which Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund owns, is expected to close at a later date.

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The State of the Art at d3t: Louise Andrew on the growth of art services at d3t and Coconut Lizard

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Established in 2011 to “design, develop and deliver technology”, Cheshire’s d3t has become an important co-developer within the Keywords group since being acquired six years ago.

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Cocos Creator 3.7.1 Released

Cocos

Cocos Creator 3.7.1 fixes many bugs that were found by the staff and developers when upgrading to 3.7. We appreciate your help and work to improve the engine. We also have added a new demo project that will share many of the new upgrades that have come with 3.7 and previous updates. You can download it from the Cocos Store. Developer Notes Engine Add more API docs (engine#13937, engine#14079, engine#14088) [Optimize] add image asset’s zh i18n (engine#14108) [Optimize] Add pointerlock function fo

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Backer Rewards (Wave 1): Complete! [New Merch Shop on RedBubble]

Yotes Games

Everyone who ordered Add-Ons from the BGP Kickstarter should've gotten some special stuff in the mail recently, or can at least expect it to show up before March 1st. (If not, double check your address listed on Kickstarter and let ol' Tony Yotes know if there's been a mixup.) It's been so nice to see the posts of people opening up their packages and we can't wait for the next wave with all the international ones and the PILE of T-Shirts to come!

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Robot Teddy announces slate of leadership appointments

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Robot Teddy, Thunderful Games' self-publishing support agency, has announced additions to its executive team. Joining the company are Amanda Farough, Mike Futter, Alessandro Bovenzi, Hans van Brakel, and Naaila Mohammed.

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Maybe not the best place to ask this, but thought I would anyway. Assuming you use Visual Studio, what are some extensions you recommend for game development and C++ that make your life easier?

Ask a Game Dev

There are three useful tools I use with visual studio that I would like to suggest for you today. First, I like using [ Entrian Source Search ], especially if your project has a lot of code. It maintains an index which allows you to search for things very very quickly. It’s like find in files, but instant because it’s all pre-indexed for you. The bigger the project becomes, the longer find in files takes.

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A group of industry professionals unveil the Gamedev Fund

GamesIndustry.biz

A group of games industry professionals have launched the Gamedev Fund. The early-stage investment fund intends to support European game makers developing PC and console titles. Aras Pranckevičius, Mantas Puida, and Renaldas Zioma founded the fund. The founding team also includes Valdemar Bučilko, Vilmantas Balasevičius, and Vytautas Dobilas.

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Edifier MF200 Review

Code with Mike

I was super excited to take delivery of the Edifier MF200, it’s a soundbar, but not as we know it. This miniaturized design is meant to be used with a laptop or desktop PC, but it’s size and internal battery make it perfect to use as a portable speaker too. […] The post Edifier MF200 Review appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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Fix Destiny 2 Error Code Bee in a Couple of Steps

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The Destiny 2 error code bee is a connection-related error that appears when a player is trying to connect or already playing the game. Error code bee may occur due to problems in Wi-Fi setup, faulty wiring, and other network-related issues. Destiny 2 can get stuck on connecting screen due to the error code bee. What does Destiny 2 error code bee mean?

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