Exploring the evolving Japanese indie game scene
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Japanese developers, and the organizations supporting them, on Japan's slow but growing indie scene.
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Microsoft in Brussels: Sound and fury, signifying nothing | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Whatever you think about Microsoft's arguments for letting its acquisition of Activision Blizzard advance, you can't fault its stage management. This week was crucial to the case it is making to the European Commission, which is one of the major remaining regulatory hurdles to the deal proceeding, and Microsoft orchestrated an impressive PR blitz for the occasion, most of it designed to underline a commitment to multi-platform releases.
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Live service games may be the superhero genre's unbeatable enemy
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Next to VFX, online games may be the one area where superheroes one area keeping tripping on their capes.
Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok sweep the board at 2023 DICE Awards
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
The 26th DICE Awards took place last night, with Elden Ring winning the coveted Game of the Year prize. FromSoftware's title also took home awards for Technical Achievement, Achievement in Game Design, Achievement in Game Direction, as well as RPG of the Year. But it's Sony Santa Monica's God of War Ragnarok the won the most awards, with seven prizes including Achievements in Animation, Art Direction, Original Music Composition, Audio Design, and Story.
Designing world-spanning & momentum-based platforming in Sylvie Lime
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sylvie Lime is a platformer that asks you to play around with momentum, movement, and some wild abilities to get across its deadly hazards. And sometimes you're a lime.
Nintendo will not be present at E3 2023
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mario maker Nintendo has announced that it will not attend the Los Angeles-based Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The platform holder formally confirmed its absence from this year's show with IGN.
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WB Games reports year-on-year decline ahead of Hogwarts Legacy's $850m success
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FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Hogwarts Legacy has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide in its first two weeks on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The news was announced alongside Warner Bros Discovery's financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, with the company adding that the fantasy action-RPG has also generated $850 million in sales since its launch on February 10.
Blossom explores childhood memories with a pop-up book controller
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Blossom is an exploration of childhood and labels through five life stages, all told through an interactive pop-up book controller.
Upcoming Event: NVIDIA at the Game Developers Conference (GDC)
Nvidia
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Join us March 20-24 to discover the latest NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies accelerating game development. Join us March 20-24 to discover the latest NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies accelerating game development.
Report: Call of Duty's 2023 game is a Modern Warfare II extension
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Not Modern Warfare III , more like Modern Warfare II.5.
Series X|S disparities behind Baldur's Gate 3 delay on Xbox
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Larian Studios has clarified why it left the Xbox versions of Baldur's Gate 3 off the list yesterday when it announced an August 31 release date for the game on PS5, PC, Mac, and GeForce Now. "We've had an Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 in development for some time now," the company said. "We've run into some technical issues in developing the Xbox port that have stopped us feeling 100% confident in announcing it until we're certain we've found the right solutions – specifically, we've be
How Skala surprised its own creator with its scale-shifting mechanics
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Skala allows players to change the size and shape of the world and everything in it, asking them to solve puzzles by stretching and growing things.
Nominations are open for the 2023 MCV/DEVELOP Awards!
Game Development News
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Let us know who is most deserving of an MCV/DEVELOP Award in this 25th anniversary year of celebrating the art and business of UK game development.
Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok sweep the 2023 DICE Awards
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Two of a kind.
Rovio gives fans the bird | This Week in Business
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
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. Rovio delisted the original Angry Birds mobile app in 2019 and pulled a number of its old games from app stores without warning, much to the chagrin of long-time fans.
Improving job system performance scaling in 2022.2 – part 1: Background and API
Unity Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
In this two-part article, Software Engineer Kevin Vacheresse looks at job system overhead users had with Unity’s former job system and how the engineering team has addressed this in the 2022.2 Tech Stream release. For part one, get to know some of the background on this parallelism and job systems.
Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 5
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Three RCs in a row! Yesterday's build introduced a GDScript regression, so here's a new release candidate to fix that.
How to run a marketability test for your game
Unity Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Marketability testing lets you know with more certainty if your game will scale. Learn more about the what, why, and how of testing – and discover how Unity LevelPlay can help.
2023 will reportedly see a full Call of Duty release after all
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Activision Blizzard will reportedly release a premium Call of Duty title later in 2023, following claims that it was delaying the next entry in the series to 2024. It was reported back in February 2022 that there would be no Call of Duty title this year while Activision Blizzard took time to rethink its approach to the series.
The February issue of MCV/DEVELOP is online now! Inside: Liquid Swords, Digital Extremes on Wayfinder, Jagex, Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider and more!
Game Development News
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
There’s a new issue of MCV/DEVELOP out now – and you can read it here for free
Game-Wisdom’s Best of 2022 For Beat-em-Ups
Game Wisdom
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Game-Wisdom’s Best of 2022 For Beat-em-Ups Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Surprisingly, while there weren’t a lot of deck builders compared to previous years, we had quite a decent variety of beat-em-up games for 2022. And here are my top picks for the genre. #3 Young Souls Young Souls was one … The post Game-Wisdom’s Best of 2022 For Beat-em-Ups appeared first on Game Wisdom.
What forces cause game dev to crunch harder than most other forms of software development?
Ask a Game Dev
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
When I started writing, I had one answer to this question. The more I thought about it, however, the more I realized that I don’t think think we actually do crunch harder than other forms of software development. Sure, we work a ton of hours during crunch time - I’ve got too many battle scars of my own to ever deny that. But I think that you’re taking too narrow a view of “form of software development” and should instead consider “maturity of product”.
Cocos Creator 3.7.1 nav2d from node_modules is undefined
Cocos
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Hi all, I am trying to use nav2d - npm module, but I am getting undefined of import: import { NavMesh } from 'nav2d'; // Tried different ways. import NavMesh from 'nav2d'; // Tried different ways. console.
How to Accept Friend Request On Overwatch 2 [Easy-Peasy]
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Online games are nothing without a social club. It’s the hub where you make new friends, invite friends, and build your social network. But it’s not always straightforward or easy to do so. Especially since each game has its own different rules for adding and accepting friend requests. So how to accept a friend request on Overwatch 2? And can you cross-play Overwatch 2 with a friend on multiple platforms?
The future of talent pipelines into games | Playable Futures Podcast
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Episode six of the Playable Futures podcast assembles a panel of experts to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the industry’s talent pipeline, and how the sector finds itself at a crossroads in terms of future proofing recruitment for the medium and long term success of the sector.
Kerbal Space Program 2 Won’t Launch: Easy Ways to Run It
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Kerbal Space Program 2 won’t launch on your PC, only if some serious internal problems exist. It can be related to the PC configuration and settings or the game itself. Luckily, you can solve the problem and play this game if you take some key steps. As a flight simulation game, the KSP 2 is a masterpiece without any doubt. However, if you cannot play this item because it doesn’t open on your computer, it will immediately make you feel down or annoyed.
Q&A: Dean Barrett from Bastion on PR challenges in the year ahead
Game Development News
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Who better to cut through the noise of recent and future industry history than gaming’s elite PR professionals?
GLFW Error 65542 in Minecraft – What Is It? How To Fix It?
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Are OpenGL errors giving you a headache? It wasn’t called DLL hell for nothing. GLFW error 65542 is one of those OpenGL problems that are more than just a nuisance. It’s a serious issue that can prevent you from playing Minecraft and progressing in your game. What is GLFW Error 65542? GLFW error 65542 will appear with the message “Driver does not support OpenGL” when you’re playing Minecraft using an integrated graphics card.
Kerbal Space Program 2 Low FPS: Boost the Performance Easily
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Kerbal Space Program 2 low FPS problem may appear on your PC even if you have a decent GPU like RTX 4080. It has some reasons. However, you can significantly increase its performance if you tweak a few things. More or less, the frame rate is important for every type of video game you play on your computer. A space-flight simulation game like KSP 2 can give you an exciting experience if the frame rate is good enough.
How to protect or encrypt my game's resources from being extracted by others in cocos2dx
Cocos
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
if you using a sprite sheet you can use the built in pvr.ccz and add encryption to it in cocos2dx you use it this way. /** Add you SpriteSheet Name Here **/ ZipUtils::setPvrEncryptionKey(0x5f2c4923, 0x635ebbaf8, 0xe5a6ee49, 0x32ffe0cf); SpriteFrameCache::getInstance()->addSpriteFramesWithFile(“SpriteSheet01.
Fortnite Error Code 91: What is and How to Fix
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
When you’re at a Fortnite party and you suddenly see the message: “Party services are currently experiencing technical difficulties,” that’s Fortnite error code 91. It’s a common connectivity problem in the game which has to do with the servers, your network, or something gone wrong with the game itself. What Causes Fortnite Error Code 91? Of all the issues with the Fortnite game, error code 91 is probably the most disliked one among gamers.
3d Node opacity or Material color change
Cocos
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Modify the technique of the material to transparent. try this. let cubeRender = node.getComponent(MeshRenderer); let cubeMat = cubeRender.getMaterialInstance(0); cubeMat.
Phasmophobia Keeps Crashing: How to Fix as Easy As Possible
Game Errors
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Phasmophobia is a popular horror game that fans of this genre must have in their collection. The game is known for its great atmosphere, which unfortunately can only be spoiled by the sudden crash due to the tense action on the screen. After a detailed analysis of this problem, we created this guide to help you enjoy your favorite game without interruption.
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