Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Proceeds from the bundle will go to a trio of nonprofit groups helping to provide aid to Syria and Turkey.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Yuji Naka, former Sonic Team boss and ex-Square Enix employee has admitted to insider trading charges. As reported by VGC , per NHK , Naka acknowledged his guilt at his trial for violating Japan's Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Sony's attempt to quash a subpoena relating to Microsoft's proposed Activision Blizzard merger has been largely denied by the FTC.

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That One Game Dev

MARCH 2, 2023

In this article I showcase how you can use GDExtension to write some very simple game logic. I set this up using the common CMake tool. The post Godot 4: GDExtension for C++ using CMake appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Microsoft's willingness to offer licensing deals to rivals might have persuaded EU regulators to approve its Activision Blizzard merger.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Reuters is reporting that the European Commission is expected to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard without demanding it sell off parts of the publisher first. The outlet cites "three people familiar with the matter" who indicated that the Xbox maker's previous pledges to keep Call of Duty available through platforms and services owned by other companies will be sufficient to satisfy the commission's concerns.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Knockout City was one of many casualties in the wave of online games that are scheduled for closure this year. The multiplayer game, which pits teams of players against each other in a fantastical version of dodgeball, is due to shut down on June 6 – roughly two years after it first debuted.

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Naka admits to participating in insider trading during his brief time at Square Enix.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox At a glance The Federal Trade Commission has addressed Sony's objections to Microsoft's subpoena for internal documents, and has rejected the majority of them.

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

The composer reveals the team's key design goals for how the game would sound, including their approach to scale, synchronicity, and implementation.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Meta is planning at least three more virtual reality Quest headsets in the next few years. That's according to The Verge , which had access to an internal Reality Labs presentation that took place on Tuesday, detailing Meta's roadmap for AR and VR products.

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

The Case of the Golden Idol trusts the player to solve a complex forty-year old mystery, asking them to piece together the culprits, tools, and locations involved.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

The Wolf Among Us 2 will not be releasing this year, Telltale Games announced. Speaking to IGN , the studio said it's pushing the awaited sequel back to 2024 to avoid crunch and burnout among the staff, but also because it's making the switch from Unreal Engine 4 to UE5. Telltale Games CEO Jamie Ottilie also mentioned the challenges of building the studio during the pandemic and directly addressed wanting to avoid crunch as well, a stance he had already committed to when the studio relaunched in

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Players who have a voucher for renting Resident Evil 7 's Cloud version are advised to redeem it ASAP.

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Game Industry News

MARCH 2, 2023

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS This season of Star Trek: Picard is turning out to be really terrible for my blood pressure. The third season’s third episode “ 17 Seconds ” starts in the middle of a potential disaster and ends with a cliffhanger, and I’m starting to wonder if that’s going to be the pattern for the rest of the season. I’m not even going to pretend that I’d be willing to wait long enough to binge the whole season, but these first three episodes have been a ride.

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Santa Monica Studio's acclaimed sequel has been nominated a record 14 times.

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The Astronauts

MARCH 2, 2023

Introduction and index of this series is here. Several people have asked whether I have tried Blosc library for compressing my test data set. I was aware of it, but have not tried it! So this post is fixing that. In the graphics/vfx world, OpenVDB uses Blosc as one option for volumetric data compression. I had no idea until about two weeks ago! What is Blosc?

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Add another to the game-to-movie pipeline.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The 2023 BAFTA Games Awards nominations have been revealed, with the event scheduled for Thursday, March 30. Sony Santa Monica Studio's God of War leads the nominations with a mention across 14 categories. Meanwhile, BlueTwelve's Stray has picked up eight nominations, and FromSoftware's Elden Ring is up for seven awards.

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Designer Notes

MARCH 2, 2023

I am speaking at this year’s GDC, and the talk will be something of a sequel to GDC 2010’s “Theme Is Not Meaning” (which was the lecture version of two Game Developer columns I wrote earlier that year). I reconstructed the talk from my slides and the recorded audio here: In 2010, I argued that we need to stop assuming that a game’s theme provides its meaning and, instead, that meaning comes from the mechanics themselves.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 2, 2023

Labyrinth of Galleria Provides a Picturesque Dungeon Crawler Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society is the sequel to Labyrinth of Refrain that combines dungeon crawling gameplay with the absurd level of systems and progression seen in a Disgaea title, with the recent PC release, this is the second, … The post Labyrinth of Galleria Provides a Picturesque Dungeon Crawler appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Andy Cargile, lead designer at Smart Technologies, which launched the rogue-like strategy card game The Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck last month on PC. Have you ever been to a movie where it's completely genre-changing and forever memorable?

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Game Errors

MARCH 2, 2023

You might have come across the annoying error message An error has occurred when attempting to log in to your PS4 account. Lately, lots of users are having this unpleasant error. Most often, such errors may occur on your console due to multiple reasons that have to do with your PSN account and server issues. Having this PS4 error can impact your gaming pretty badly as it can stop you from accessing the game library or playing with the game’s progress.

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Cocos

MARCH 2, 2023

I noticed that the engine has removed the deprecated spriteframe.clone declaration, and the clone interface has not been removed on the latest version. docs.cocos.

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Game Errors

MARCH 2, 2023

Elden Ring stuck on loading screen, and now you cannot play this amazing action RPG title? The chances are that after applying the solution from this article, your problem will be in the past, and Elden Ring will once again be part of your gaming sessions! If you are a new player, check out our Elden Ring beginner’s guide. Why is Elden Ring not booting?

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Cocos

MARCH 2, 2023

Hi all, I worked on project one wee, everything was fine and today when I tried to open it, Cocos Editor just stuck on loading process:

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Game Errors

MARCH 2, 2023

Does Rust keeps crashing when you’re trying to join the Rust server, or does it close on its own while playing? Don’t worry. Rust crashing is a common problem that most PC players encounter. The good news is we’ve found quick and effortless solutions that can help you fix Rust crashing: Update graphics drivers Run as a steam administrator Choose a High Power Plan Option Opt-out of the Steam Beta Close background programs and applications Reinstall Rust Why Does Rust Keep Crashing On PC?

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Indie DB

MARCH 2, 2023

This side-scrolling indie makes its Steam page debut

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Game Errors

MARCH 2, 2023

Forza Horizon 5 is perhaps the most ambitious, content-packed, technically advanced racing game you can play on your PC. However, all that perfection can be overshadowed by errors you may experience on launch or during gameplay. One of the common errors is the crash when launching the game. We have seriously dealt with this problem and made this guide on how to solve the crash when launching Forza Horizon 5.

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Cocos

MARCH 2, 2023

This tutorial will help you to create your first Cocos Creator game! If you are starting to work in Cocos Creator and want to start building your first game, this is a great way to get you started as we teach you how to get your game from design to adding assets to adding your own code. Build your first game in less than 4 hours with Cocos Creator! The tutorial also comes with a free 80-page pdf manual that shares all you need to know plus all the final source code.

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Game Errors

MARCH 2, 2023

If you notice that the Wo Long Fallen Dynasty is stuck on the loading screen, don’t worry. You can tweak a few things and get rid of this problem easily. Usually, when you launch or start a new game, your computer should not have any problem if the system requirement is not an issue. But exceptions may happen with many games like Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.

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Cocos

MARCH 2, 2023

Hi, this is a blend mode problem, because the built-in billboard does not support modifying the blend mode, so you need to extend the billboard function to allow support for modifying the material, and modify the blend mode in effect. Creator3.7.1_3D_CustomBillboard.zip (287.

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Game Errors

MARCH 2, 2023

Having more trouble with Fortnite? You would think that, for a big and popular game, such issues would be a thing of the past. However, let’s keep in mind that this is still an online game and problems are bound to arise from time to time. Luckily, you have us on your side to always provide assistance. Errors and bugs in our favorite games can really ruin a perfect day.

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Cocos

MARCH 2, 2023

I’m sorry I don’t have a way to reproduce this question, you can try. reinstall version 2.4.6 of creator or install a higher version It is possible that the problem is caused by some cache, you can delete the library/temp/local folder under the project file and restart the editor.

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