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'It's got to be hard to make something bad:' How Glowmade is building UGC tools in King of Meat

Game Developer

The UK studio has teamed with publisher Amazon Games for a new UGC dungeon brawler, but how will it empower players to create?

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Microsoft reportedly apologises to Jyamma Games following issues with Enotria Xbox certification

GamesIndustry.biz

Microsoft has reportedly apologised to Jyamma Games following claims the firm ignored the developer during the Xbox certification process of Enotria: The Last Song. In a Discord message seen by GamesIndustry.biz , Jyamma CEO Jacky Greco said Microsoft had contacted them after the developer announced on Monday that it would be delaying its Xbox launch indefinitely.

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Lightspeed L.A. signs with SAG-AFTRA, agrees to AI protections for performers

Game Developer

Last Sentinel will be the first game to move forward under SAG-AFTRA's new Interim Interactive Media Agreement.

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How data fuels the growth of John Ikpeme’s (and friends) Dash Studios

PreMortem.Games

John Ikpeme is the CEO of Nigeria-based Dash Studios. He started his journey as a trained Petroleum Engineer but discovered his true passion for Data Science during his final year at Covenant University. “I worked with a lot of data then,” he recalls, “and I loved how the data told a story and gave insights on what should be done.” Ikpeme’s love for game development only intensifies, despite the demands of his full-time role as a Business Intelligence Analyst at a multi-award-winning Nigerian ba

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How many players does a game like Concord need to survive?

GamesIndustry.biz

Last night's news that Sony is pulling the plug, perhaps temporarily, on its new live service hero shooter Concord will not have come as a big surprise to many. Within days of the game's launch, reports emerged that it had sold an estimated 25,000 copies – 10,000 on Steam, 15,000 on PlayStation – and player counts were low. According to SteamDB , Concord peaked at 697 concurrent users on August 24, the day after launch, and dropped sharply after that.

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The Best of Godot Games in 2024

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com The Best of Godot Games in 2024 Today we are going to look at some of the best games developed so far using the Godot game engine. Now “best” is an extremely arbitrary and personal term when it comes to games, so what we are focusing on is a combination of critical acclaim, over all sales as […] The post The Best of Godot Games in 2024 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Microsoft slams Apple fee, says it can't monetise its cloud gaming services as a result

GamesIndustry.biz

Microsoft has criticised Apple's commission fee, saying it makes it "impossible to effectively monetise its cloud gaming service offering" on iOS as a result. In its latest statement as part of a CMA investigation looking into mobile browsers and the cloud gaming market, the company said that "despite the changes Apple made to [its g]uidelines between January and March 2024, many of them still represent an obstacle to cloud gaming native apps.

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Ubisoft share price falls to 10-year low after Star Wars Outlaws launch

GamesIndustry.biz

Ubisoft's stocks have taken a hit following the release of Star Wars Outlaws, having fallen by more than 10% in two days. Insider Gaming reported the share price of Ubisoft Entertainment SA fell to €15.50, the lowest it's been since 2014. The firm's market cap is currently €1.99 billion. At the time of writing, this has dipped even lower to €15.34 per share, with a market cap of €1.97 billion.

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Introduction to Web3 game mechanics

Juego Studio

Imagine owning a unique digital item that you can call your own, or even participating in the game's governance. This is what Web3 games offer their players, making it a game-changing technology of the current era.

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Find out how to maintain progress against an EDI backlash at our HR Summit

GamesIndustry.biz

Recruitment expert Liz Prince will conduct a talk on how to maintain progress against an on-going attack on diversity and inclusion programmes at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit. Prince, who runs recruitment specialist Amiqus and leads the G Into Gaming initiative, will discuss the underlying causes of the EDI backlash, establish the business case for EDI initatives and showcase practical strategies for maintaing a more inclusive workplace when faced with such resistance.

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Shader doesn't work on brower, or run it in the editor

Cocos

Thank you so much for telling me how to find that component, but it’s too bad it’s not related to the original problem, which is the shader. ;-( It’s simply an error log caused by a missing asset in some component. Applying a gradient shader with 5 colors to the label works fine, but applying the same shader to the spirte doesn’t work, and the 2-color graident in the code I posted earlier doesn’t work either.

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In-game audio ad firm Odeeo secures $5m investment

GamesIndustry.biz

In-game audio advertising firm Odeeo has received a $5m strategic investment from Atinum Investments as it expands into the US. To manage the expansion, co-founder and president Elad Stern has relocated from Tel Aviv to join VP marketing Dan Feldstein, commercial lead James Kowan, and agency sales lead Kathleen Verdugo in New York. Korean investment company Atinum joins existing investors Play Ventures and Anton Gauffin.

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Thoughts on the Concord situation? Sony just announced refunds at that the game is getting delisted. What do you think went wrong?

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I think that the core issue with Concord was just that it doesn't do enough to stand out from its competitors like Overwatch, Valorant, R6 Siege, or Apex Legends. I can briefly comment on the purported eight year dev cycle - no game really has a real dev cycle that long, that's longer than an entire console generation. Most games with long dev times spend the last 2-3 years in actual development and the first block spinning their wheels or restarting from scratch.

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Riot adjusts regional pricing of virtual currency across its live games

GamesIndustry.biz

Riot Games is altering regional pricing of its virtual currency, with one country seeing increases over 70%. Announced yesterday , the developer said these changes have been made in order to "better balance prices between regions." It also hopes to combat third parties exploiting methods such as VPNs and server transfers to purchase virtual currency at low prices in one region and sell it in another.

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Exploring the Legal Landscape of Online Casinos Across Different Countries

Game Wisdom

Exploring the Legal Landscape of Online Casinos Across Different Countries Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com The legal framework for online casinos varies significantly around the world, influenced by regional regulatory practices and cultural attitudes toward gambling. Different countries adopt unique approaches to regulating online casinos, which impacts various aspects of the industry, including licensing requirements, … The post Exploring the Legal Landscape of Online Casinos Across Diff

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AimJunkies denied new trial against Bungie

GamesIndustry.biz

Bungie's win against cheats provider AimJunkies won't be overturned as two US courts ruled in favour of the Destiny maker. As reported by TorrentFreak , US District Judge Thomas Zilly ruled that Bungie has provided enough evidence that AimJunkies had infringed its copyrights, and denied the cheat maker's request for a new trial. "[A]t trial Bungie needed only to establish that the 'cheat software' distributed by [the] defendants had copied protected aspects of Destiny 2," the judge wrote.

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Liverpool based Firesprite Games sponsor the 2024 MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards

Game Development News

Another sponsor has signed up to support the MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards, with two more to be announced this week. We are so thrilled to have so many fantastic organisations supporting the event this year to rally behind & celebrate women in the Games Industry.

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Open-source game server frameworks suitable for Cocos Creator

Cocos

More and more Cocos Creator developers are starting to create online games. Today, I will organize which open-source server frameworks are suitable for use with Cocos Creator. TSRPC Programming Language: TypeScript Link: [link] TSRPC is a full-stack RPC framework designed specifically for TypeScript, which has been verified by tens of millions of users and is suitable for HTTP API, WebSocket real-time applications, NodeJS microservices, etc.

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Build mobile android compress ect1 alpha

Cocos

When I build for Android mobile, the sprite default_splash I set to a black background has alpha 100 but when I open it on mobile it looks like 255.

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Shader doesn't work on brower, or run it in the editor

Cocos

First try this: You can also do this: Just paste the UUID into search bar in VSC and you will see some info.

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Shader doesn't work on brower, or run it in the editor

Cocos

Thank you so much for telling me how to find that component, but it’s too bad it’s not related to the original problem, which is the shader. ;-( Is it possible that the shader is not working because of the problem of not finding the asset, which is not related to the shader?

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Shader doesn't work on brower, or run it in the editor

Cocos

I ended up not finding the asset with the UUID I mentioned in my last question, and everything else was fine without it. Just to be on the safe side, I deleted all assets and reloaded them, but I’m still having the same problem. I’m wondering if I should give up on using materials and shaders and just make them images. I’ve been looking for a solution for 4 days now and can’t seem to figure it out.

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