Game Developer

JUNE 16, 2023

Nothing lasts this long in entertainment without doing at least a few things right. And the Diablo series did a lot of things right.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Valve, owner of Steam, is shifting from accepting AI-made games on its digital store. The news was first reported by an AI game developer that shared their rejection letter on Reddit nearly a month ago.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 29, 2023

Top image: Nobody Saves the World – DrinkBox Studios. Why? Great game and great trailer ! Most games do not call for the flashy or stylistic trailer editing you see in a typical Hollywood movie trailer. This is because a game trailer often has to communicate more, or at the very least, different information than a movie trailer. MORE editing does not mean BETTER editing and LESS editing does not mean WORSE editing.

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Unity Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

The all-new URP cookbook provides 12 recipes for popular visual effects that can be applied to a wide range of games, art styles, and platforms. If you work with stencils, instancing, real-time ambient occlusion, decals, and more, then this is the resource for you.

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Game Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

Can a 30-year old book tell us anything about the shape of the metaverse, and digital entertainment more broadly, in 2023? After all, a great deal has happened in the intervening years since the release of Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, in which the word “metaverse” was coined. For a start, metaverses now exist, albeit in rudimentary forms such as multiplayer social spaces like Fornite and Minecraft.

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AWS Games

JUNE 28, 2023

This post is written by Yahav Biran, Principal Solutions Architect, and Matt Trescot, Games, SA Leader – Americas Historically, the art of creating and running complex game servers locked developers in to a single CPU architecture, typically Intel/AMD. Our developers tell us it’s hard to introduce different CPU architectures once game servers are built for a given processor.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox It's rare to be able to watch public opinion about a game change in real time – and in the cases when we do, it's usually not a change for the better. Goodwill for a game (or for any other product or brand) is usually built up slowly but squandered quickly. It's been refreshing, therefore, to watch the incredibly positive swing in opinion and word of mouth about Final Fantasy 16 this week, following the release of

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. This is his story. Olivier Madiba recalls playing games on warm sunny afternoons at his grandmother’s home with a spark in his eyes.

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Unity Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Every object, every system, and every pixel in games will eventually be touched by AI. Get to know Unity’s newest AI products for creators: Unity Muse, an expansive platform for AI-driven assistance during creation, and Unity Sentis, which enables developers to embed neural networks in the Unity Runtime.

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Game From Scratch

JUNE 1, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unity 2022 LTS Released Unity have just released Unity 2022 LTS. This is an LTS or Long Term Support release of the Unity game engine, meaning it will continue to see patches and updates for two years and is therefore the recommended version to use if you are starting a project today. There are … Unity 2022 LTS Released Read More The post Unity 2022 LTS Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Cocos

JUNE 29, 2023

Editor Introduction Many developers want to have as much uniqueness in their games as possible. Some with their art style, some with their music, and some with gameplay. Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.

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Game Developer

JUNE 7, 2023

Paradox confirmed Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 is still in development, and is issuing full refunds for those who pre-ordered it before its delay.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 21, 2023

In the wake of GDC earlier this year, several reports emerged on social media and in various games publications detailing incidents of sexual harassment, verbal abuse, and discrimination experienced by attendees. These reports ranged from inappropriate comments and advances, to physical assaults and drink spiking. It has been alleged that these had been perpetrated by both fellow attendees and industry professionals.

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Game Errors

JUNE 30, 2023

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has launched for PC and consoles and like many PC ports, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is also a victim of issues like Vermintide 2 crashing on the computer. Here we will discuss all the errors that PC players have been experiencing while trying to play the game and will also provide you with a possible fix or a workaround so that you can play the game without any problems.

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Unity Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Mixed reality development with Meta Quest 3 and Unity is here. Create captivating, cross-platform, immersive experiences that blend the real with digital content.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 20, 2023

CG Spectrum's Community Manager, Penny Gaulbatz, and Partnership Manager, Magdalena Bisogni, teamed up with Alt VFX to hold an exclusive event for students and alums, providing an insider's guide to visual effects and offering expert tips on how to break into the industry. Hosts Penny and Magdelena were joined by Alt VFX special guests, Global Talent and Culture Manager Haley Gibson, and VFX Supervisor Genevieve Camilleri, who also mentors the Nuke compositing courses at CGS!

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Game Development for Beginners

JUNE 21, 2023

Keeping scores is a major engaging factor in games. Players are always eager to beat that high score and to make sure no one surpasses them. Implementing a score system in your game could be the key to unlocking player engagement. In this tutorial, we will see how to calculate scores and how to store.

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Game Developer

JUNE 26, 2023

In his brief time with video games, de Senneville formed two game development studios and partnered with publishers such as Interlay and Electronic Arts.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 12, 2023

Remedy's last game, Control, was a real breakout hit for the developer. Released in 2019, the action adventure attracted ten million players and plenty of critical praise. So the smart business play would be to double down and immediately begin work on a sequel. But Remedy didn't do that. Although more Control is coming, the Finnish studio has chosen to do something decidedly more risky and build a sequel to its 2010 Xbox game, Alan Wake.

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AWS Games

JUNE 15, 2023

Epic Games (Epic) is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of Unreal Engine (UE), one of the most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tools that powers some of the world’s leading games including Fortnite, and is also utilized by creators across industries to deliver cutting-edge experiences. Epic Games and AWS recently collaborated to introduce AWS Graviton instance support for Unreal Engine.

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Unity Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

The new Unity water system was first introduced for the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) as part of the 2022.2 Tech Stream. The latest LTS release and upcoming 2023.1 Tech Stream extends the system’s feature set for better integration with worlds and gameplay. Dive into all that you can do with these tools.

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Cocos

JUNE 14, 2023

A dev, Night by Night 00, shared his work on building warpable and wearable materials for games. Though not fully complete, the demos already show a lot of progress, and the developer is selling their findings on the Cocos store for Chinese developers. The developers love it, so we thought we’d share the insights this developer gave with our Western community.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JUNE 13, 2023

Log analysis is a critical aspect of the quality assurance (QA) process, enabling testers and developers to uncover defects, diagnose issues, and enhance application performance. To meet the growing demand for efficient and accurate log analysis, organizations are increasingly adopting automated log data analysis like ChatGPT. In this article, we will explore how leveraging ChatGPT enhances log analysis, boosts productivity, and delivers exceptional testing outcomes.

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Game Developer

JUNE 8, 2023

The AEGIS union made up of Sega of America workers say their unionization attempts are being blocked by management, and have called on Sega to be neutral.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 11, 2023

Ahead of Xbox's latest showcase, Phil Spencer took to the stage to speak with fans. During it, he apologised for being emotional on a podcast – referring to his appearance on Kinda Funny, where he reacted to the poor performance of Bethesda's Redfall, and expressed his frustration with the console business. I don't believe he should apologise for anything.

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Game Development News

JUNE 12, 2023

Dan Ahern, QA lead at Radical Forge talks about social mobility in the games industry - MCV/DEVELOP

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Unity Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Discover a wide range of third-party solutions for AI-driven development and gameplay enhancements, curated by Unity and available on the Unity Asset Store.

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Cocos

JUNE 14, 2023

A dev, Night by Night 00, shared his work on building warpable and wearable materials for games. Though not fully complete, the demos already show a lot of progress, and the developer is selling their findings on the Cocos store for Chinese developers. The developers love it, so we thought we’d share the insights this developer gave with our Western community.

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Indie DB

JUNE 25, 2023

We've got 100 copies of Basic Warfare an Action RTS to giveaway on Steam.

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Game Developer

JUNE 22, 2023

As with Redfall , MachineGames' incoming Indiana Jones game was meant to be fully multiplatform before Microsoft elected to make it just for Xbox and PC.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 29, 2023

Player Two PR has created a new indie publishing label called Mooncat Games. An extension of the PR and marketing agency, Mooncat will "offer a broad range of custom services" beyond these two areas, its website says , including localisation, distribution and platform partnerships, storefront management, business development, porting, and QA. Mooncat Games will be led by Player Two PR founder Charlene Lebrun as director.

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Game Developer

JUNE 5, 2023

Tim Cain, lead designer and programmer of InterPlay's first two Fallout games, released a video on his time in the game industry as a gay man.

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Game Developer

JUNE 2, 2023

Game developers Taylor McCue and Nilson Carroll released their third yearly Queer Games Bundle that features games and software made by LGBTQ developers.

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Game Developer

JUNE 23, 2023

Apex Legends character Catalyst is a big step forward for trans representation in games. Her creators dish on the making of a new sci-fi icon.

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