Game Developer

JANUARY 17, 2023

Carry1st, which published Call of Duty: Mobile in South Africa, plans to use its newly raised money to license more games and develop its own.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 16, 2023

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard will face an antitrust challenge in the European Union, Reuters reported today. The news outlet's sources said the European Commission is preparing a statement of objections around the deal that it will send to Microsoft in a matter of weeks. It has previously set an April 11 deadline to make a decision on whether the acquisition can go through.

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Game Industry News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Hey all, I’m back with a new series that is sort of a LitRPG. It’s “Towers of Acalia Volume 1” by Atlas Kane! Plot: The plot is pretty basic, but it mixes the LitRPG and Cultivation genres fairly well, but the elements from both genres are very much watered down. It sounds much worse than the actual result is, but this might very well not be your cup of tea.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

With the first Godot 4.0 Release Candidate on the horizon we continue to release beta snapshots frequently and relentlessly! Such cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time. This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Fixes to CanvasItem draw methods to better handled lines of different widths and filled rectangles ( GH-41239 , GH-71623 , GH-71679 ).

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Game Developer

JANUARY 20, 2023

The larger Halo franchise may receive another shakeup in the aftermath of layoffs and changing plans.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Vox Media is laying off 130 employees, 7% of its workforce today, a decision attributed to economic challenges. As reported by CNN , the news comes from a memo CEO Jim Bankoff sent out to staff.

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Game Industry News

JANUARY 19, 2023

This week, I’m going to do something a bit different with the weekly column because we’re still in the break period between the end of Prodigy and the premiere of Picard ’s third and final season. I want to use this space to touch on a question that seems to be percolating through the zeitgeist of a lot of modern, post-Berman Trek , which is what happens when the ideal doesn’t quite turn out to be all it’s cracked up to be.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2023

In this year's GDC State of the Game Industry survey, we found more developers are moving to hybrid remote-office schedules; they're divided on the rise in major studio acquisitions; and their opinions on the use of blockchain technology in games are more complicated than they may seem at first glance.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 19, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox One year ago, we made some predictions on legal trends for 2022. Now it is time to look back and see where we have been right and where we have been wrong – and make some new predictions for 2023.

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Perforce

JANUARY 17, 2023

In this blog, our experts give tips for writing better SRS documents, including detailed software requirements specification examples.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 18, 2023

The most important thing to know about Dungeons and Dragons is that all the coolest art for it was made before 1980. The big, fun news in the gaming world recently was that it looked like Wizards of the Coast (WotC for short, owned by Hasbro) was going to drastically change the Open Gaming License for Dungeons & Dragons. WAIT! COME BACK! Yeah, I know.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2023

Scenario. Inc describes its tool as a "generator of generators," that lets devs iterate on 2D art assets trained on their own art datasets.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Valorant and League of Legends firm Riot Games joins the growing list of companies to have made redundancies in the past few weeks. The layoffs were first revealed by esports reporter Jacob Wolf via Twitter , before Riot confirmed the news in a statement to GamesIndustry.biz sister site Rock Paper Shotgun.

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Perforce

JANUARY 19, 2023

The future of software development is happening all around us. From biotech advances to autonomous vehicles, software advances everyday. See the top predictions for software development in 2023 and beyond.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 19, 2023

GameFromScratch.com More Layoffs At Unity Last June Unity announced they would be laying off 4% of their workforce, or slightly over 200 people. A few days back Unity CEO John Riccitiello announced that Unity would be laying off an additional 284 employees. Unlike the earlier layoffs though, these ones are mostly from overlapping positions, most … More Layoffs At Unity Read More The post More Layoffs At Unity appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 17, 2023

"Because Mr. Guillemot and his clique only understand the relationship of power, Solidaires Informatique is calling on the employees of Ubisoft Paris to go on strike.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2023

Microsoft is conducting layoffs for the third time since July, as reported by CNBC. This round of cuts is the largest of the three, with 10,000 employees being let go, which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella characterized as less than 5% of the company's total headcount in a memo to employees about the layoffs. "I'm confident that Microsoft will emerge from this stronger and more competitive," Nadella said.

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Game Development News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Nominations for the MCV Women in Games 2023 awards show will end later this week.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 20, 2023

Architectural visualization has soared in popularity over the past few years, riding the wave of technological advancements in 3D modeling and rendering. Used much more widely than its name implies, architectural visualization processes are employed across myriad industries — from building and construction to film and video games to product design and VR.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2023

Layoffs are becoming a larger phenomenon in the industry, and Riot is no exception.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Google is joining Microsoft and Amazon in instituting a wave of mass layoffs, as the company this morning said it would be cutting 12,000 jobs. As reported by CNBC , Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in a Friday morning memo that the cuts would begin immediately in the US, while other countries would take longer "due to local laws and practices.

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 18, 2023

Complete Project Details Genre Casual game Platform Android Project Duration 6 Months Our Team on Project Front-end Developer - 1 Back-end Developer - 1 UI Designer - 1 3D Artist - 1 Animator - 1 Game Architect - 1 Project Manager - 1 Quality Analyst - 1 Technology and Designing Tools Used Unity Gimp Blender Overview We, at Logic Simplified, got an opportunity to build an entertaining arcade-style 3D game featuring fast-paced action and humorous elements.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 18, 2023

Art by @nadi_bulochka The finale of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was released 20 years ago, but it is still one of the most beloved films worldwide. Thanks to Peter Jackson's directorial style, we never tire of revisiting these films repeatedly. It is amazing how bizarre and unusual the fate of Peter Jackson was. Ever since he was a kid, he has loved the cinematography, and he's tried his hand at a lot of genres, including B-movies.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 16, 2023

The company indicated there has been some nefarious activity within its video game business.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has announced additional titles slated to launch in 2023 for its PlayStation VR2 console. The news comes months after the platform holder revealed its $550 price tag and February 22 launch date.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JANUARY 18, 2023

Organizations should understand how the CI/CD pipeline works before implementing a framework that could help them streamline production processes to reduce bugs and release software products faster. For a successful implementation, technical teams need to be mindful of how DevOps and agile methodologies work together to support an effective CI/CD pipeline.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 18, 2023

Throughout your art journey, you’ll continually return to the fundamentals of art. Many core elements of art will remain consistent, no matter what form or medium you use. In this article, we’ll discuss the six fundamental principles of good art and explore some of the career paths that rely on these core principles. What are the 6 fundamentals of art?

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2023

Are you going to the Game Developers Conference for the first time? Eager to know about the best talks and networking events for fresh faces at GDC 2023? This handy Session Guide and Walkthrough will help you plan your schedule.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 19, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Game Developers Conference published its annual State of the Industry Survey today, showing continued support by respondents regarding unionization efforts. Of the more than 2,300 developers who answered the survey, 53% responded that the video game industry should unionize.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 14, 2023

GameFromScratch.com. Duelyst Open Sourced. Deulyst, an online CCG or collectable card game first published in 2016, has just been open sourced. This release isn’t just the source code, but everything, the server component, the art assets, everything. The release is under the liberal Creative Commons license enabling you to do almost anything you want … Duelyst Open Sourced Read More.

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Game Errors

JANUARY 20, 2023

You could perhaps run into Hueneme Concord error MW2 or Warzone 2 which is preventing you from connecting to the game servers. Xbox, PS4, PS5, and PC users encountered this error. Don’t worry if you run into a Connection Failed error while enjoying your game, we have a few fixes that will solve the problem quickly. What does Hueneme Concord mean?

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Game Developer

JANUARY 17, 2023

In our Business and Marketing track, gain insight into game industry trends, identify business opportunities and partners, and learn new strategies for marketing games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Reed Hastings, Netflix's co-founder, has exited from the firm after 25 years. In the announcement , Hastings said he would pivot to an executive chairman role.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 15, 2023

GameFromScratch.com. Paint.NET 5 Released. Long running open source Windows-based graphical application Paint.NET just released version 5. The Paint.NET 5 release contains several new features, but the biggest among them is massively increased GPU support, pressure sensitive brushes and a new plugin system (which also takes advantage of the new GPU functionality).

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