GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Every outfit tells a story. Characters aren't just defined by their facial features or physique, a lot of who someone is and what they're about comes from their style and environment. I'm currently working on asymmetrical third-person horror title The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, based on the iconic film. My role has been primarily in environments and character, and I'm working to bring authenticity to every area of the game – including fashion.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mabel Addis will posthumously receive the Pioneer Award, which honors breakthrough business, tech, and game design milestones. The award-winning game designer, level designer, and programmer John Romero will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on iconic and genre-defining first-person shooters.

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Game Development News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Max Inferno released A Little to the Left late last year, and artist, designer and company co-founder Annie Macmillan told Vince Pavey all about their work on the cosy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organise household items

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Now the pandemic is done and dusted (in most parts of the world anyway) the world opens up again for international industry events and person-to-person deal making. What do development studios need to do to secure a deal with a publisher or investor? Klaas van der Stroom , Business Developer at Representing Games : “If you really want to build relationships go to the smaller events.

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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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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Next to VFX, online games may be the one area where superheroes one area keeping tripping on their capes.

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Games 356

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social media has a knack for bringing niche topics to the attention of a large audience. You thought you were alone in your appreciation of tie-dye or pop-its? Think again. Lately, we see more and more games inspired by these social media trends making it to the top charts in terms of downloads. AppMagic investigates the rise and fall, successes and failures of these specific types of games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

EA DICE is building a new team to support Ridgeline Games in making a single-player Battlefield campaign. EA DICE is one of three EA studios that have been tasked with establishing the future of EA's shooter series. DICE was to focus on the multiplayer aspect. Ridgeline Games -- the new team led by Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto in Seattle -- is building the single-player campaign.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Japanese developers, and the organizations supporting them, on Japan's slow but growing indie scene.

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Unity Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Unity’s Anthony Yakovlev and Siobhan Fitzgerald-Gibson share the latest updates to physics tools in the 2022.2 Tech Stream, including changes made based on direct customer feedback.

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Game Industry News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Hey all, I’m back with more of Lee Tae Ho’s adventures for this week’s Translation Necessary Thursday. It’s “Valhalla Saga Volume 02” by Chwiryong. Plot: This second volume continues after the first novel with Lee Tae Ho now basking in the glory of battles hard fought and in a relationship with a Valkyrie named Heda.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Microsoft is speaking to the media following a closed hearing at the European Commission, as the tech giant tries to convince the regulator to approve its bid to buy Activision Blizzard. The deal is facing opposition from regulators in Europe, UK and US. If you're a bit lost around what's going on, let's recap.

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Media 122

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Science fiction author Neal Stephenson gently criticized cryptocurrency in games in his DICE 2023 keynote.

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Games 338

Rocket Brush Studio

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A complete walkthrough on no-code/low-code automation provides an overview of the benefits of automation and how to get started. This covers market trends, advantages, challenges, and how to address concerns for your project.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Flax Engine 1.5 Released The cross platform source available 3D game engine Flax Engine just released version 1.5. This is a fairly significant upgrade on the Flax Game Engine, which released v1.0 back in December 2020. The engine has come a long way in a short period of time. The 1.5 release adds networking … Flax Engine 1.5 Released Read More The post Flax Engine 1.5 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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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.

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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.

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Platformer 270

Rocket Brush Studio

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Audit testing is an important part of the software quality assurance process that assesses software against a set of defined standards or specifications to make sure the finished product meets the requirements. When conducting an audit, businesses examine the procedures followed, the testing methods employed, the tools that were used, and the user experiences.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Aseprite Importer for Unity The Unity just got an importer for the popular Aseprite pixel editor’s file format, ase. Aseprite is a long running and very popular sprite editing package (we first covered all the way in 2017). It is available for a relatively low price of $20, although it’s possible to get it … Aseprite Importer for Unity Read More The post Aseprite Importer for Unity appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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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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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Choosing the right tools and infrastructure partner can make or break your next multiplayer video game. Formulating the best strategy to choose your infrastructure partner for reliability, keep costs to a minimum, and most importantly, make your game a success by ensuring your player base stays online 24/7 requires planning during the development cycle.

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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.

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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.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation seeks to remove Atomic Heart from digital storefronts within the country. As reported by PCGamesN , per Dev.ua , the department called on countries to throttle distribution of the game due to "its toxicity" concerns around user data collection, and the possibility that money spent on the game will ultimately fund Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Toxicity in online games and platforms continues to grow. With every harmful interaction, community sentiment declines and players are more likely to churn. Proactive voice moderation solves these challenges by detecting toxicity and helping teams respond in real-time.

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Platformer Games 242

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Create multiplayer games in an instance (pun intended) with the new MultiplayerSpawner and MultiplayerSynchronizer nodes. Check out the key concepts, and get started with a quick tutorial on how to make a simple game using Godot multiplayer features!

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Exporting from Unreal Engine to Godot, Unity or Blender Perhaps you are coveting recent Unreal Engine Humble Bundles or have been hoarding the free monthly assets, today we will show you how to export from Unreal Engine 5.1 to the Unity or Godot game engines, or even to Blender. There are multiple ways to export from Unreal Engine to … Exporting from Unreal Engine to Godot, Unity or Blender Read More The post Exporting from Unreal Engine to Godot, Unity or Blender appea

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Phil Elliott has been appointed CEO of indie publisher Modern Wolf, effective from March. Elliott had announced he was leaving Square Enix Collective two weeks ago on Linkedin. He had been at Square Enix's indie publishing label since 2013, when he joined as head of community. His role as director of indie publisher has been taken over by Timea Edvi, who has been at the Collective since 2016 and most recently was senior brand and marketing manager.

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Indy 104

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The reborn E3 won't have Nintendo in its lineup when it returns in June.

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Unity Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

PlayStation® VR2 is now available. Learn how to use Unity to build for this next-gen VR platform.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We're almost ready to release Godot 4.0! Barring any last minute critical regression, this RC should reflect what the 4.0-stable release will be.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

During this week's hearing in Europe over the Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft made a case that -- when it comes to video games -- it is very much the small player. It showed a slide to highlight the market share of the console sector in Europe, revealing that PlayStation holds 80% of the market, whereas Xbox has just 20%. In the press briefing, Microsoft's Brad Smith went further: "Globally, it’s about 70/30.

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Console Games 103

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

IMMORTALITY explores the three lost films of fictional actress Marissa Marcel, letting players click on elements to leap between films to piece together her real story.

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Perforce

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Can organizations in highly-regulated industries adopt Agile without compromising their need for traceability and documentation? They can — with Helix ALM.

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