iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

In an industry constantly pushing the boundaries of graphical fidelity, the charm of handcrafted visuals remains timeless. While 3D dominates modern game development, 2.5D has emerged as a compelling middle ground, offering the artistic soul of 2D with the depth and realism of 3D. This technique isnt just a nostalgic throwback; its a strategic design choice that allows developers to craft visually striking, performance-efficient, and highly engaging experiences.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Emona Capital and Secret Mode leaders James Schall and Ed Blincoe led the buyout.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Jackbox Games is a Chicago-based game studio best known for its lineup of popular party-game hits such as Quiplash , Fibbage , Drawful , Trivia Murder Party , and more. With 50 games and counting in its catalog, Jackbox Games offers something for everyonewhether its a drawing game, a trivia game, a hidden identity game, or beyond. Jackbox Games north star is accessible gaming, which means meeting customers where they are.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2025

Announcing the Meta Toolkit extension We are pleased to announce the release of the Godot Meta Toolkit , a GDExtension plugin that exposes Metas Platform SDK and provides other tools to simplify and accelerate XR development on Metas platform. The project is Open Source (MIT license) and maintained by W4 Games with sponsorship from Meta. Contributions from the community are welcome!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2025

The upcoming Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori marks a significant departure from the familiar settings of this long-running horse-riding series. Traditionally set in modern-day Germany, the new game transports players to 13th century Mongolia. Here, they will build and cultivate their nomad camp and undertake missions as an ancient courier rider, delivering packages across the diverse Mongolian landscape.The recent Kickstarter campaign for the game reached its 60.000 goal in just 19 hours!

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Game Developer

MARCH 7, 2025

Hidden Variable claims Autumn Games 'failed and/or refused' to pay for its contract work on Skullgirls Mobile and Skullgirls 2nd Encore.

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Raph Koster

MARCH 3, 2025

W ow, it has been an intense six days. We launched on Tuesday, which feels like an eternity ago. It’s a mad scramble to get everything done, make sure you have all the content ready, to answer the huge inflow of questions, find all the spots where you weren’t quite clear enough… but you just survive on little sleep and keep pushing.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 7, 2025

What matters the most to hiring managers is the kind of experience a candidate has. Hiring managers have a specific set of tasks they're looking to hire someone to do for them. At an indie studio, they are probably looking for a broad set of experience, someone able to field many different types of tasks. At the typical AAA studio, they're probably hiring for expertise in a specific field - somebody who's an expert at AI, or procedural content generation, or in-game economies.

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Game Developer

MARCH 7, 2025

The alleged project was said to be developed by the same team behind Respawn's scrapped first-person Star Wars game.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

Live-service games have transformed the gaming industry, shifting from standalone releases to dynamic, continuously evolving experiences. Titles like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Genshin Impact have redefined player engagement through frequent content drops, seasonal events, and community-driven updates. But behind every update lies a complex art production pipeline that must scale efficiently while maintaining artistic integrity and production efficiency.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 7, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Godot Major XR Updates Following on the heels of the Godot 4.4 release we have another update for Godot, specifically the Godot XR February update. The key part of this update is the addition of the Meta Toolkit Extension maintained by W4 Games and sponsored by Meta. Details of the Meta Toolkit: Key Links The post Godot Major XR Updates appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2025

I honestly don't know. There are very few people who have stuck with a single employer for their entire career and compensation still isn't super comfortable water cooler conversation. I can tell you that I have gotten the biggest bumps in both compensation and title by changing jobs - the amount I gained in salary from my last job to my current job would have taken nine years of raises to match.

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Game Developer

MARCH 5, 2025

PlayStation maker Sony is reportedly continuing a layoff spree that has resulted in widespread redundancies, project cancellations, and studio closures.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2025

First-party PlayStation support studio Visual Arts and PS Studios Malaysia have reportedly been affected by staff cuts.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 6, 2025

GameFromScratch.com JavaScript/TypeScript Game Engines in 2025 Today we have compiled a list of the best JavaScript (and TypeScript) game engines and game frameworks (and a few miscellaneous game development options) for game development in 2025. This is the third in a series of posts exploring the game engine options available for the most popular programming languages.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 3, 2025

The gaming industry is going through a period of massive change. Layoffs are sweeping across companies of all sizes, budgets are tightening, and hiring managers are under more pressure than ever to get things right.  With fewer open roles and more talent on the market, youd think hiring would be easier. Its not. The high stakes mean that hiring mistakes have never been costlier.

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Game Developer

MARCH 3, 2025

The publisher is using the controversial technology to determine if players would want spinoffs for Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2025

90s games publisher Acclaim has been revived, supported by a team of industry veterans looking to support indie titles and "reignite classic franchises.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 6, 2025

GameFromScratch.com POLYGON Best of Synty GameDev Assets #4 Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest for game developers, the POLYGON Best of Synty GameDev Assets #4 Humble Bundle. The bundle contains assets for both Unreal Engine and Unity (and raw forms, so usable in Godot, Flax, O3DE, etc) in a low polygon style. It is organized into The post POLYGON Best of Synty GameDev Assets #4 Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 2, 2025

Best Demos of Next Fest Part 4 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is part 4 of our demo coverage of February 2025 Steam next fest. 0:00 Intro 00:14 Mashina 1:06 Roots Devour 2:57 Rift Riff 4:22 Kill the Music 5:29 Wild growth 6:33 Conquest Dark 7:55 Machine Mind … The post Best Demos of Next Fest Part 4 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

MARCH 7, 2025

Patti called on his former friend to stop bullying him and accept that he can't 'rewrite the past just because of a bad breakup.

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MARCH 7, 2025

Nintendo has won a long-running legal battle against French sharehosting operator Dstorage.

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Indie DB

MARCH 3, 2025

After a lot of hard work, I'm thrilled to announce that the game is finally available on Steam! link here.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 7, 2025

Best Next Fest Demos Part 8 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The latest part of my coverage of next fest 2025 February edition. 00:00 Intro 00:15 Vilde 1:08 Mountain Boy 1:55 Grand Shooter 3:14 Ghost Hand 4:18 Mecha Knights Legends 5:35 Kejora 7:03 Tilemancer Dungeon … The post Best Next Fest Demos Part 8 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2025

Riot Games co-founder and chief product officer Marc Merrill says social design will factor into the future of Riot Gamesjust maybe not in the way you think.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2025

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 4, 2025

I can't answer the exact number of studios I've worked for because I don't want to give any specifics that may identify me, but it is definitely more than five. Compared to others I've met who have worked for similar amounts of time in the industry, the number of studios I've worked for is significantly higher. This is, in part, due to a feedback cycle - I got really good at rescuing and shipping features and systems that were in danger of being cut, so I would get hired to do that.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 4, 2025

Best Next Fest Feb 2025 Demos Part 6 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is part 6 of my favorite demos from Steam Next Fest February 2025. 00:00 Intro 00:13 Liliac 0 01:07 Aethermancer 3:02 Doloc Town 4:35 Dungeon Warfare 3 5:47 Knightica 7:13 Star fire 8:41 The Electrifying Incident … The post Best Next Fest Feb 2025 Demos Part 6 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

MARCH 3, 2025

Fizbin, which also developed Say No! More and the Inner World duology, will close its doors after an 11-year run.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 4, 2025

Rockstar Games has acquired Sydney-based developer Video Games Deluxe, rebranding it to Rockstar Australia.

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Indie DB

MARCH 7, 2025

Established indie game studio Tractor, Set, Go! is pleased to announce that Gelluloid Domination, a fast-paced minimalist strategy game, is available on Steam.

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Cocos

MARCH 7, 2025

Hi there, Im excited to share a new version of Colyseus (0.16) has been released, as well as the SDK and the Cocos Store [link] The documentation has been dramatically improved! [link] We have a brand new Showreel video with games released last year Colyseus Reel 2025_ See how to migrate to version 0.16 Would love to hear some feedback - appreciate if whos already using Colyseus could leave a fair review, the only one there doesnt represent (?

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Game Developer

MARCH 5, 2025

The developer already cut staff last fall, and now it's claimed only the founders and a 'handful' of employees remain.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 3, 2025

According to a new study from Modl.ai, 30% of game developers believe that artificial intelligence will play an "extremely important" role in QA processes.

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Indie DB

MARCH 4, 2025

In this demo version of SAVE, you can experience the first ship investigation mission, one of the three operations that will be included in the Early Access version. Join forces in 4-player co-op mode, explore the hyper-realistic recreation of the SENARA.

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Cocos

MARCH 3, 2025

1 Introduction Use Zip to speed up CocosWeb loading Some time ago, I used Cocos3.8 to do a cloud showroom project that required publish to the Web platform (WeChat H5 & browsers). This project uses gltf models, the gltf models are split into many meshes and materials. In Cocos, gltf is parsed and split to Cocos assets. After publishing to the Web, loading such as this gltf will use hundreds of network requests.

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Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2025

'Part of Pantaloons mission as an indie label is to restorewhat we believe to bethe broken power balance in the indie publishing world.

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