GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 4, 2023

With the mobile game market’s outstanding growth over recent years, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how young of an industry it still is. However, following a post-Covid market decline – which in reality, was more of a market correction – and tightening privacy regulations, games industry operators and investors alike have been quick to doubt the industry’s growth potential with some even declaring that mobile game marketing is dead.

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Game Developer

MAY 1, 2023

Today we all know the names of video game industry legends like Jerry Lawson and Mabel Addis. But what kind of work did it take to preserve their legacies?

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Super Mario Bros. Movie has generated over $1 billion at the global box office. As reported by Variety , the Nintendo and Illumination motion picture is the first film of 2023 to hit the figure.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 5, 2023

Making changes to your store page. For some an exciting challenge for others a chore. You could think it’s good enough, nothing is perfect anyway, and call it a day. But doing so is leaving sales on the table. Steam Data Suite dove into Steam store pages to find out how much publishers change them and if that relates to being successful on the platform.

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That One Game Dev

MAY 4, 2023

A lot of people comment about rust enums being really powerful and I wanted to showcase how one can achieve the same functionality in C++ The post Rust Enums in Modern C++ appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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Game Developer

MAY 3, 2023

The company has rolled out an update that limits the number of trailers devs can place before screenshots on Steam store pages.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 4, 2023

Top image by Freepik The games industry has been one of the most resilient and profitable sectors in the entertainment industry. According to Newzoo’s PC & Console Gaming Report , the PC and console market still outperformed previous forecasts despite a slight decline of revenue (-2,2% year over year) in 2022. With over one billion PC players and 611 million console players, there are still plenty of opportunities for growth and expansion. 2022 was a corrective year for the games marke

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Nvidia

MAY 5, 2023

System latency is an important gaming performance metric. In many cases, it is more impactful to the overall gaming experience than frames per second (FPS). System latency is an important gaming performance metric. In many cases, it is more impactful to the overall gaming experience than frames per second (FPS). While FPS is relatively easy to measure, system latency has traditionally been difficult to measure.

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Game Developer

MAY 5, 2023

Activision Blizzard has also started making six figure payments to those involved in a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 5, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox New details have emerged from the Riot Games gender discrimination case, with a report saying that 1,548 women will receive compensation. Axios reports a court filing by Rust Consulting, which has been managing the process, confirmed the number of women who were wither staff at Riot or contractors that will be receiving payments.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. “We didn’t know each other, we just all got a call from a bigger studio that told us we could use some of their spare space to develop video games.

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Unity Blog

MAY 5, 2023

From Code Monkey’s in-depth tutorials to Dapper Dino’s expert insights, discover a wealth of knowledge and inspiration for developers on how to approach building a successful multiplayer game.

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Game Developer

MAY 5, 2023

With its newest update, Steam now supports the things players have been trying to search by all along.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox In under 18 months, PlayStation has announced three studio acquisitions all dedicated to live-service games. It started with a big one in January last year – Destiny developer Bungie. It followed that with Haven Studios in March. And just last week it revealed it would be picking up Firewalk Studios.

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Game From Scratch

MAY 3, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unity Layoff 8% of Workforce Unity Technolgies have just announced they are laying off 8% of the workforce, the 3rd such round of layoffs in the last year (round one here, round two here). The announcement comes shortly after Unity announced their first profit quarter since going public and announced they would be profitable every … Unity Layoff 8% of Workforce Read More The post Unity Layoff 8% of Workforce appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Muha Games

MAY 4, 2023

Thea 2: The Shattering – Rat Tales and More… An upcoming free DLC update, featuring: New events: Including a rat centred tale, a Thea dating game and an invasion of foreign wizards and their flock.

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Game Developer

MAY 4, 2023

Saudi Arabia's regulatory board has ruled that Final Fantasy XVI can't release in the country because of Square Enix's apparent "unwillingness to make the necessary modifications.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2023

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is this week's UK boxed No.1, and the second biggest game launch of the year. The EA game sits behind Hogwarts Legacy but well ahead of Resident Evil 4 in this year's list of fastest-selling boxed games in the UK. It is also the eighth biggest Star Wars boxed release from the last 30 years. However, the game's opening week's sales are 35% lower than what its predecessor, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, managed.

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Game From Scratch

MAY 3, 2023

GameFromScratch.com GameMaker 2023 Development Roadmap GameMaker Studio just announced their 2023 development roadmap (learn more about GameMaker here). There are several major new features in development on GameMaker including: A New Runtime (Beta) The new runtime will now compile natively to each platform meaning you will no longer need to choose between the VM and … GameMaker 2023 Development Roadmap Read More The post GameMaker 2023 Development Roadmap appeared first on GameFromScratch

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together. In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market –

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Game Developer

MAY 5, 2023

Going forward, Plaion is looking to "simplify" its games publishing business and consolidate three of its publishing labels into one whole banner.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 5, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Plaion is restructuring its games publishing business which is expected to result in layoffs, GamesIndustry.biz has learned. Sources close to the matter have told us a number of jobs are at stake as the publisher, which rebranded from Koch Media last year , merges multiple publishing labels into one.

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Unity Blog

APRIL 30, 2023

The Ontario Skills Development Fund’s Centres of Excellence program is helping hundreds of underserved learners bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic and build the Unity skills to create without limits in today's workforce. Learn more about this exciting program and what it has done participants so far.

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Rocket Brush Studio

MAY 2, 2023

Businesses of all sizes have been looking for ways to make their operations more efficient and cost-effective. That’s why intelligent automation is a godsend, and it’s the perfect tool to help organizations simplify and streamline their processes.

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Game Developer

MAY 2, 2023

Copychaser Games founder Ben Gelinas discusses how reporting is so vital to Times & Galaxy and how it changes games' relationship with people and investigation.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 2, 2023

The Last Worker, a dystopian look at the future of capitalism from developers Oiffy and Wolf & Wood, is a game that's unafraid to wear its political leanings on its sleeve. While it directly addresses the consequences of workplace automation and corporate layoffs, there are plenty of other timely messages to be found under the game's surface, from issues of climate change to critiques of a content-driven throwaway culture.

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Unity Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Keep up with everything that the Unity community is creating (and achieving) with this roundup of highlights from April 2023.

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Perforce

MAY 4, 2023

EV startups must accelerate innovation to survive in the increasingly competitive electric vehicle market. Here, we explore how static analysis can help.

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Game Developer

MAY 3, 2023

YoYo Games 2023 plans for its GameMaker program include AI integration, full mod support, and a redesigned version of its Code Editor tool.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 3, 2023

Unity is cutting another 600 employees in its third round of layoffs in less than a year, The Wall Street Journal reported today. The cuts equal about 8% of the company's headcount, and will leave it with roughly 7,000 employees worldwide. Additionally, Unity is looking to reduce its physical footprint, cutting down its current 58 offices worldwide to fewer than 30 over the coming years.

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Rocket Brush Studio

MAY 3, 2023

Learn the key elements in designing visually appealing apps and major testing areas. Also, understand how QASource's expert testing solutions can help businesses elevate their app's aesthetics and functionality.

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 3, 2023

I posted this chain on Mastodon, but am reposting it here. Getting AI to write your game dialog is about the same as getting some C- high school student to do it. At least with the later you be giving a high school student a job. I really hope the TV writers can get something meaningful from the strike. I'm skeptical only because big companies taking advantage of creatives is burnt into their DNA.

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Game Developer

MAY 2, 2023

The Canadian non-profit is offering non-recoupable grants of up to $10,000 CAD.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 5, 2023

Earlier this week, Unity announced its third round of layoffs in less than a year. It was the largest of the three rounds of cuts, hitting 600 employees, or about 8% of the company's headcount. The company is also looking to shutter half its global offices in the next few years, reducing its current network of 58 locations to fewer than 30.

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