70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability
Game Developer
APRIL 16, 2024
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
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Game Developer
APRIL 16, 2024
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
PreMortem.Games
MAY 8, 2023
Manzano endured the rough times though and managed to finish the game and release it on Steam. The games he finds on Steam nowadays are hardly worthy of the term video game according to Manzano. The modern gaming ecosystem is killing true video games”, he says earnestly. Why did you become a solo developer? “I
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Game Developer
JANUARY 25, 2024
Don McGowan, the former Bungie CLO who pursued Destiny 2 cheaters and players that threatened his coworkers, wants developers to fight for their rights.
Unity Blog
AUGUST 17, 2023
In this guest blog, the Rubber Duck Games team breaks down the journey to developing a boss fight for Evil Wizard – from design and prototyping to animation, testing, balancing, and finalizing the visual effects.
Game Developer
MARCH 15, 2024
Rocket Rat Games talks about the nuances and thought processes that went into weaving important, strategic, and exciting movement choices into its starship battles.
Game Daily
AUGUST 22, 2023
Web3 game developers and publishers are often pretty bad about explaining their products to potential players. Impenetrable crypto-jargon is afforded a higher status than basic details about the games on offer. Likewise, Wreck League is a fighting game, albeit with Web3 functionality and NFT collectibles.
Game Wisdom
APRIL 24, 2023
The Design of A Robot Named Fight Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this perceptive podcast, I sat down with Morningstar Game Studio’s Matt Bitner to talk about the development of A Robot Named Fight, and his next game Kop Killer 22xx.
PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 7, 2023
But fortune smiled upon Teninke, when her brother eventually “outgrew” his gaming phase, leaving the console all to herself. Among the assortment of games, at Teninke’s disposal, one stood out like a shiny pearl. Seeing that was hard and I always found myself in the middle of a fight beside her. said Teninke.
Game Errors
JUNE 28, 2023
The AEW Fight Forever may keep crashing on your PC if something wrong happens internally. Wrestling games have a different fan base. The AEW: Fight Forever is the new one that has many exciting things to offer. But, for some users, the experience may not go well as this game may stop working randomly and crash on the desktop.
Game Errors
JUNE 29, 2023
After a two-year-long wait posts its initial announcement, the official version of All Elite Wrestling Fight Forever is finally here, and fans can’t wait to hop on to try it. One such issue that most players are facing right now is AEW Fight Forever unable to connect to server. Repair and verify game files for AEW FF.
Game Errors
JUNE 28, 2023
Is AEW Fight Forever not launching on your PC? A realistic-looking wrestling game like this title is always appealing to users. The AEW: Fight Forever won’t launch on your Windows PC if there is something wrong. What is preventing AEW Fight Forever from launching on my computer? Disable your antivirus and firewall.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 22, 2024
As we step up to recognise Earth Day 2024 – the 50-year-old global event that seeks to highlight issues affecting our climate, oceans, and planetary peace – not-for-profit organisation PlanetPlay wants to help game studios and players make meaningful change. Read more
Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2023
The ongoing fight between Epic Games and Apple over third-party App Store payments ended largely in favor of the tech giant, albeit with some concessions towards Epic.
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Back in March, Osama Dorias was part of an industry panel on burnout at the Game Developers' Conference, sharing his own personal story of burning out in the industry and the toll it took on his mental health. It's night and day," Dorias says. Just night and day. I'm not saying it's good now; that's uneven across companies.
Game Errors
JUNE 28, 2023
Are you going through the low FPS problem on AEW Fight Forever? Unlike many other modern wrestling games, the new AEW: FF has stunning realistic graphics and physics. Why is my FPS too low on AEW: Fight Forever? Enable the game and high-performance mode from the Windows settings. Update the game files Open Steam.
Game Daily
OCTOBER 23, 2023
According to Unity’s new Toxicity in Multiplayer Games Report , the percentage of players who report witnessing or experiencing toxic behavior increased from 68 percent in 2021 to 74 percent in 2023. Half of the players surveyed say they regularly encounter toxicity in games. This compares to 66 percent in 2021.
Brand Game Development
JULY 28, 2017
Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week in Start to Finish , I wrote Choose Your Own Adventure: Self-Publish or Not , an article dedicated to the benefits and pitfalls of self-publishing your game. Need help on your board game?
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 22, 2024
Even reporting from the other side of the Atlantic, it's easy to tell that the vibe at this year's Game Developers Conference has been different. Check every Friday for a new entry. Read more
Game Developer
AUGUST 4, 2023
Guilty Gear Strive is reportedly the first entry in the series to hit such a milestone, and the only game in Arc System Works' entire 35-year history to do so.
Game Developer
MARCH 1, 2024
Balatro may look like a gambling game, but it very much isn't, which Playstack says it had to fight for to clear its release.
Game Developer
MARCH 21, 2023
Double Fine gameplay programmer Rebecca Vessal showed off the highly modular "maneuver" system the team designed to make the game's larger-than-life boss encounters on a tight schedule.
Game Developer
MARCH 11, 2024
' fighting game is stepping onto the stage once again. Warner Bros.'
Game Industry News
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
In season four’s ninth episode “The Inner Fight,” Mariner makes explicit that her self-sabotage stems from her fear that she’ll become a general who sends young people out to die like Picard was for Sito. Yes, yes, we all know what they’re spoofing off of with the title, “The Inner Fight.”
Ask a Game Dev
AUGUST 1, 2023
What you're describing is the dissonance between having a normal human (with all of the common context that carries with it, like "people often die when they are shot at all") as the final boss and the expectation of a final boss fight being a prolonged, memorable, and epic battle that tests the things you've learned so far.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 10, 2024
It's hard to believe it now, but Dylan "TheBoyDilly" Johnson – CEO and founder of the wildly successful Good Gamers – didn't ever plan to be a game developer. Back in early 2020, Johnson was one of millions of health workers at the forefront of the fight against COVID.
Ask a Game Dev
MARCH 5, 2024
When players start a fight with Corp enemies, they should have a good idea about what they should expect from Corp enemies. A lot of work needs to go into differentiating the members of each faction - what is common to those enemies and how fighting them feels different from fighting enemies from other factions.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
I’ll make a game where you can decide for yourself whether to fight or sneak past any problem." "I’ll show them," recalled Warren Spector.
Sirlin
OCTOBER 4, 2018
The concept of who recovers first after a move hits or is blocked is called “frame advantage” in fighting games. The “frame” is the basic unit of time in fighting games, means a still frame of graphics shown every 1/60th of a second. It means that beginners can play the “real game” sooner.
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
WB Discovery's David Zaslav had no trouble touting the bloody success of NetherRealm's newest fighting game in its opening months.
Game Developer
JUNE 12, 2023
Bandai Namco announced its 2012 fighting game Soul Calibur V will be taken offline and delisted completely on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on June 19.
Sirlin
JULY 22, 2015
"Former Street Fighter designer / Evolution staff member / writer of competitive gaming guide is working on a new fighting game focusing on easy execution, great online play, and will be free to play." Which game is it though: Fantasy Strike or Rising Thunder? As great as it is, it isn't literally a fighting game though.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 2, 2024
Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Ember Trail's Cruz Segovia Ardiz, game director of the alien planet management game Distant Bloom , which launched on Steam last week. Read more
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 15, 2024
This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. All we knew was that we liked how handcrafted the game was. Describe it!
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
“As I travel across Africa creating games, there’s something everyone seems to agree on…” says Bethlehem Anteneh , a trained architect, co-founder of SOSTLab and the moderator of the She Got Game panel at Africa Games Week (AGW). Think of a bar where 90% of the people are men.
Indie DB
JULY 12, 2023
Obtain vital data in the fight against The Betterment! Take control of convicted criminal & former scientist BS-23 and embark on a dangerous journey across the galaxy! Use unique cybernetic units to complete complex puzzles across various beautiful landscapes.
Sirlin
JANUARY 10, 2016
There's a new episode of my Raw Game Design podcast up for my ($10+) patrons, here. That same podcast link also has links to all the other episodes of Raw Game Design too, btw. The twist about this AI discussion is that the trouble here is really all about the way we present it, and that's heavily tied to the in-game menus.
Indie DB
MARCH 15, 2024
We have released a demo of our game, where characters like Alice from Wonderland and Little Red Riding Hood fight Count Dracula and other representatives of the forces of evil.
Keith Burgun
DECEMBER 30, 2023
One of the principles that has been important to me over the years, which I have talked about a lot, is the idea that strategy games should always be moving toward their conclusion. In a way, this extends from the basic Clockwork Game Design model. As an example, let’s think quickly about fighting games.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 29, 2023
A stellar year for game releases, that’s for sure. But also a dreadful year for job security in game development, with a heartbreaking 10.000 layoffs. We let the creators talk about their own games. On the last working day of 2023 we take one final look over our shoulder to see what we are leaving behind. See you in 2024!
The Bottom Feeder
APRIL 23, 2024
It was one of my favorite games, the first alternate world RPG. This svelte blue book contained the entire game. Be sure to savor some of that tasty 80s game art. As short as the rules were, they had room to provide a comprehensive lesson in proper Game Master style. Yes, we had games like that in the 80s too.)
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 22, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox BAFTA has unveiled the 2023 winners of its Young Game Designers (YGD) awards. In the ten to 14-year-old category, Max Whistlecraft won the Game Concept award with Polarity, a science-themed title; users can switch the polarities like a magnet to fight bosses.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
A group of developers is fighting back against Unity's plan to charge for game installs by cutting off the ad and monetisation revenue they would have been sending to the engine provider. Read more
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 29, 2023
Playing for the Planet Alliance's fourth annual Green Game Jam has raised $600,000 towards this year's wildlife theme. The jam was established in 2019; the competition would call on game studios to add tangible actions to existing games to help fight against climate change via in-game climate actions.
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