Opinion: How will Project 2025 impact game developers?
Game Developer
JULY 18, 2024
The Heritage Foundation's manifesto for the possible next administration could do great harm to many, including large portions of the game development community.
The ascent of Indian video game development
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NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Indian video game development seems to be displaying more and more potential and exposure; we spoke to three different developers based in India about their current projects and their own experiences.
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What are game developers getting out of Bluesky?
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Game developers are among the millions users leaving X (formerly Twitter) and signing up for Bluesky. What are they getting out of the platform?
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Gnarly content: 9 risks for horror game development
Game Developer
DECEMBER 4, 2024
This blog explores some of the risks of horror game development and how to address them.
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California Fire Relief Bundle is calling for submissions from game developers
Game Developer
JANUARY 13, 2025
The charity bundle is being organized by Necrosoft Games to assist the California Fire Foundation.
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Twitch axes in-chat badge identifying game developers
Game Developer
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Along with getting rid of the badge, Twitch is restarting its organization reviews that let accounts see stream analytics, manage games, and build Extensions.
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Must-have tools and libraries for indie game developers in 2024
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Thanks to the constant development of technology and an ever-growing set of powerful tools, indie developers can create games that rival those made by big studios. If you're an indie developer looking to take your project to the next level, here's your essential toolkit for 2024.
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Snapping Your Career into Place with Ben Brode: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 48
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
This month on the Game Developer podcast, we interview Ben Brode, chief development officer at Second Dinner, the studio behind Marvel Snap.
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Embracer rolls out new AI policy to 'massively enhance game development'
Game Developer
JUNE 20, 2024
The company claims shunning AI models will lead to it being 'outrun' by its competitors.
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If Hollywood adapts more games, developers deserve a cut
Game Developer
JANUARY 19, 2024
The 2024 GDC State of the Industry report indicates one quarter of triple-A developers are seeing their games adapted for film or television. Will the workers reap the rewards?
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What Washington State is doing to juice local game development
Game Developer
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The Washington State government's Chamber of Commerce wants to the state's 'creative economy' humming along.
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Xbox expands Research division to collaborate with game developers
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
A new program within the Xbox Research division allows developers to give the console maker feedback and help it improve in key areas.
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Aonic sinks $10 million into Richie Games developer Mega Fortuna
Game Developer
JANUARY 15, 2025
The investment includes the option to purchase the Turkish company for $70 million.
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How the iconic Jeff Minter stays inspired after 43 llama-filled years of game development
Game Developer
MARCH 12, 2024
The one-of-a-kind British programmer behind Gridrunner, Tempest 2000, Polybius opens up about his life, his relationship, and the future.
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Exploiting Fear to Create Good Horror Games
Game Developer
MAY 8, 2024
Developers Jade Jacson, Steve Kirby and Kelvin Moore dive into horror as a genre, why we like to be scared and how game developers can exploit our deepest fears to create a wide range of scares.
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Game Developer's 2024 Wrap-Up: 5 devs that made an impact
Game Developer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
These are a few of the developers wed like to send some kudos, for making the industry a better place in a very difficult year.
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Epic Games cuts almost half of Bandcamp pre-Songtradr sale
Game Developer
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Update : A spokesperson for Epic Games clarified to Game Developer that the Bandcamp layoffs aren't new, but part of Epic's previously announced reductions.
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Book Excerpt: Great Games Need Great Leaders
Game Developer
AUGUST 15, 2024
This book brings together the knowledge and perspectives of numerous past and present games industry leaders and practitioners to form a clear picture of how leadership operates in a game development studio.'
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Bridging history and gameplay: Lessons from historiographical video game design
Game Developer
AUGUST 20, 2024
As a historian specializing in Japanese history, my journey into the realm of historiographical video game design has been transformative. This post chronicles that journey, highlighting key lessons learned and offering practical insights for game developers interested in integrating historical accuracy into their designs.
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Amazon Games CEO thinks genAI can help make better ideas for games
Game Developer
AUGUST 23, 2024
If genAI has any benefit to game development, Christoph Hartmann believes it lies in getting rid of the 'less boring' parts in the name of creativity.
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Codecks nets €1 million in funding for game dev project management tool
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
With the new funding, Codecks aims to beef up staff and create new features to help game developers to keep track of their workload.
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Insulation vs isolation: The question defining the future of Australia's game industry
Game Developer
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Australia's cautious game development community has ridden out the worst of 2024, but is it ready to take a risk to raise its profile on the world stage?
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Ex-Humble Games staff form new publisher, Good Games Group
Game Developer
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Humble will use Good Games to continue supporting games it had already published prior to restructuring its staff in July.
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Why are Valve and Discord permitting harassment against Sweet Baby Inc.?
Game Developer
MARCH 11, 2024
Steam and Discord are being used as a home base for hateful reactionaries to single out and harass game developers.
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59 percent of devs say industry in 'bad' straits, blame investors and mismanagement
Game Developer
JUNE 24, 2024
As the game indstry continues through these difficult times, those surveyed by the Game Developers Collective believe they know the real core problems of the industry.
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Raph Koster wants developers to get back to 'the game of making games'
Game Developer
APRIL 26, 2024
Veteran game designer Raph Koster thinks there's a lot of room to explore what "fun" is in game design.
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Japan aiming to support indie devs with new acceleration program
Game Developer
MARCH 25, 2024
The So-Fu program will help Japanese indie devs with product management, teach them more about game development, and how to pitch their projects to stakeholders.
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Survey says half of developers consider VR market on decline or in stagnation
Game Developer
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Developers speaking to the Game Developers Collective seem to think the VR games market has hit a roadblock, even with this year's launch of the Apple Vision Pro.
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Unity CEO Matt Bromberg says Runtime Fee reversal is part of bid to become 'a fundamentally different company'
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Bromberg told Game Developer that Unity's Runtime Fee reversal is part of a bid to bring the company "back to where it began." "
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Obituary: Alan Emrich, game designer and writer, has died
Game Developer
JANUARY 10, 2025
Emrich previously designed tabletop and video games such as Master of Orion and Totaler Krieg, and coined the now famous strategy game term '4X.'
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Every Game Has the Community It Deserves
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
If game designers are to have any success combating toxicity, we must acknowledge that our own design choices are often the underlying systemic cause, and that it is our responsibility to change them.
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Indie publisher Armor Games reportedly axes publishing team
Game Developer
AUGUST 1, 2024
If true, it's unclear what that means for the games Armor's expected to publish. Ex-staff claim the publisher has eliminated its entire publishing team.
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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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Update: Humble Games confirms layoffs amid 'restructuring', denies full shutdown
Game Developer
JULY 23, 2024
Update: In a statement, Humble confirms layoffs at Humble Games but maintains that the publisher is still up and running. Update: Humble has now provided a statement saying Humble Games hasn't been shut down, but just restructured.
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Volition devs regroup as Shapeshifter Games after Embracer shuttering
Game Developer
JANUARY 30, 2024
"It's been five months since the closure of Volition, but I'm grateful to post that a group of us have re-formed as Shapeshifter Games." "
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Creativity from constraints: developing new games from old IP
Game Developer
MAY 2, 2024
A game's legacy is not just the nostalgia it will come to evoke after enough time has passed. Its legacy is also in the creativity it comes to inspire in the works that arise in its wake.
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GOG expands preservation program to protect delisted games
Game Developer
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The company's recent efforts to protect and update older games will now include titles that get delisted from its store.
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What the game industry must do to prevent occupational burnout
Game Developer
APRIL 10, 2024
Game industry working conditions are improving, but occupational burnout still runs amok. Studios and workers have the power to slow it down.
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Why art tests fail artists and the game dev industry
Game Developer
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Art tests in game dev often harm diversity and fail to reflect real skills. It's time to rethink their use and adopt more inclusive hiring practices.
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Book Excerpt: Game Design Workshop, 5th Edition
Game Developer
APRIL 18, 2024
It includes a host of new diverse perspectives from top industry game designers.' This updated 5th edition brings deeper coverage of playcentric design techniques, including setting emotion-focused experience goals and managing the design process to meet them.
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Phoenix Labs lays off staff, cancels games in major restructuring
Game Developer
MAY 16, 2024
Update: The studio behind Dauntless and Fae Farm has laid off an unknown number of employees and cancelled a game "mere weeks" away from launching in Early Access.
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Book Excerpt: Game Economy Design: Metagame, Monetization and Live Operations
Game Developer
OCTOBER 10, 2024
This book provides a comprehensive overview of game economy design. The reader will gain insights into the components that form a game economy, how these components are utilized to shape a metagame experience and how monetization is integrated into this.'
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W4 Games says Godot console porting solutions land in October
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Devs looking to port their Godot-developed game to consoles will have solutions as soon as October.
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Predatory tactics in gaming are worse than you think
Game Developer
JUNE 24, 2024
I want to shed light on a tactic that involves collecting data as you play, feeding this data into complex algorithms and models that then alter the rules of your game under the hood to optimize spending opportunities.
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