Game Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Fandom (formerly Wikia) says its audience includes “more than 150 million gaming fans” Most interesting is the growing pastime of parents who play video games with their kids. Parents of teens are 46% more likely to play games with their kids. But that is all changing.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

IGN's parent company Ziff Davis has willingly recognized IGN's Creators Guild, made up of 80 staffers across its creative and editorial teams.

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Game Developer

MARCH 25, 2024

Now ex-Crop Circle staff claim parent company Prytania conducted the studio's end in a messy and disrespectful manner.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 11, 2023

Secret 6 has worked on high-profile projects such as The Last of Us Part II and Cyberpunk 2077.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I have one node whose parent is the canvas and 5 other nodes which are children of grandchildren of the root node. I want to move objects from the node which belongs to the root node to the 5 nodes. Therefore I need to find out in vector the relative distance from the source node to each of the 5 nodes. Is there an easy way to get it done?

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I have one node whose parent is the canvas and 5 other nodes which are children of grandchildren of the root node. I want to move objects from the node which belongs to the root node to the 5 nodes. Therefore I need to find out in vector the relative distance from the source node to each of the 5 nodes. Is there an easy way to get it done?

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Maximum Entertainment (previously Zordix) has announced the unification of its various divisions under one name. The company owns publishers Maximum Games, Modus Games, Just For Games, and Merge Games, and developer Modus Studios, all of which will be grouped together under the name Maximum Entertainment.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 31, 2023

Volition, developer of the Saints Row and Red Faction franchises, is no more after its parent company Embracer chose to close the studio.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Roblox is still popular and released on more systems last year, but it's still not in the black for its parent company.

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Game Development News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the school holidays end, and with some children starting nursery and primary classes for the first time, Amiqus’ Business Manager Liz Prince looks at the challenges facing parents looking to return to work – and offers some thoughts on what studios can do to encourage and support them

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Game Developer

APRIL 6, 2023

As Bandcamp employees are attempting to have their union recognized by the NLRB, they're also shining a light on alleged actions to stop the union by its CEO and parent company.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Rockstar parent company Take-Two broke the news and said active development on the next entry in the series is "well underway."

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Game Developer

JANUARY 3, 2024

The title has become a huge success story for developer Mintrocket and parent company Nexon.

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Game Developer

MARCH 16, 2023

Comprised of all of Bandcamp staff across the US, Bandcamp United has called on its leadership and parent company Epic Games to willingly recognize that it exists.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 11, 2023

Catalis Group has acquired Secret 6 for an undisclosed sum. Based in Madrid and Manila, Secret 6 is outsourcing firm that provides 3D and 2D art, QA services, and full game development support.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

I have touch listener assigned to a parent node and want to find which child node is hit by the touch. My solution works in “Preview in editor” and in “Preview in browser” but exact same code doesn’t work in real device. Touch registration: start () { input.on(Input.EventType.TOUCH_START, Touch registration: start () { input.on(Input.EventType.TOUCH_START,

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Game Developer

MAY 22, 2023

Before the weekend started, Bandcamp's employees had a majority vote to become the first union inside of parent company Epic Games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 2, 2024

The US Federal Trade Commission has denied an attempt to add facial age estimation technology to the list of acceptable forms of obtaining parental consent for collecting kids' information under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Read more

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Game Developer

MAY 1, 2023

Phoenix Labs is reducing its project load months after its founders bought the studio to regain ownership from parent company Garena.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 12, 2024

The closure comes just weeks after parent company Prytania Media formally shut down its Crop Circle Games studio. News of the developer's demise was posted by a former employee on social media , and confirmed separately to GamesIndustry.biz by another developer impacted by the closure. Read more

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cabined Accounts will restrict access to new downloads of games that aren’t owned by Epic until a parent gives permission.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 25, 2024

As reported by GameDeveloper , the news comes as the parent company confirmed its closure to staff. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Prytania Media has closed down the Crop Circle Games development studio. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 3, 2024

This week we ran an interview with Wizards of the Coast's Dan Ayoub about parent company Hasbro's ambitions for internal game development. Check every Friday for a new entry. STAT | $1 billion – The amount of money Hasbro has invested in building out its four internal studios, according to Ayoub.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 2, 2024

These ratings aim to inform buyers, especially parents, about what their children could encounter while playing a game. Games are rated by regulatory organizations such as the ESRB and PEGI, evaluating titles based on their content and subject matter.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 3, 2024

She has previously worked as account manager at GamesIndustry.biz parent Gamer Network, contributing to the success of events such as EGX and MCM Comic Con. GamesIndustry.biz has hired Hannah Potter as senior account manager, expanding its commercial capabilities.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

FromSoftware's parent company Kadokawa Corporation has bought Octopath Traveler developer Acquire for an undisclosed sum. The Japanese media conglomerate shared the news in its quarterly earnings report published today. "To

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Four major companies, including Xbox parent Microsoft, have weighed in on Epic's ongoing legal dispute with Apple, supporting the former's claim that the iOS firm is violating the court order given at the end of the 2021 antitrust trial.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I was trying to upload my scene file but cannot because the scene file is not in the accept list. Let me upload the file on the server and paste the link.

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Real Programming

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For parents, measuring their children’s progress in coding lessons may be trickier than it seems at first. Let’s look closer at the considerations parents should take when assessing how their children fare in programming. Let’s look closer at the considerations parents should take when assessing how their children fare in programming.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 25, 2024

The Crash Bandicoot and Spyro developer previously clarified that it was looking to explore "a possible partnership" with its former parent company in a post on the company's website in February. According to Windows Central , the studio has finalised an agreement with Xbox to fund its next title as an independent studio. Read more

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Cocos

OCTOBER 11, 2023

You can obtain the original size of the texture by accessing spriteFrame.rect. docs.cocos.com Cocos Creator API Description Due to the engine’s automatic batching feature, textures smaller than 512x512 will be automatically combined into a 2048x2048 texture.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A cohort of parents filed a new civil lawsuit against Roblox , claiming that monetary losses were suffered due to its lack of child safety precautions. The parents also allege that due to Roblox's lax protocols, their children spent thousands of dollars on the platform, were exposed to adult content, and were in danger of grooming.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Hello there! I did some hardcore Google-ing to discover the mathematical formula to obtaining the distance between one 3D point to another.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But when she told her parents about that interest, the reaction was mixed. Danielle McRae was interested in voice acting from a young age. She knew that people voiced the cartoons she watched, that someone somewhere had to record those lines as a job. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As reported by Eurogamer , per Gamereactor , the closures are a part of its parent company, Digital Bros', November announcement of an organization review. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox 505 Games has closed studios in France, Germany, and Spain. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

IGN parent company Ziff-Davis has voluntarily recognised the recently formed IGN Creators Guild. The worker-led union shared the news on X, after announcing its unionisation on February 6. We're still working out the final composition of our union, but we are thrilled IGN came to the table and recognised us," it wrote. Read more

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