Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2023

Potionomics gets players to run a fantasy potion shop, setting up their sales with a haggling-based card game that'll have them talking up their concoctions.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 23, 2024

Panic's shop featured 181 games as of April 3, 2024, plus over 800 titles available to sideload via itch.io It's now been two years since the hotly anticipated launch of Panic's handheld, the Playdate. and the likes. Read more

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The FTC is not messing around when it comes to Fortnite and how it's made money off of younger players.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It will be a games experience, but also offer the ability for fans to 'watch, shop and engage with content, characters and stories' from across Disney's portfolio, including Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel and Avatar brands. Disney and Epic described the project as a 'open, persistent, social universe'. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Yager Development has announced that it will sunset its free-to-play shooter, The Cycle: Frontier, on September 27. As reported by Kotaku , a year after launching on June 8, 2022, the studio announced that the game was "not financially viable." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Earlier this week, Bandai Namco unveiled the post-release product roadmap for the recently launched Tekken 8 in a livestreamed presentation, in the process unveiling its plans to add an in-game shop where players can buy customization items and throwback character costumes for real money.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 25, 2023

In it, a man comes back from the shop and his partner says: "Good, you're back with the eggs." He opens his shopping bag to reveal a video game. "I It stems from a UK TV ad from 12 years ago. He looks mortified and replies: "Oh, you said eggs." The partner (played by Aisling Bea, for fans of British comedy) looks confused: "Yeah."

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Yotes Games

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Everyone who ordered Add-Ons from the BGP Kickstarter should've gotten some special stuff in the mail recently, or can at least expect it to show up before March 1st. (If If not, double check your address listed on Kickstarter and let ol' Tony Yotes know if there's been a mixup.)

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

A new shop in Ealing will open tomorrow, and will feature Gashapon capsule collectables, Ichibankuji ticket prizes, and Sun-Star Stationery. Bandai Namco are continuing to expand their stores in the UK by opening three more this month. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 19, 2023

GAME's shops were closed, its online store was tasked with carrying the weight of the business, and its customers were increasingly choosing to download games. But the situation Arran was facing was one of intense uncertainty. When he took charge in July 2020, the world was in the early stages of what was a crippling pandemic. Read more

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Game Development News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Upon hearing about a new service for converting Unity games to Unreal, we fired off a few questions to Pingle Studio’s Eugene Martynenko about how it came about and what can be achieved

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Indie DB

AUGUST 17, 2023

Experience a heart-pounding online cooperative dungeon crawler featuring: Smash and Grab using the Starter Axe for efficient loot collection, Strategize at the Weapon Shop, wield the Revolver and Boomstick. Dive into The Desperation of Benjamin Corbit.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As reported by VGC , per sources close to the matter, staffers at the developer have been informed it could close up shop per evaluation of the game developer. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Embracer's ongoing restructuring program could also include TimeSplitters maker Free Radical Design.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 28, 2023

The store will be composed of six shops and is set to be an "interactive retail experience," where customers can "see, touch and experience’ characters, products, events." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Dang is closing up shop," the studio said. New York-based developer Dang is shutting down. The five-person team behind the 2021 first-person shooter Boomerang X posted a note to social media yesterday announcing the disbanding of the team. Unfortunately we were not able to find funding for our next game and we are out of money. Read more

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Even if you can’t get your game into physical stores, you can always set up shop online, whether through Amazon or through your own site. Today’s focus will be on creating a shopping site that will collect money for pre-orders after your Kickstarter campaign ends. Testing the shop. Need help on your board game?

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Web Shop, which launched earlier this month in 40 of the top 100 mobile games, offers the same granular control over sales and platform delivery, but for in-game items too. Xsolla is committed to supporting creators and providing them with the tools they need to succeed,” said Chris Hewish, CEO of Xsolla.

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Game Development News

APRIL 13, 2023

Level Tap will open at the Liverpool ONE shopping and leisure complex later this year

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Keith Burgun

MARCH 13, 2024

Outside is the most flexible, but it typically has the lowest density of monsters, NPCs, shops, etc. Dungeons rarely have NPCs or shops in them ( Shiren the Wanderer is an exception that comes to mind). Dungeons rarely have NPCs or shops in them ( Shiren the Wanderer is an exception that comes to mind).

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Unity Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Discover four ways brands are taking advantage of this cutting-edge, customizable shopping experience. Interactive 3D product configurators empower customers to fully explore a product and discover, decide, and purchase the features that matter most to them.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In Asia, there's a similar sales push during lunar new year and (in Japan) Golden Week, where shopping and gift-giving are culturally prevalent. People like buying things for themselves and giving in-game cash shop currency as gifts to their friends because they like playing the game and want to enjoy it during the holidays.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JANUARY 11, 2023

Over the course of the last few years, the retail sector has undergone a significant digital transformation with the advent of online shopping platforms. In addition, the need to deliver an omnichannel retail experience, and easy-to-navigate online store CX has put additional pressure on front-end and back-end developers.

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Game Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Article written by Lewis Tutssel, Head of Gaming, Creative Shop, EMEA at Meta.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 22, 2023

3 Great Gift Ideas For Your Brainbox Buddies Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Christmas is just around the corner, so it’s time for last minute shopping.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 29, 2023

You'll find VR experiences in shopping centers and event spaces around the world, yet the market beyond one-off experiences showcasing the worth of the tech as a viable medium for long-form experience and interaction remains low.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 6, 2023

A couple years back it took its first steps into the world of PCs, bringing its RPG shopkeeper sim Shop Titans to PC after an initial mobile launch. Now it's prepping to build on that with a simultaneous PC and mobile launch for its upcoming turn-based fantasy RPG King Arthur: Legends Rise.

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Game Errors

JULY 17, 2023

The obvious thing to do is to contact the shop from where you purchased your console, but before doing so, you can try a few quick fixes that you can apply yourself. An alternative to returning the ROG Ally to the shop is to program another button, for example, the left button, to be the left bumper. Select your ROG Ally model.

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2d Game Art Guru

MARCH 9, 2024

At the moment it’s all about simple shapes [rectangles, circles, and stars] combined into a storefront for a butcher, flower shop, restaurant, art supplies store… or the fishmonger’s and the watchmaker’s stores. I frequently post challenges in these groups on Facebook.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 28, 2023

Cygames is setting up shop in the West, as the Japanese developer of Shadowverse and Granblue Fantasy: Versus today announced the formation of Cygames America and Cygames Europe. Cygames America is based in Los Angeles while Cygames Europe has been established in London.

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

In-game purchases in Diablo 4 are divided into two categories: Diablo 4 cosmetics Diablo 4 add-ons It is important to note that the Diablo 4 shop is updated weekly, with the cosmetics and add-ons available. Additionally, you can buy Platinum bundles through the add-ons section of the shop. What can I buy in Diablo 4?

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Game Errors

JUNE 26, 2023

Gamers who want to purchase skins and other items from the Overwatch 2 shop may see the following error message when the process fails: The Purchase Failed. Server problem: If there is something wrong with the remote server, payment may fail, and you may be unable to buy skins or items from OW2 Shop. Please try again later.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 22, 2023

On one F2P title I worked on, we had a game system where players could earn a weekly number of special keys to open special chests through gameplay and could buy an additional allotment of weekly keys through the cash shop if they wanted. We set a price and launched it with the game.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We aren't "moving" towards 3D, we firmly set up shop there years ago and have been here for the past four console generations. The honest truth is that 3D won a long time ago. The fact that [ we can change camera angles without needing new versions of all character art in the game ] is too valuable.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

‘Tis the season of being grateful and thankful…for holiday shopping guides. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. Etsy shop WalkingLegends created an exact working replica of the board game from the movie.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 10, 2024

Backers can contribute ideas for in-game elements like shops, bars, or even the end boss. Digital rewards For video game Kickstarter campaigns, popular digital rewards involve creatively engaging backers in the game world. These may include naming NPCs, villains, or locations within the game.

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Nvidia

MAY 28, 2023

NVIDIA Kairos demo showcases Jin, an immersive NPC, and a ramen shop built with the latest NVIDIA RTX and NVIDIA DLSS technologies As shown in Video 1, these modules were integrated seamlessly into the Convai services platform and fed into Unreal Engine 5 and MetaHuman to bring the immersive NPC Jin to life.

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2d Game Art Guru

MARCH 4, 2024

At the moment it’s all about simple shapes [rectangles, circles, and stars] combined into a storefront for a butcher, flower shop, restaurant, art supplies store… or fishmonger. I frequently post challenges in the Inkscape – hands-on group on Facebook. I recorded my workflow while creating this miniature design.

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