PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 6, 2025

Hungarian solo developer Csaba Putnai has poured over 3000 hours into his latest project, The Last Three. Its his second game after the release of his debut, Bob A Thousand Lives , which he developed in his forties. The Last Three is a game about the last stone tiger family that lives deep in a magical forest. They are the guardians of balance in the mystical creatures’ realm.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 27, 2025

From PUBG x Dragon Ball to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE x Nier: Automata and State of Survival x Resident Evil , collaboration events with renowned franchises have consistently demonstrated their ability to significantly enhance mobile game performance. These events can drive UA by tapping into an existing fanbase, potentially bringing in thousands of new players who might not otherwise have considered hitting the download button.

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Grumpy Gamer

APRIL 13, 2025

When I build my game for testing, it’s a completely automated process from the command line. I type pub.sh --test on the command line and a long chain of events is started. The script pushes to git, which starts the cloud based CI machine (Azure) building the Mac, Windows and Linux executables. When they are done, my local script is notified and they are download locally.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Dauntless and Fae Farm developer says the layoffs are "unfortunate, but necessary.

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Game From Scratch

APRIL 3, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Unity Finally Start Developing Games One common request of the Unity development team is that they start developing games in-house, like their rival Epic Games does with Unreal Engine. This dog fooding will help them discover issues and pain points that developers using their tools daily commonly encounter. Back at GDC 2022 with the announcement The post Unity Finally Start Developing Games appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Jackbox Games is a Chicago-based game studio best known for its lineup of popular party-game hits such as Quiplash , Fibbage , Drawful , Trivia Murder Party , and more. With 50 games and counting in its catalog, Jackbox Games offers something for everyonewhether its a drawing game, a trivia game, a hidden identity game, or beyond. Jackbox Games north star is accessible gaming, which means meeting customers where they are.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

We have reached the first beta release for the 4.4 release cycle. This officially marks the start of feature freeze for 4.4. This means contributors are encouraged to focus their efforts on fixing regressions and other outstanding bugs. We wont risk merging any new features or risky bug fixes until after we release 4.4 and begin preparing for 4.5. We will aim to release 4.4 in around a month, but as usual, this timeline will depend on how quickly we are able to fix the outstanding bugs and what

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 2, 2025

The Marvelous Monetization of Marvel’s Contest of Champions Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I’ve talked a lot about big names in the mobile and live service space: Digital Extremes, Grinding Gear Games, and of course the entire Hoyoverse. But there is one other game that has been one of the longest-lasting in the … The post The Marvelous Monetization of Marvel’s Contest of Champions appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Dylan Tredrea is a product & publishing consultant with over 12 years of experience in mobile free to play games at studios such as Disney, Rovio, Zeptolab, & CrazyLabs. Dark War: Survivals (DW:S) bold betand its emerging successon more drama is an early indication even core audiences are increasingly acquired, retained, and monetized with highly dramatic narratives.

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Concept Art World

APRIL 17, 2025

Concept Art World Darren Bartley Darren Bartley is a concept artist and designer currently working in the video game industry. He has contributed to titles such as Ryse , Stellar Dawn , and RuneScape , and has collaborated with major studios including Marvel, Lucasfilm, Bungie, Blur Studios, Netflix, Riot Games, and Ubisoft. Link: Portfolio | Tumblr | Twitter | Instagram All images Darren Bartley or their respective copyright holder.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Esteban Hernandez , the solo developer behind MKSM Design , has spent almost seven years bringing Creo God Simulator to life. What started as a passion project has grown into a full-fledged god game blending city-building, resource management and player-driven storytelling. I became a solo developer initially because I wanted to make games, plain and simple, he says.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Anime has always had an immense following in Japan and Asia, but its popularity in the West has grown significantly over the past decade. The rise of streaming services has made it easier than ever for fans worldwide to appreciate one of Japans biggest cultural exports, leading to the likes of One Piece, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen having millions of fans worldwide.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 25, 2025

I recently asked on Mastodon how a player would expect damage to be computed in an RPG. (base_damage + extra_damage) * damage_buff or (base_damage * damage_buff) + extra_damage General consensus is there was no consensus. The one thing people did agree on was that the skill/weapon description should say what the order of operation is. Fair enough. I am worried about the amount of information that needs to be conveyed to players.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 29, 2025

With its project scrapped, a former Bend contractor alleges the studio has ended all ongoing contracts, save for a 'select few.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 11, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Python Game Engines in 2025 Today we have compiled a list of the best Python game engines, frameworks and language bindings for game development in 2025. This is the first in a series of posts exploring the game engine options available for the most popular programming languages. We will eventually have similar guides for C#, […] The post Python Game Engines in 2025 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Visit the demo-packed AWS booth (#S927): Engage with purpose-built solutions from AWS that span the entire game development lifecycle. Get hands-on within our Games Showcase area and stream games built on the new AWS game streaming capability, Amazon GameLift Streams.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2025

Announcing the Meta Toolkit extension We are pleased to announce the release of the Godot Meta Toolkit , a GDExtension plugin that exposes Metas Platform SDK and provides other tools to simplify and accelerate XR development on Metas platform. The project is Open Source (MIT license) and maintained by W4 Games with sponsorship from Meta. Contributions from the community are welcome!

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Nvidia

MARCH 20, 2025

NVIDIA cloud gaming service GeForce NOW is providing developers and publishers with new tools to bring their games to more gamersand offer new experiences. NVIDIA cloud gaming service GeForce NOW is providing developers and publishers with new tools to bring their games to more gamersand offer new experiences only possible through the cloud. These tools lower local GPU requirements to expand reach and eliminate cost by offloading AI inference tasks to the cloud.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

Lag, desync, and glitchesthe unholy trio that can kill a multiplayer game faster than a rage-quitting gamer smashing his keyboard! Ever wondered why some multiplayer games feel smooth and lag-free, while others frustrate players with constant glitches? The secret lies in smart optimization techniques. Network performance, game synchronization, and server architecture all play a crucial role in delivering a seamless and engaging multiplayer experience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 7, 2025

Written by Michail Katkoff , founder of Deconstructor of Fun and a games industry veteran with 15 years of experience in building, operating, and scaling games and game companies. Throwing out predictions is easy. Tapping yourself on the back for a correct prediction is rewarding. But being open about your track record is essential. We certainly dont always get it right.

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Raph Koster

MARCH 3, 2025

W ow, it has been an intense six days. We launched on Tuesday, which feels like an eternity ago. It’s a mad scramble to get everything done, make sure you have all the content ready, to answer the huge inflow of questions, find all the spots where you weren’t quite clear enough… but you just survive on little sleep and keep pushing.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 30, 2025

Eugene, the solo developer behind Voidmaw , has spent three years crafting Katanaut , a fast-paced action-roguelite where players embody a katana-wielding astronaut fighting to escape a collapsing space station. As a one-person team, he embraces both the creative freedom and the intense challenges that come with solo development. Ive always loved creating things, and game development felt like the perfect mix of art, storytelling, and problem-solving, he explains.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 28, 2025

LiveOps has become a cornerstone of player engagement and revenue growth in the gaming industry, but what truly sets top-performing strategies apart? To answer this question, GameRefinery’s Chief Game Analyst, Erno Kiiski, joined forces with industry experts Jen Donahoe (DoF), Nadav Moshes (Playtika), and Maxime Graux (Wooga) on the latest episode of the Deconstruction of Fun podcast.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 12, 2025

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. I finally got around to playing Hades, the megahit roguelike from Supergiant Games. It did well enough over long enough to get a sequel, but I'm still writing about the old original one. It takes me a long time to build up the energy to pour in the number of hours a game like this requires. It's a 2020-vintage roguelike, which means: A bunch of rooms with fights.

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Game Developer

APRIL 15, 2025

The AR company has been cutting jobs to reposition its new-look business as a startup.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 27, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Awesome Free Game Development Tools Today we look at some of the amazing free game development tools available in 2025. We start of quickly with the most commonly used applications, then we move into perhaps more obscure but no less awesome and FREE tools available to game developers. In the video we also mention to The post Awesome Free Game Development Tools appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2025

Yep I'm attending GDC 2025. (For better or worse , I've made too many commitments to cancel.) The best way to contact me is to @ me on BlueSky or email me ( yang.robert.w [AT] gmail ). You can also probably just find me lounging in the Yerba Buena Gardens on most non-rainy noon-afternoons. If you're press / journalist / podcaster / creator / TikToker / YouTuber / writer etc. and you need content to feed the Machine -- contact me (see above) and I'm happy to talk about whatever to help you: Gener

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 26, 2025

We released Godot 4.4 in early March and we are delighted to see the reception, with so many users upgrading to it on day one and sharing their favorite new changes on social media! If you havent seen the 4.4 release page , its well worth a read! Since then, weve started the development phase for Godot 4.5 at full speed (with a first dev snapshot released last week!

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2025

AI is transforming how we experience our favorite games. It is unlocking new levels of visuals, performance, and gameplay possibilities with neural rendering. AI is transforming how we experience our favorite games. It is unlocking new levels of visuals, performance, and gameplay possibilities with neural rendering and generative AI-powered characters.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 3, 2025

The counter to anything terrifying, off-putting, or grim is cuteness. This is done by exaggerating certain features that humans typically find endearing and downplaying the features that humans find alarming, while keeping the visual recognizable. This works with animals. It works with the undead. It works with just about anything. Humans tend to look at a few things to determine cuteness - the main two being proportion and the removal or masking of traits that we find scary or off-putting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

Is your game ready for Gen Z? Because theyre here, they play differently, and theyre reshaping the industry. By 2026, Gen Z will be the largest spending audience in gaming, and theyre already setting trends. What Makes Gen Z Unique? Gen Z plays more than any other generation. Mobile gaming alone has grown by 9% since 2020, and 82% of them play on their phonesbut theyre also active on PC and console.

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Raph Koster

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

T oday we are launching the Kickstarter for Stars Reach. Why a Kickstarter? Well, the funding climate is rough. But we have seen that players love what we are making. So we want to prove to the industry that people want a modern sandbox. An alternate world that feels alive, not like a static cardboard set. A game where different sorts of playstyles come together to make an immersive and dynamic galaxy.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Polish indie studio Eleven Puzzles has been making a name for themselves as the creators of some fine cooperative puzzle games, like Unsolved Case and Unboxing the Cryptic Killer. Their latest project, Parallel Experiment, is their most ambitious title yet. Co-founded by Adrian Olczyk and Karolina Pytka, the fully remote studio has been crafting unique multiplayer puzzle experiences since its inception in 2020. “The initial idea was very simple and primitive, we just wanted to make a game

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Endless runner games are like those friends that are always available to go out; hassle free, always attention grasping and require little to no planning. Hailing from the casual gaming brigade, these games have become synonymous with the mobile gaming experience, delivering entertainment at your fingertips with just a few taps. These games appeal to a wide audience, from casual gamers seeking quick entertainment to hardcore players chasing high scores.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 7, 2025

The tech and video game conglomerate has insisted the move is a 'mistake.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2025

The two Sony-published titles are nominated for DICE's best game of 2024 alongside Indiana Jones, Balatro, and Black Myth: Wukong.

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Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2025

'As game designers we always think that more is better, but it's not the case.

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