Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Vladyslav Popushoi, Project Lead of the UE4 Department at Pingle Studio, shares his team's experience with their successful port of the PC version of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach to Nintendo Switch.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
10.7 million video games from AAA publishers were sold across Europe last month, GSD data reports. That's a rise of nearly 29% over August last year. It's an impressive result, especially as the big game of August - Baldur's Gate 3 - is not counted in this data as publisher Larian is not part of the GSD panel. Instead, FIFA 23 is No.1. The football game saw a particularly big spike in sales on Nintendo Switch, as the game was on offer via the Nintendo eShop.
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Tom Francis
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
Last week, Unity announced that they will soon start charging developers $0.20 each time their games are installed, past certain (high) thresholds. This came as a surprise to me and a few thousand other developers who chose Unity, invested in it, and paid for it in large part because they told us they wouldn’t take any of our revenue. The reaction has been huge, but it’s not clear yet if Unity will make it right.
Unity Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
In January 2024, Unity will introduce a new Unity Runtime Fee based on game installs. Prior to this, Unity subscription plans will add cloud-based asset storage, Unity DevOps tools, and AI at runtime at no additional cost.
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Unity Announce New Pricing and Plan Changes Today Unity have announced several massive changes to their pricing structure and the plans available to users of the Unity game engine. The heart of the changes is a new Unity Runtime fee, that kicks in January 1st (even on already shipped Unity titles!), which will require developers to pay … Unity Announce New Pricing and Plan Changes Read More The post Unity Announce New Pricing and Plan Changes appeared first on GameFromS
The Astronauts
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
In the previous post I started to look at Gaussian Splatting. One of the issues with it, is that the data sets are not exactly small. The renders look nice: But each of the “bike”, “truck”, “garden” data sets is respectively a 1.42GB, 0.59GB, 1.35GB PLY file. And they are loaded pretty much as-is into GPU memory as giant structured buffers, so at least that much VRAM is needed too (plus more for sorting, plus in the official viewer implementation the tiled spl
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AWS Games
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Ensuring online communities are safe and inclusive places for all is essential for maintaining community engagement and ultimately obtaining the most value for your users. This challenge presents itself in many industries – ranging from gaming to social media networks. However, the volume of data and interactions between users increases daily making policing these communities more and more difficult.
iHobo
MAY 23, 2023
Today is the twentieth anniversary of the release of Ghost Master. Of all my hundreds of game projects, this is still the title where I am most proud of the game design, the project where I beam with pride when I think of the incredible team and the contributions everyone made to make such a memorable and unique experience. Destiny was stacked against the game, but it did not pass unnoticed, and to this day I am forever discovering new fans who played - and loved - this extraordinary haunting si
Game Development News
APRIL 12, 2023
Team17 Digital has announced that Expression Games will now work with them to co-develop Hell Let Loose
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Blomberg's previous experience with trade shows and events like E3 and Comic-Con will be used to help make DreamHack "a broader festival and celebration of all types of video games.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Embracer continues to enact layoffs at its various subsidiaries, with the newest round said to be hitting various departments at Crystal Dynamics.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Unity appears to have quietly backtracked over how it intends to handle subscription service fees, and that's a cause for concern.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The Boston Unity Group no longer want their name tied to Unity after the company's recent business moves, and are calling it quits to focus on the city's larger community of developers.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
The engine maker hopes its new development fund will give it more financial freedom and ensure it keeps up with the growing scale of its project.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
How can you trust a business partner that will radically change the terms not only of your future relationship, but your existing one as well?
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
The company has tweaked its policy to counter potential "install-bombing" and clarified how titles on Xbox Game Pass and similar services will be impacted.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Outcry from the game development community has led to Unity rethinking its upcoming policy change, which it still insists will affect a small amount of users.
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.
Game Developer
APRIL 28, 2023
From small and specialized game engines like Bitsy and Ren'Py to the free versions of bigger tools like Unity and Unreal, here are a few of the best tools with the lowest barrier to entry.
Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2023
The Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS) is both the Sonic the Hedgehog developer's first-ever union, and also the United States' first game developer union to cover multiple staff departments.
Game Developer
MARCH 23, 2023
Speaking at GDC 2023, Immortality co-creator Sam Barlow breaks down his storytelling pillars and reveals the acclaimed project owes its success, in part, to the existence of Pokemon Snap.
Game Developer
MAY 15, 2023
The CMA thinks its fellow regulator made the wrong call in giving Microsoft permission to merge with Activision Blizzard, and reasserted its own decision to block it.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Embracer refused to comment on the status of Rainbow Studios but said its restructuring program is designed to deliver "cost savings.
Game Developer
JUNE 2, 2023
The labor union has withdrawn some Unfair Labor Practice charges against the Call of Duty publisher, but feels Kotick is "undermining this productive process.
Game Developer
MARCH 27, 2023
Looking to incorporate accessibility features but don't know where to begin? Here are a few tips from Microsoft senior Gaming Accessibility Program manager Brannon Zahand.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Unity Create president Marc Whitten admitted that a year after promising to "talk more" with developers, the company still hadn't done enough listening.
Game Developer
APRIL 11, 2023
The widespread use of AI art is reportedly diminishing the work of game artists in China, who worry about how it'll be used in other departments of game development.
Game Developer
JUNE 26, 2023
In his brief time with video games, de Senneville formed two game development studios and partnered with publishers such as Interlay and Electronic Arts.
Game Developer
JUNE 7, 2023
Paradox confirmed Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 is still in development, and is issuing full refunds for those who pre-ordered it before its delay.
Game Developer
MAY 15, 2023
Smith was a programmer at Atari during the 1980s and worked on a number of titles such as Star Wars: The Arcade Game and Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Remnant II creative director David Adams discusses the path to making games as replayable as possible through procedural generation.
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.
Game Developer
JULY 11, 2023
The Entertainment Software Association says it's committed to defending current copyright practices—which makes game preservation all the more difficult.
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