GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

The the first time in over ten years, video games is not the UK's biggest entertainment medium. ERA, which is the UK trade body representing video, music and games retailers, says that revenue made by video games in the UK reached £4.74 Subscription revenue is worth 89% of the video market, ERA says. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2023

The games he finds on Steam nowadays are hardly worthy of the term video game according to Manzano. The modern gaming ecosystem is killing true video games”, he says earnestly. Players don’t want a video game, they want a simulation of a video game. The modern gaming ecosystem is killing true video games.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He decided to leave his career in banking for video game development a month before his 25th birthday. His journey took an exciting turn when he landed a full sponsorship from the French Embassy in Kenya to visit Rubika, a leading school for Video Games, 2D/3D Animation, and Design in France. Then, she developed an impressive game app.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Did You Know Gaming's video about a canceled tactics spinoff for The Legend of Zelda was hit with a copyright strike by Nintendo.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

SAG-AFTRA members have voted in favour of the union authorising a strike for video game actors and performers. Earlier this month, SAG-AFTRA called on members to vote on authorising a strike to negotiate the terms of its Interactive Media Agreement with several video game publishers and developers. Read more

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Game Developer

JANUARY 18, 2024

Peter Willington, Production Director at Auroch Digital shares insight into how game developers can predict the future with correct forecasting techniques.

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Game Developer

MARCH 15, 2023

The Strong Museum has named the 12 games shortlisted for this years World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees, which features titles like Computer Space, The Last of Us 2013, and Wii Sports.

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Game Industry News

MARCH 5, 2024

Hey all, I’m back with an important topic for this week’s Video Game Tuesday. But there are downsides to it since it is a place where a bunch of people will vent at developers as well, though that is part and parcel of being a video game developer. That’s it for this Video Game Tuesday! It’s all about forums.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

On the surface, it looks like it's been a banner year for video game console sales. Overall in every major market, video game console sales are up. PS5 sales are up over 100% in some European countries, while Nintendo Switch sales are incredibly up year-on-year, despite it approaching its seventh anniversary.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. And then the Video Game Bubble grew, and grew, and grew. If you understandably haven't been paying attention, here's what has been happening in the video game business.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The distressing news of video games layoffs continues, with over 8,000 reported job losses this year so far. Just this week, both PlayStation and EA has announced it will be cutting jobs and projects, resulting in over 1,500 redundancies, this includes the potential closure of entire studios.

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Game Developer

MAY 10, 2023

John Cooney's GDC talk on Flash, from its humble beginnings, creative explosion, and later days.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 8, 2023

In this classic GDC design talk, designer Stone Librande shows how-to make effective, concise one-page game design documents.

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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

My Friendly Neighborhood Video Review Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is a video review of My Friendly Neighborhood played with a press key provided by the developer.… … The post My Friendly Neighborhood Video Review appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

million video games were sold across European markets, a drop of 7.3% over the same period the year before, GSD data reveals. The data covers all physical game sales and digital game sales from most major games publishers (Nintendo is the notable absentee). EA Sports FC 24 was comfortably the No.1

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

These included a nature video, a guided breathing exercise, and an opportunity to write a short journal entry about a joyful memory. For example, Penguin Isle, a game about nurturing penguins, scores highly in the “compassion” subset, alongside the nature video. Players also report that the game helps them feel calm.

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Juego Studio

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The world of video game development is fast-paced and ever-evolving. It welcomes new technology, adopting them rapidly every day. One of the latest and revolutionizing technologies that has paved its way into the industry is artificial intelligence.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

million video games were sold during November in the UK, a drop of 3% over the same period in 2022. This is according to GSD data, which tracks digital and physical video game sales. The drop is due to a weaker release slate in November this year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Video game music publisher Materia Music has acquired Australian gaming record label Boss Battle Records. Founded in 2017 by Fabian Malabello, Boss Battle Records supports game composers and artists whose work has appeared in titles such as Star Wars, Metal Gear Solid, Honor of Kings, Pac-Man, and Apex Legends.

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2d Game Art Guru

MARCH 4, 2024

Using filters and creating a complete project in Inkscape Inkscape Video Tutorials I uploaded two new Inkscape video tutorials to my YouTube channel. The second video is a workflow for the challenge in my Facebook group ‘Inkscape – hands-on’ – the creation of a miniature storefront.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 24, 2024

It is beginning to look like 2025 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years in video games, if not the biggest. When it comes to the most successful video entertainment products of all time, for many franchises like Star Wars, the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Avatar or maybe Mario come to mind.

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Game Developer

MAY 22, 2023

This article includes the full transcript of game composer Winifred Phillips’ interview for the NPR show The Sounds Of America about the significance of this preservation of a seminal work of video game music.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox SAG-AFTRA is calling on members to vote on whether or not the union should be given authority to declare a strike for video game actors and performers. Read more

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2d Game Art Guru

MARCH 4, 2024

Using filters and creating a complete project in Inkscape Inkscape Video Tutorials I uploaded a new Inkscape video tutorial to my YouTube channel. It’s been a while since I recorded the last video tutorial. It was good to get back into making some tutorial videos. A lot happened [and is still happening].

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox More details have emerged surrounding the UK government's plans to transform the current Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) initiative that allows games companies to claim back some of their expenditure.

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Cocos

MARCH 14, 2024

The video I wanted to use had no sound. But then I tried to use the default video from the internal assets, which had sound. When I run the game in the Cocos Creator, the sound played, but there was no video (I know this is normal, because according to point one in the notes - “1. I found the cause of my problem.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. Successful video game mechanics give players a sense of challenge, progression and reward, keeping them engaged for hours. Game Designers' role in video game mechanics 1. Many game development companies offer game development services.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The finalists for the UKIE Video Game Awards 2024 have been announced, with Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2024 and Sad Owl Studios' Viewfinder picking up the most nominations.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Chinese company is reportedly looking to shut down Marvel Snap publisher Nuverse and exit the game industry.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2024

The best time to remake a video game is when it's between 11 and 20 years old, according to data from IDG Consulting and Virtuos. The data comes from a White Paper discussing the opportunities and challenges associated with remasters and remakes, and it looked at over 200 remakes and remasters released since 2012 and how well they sold.

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2d Game Art Guru

MARCH 9, 2024

Creating miniature storefronts in Affinity Designer and Inkscape Affinity Designer and Inkscape Video Tutorials I created two new video tutorials for the challenges in my Facebook groups ‘ Inkscape – hands-on ‘ and ‘ Affinity Designer – hands-on ‘ creating miniature storefronts using basic shapes.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 4, 2024

Ensuring your video game is bug-free and reliable is crucial in today’s fast-paced gaming world. However, as you build your video game, you will make many revisions and changes to modify and improve its performance, user interface, or other key elements of your game. Why is Regression Testing Important in Video Games?

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Tiny Thor Video Review Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" A video review of Tiny Thor played with a press key provided by the developer. Store Page … The post Tiny Thor Video Review appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Developer

JULY 26, 2023

Zoe Bell of New York Times Games dives deep on the viral success, growth and controversies of Wordle at the NYT.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 8, 2024

The UKIE Video Game Awards 2024 took place last night, with Sad Owl Studios' Viewfinder taking home UK Game of the Year alongside best console game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The past 12 months have been the bleakest I've seen in video games. Cancelled projects, closed studios and thousands upon thousands of employees laid off, with few jobs available for them to step into. And this period of intense pain is likely to continue all year and into 2025. We've discussed at lengths the reasons for the situation.

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Game Developer

APRIL 15, 2024

Console hardware and digital software sales propped up the latest valuation.

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