Wed.Mar 05, 2025

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Report: Sony cutting jobs at Visual Arts and Malaysia support studios

Game Developer

PlayStation maker Sony is reportedly continuing a layoff spree that has resulted in widespread redundancies, project cancellations, and studio closures.

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Report: Sony lays off employees at Visual Arts and PS Studios Malaysia

GamesIndustry.biz

First-party PlayStation support studio Visual Arts and PS Studios Malaysia have reportedly been affected by staff cuts.

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Report: Ballistic Moon 'effectively closed now' after Until Dawn remake's launch

Game Developer

The developer already cut staff last fall, and now it's claimed only the founders and a 'handful' of employees remain.

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Acclaim relaunches, led by CEO Alex Josef

GamesIndustry.biz

90s games publisher Acclaim has been revived, supported by a team of industry veterans looking to support indie titles and "reignite classic franchises.

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II dominates BAFTA Games Awards 2025 nominations

Game Developer

41 titles have received nominations in totalincluding Astro Bot, Still Wakes the Deep, and Thank Goodness You're Here!

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European Investment Fund pledges $20m to bolster Nordic game development

GamesIndustry.biz

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has pledged $21 million to bolster game development in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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Translation studio Transperfect acquires support dev Technicolor Games

Game Developer

As part of Transperfect's game division, Technicolor will 'reinforce its reputation as a premier provider of art, animation, and VFX services to the global video game industry.

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Thank Goodness You're Here wins Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2025

GamesIndustry.biz

Coal Supper's comedy title Thank Goodness You're Here took home UK Game of the Year at the UKIE Video Game Awards 2025 last night, in addition to best PC game.

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A Stone Simulator

Indie DB

A very short story of how we froze a large-scale RPG in favor of a casual meme game.

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Jam City announces sale of Ludia

GamesIndustry.biz

Mobile games firm Jam City has announced the sale of its Montreal-based developer Ludia.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your First Film Budget

Filmustage

Creating a film budget is one of the most essential steps in turning a script into reality. For first-time filmmakers, understanding how to approach this process can make the difference between a smooth production and one filled with costly surprises. Today, film budgeting goes beyond guesswork - it involves real-time collaboration, careful planning, and alignment with industry-standard practices.

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Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon "effectively closed"

GamesIndustry.biz

Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon has reportedly "effectively closed.

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Build APK cocos creator

Cocos

when building the apk using android studio flamingo 2022.2.1 then encounter this problem cocos creator 3.8.

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Obituary: Legacy of Kain writer Jim Curry has died

Game Developer

Along with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Curry wrote Akuji: The Heartless and handled marketing for the Gex games.

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TiledMap doesn't display

Cocos

I created a tile map using Tiled like but when I import it into Cocos studio, it doesnt show anything A previous tiledmap immediately showed in the preview, Im not sure whats wrong with this one. I retried importing, deleting and regenerating meta files. I double checked the file paths in the used tsx files.

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20-year-old browser game to shut down as result of UK's new online safety law

GamesIndustry.biz

Free-to-play text MMO browser game, Urban Dead, will close just shy of its 20th anniversary because of the introduction of the UK's Online Safety Act.

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Capturing screenshots game

Cocos

hey guys, Im working on exporting capturing-screenshots to web-based image links, but I havent really found a solution to this problem. I am using cocos creator version 3.8.2. thanks all !

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Warp Developer Terminal – Now on Windows

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Warp Developer Terminal – Now on Windows Warp is a very powerful terminal aimed at developers. Early on it was only available on MacOS, then Linux support and finally last week, Windows support was added as well. Warp is a blazing fast terminal, using 3D acceleration for rendering, with tightly integrated AI assistant features.

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Capturing screenshots game

Cocos

hey guys, Im working on exporting capturing-screenshots to web-based image links, but I havent really found a solution to this problem. I am using cocos creator version 3.8.2. thanks all !

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Is Trading Skins Just Another Form of Gambling?

Game Wisdom

Is Trading Skins Just Another Form of Gambling? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com If you’ve ever dipped your toes into skin trading, you’ve probably heard someone say, “It’s basically gambling.” And at first glance, yeah, it kinda looks like it. You’re putting money into a system, rolling the dice on case openings or … The post Is Trading Skins Just Another Form of Gambling?

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Capturing screenshots game

Cocos

hey guys, Im working on exporting capturing-screenshots to web-based image links, but I havent really found a solution to this problem. I am using cocos creator version 3.8.2. thanks all !

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Drag Pan and Scroll/Pinch Zoom

Cocos

I am looking for robust script which handles pan zoom functionality on the node and can handle inner events as well if there is button.

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Capturing screenshots game

Cocos

hey guys, Im working on exporting capturing-screenshots to web-based image links, but I havent really found a solution to this problem. I am using cocos creator version 3.8.2. thanks all !

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Capturing screenshots game

Cocos

hey guys, Im working on exporting capturing-screenshots to web-based image links, but I havent really found a solution to this problem. I am using cocos creator version 3.8.2. thanks all !

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Replace a single color in a sprite

Cocos

Using cocos2d-x 3.17. Is it possible to replace a single color in a sprite with another color? I can use setColor() to color the whole sprite, but Im trying to piecemeal replace one or two colors. Thanks!

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Replace a single color in a sprite

Cocos

Using cocos2d-x 3.17. Is it possible to replace a single color in a sprite with another color? I can use setColor() to color the whole sprite, but Im trying to piecemeal replace one or two colors. Thanks!

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Getting error while accessing the linearVelocity property of the rigidBody

Cocos

this is the error I am getting. _moveTowardsTarget(currentTarget: Vec3, deltaTime: number, isChasing: boolean, isFollowingPlayer: boolean = false): void { if (!this.rigidBody) return; const direction = this.node.worldPosition.clone().subtract(currentTarget); const moveSpeed = this.moveSpeed; const normalizedDir = direction.normalize(); // Calculate target velocity let velocityX = -normalizedDir.x * moveSpeed * deltaTime; let velocityY = -normalizedDir.y * moveSpeed * deltaTime; // Handle recover

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Capturing screenshots game

Cocos

tuyenbeat: capturing-screenshots to web-based image links Take the Screenshot using #include "cocos2d.h Use utils::captureScreen() to capture the screen and save it to a local file. Upload to a Server using #include network/HttpClient.h Use a networking library (like cURL or HttpClient ) to upload the image to a cloud service. Retrieve the Public URL Get the URL from the server response and use it in your game.

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My agame wont export :(

Cocos

I am exporting my game as a web mobile and then it keeps getting this error: 05-03-2025 19:23:34 build task failed! TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading webTestOption) at C:UsersharryMemoryMadnessextensionsbuild-plugin-templatedisthooks.js:1:1448 at Generator.next () at C:UsersharryMemoryMadnessextensionsbuild-plugin-templatedisthooks.js:1:479 at new Promise () at C:UsersharryMemoryMadnessextensionsbuild-plugin-templatedisthooks.js:1:230 at C:UsersharryMemoryMadnessextensionsb

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Gradient in Cocos 3.8.2

Cocos

use this code, cant remember where its from though, I think using fragment shader is easier tbh import { DEV, JSB } from 'cc/env'; import { _decorator, Color, Component, director, Director, UIRenderer } from 'cc' const { ccclass, property, executeInEditMode, requireComponent, menu } = _decorator; @ccclass @executeInEditMode @requireComponent(UIRenderer) @menu('Palette') export class Palette extends Component { @property private _colorLB: Color = new Color(255, 255, 255, 255); @property({ display

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How to close a webview from a button inside the webview html page?

Cocos

I have tried to close the webview with the HTML content is loading in the web view, It has a button on its click, I am triggering postMessage close event, and Its working while I was checking in the web browser, but when tried in the Android Device, Its stopped working. HTML PAGE Close WebView Close WebView New Close Test COCOS Creator script, this.node.on(InterstitialClosed, () => { console.log(Button clicked in WebView!