Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With IDFA regulation changes and an influx of new games entering the market, publishers and mobile game studios are facing an ever-uphill battle to acquire new players (UA) and retain them. To stay ahead of the competition, studios are exploring innovative strategies, like enhancing ad creatives to attract new players and introducing fresh gameplay features to keep existing players engaged and invested in their titles.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The studio said development of projects like Hyper Light Breaker and Possessor(s) won't be impacted by the job cuts.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Whether you want to see how your favorite teams are trending or you’re seeking a better understanding of the competitive landscape, Global Power Rankings is the new way to track team strength for League of Legends Esports competition. With a calculated Power Score and highlights like “Biggest Mover” and “Biggest Upset”, Global Power Rankings aim to contextualize team strength across Tier 1 Leagues.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

'If you aren't ready to clearly communicate about the content included in each DLC and when it will be ready for launch, you shouldn't offer a Season Pass on Steam.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

18.5 million video games were sold across Europe during October, which is a rise of 12.4% compared with the same five week period last year.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The platform is asking users to self-classify their asset pages by revealing when they've leaned on tools like ChatCPT and Midjourney.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Friends, we have a really big problem. We just released our game, and unlike the Android version, we’re getting feedback that the game overheats excessively on iOS. The core logic is the same, but the problem only occurs on iOS. Here’s the current screen built with Xcode. As you can see, the battery impact is marked as very high. The shocking thing is… even if we build a new empty project, the battery impact still shows as very high on iOS… We are currently using Cocos Creator version 3.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

UK retailer GAME has reportedly lost the majority of its head office staff in recent months, leading to further problems for the struggling games specialist.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Following the closures of the short-lived Gundam Evolution and Blue Protocol, Bandai Namco is fully absorbing its online game-focused studio.

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The Astronauts

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Turns out, now is exactly one year of me working on the video sequence editor (VSE). Going pretty well so far! What I managed to put into Blender 4.1 and 4.2 is in the previous blog posts. Blender 4.3 has just shipped, and everything related to Video Sequence Editor is listed on this page. Items related to performance or thumbnails are my doing. Some of the work I happened to do for VSE over this past year ended up improving other areas of Blender.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This Dance Central postmortem was first published in Game Developer Magazine in January 2011.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

"HTR: Hyper Torque Racing" is a racing game with easy controls that lets you experience realistic racing. Along with a vast single-player content, you can also enjoy online multiplayer with up to 8 players. Win intense races and become the world's best.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Sony is introducing support for cloud streaming on the PS Portal for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I haven't ever seen it used. Game dev still primarily runs on C++ to do the heavy lifting. We often build internal tools with C#, Python, or Perl. Some games will run interpreted scripting languages like Lua for designers to script out encounters and such. RPG Maker utilizes Ruby or Javascript for its scripting language, depending on the version. To my knowledge, nobody uses Rust, Swift, or Go in game development. [ Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With GodotCon behind us and our developers recuperated, we're thrilled to return to a more frequent release-cycle.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Heart Machine, the US-based developer behind Hyper Light Drifter and its upcoming sequel, is the latest studio to suffer a round of layoffs.

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Rocket Brush Studio

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Partnering with top offshore testing companies ensures efficient QA processes and cost-effective solutions. Discover the leading offshore testing providers and how they help deliver high-quality software while meeting timelines and optimizing resources.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Inin Games has assumed publishing rights for Shenmue 3.

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Juego Studio

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The stethoscope was an innovation by Dr. René Laennec at a Paris Hospital, as he was uncomfortable about placing his ear on a female patient’s chest to listen to her heart sounds.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bandai Namco Online is to be dissolved and merged with its parent company.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

When I loadremote audioclip it says CORS loadMp3() { assetManager.loadRemote(this.mpAudioClipUrl, AudioClip, (err: Error, audio: AudioClip) => { if (err) { console.log(‘Error load audio remote :’, err); return; } AudioManager.instance.play(audio); }); } cocos creator version 3.8.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Itch.io now requires creators to declare if their work uses generative AI.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Please help me solve the problem with the error “Can not find class ‘cc.Line’” screenshort video (screencast) empty project with example test1111.zip (7.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Valve has updated its guidelines for season passes, including new rules regarding release schedules.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

protected onLoad(): void { game.frameRate = 30 console.log("ON LOAD CALLED!!") } This code doesn’t work on Editor preview but somehow works on Browser preview. I find it to be a bug since it should work on Editor Preview. Will there be a fix for this? console.log appears but the game framerate remains at 60.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A number of video game developers have been celebrated as part of BAFTA's 2024 Breakthrough cohort, including contributors to Black Myth: Wukong, Baldur's Gate 3, and Pacific Drive.

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Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Khronos Group Launch Slang Shader Language The Khronos Group, the consortium managing such important projects as OpenGL, WebGPU, OpenAL and Vulkan just announced a major new imitative, the Slang shader language. Khronos Group just made the following tweet: Details from the press release: Beaverton, OR – November 21, 2024 – The Khronos® Group, an open consortium of […] The post Khronos Group Launch Slang Shader Language appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The games industry's investment landscape continues to show signs of recovery, with the total value of deals so far this year tracking slightly ahead of 2023.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Hi all! Today I have a fascinating conversation with the brilliant Austin Anderson , who is I think the last of the guests that I’ll have on the show from the Alt-F4 conference (along with Dr. Rachel Kowert and Kathleen Morrissey ). In this conversation we talk about a bunch of AAA games, such as Detroit Become Human the Last of Us and others, along with some of the ways in which these games get credit for being progressive while simultaneously protecting the neoliberal status quo.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

AFK Journey has been declared the best game of the year on Google Play by the store's editorial team.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Good evening, I just finished writing my own custom shader to create 2D shadows on sprites, but I can’t find a way to increase the render area of ​​the sprite. The sprite size is 450x450, I created an atlas and used the trim option, this reduced the frame to 156x393. The problem is that the shader does not render outside these limits, even though the original area was 450x450.

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The Bottom Feeder

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

You can double-dip with your characters by killing them and bringing them back. Just be warned. This is cheap, and you can only get away with it once. After that, cheating death becomes just another lie. "Murder your darlings." - Arthur Quiller-Couch (Though many have said similar sentiments.) My family has been watching the second (and final) season of Arcane on Netflix.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Hello, I am loading a CDN based presigned URL through assetManager.loadRemote. I am using cocos 3.8.3. The url contains a png. However the URL doesnt end with “.png”, hence I am passing the extension as mentioned in the doc. My code is as follows - if ( url.includes("png")) { ext = ".png"; } assetManager.loadRemote<ImageAsset>(url, {ext: `${ext}`}, function (err, imageAsset) { if (err) { reject(err); } else if (imageAsset instanceof ImageAsset) { // Convert ImageAsset to Texture2D const

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