Midwest Games raises $2 million to support its 'publishing as a service' model

ProbablyMonsters is the latest studio to fire someone for posting about Charlie Kirk

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Void Interactive ousts Ready or Not community manager after Charlie Kirk comments

Game professionals form coalition to 'push against the dehumanization of Palestinians' "The dehumanisation of Palestinians is tied to their rare visibility in the cultural sphere. This dehumanisation costs lives–as the world remains indifferent to the ongoing genocide in Gaza."

Hear why the “license behavior system” is the secret sauce for making better loot in Borderlands 4: https://gamedevelope...

Developers and AI experts explore the nuanced reasons for growing concern about generative AI reducing the quality of games.

Xbox Series X price rises to $650 due to 'macroeconomic conditions'

Game professionals form coalition to 'push against the dehumanization of Palestinians'

Making a gargantuan game like Borderlands 4 - Game Developer Podcast Ep. 55

Sony fires employee after Charlie Kirk post, Balatro dev is done with crunch, and Tencent defends its alleged Horizon clone - Patch Notes #23 Plus: Day of the Devs opens submissions for The Game Awards, BAFTA dishes out almost £300,000 in grants, and SOUP?

Dream-casting and finding character with your own voice - Unlocking the Vault #2

Steam, Discord, Twitch, and Reddit CEOs called to appear in Congress after Charlie Kirk shooting

Don't expect "vibe coding" entire games to take off any time soon. "Describing complex systems in natural language is often harder than building them. You either end up with very abstract results or waste more time than you save," says The Games Fund's Ilia Eremeev.

'Sony seeks an impermissible monopoly on genre conventions:' Tencent moves to dismiss Horizon cloning lawsuit

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New Elder Scrolls Online co-lead says studio 'really doesn't use' generative AI

Godot 4.5 ushers in accessibility features, including screen reader support

Sony fires Ghost of Yotei artist after posts joking about Charlie Kirk killing

Devs are more worried than ever that generative AI will lower the quality of games

Asset marketplace Fab is now accessible in the Epic Games Launcher

Valve just made it easier for Steam devs to assess the impact of discounts

'It's done when it's done:' Balatro developer Localthunk says crunch is never the answer

Sometimes you have to accept it's good to be bad at the game you're working on. Hear more: https://gamedevelope...

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is Nintendo's next big transmedia swing

Ubisoft continues layoffs after billion-dollar investment, is Saudi Arabia financing an Assassin's Creed expansion, and how do you solve a problem like Silksong? - Patch Notes #22 Plus: Former Meta workers claim its VR products have exposed children to abuse.

Why should you deny players a “dodge” button in a survival horror game? Shamil Yanbukhtin says it’s about making sure players are actually paying attention to the environment.

PlayStation debuts family app for parental control and content filters

Testronic makes 4.8 percent of its total workforce redundant, closes Madrid and Belgrade studios

Aspyr Media accused of using AI to replicate Lara Croft performance in Tomb Raider remasters A French actress who has spent decades voicing Lara Croft has taken legal action against the Embracer-owned publisher.

Square Enix heads to Latin America to help launch browser-native demo platform Spawnd

What happens when a colossus like Silksong scuppers your launch plans? "Moving [our release date] did require a lot of, shall we say, very high tension, anxious exchanges with the platforms."

Have (understandably) seen a bit of confusion around this so I've updated the article to clarify the summoning mechanic centres around throwing a ball—à la Pokémon. Excerpt from the patent filing below.

Former Meta employees allege company squashed research into VR child abuse

Former Kepler Interactive VP is leading new indie publisher Gambit Digital

Nintendo patents character summoning and battling mechanic in the United States

Ubisoft is cutting jobs within its publishing team

What's the real reason games are taking longer to make?

Roblox wants to 'empower' creators with AI-based tools

Blizzard asks Overwatch general manager to steer mobile and live service efforts

Tencent breaks down its approach to IP development with Sony lawsuit looming overhead "I think most of the developers that we work with are confident in their abilities. They are always looking to create something new and different. Their first thoughts are not 'what is derivative?'"

On the latest episode of the Game Developer Podcast, Bloober Team’s Shamil Yanbukhtin and Dennis Pauly describe the process of making a new kind of survival horror combat system for Cronos: The New Dawn.

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Grounded 2 leads Chris Parker and Justin Vazquez break down those hotly-anticipated insect mounts and say early access development hinges on being able to unearth "identifiable and actionable problems"

Former Bethesda exec Pete Hines claims subscription services are undercutting developers

Digging into the combat design of Cronos: The New Dawn - Game Developer Podcast Ep. 54

Grounded 2 exists because players really wanted to ride bugs

Silksong channels Kim Kardashian, developers unite for Palestine, and former Polygon staffers become Rogue – Patch Notes #21 Plus: Call of Duty is about to make even more money and has MindsEye left IOI's publishing dreams in tatters?

2K confirms layoffs at Civilization developer Firaxis

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