July 2022

They say if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life. But what if your job was to play games all day AND bring home a six-figure salary for doing it? You can prepare for a career as an in-demand game developer with…

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Because I have both self-respect and dignity, and because my brain was melting in the hundred degree heat and oppressive humidity, I watched Boy's Island on HBO. And let me just say: game design is dead and it just doesn't…

Unfortunately, Smeagol needs to spend a little more time with his valuable development team before he's allowed to go out in public. Daedalic Entertainment and NACON I would like to thank all the players for their patience and support so…

'Multi-console AAA title with major third-party studio integration' announced at San Diego Comic-Con. First title planned for 2023 Funko Inc. (Nasdaq: FNKO), a leading pop culture and lifestyle brand, announced plans to enter the…

Written by. Nick Mosier based on the original Japanese article (original article publication date: 2022-07-25 17:54 JST) Game developer NumericGazer recently revealed that its adult game hero's journey has been damaged by fraudulent…

Video game development studios continue to change hands this year as Jagex announces its acquisition of Pipeworks Studios, an Oregon-based developer that has worked on various games for major publishers such as Activision, EA Sports…

It's no secret that Wander has been one of the most anticipated games of the year, with virtual videos circling the internet for what feels like a lifetime. However, with Wander released earlier this week, its new charitable driving force…

NVIDIA this week announced a series of new webinars available to creators and developers to learn more about the NVIDIA RTX platform, interact with NVIDIA experts and ask questions about game integrations. The new “Level Up with NVIDIA”…

Image via Annapurna Interactive Despite becoming one of the most unusual titles of the year, the cat game Stray seems to have become a worldwide trend. There weren't really any great games based on cats, until the!-->…

So you might be wondering why not all game developers go ahead and communicate with fans. Maybe there is a difference in the mentality of game developers and gamers. Maybe the company is regulated by multiple departments that make such…

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(Bloomberg) - Nippon Ichi Software Inc. - a 213-person video game developer based in central Japan - is an unnoticed winner from the recent fall in the yen.The role-playing game creator is based in Gifu, a mountainous and mostly rural…

Just a quick reminder for our readers about a great deal on the Game Design & Development bundle in the Geeky Gadgets Deals store this week. The Game Design & Development Bundle is available from the Geeky Gadgets Deals store for…

Parents are walking a fine line when trying to figure out how much time to allow their children to engage in…

New Delhi: Japanese giant Sony has completed the $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie, the developer of Destiny and the original creator of the wildly popular Halo franchise. "The deal to acquire Bungie has been closed. So now we can…

Simulation company Orbx has completed an upgrade to its Brisbane Airport (BNE) flight simulation, with high-resolution rendering of every element from taxiways to terminals, including sophisticated 3D modeling of the city ​​of Brisbane.!-->…

The popularity of the Wordle application has in crater since The New York Times (NYT) acquired the app, but the latter is only one possible reason for the former's downfall. Wordle's plunge from late January highs fell nearly 1,000% in…

Nintendo has acquired production company CG Dynamo Pictures and will rename the company Nintendo Pictures. The company announced that the subsidiary "will focus on visual content development using Nintendo's IP addresses" and "visual…

bandai namcothe Japaneses video game publisher behind titles such as Pac-Man, Tekken and Ring of Eldenadmitted that hackers had gained access to its systems and potentially stolen its customers' data.In a statement shared with TechCrunch,…

The popular game show Danger! has been anything but boring for fans. But something changed in the latest episode as fans dubbed the episode featuring a returning champ "boring." Player tactics were overly…

You know when you watch a Studio Ghibli movie and just want to eat the food? That's the reaction I got to the clip of Harry Alisavakis showing off his visual effects work on an animation of a shimmering bowl of ramen. In a short video,…

A game developer surprised attendees at an event sponsored by blockchain companies by criticizing NFTs. NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) have become one of the blockchain industry's favorite use cases.…

Shizhisha, a Beijing-based mobile game developer, underwent formal industry and business changes on July 8. Its share was increased by Shanghai Hode Information Technology, an affiliate of Bilibili.. Additionally, Beijing Shizhisha…

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by Gabrielle Zevin Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow is a novel about two game designers who are best friends and collaborators. The book is about the love they share in work and play, and how it transcends the boundaries of romantic…

Tom Pigott is CEO and Founder of Ludo.ai, and Founder of Jetplay The hypercasual genre remains, by far, the largest of the genre in the gaming industry. Around 40% of all games are classified as hypercasual and 45% of all mobile game…

Danish media giant Nordisk Film (owned by parent company Egmont) has bought supermassive gamesthe studio behind campy horror games like The Quarry and Until Dawn. Today, Nordisk and Supermassive Games announced a historic agreement that…

Over the weekend, game developer and designer Mark Venturelli became the focus of Brazil's International Games (BIG) festival after delivering a scathing critique of the continued implementation of NFTs and other Web3 technologies in the…

Ancient Magic: The Gathering professional player and Legends of Runeterra Game designer Steve Rubin has added curated gameplay design to his resume while planning to contribute balance and map design. Steve Rubin became the face dev of…

DNF Dueling Exam Developer: Arc System Works, Eighting, Neople | Editor: Nexon, Neople Gender: Struggle | Platforms: Playstation 4/5, PC | Reviewed on: computer When Nexon first announced that it would be…

Gaming is now the world's favorite form of entertainment, with Newzoo reporting that by 2023 there will be over three billion gamers on the planet. With the growth of multiplayer games, however, the number of cheaters has also increased.…

Redout 2 is here and fans are starting their engines in anticipation of the long-awaited sequel. Paying loving homage to arcade racers of yore, this lightning-fast journey into a colorful dystopian future promises to be an exhilarating…

Interested in knowing what's next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry in October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Social storytelling platform Dorian has acquired…

Simcoach Games announced an expanded workforce development initiative to address internal talent needs and market demand for online gaming, immersive learning, and metaverse development talent. With three levels of talent,…

In this excerpt from her forthcoming book, writer and historian Alyse Knorr talks about some of the design decisions that made Tourniquet 007 stand out from other…

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simcoach Games today announced an expanded workforce development initiative to address internal talent needs and market demand for online gaming, immersive learning and development talent of the…

Competition watchdog to investigate Microsoft's £50bn takeover of Call of Duty games maker Activision BlizzardBy Calum Muirhead for the Daily Mail Published: 4:57 p.m. EDT, July 6, 2022 | Updated: 4:30 a.m. EDT,…

If you open the App Store on your iPhone or Google Play on your Android device, you will see the mobile game graphics filled with cheap clones of popular games. Everything from fake building block simulators to supermarket house brand Fall…

Many game developers prefer to outsource some of their work, but why? Why is outsourcing so popular? One reason is to save money and time because you don't have to hire and train new employees. Also, after a while, the…

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