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Swedish studio is led by former EA Ghost Games development director Jugo Mirkovic
Read More »Thunderful acquires fledgling studio To The Sky – looks to invest $5m in its first title
Gaining observability over multiplayer games – “Out-of-the-box observability gives you the ability to know what’s going on, but more importantly what is going wrong.”
Would you like increased transparency over the state of the backend systems as you launch and scale? [This content was created with Improbable]
Read More »Will developers need to support Steam Deck – and will their sales benefit?
The Steam Deck is an exciting new piece of PC-based hardware, but it’s not one that comes with a new storefront or a set of launch titles. Instead it ‘merely’ expands upon the current Steam-PC ecosystem, so what does that mean for both game sales and developers wanting to have …
Read More »Did Nintendo just instigate the next step in PC gaming with Steam Deck?
Chapeau Mario, chapeau – the Steam Deck is Valve's effort to grow the PC gaming ecosystem and it's one we should all support
Read More »Mod Mode – a legal view on mods and your game
"Modding can present some thorny legal issues which developers heading down this path should bear in mind"
Read More »Netflix hires EA veteran to head up gaming development – so what’s the plan?
Like Google, Netflix has the cash to throw at such an effort, unlike Google it already has 210m eyeballs pointed straight at TVs
Read More »Avoid the mounting costs of multiplayer games with hybrid cloud
“While relying on the cloud might eat up your budget, relying on bare metal alone might not allow a studio to scale up fast enough if a game becomes popular.” [In association with Improbable]
Read More »[ICYMI] Uplift Games: Roblox’s 60m user smash-hit Adopt Me! has a new parent
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With 60m users Adopt Me! is the gaming titan you might (still) not have heard of. Now the team behind it is taking on a new identity as Uplift Games – a globally-distributed mix of Roblox natives and industry veterans, all set to help define the metaverse
Read More »Ubisoft to develop Assassin’s Creed Infinity using a collaborative, cross-studio structure
“Rather than continuing to pass the baton from game to game, we profoundly believe this is an opportunity for one of Ubisoft’s most beloved franchises to evolve"
Read More »Reconnect with the industry at the Game Services Forum
GSF will bring the games industry’s leading studios, publishers, service providers & vendors together for two days of match made business meetings [Created in association with GSF]
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