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New games' biggest discovery competition? Old games!
6.12.2022
Also: Valve tells devs about Wolfire suit discovery, lotsa discovery news
300 QA Devs Unionize At Microsoft-Owned ZeniMax Studios
5.12.2022
The gaming industry’s recent wave of labor organizing just exploded. Roughly 300 quality assurance staff at ZeniMax studios, which includes Bethesda and games like The Elder Scrolls Online , announced today that they will unionize with the Communications Workers of America. And unlike union drives...
Callisto Protocol Devs Rush Out Patches For Busted PC And Xbox Versions, Promise More Updates
5.12.2022
Space survival horror shooter Callisto Protocol has now received two big patches after some versions of it were panned for performance issues at launch, and more fixes are on the way. After releasing the latest update to address frame rate drops and other problems with the Xbox Series X/S edition...
TikTok: how data changed one dev's discovery tactics
30.11.2022
Also: a 'premium mobile' lesson, and plenty of new platform news
Report: Elden Ring Devs Say FromSoftware Engages In 'Some Level Of Crunch'
29.11.2022
Crunch, or excessive overtime, is an epidemic in the games industry that leads to employee burnout and worker dissatisfaction. We’ve heard the stories of what excessive overtime can—and has—done to developers across the industry, including some of the biggest studios in the world. According to...
SushiSwap and Uniswap devs sweating over next-gen staking platform Oryen Network after ICO sees 200% price surge
27.11.2022
Investors watch as the market delivers incredible entry points for hundreds of crypto projects. And Web3 shows its greatest strength in these times of economic adversity: the pace of development. New projects continue to address new verticals, and Oryen Network has delivered the next technological...
The Switch's Worst Port Was Fixed By Devs Known For Terrible GTA Remasters
18.11.2022
Back in 2018, the Switch received one of its worst and most unplayable ports in the console’s history, a remarkable distinction given how many rough games are on the platform. You might know it, as it’s a pretty popular first-person open-world survival simulator called Ark: Survival Evolved....
SBF’s ‘Truly Trustless’ Protocol — Serum’s Upgrade Authority May Be Tainted, Devs Look to Fork Project
13.11.2022
According to Solana’s founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, Serum developers are forking the platform because the “upgrade key to the current one is compromised.” Serum, created by FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), was touted as “completely permissionless,” but now that...
FTX Hack Sparks Revolution at Serum DEX as Solana Devs Plot Alameda's Ouster
13.11.2022
Developers are scrambling to create a new version of the on-chain liquidity hub that has no ties to Sam Bankman-Fried’s burning empire
Steam Devs Reveal The Secret Tricks They Use To Get You To Click
9.11.2022
There are hundreds of games that hit Steam every day, making the prospect of finding your next fave rather cumbersome and exhausting. But what makes a page capture your attention, shining among the crowd? YouTuber Danny O’Dwyer, who runs the documentary channel Noclip, has wondered how and why that...
Zksync Devs Plan to Launch Layer 3 Scaling Solution Called ‘Opportunity’ in Q1 2023
29.10.2022
Matter Labs, the team behind the Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling protocol Zksync, revealed the developers plan to launch a layer three (L3) proof of concept called “Opportunity” in the first quarter of 2023. The team says that the prototype of L3 will be built on top of L2...
New Bodycam Horror Game Looks Freaking Terrifying
27.10.2022
Sometimes the scariest thing isn’t a giant monster or an army of zombies. Instead, it can be something so believable and straightforward that it feels like it could happen to you one day. Take, for example, a new trailer for an upcoming bodycam horror game going viral online. It only features...
Sims 4 Devs Are Sorry For Not Highlighting More Black Creators At Showcase
25.10.2022
After EA unveiled the next installment of The Sims during last week’s Sims Summit, Black content creators were not happy about the lack of inclusion. Critics noted that out of twenty or so people shown, only one was a Black streamer.Read more
Halo Devs Team Up To Make Master Chief Prosthetics For Kids With Limb Loss
19.10.2022
Halo developer 343 Industries announced on October 18 that it will expand its partnership with Limbitless Solutions, a nonprofit that creates free custom prosthetics for children with limb loss, which it initiated in 2018. In addition to its existing prosthetic collaborations, a Master Chief...
Ripple and Peersyst Devs Push XRP Toward Ethereum Compatibility With First Phase of an EVM Sidechain
17.10.2022
According to an announcement from Ripple’s core development team Ripplex, developers have introduced the first step toward Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility with the XRP-based sidechain XRPL. The XRPL is now live on Devnet and developers can “assess available...
No Man’s Sky Update Made Player Inventories ‘Unrecognizable’
14.10.2022
Last week’s comprehensive update to No Man’s Sky brought with it a host of changes. Some made the game far more malleable and approachable, while others, like tweaks to inventory mechanics, have been the subject of controversy within the community. Seemingly in response to the backlash, Hello Games...
Web3 devs ‘more active than ever’ amid crypto winter: Report
14.10.2022
Consecutive all-time-high smart contract deployments and surging usage of Web3 script libraries mean that Web3 devs are still busy working despite the prolonged market downturn
Ex-Witcher 3 Devs Are Making A ‘Summer Souls,’ Hard But Cheery Game
13.10.2022
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NEAR Protocol partners with Google Cloud to support Web3 devs
6.10.2022
Under a partnership with NEAR Protocol, Google Cloud will support NEAR developers in building and scaling their Web3 projects and DApps
Genshin Impact Devs Won’t Be Adding More Endgame Content And Players Are Pissed
5.10.2022
HoYoverse has always struggled to satisfy its hardcore Genshin Impact audience, but the tension came to a boil when the studio confirmed on October 1 that it will not add more endgame content. The endgame dungeon Spiral Abyss will remain the only way players can test their most competitive...