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Unity CEO Promises To 'Do Better' After Calling Some Game Devs 'F*cking Idiots'
18.7.2022
Last week Unity CEO and former head of Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello, called game developers who don’t think about monetization early “fucking idiots.” Now the only person feeling like an idiot seems to be him. After previously calling stories about the rogue comment “clickbait,” he’s...
Powerwash Simulator Devs Warn Xbox Players: Do Not Look At The Sun
15.7.2022
Video games are hard to make. These weird, complex pieces of intricate interactive software take years to make and can sometimes break in very weird ways. For example, players of Powerwash Simulator on Xbox noticed the game started crashing a lot when they’d hop online with others. And while...
Ethereum devs confirm the perpetual date for The Merge
15.7.2022
Ethereum’s transition journey from PoW to PoS journey could take up to years as it began with the launch of Beacon Chain in December 2020 and has seen several delays on the way
Unity CEO Calls Mobile Devs Who Don't Monetize ‘F*cking Idiots’
14.7.2022
Speaking with PocketGamer.biz about Unity’s recent merger, CEO John Riccitiello had some harsh words for mobile game developers who don’t take monetization seriously.Read more
Skate 4 Team Says People Have Been Playing A Leaked, Early Build Of The Game
14.7.2022
Looks like some people have been enjoying a little more than just early footage of the upcoming Skate 4. While EA continues to keep fans refreshingly up-to-date on a game that’s still a while off, the developers have written a blog post to say there’s a limit to that sentiment, and to ask folks...
The Last Of Us Devs Promise PS5 Remake Isn’t A ‘Cash Grab’
12.7.2022
Since Naughty Dog’s Summer Games Fest announcement that The Last Of Us is getting a PlayStation 5 remake, gamers have been up-in-arms on social media over whether or not the infection-killing dad simulator even needs a remake. According to two developers at Naughty Dog, the remake isn’t the “cash...
Ethereum Devs Delay Difficulty Bomb — ETH 2.0 Contract Surpasses 13 Million Ether Deposits
9.7.2022
On June 30, Ethereum developers delayed the network’s difficulty bomb via the Gray Glacier update, which means The Merge won’t happen at least until September 2022. Meanwhile, there’s now more than 13 million ethereum locked into the Beacon Chain worth $15.8 billion using...
Elden Ring's 'Let Me Solo Her' Gifted Actual Sword By Devs, Because He's A Legend
7.7.2022
Elden Ring took the world by storm earlier this year, but of the millions of players, one rose above the rest: Klein Tsuboi, AKA “Let Me Solo Her.” Weidling nothing but dual katanas and a pot on his head, he helped other players kill one of the game’s toughest bosses thousands of times....
EA’s Bad Tweet Last Week Has Led To Roundtable Meetings With Angry Staff
6.7.2022
Remember last week? It happened about 34 years ago, so if you don’t, I understand. But last Thursday, the official EA Twitter account tweeted a bad joke about single-player games that led to an internet-wide roasting and eventually an apology from the Battlefield publisher. And apparently, EA...
Witcher Devs Announce New Single-Player Gwent Roguelike, Out Tomorrow
6.7.2022
One of my favorite things to do in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was chasing down card sharks to crush beneath my heel. Gwent, a fantasy card game within the world of The Witcher 3, was so satisfying that I would boot up the action RPG just to play a few rounds of it. I was positively thrilled when...
New Quebec French Language Law Has Game Devs Fearful Of The Future
29.6.2022
A new law recently passed in Quebec, Canada designed to force immigrants to learn and use French in a short amount of time has many game developers in the area worried. The new bill could make it harder for studios to recruit and keep talent in a part of Canada that contains numerous big game...
Halo Devs ‘Exploring’ Microtransactions For Master Chief Collection, An 8-Year-Old Game
24.6.2022
It’s one thing for free-to-play shooter Halo Infinite to have microtransactions. Now Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a first-person shooter with a price tag, might see something similar. Maybe. Developer 343 is still “exploring” a “potential” framework “for the future.”Read more
Devs Share The Wild, Secret Hacks Your Favorite Games Rely On
23.6.2022
Did you know all the horses in Assassin’s Creed 1 are built using really fucked up human skeletons? Or that Titan Quest used invisible squirrels as in-game timers? All of this is true and is more proof that games are mostly wild collections of code and hope that have more in common with miracles...
'Disappointing': Cardano devs delay Vasil hard fork by a month
22.6.2022
While IOHK admitted the news was disappointing, the firm stated it is taking an “abundance of caution” to ensure the Vasil upgrade is implemented correctly
Post-launch monetization: the state of the art from mobile?
15.6.2022
We look at what those pesky cellphone game devs are up to
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Devs Open Up About Life During The Russian Invasion
14.6.2022
Sci-fi horror shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 won’t arrive in 2022 after all. During Xbox and Bethesda’s extended showcase livestream today, developer GSC Game World shared a new story trailer and confirmed the game was delayed until 2023. It also presented a video developer diary in which staff at...
Once Again, A Quiet Indie Games Show Upstages A Bombastic ‘AAA’ Event
10.6.2022
Earlier today, Geoff Keighley kicked off this year’s Not-E3 season with Summer Game Fest, a loud, two-hour showcase of all the ways you’ll be able to murder people in video games over the next year or so. It was, to be quite honest, a lot. Thankfully, the folks at Day of the Devs showed...
Genshin Impact Devs' New Urban RPG Looks Gorgeous
9.6.2022
During the Summer Games Fest, we got a closer look at the stylish urban RPG, Zenless Zone Zero. It’s coming from miHoYo, the developer behind Genshin Impact.Read more
Final Fantasy XIV Devs Brainstormed A Battle Royale Mode That Sounds Fun As Hell
7.6.2022
During a recent interview with Gamer, a prominent Japanese gaming website, Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida let slip that his team was at one point mulling the possibility of adding a competitive battle royale to the online role-playing game. It sounds like it’d be a whole lot of...
Consent And Compassion: How Devs Are Reshaping The Conversation Around Content Warnings
6.6.2022
It should be no surprise to anyone that the very mention of “trigger/content warnings” is likely to spark politically driven, reactionary rejections that whine about “snowflakes” and spoiled experiences. Years of poisoning the well in this area have made the terms frustratingly charged. But if...