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Devs Want To Challenge Your Expectations Of Who Makes Games
24.3.2022
While the video game industry is becoming more diverse every year, marginalized game developers are still often dismissed in professional settings based on their appearance. One developer started the hashtag #WhatAGameDevLooksLike after security guards at a games conference apparently stopped...
Ukraine Game Developers Respond To Russian Invasion
24.2.2022
Last night Russian tanks moved across the border into Ukraine. The invasion saw bombings near the capital Kyiv and elsewhere, with the ensuing fighting leading to the deaths of over 40 Ukrainian soldiers, The New York Times reports. The attacks come after months of escalating rhetoric and build...
Spellfire: Crypto Project Older Than Crypto Starts a ‘10 Days Growth’ Sprint
18.2.2022
Spellfire has packed 30 years of history into an amazing experience and combined it with the latest trends of tomorrow. Defining the future of NFTs and adding new standards to collectible card games has become the core aims of game developers. St. Valentines day has marked an important date in...
Report: IGDA Failed To Act On Internal Harassment Claims
9.2.2022
The International Game Developers Association has been an outspoken critic of the culture at companies like Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard that has led to so many lawsuits, departures and firings over the last few years. Yet a report today by GI.Biz says that the group has failed to act on its...
Konami to Keep Selling NFTs to ‘Preserve Content’
5.2.2022
Konami, one of the leading Japan-based game developers, elaborated on its future policy regarding NFTs. In its latest financial results meeting, Konami touched briefly on the subject of NFTs, and explained it would go on with its activities involving this technology as a preservation tool for some...
More evidence game devs hate NFTs and crypto
25.1.2022
The results from a survey by the Game Developers Conference are in, and they reveal a deep-seated distaste for NFTs, crypto, and the Metaverse
Microsoft Reveals Activision Purchase for $68.7 Billion as an Approach to the Metaverse
20.1.2022
Microsoft, the software behemoth, announced today it had completed a deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest game developers and publishers in the gaming world. The deal, which involves an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, will give Microsoft ownership of important...
Game Developers GSC Game World and Ubisoft Face Backlash About NFT Inclusion
22.12.2021
GSC Game World and Ubisoft, two game development companies, are dealing with backlash about the inclusion of NFT elements in some of their games. While GSC Game World — developer of the popular Stalker gaming franchise — has abandoned its plans in this regard, Ubisoft is pushing...
Why Everyone Should Be Paying Attention to GensoKishi Online Metaworld
22.12.2021
Most crypto-oriented gaming projects usually run on the likes of Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), EOS (EOS) and Tron (TRX). Despite Ethereum’s (ETH) dominance however, a growing number of game developers are now launching on Polygon (MATIC). GensoKishi Online Metaworld is a part of this list...
Hades Wins A Hugo Award, Making History As First Video Game To Ever Do So
19.12.2021
Yesterday, Hades made history by becoming the first video game to ever win a Hugo Award, an annual literary award presented to the best science fiction or fantasy works from the previous year.Read more
The Game Developers Who Enable Speedrunners To Break Their Games
8.12.2021
It was a few days after Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart had launched on PS5, and Insomniac Games had a problem. Using a glitch known as the swingboost to gain phenomenal amounts of forward momentum, a small group of players had found a method of tearing this carefully-crafted experience apart...
The Majority of Game Developers Are Beginning to Include Blockchain in Their Games According to Study
12.11.2021
Most game developers in U.S. and U.K. are now using blockchain elements in their games, according to a study released this week. The study, commissioned by a company named Stratis, reveals that the popularity of blockchain, NFTs, and the new play-to-earn model in the crypto market is making game...
These Game Developers Are Choosing To Turn Down NFT Money
10.11.2021
In the wake of Ubisoft, EA, Square Enix, Sega, and Zynga announcing their interest in or direct support of blockchain tech and NFTs, things are looking pretty bleak for anyone who enjoys living on a hospitable planet. But for most of us, even if we find the notion distasteful, the possibility...
Study: 58% of video game developers are already using blockchain
10.11.2021
Games have been pay-to-play, but blockchain and NFTs are here to change that, Stratis CEO Chris Trew told Cointelegraph
72% of Surveyed Game Developers Interested in Using NFTs and Blockchain
10.11.2021
The majority of surveyed game developers are exploring using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain in new games, and find that these innovations have the potential to add value and create more engaging player experiences, a recent survey by the blockchain platform Stratis (STRAT)...
FTX-backed studio explains why Solana is better for game developers
4.11.2021
Lightspeed Venture Partners and FTX led blockchain game developer Faraway’s $21-million funding round
Former World of Warcraft Devs Start Studio Where Only Female Staffer Is A Dog
27.10.2021
Ex-Blizzard developers who started Notorious Studios seem to have exactly zero women on their development team. The staff page shows nine developers and two advisors, all of which are men, and one canine “Chief Morale Officer” named Ellie. Which means that the studio has more dogs than women....
Game Developers Can Implement Cryptocurrency Alternative to Ad Revenue
6.5.2020
Independent game developers can now easily implement a blockchain-based revenue stream into Unity games, which incentivizes players and removes the need for in-game advertising
Enjin Courts Blockchain Game Developers With Multiverse Program
12.3.2020
Enjin’s multiverse supports tokenized in-game items that can be bought, sold, and traded by players, or used across multiple games
Enjin Launches Game Development Platform on Ethereum
18.2.2020
The Enjin Platform allows devs to integrate crypto tokens into apps and games