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Cities Skylines II appeared to be unplayable and Steam reviews are negative. But sadly the initial sales are high and there were over 100K online players during the launch.
Folks, stop buying poorly delivered games, it's getting ridiculous! For example, even 4090 can't handle maximum settings in this case: 30 FPS at 1080p, 10 at 4K.
Finally, downgrade #Tutorials!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cw4ubAeADQ
The Last of Us hunting rifle, recreated in #Blender by a fan.
#3DModels #GameAssets #Fanart
Some random Godot 3.5 project spotted on Reddit. Looks impressive and a little retro! The look was inspired by FEAR game series.
#GodotEngine #Godot3 by u/Dadaskis
Make love, not fatalities! 🥰
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjjVBTiY5Cg
Bistro demo in #GodotEngine 4.2 with FSR2 support and real-time global illumination: https://github.com/Jamsers/Bistro-Demo-Tweaked/tree/4.2-dev
#Godot4 #GameArt
– The official Star Wars game will be a part of Minecraft. Players will be able to walk through the journey from Padawan to the mighty Jedi Knight.
– The BBC will launch its Planet Earth III educational show inside Minecraft. From a TV and movie series, they extended the brand into two successful DLCs for Minecraft. The third one goes wider and deeper into lives of real and virtual animals.
This is #Metaverse, kids!
#Minecraft #News
Surprising discovery: #ChatGPT will lie if it is told by one of the entities involved in the conversation later than the one it will lie to. The most reliable way to prove it is to use the image and ask the bot to describe it – it will follow the instruction to lie if it is written.
What if you ask further? Check in the chat!
#AI #NeuralNetworks
Microsoft and Activision deal got its final approval from the UK. Merger is now a matter of time. Hard to say if it's a good thing:
Microsoft was behind the worse-rated Bethesda game Starfield, the new failed Forza Motorsport, 500m budget of Halo Infinite, and Redfall. While Activision struggles with Overwatch 2, Warcraft and Starcraft are in very questionable shape, but Diablo and Call of Duty are still their cash cows.
Both companies are making games for way too long and way too much $$, which may be an issue for the modern game industry.
#Business #Microsoft #Activision
Surprisingly, Paradox lost almost $23m on this tactical game that no one purchased. There are only ~140 reviews on Steam in the first week, suggesting that only a couple of thousands bought it.
🤔 What failed them? Let's discuss in the comments!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmTIDxl4OwM
#Business
And after a few years in service and only a few memorable exclusives, #PlayStation 5 is getting a refresh – the slim versions are lighter and smaller, but the compute power is the same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BU4VXofbQk
#Hardware #News
#Unity CEO and president John Riccitiello is leaving the company
"...announced that John Riccitiello will retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately." After what happened last month, it seems that board voted to kick him out due to how bad "install fee" was accepted by the audience.
He was replaced by James M. Whitehurst (ex Red Hat and IBM executive, very questionable person) as Interim Chief Executive Officer, so they are still looking for some real replacement and it may lead to some interesting outcome.
Touch the grass weekend 😄
Best wishes from the admin!
Hardware Unboxed proved my concerns regarding FSR3 Frame Generation: it is not a ready feature, that conflicts with Vsync and VRR, making games less fluid with more frames.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnUCYHvorrk
#Radeon #AMD #Hardware
Corridor Digital made everyone mad (again) by "FIXING" game characters with AI: and the results are cursed 😐
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7juJgPbQx8w
#AI #NeyralNetworks #StableDiffusion
Nice one for #LevelDesign and #Narrative of big worlds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY21Z9zNCw
Razer and #NVIDIA CEOs confessed that they would not go their #Business ways if they knew how hard it would be.
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Learning #lighting in cinematography is a great way to begin with better lighting in your games: not just by adding light, but by subtracting and coloring with sense and reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCu6GiEWMvY
What happened with facial animations in Spider-Man 2? Why are they almost as dead as Starfield ones?
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No one asked for this, but how about #IndieGames where you collect frogs! Cause it's almost Wednesday my dudes 🐸
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2628420/Croakoloco/
#LevelDesign vs #LevelArt by Laura Mas Maury from A Plague Tale: Requiem
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Oh, it's the weekend, so here's a chilling-out video of the guy trying unpopular multiplayer games ☺️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0AoLJMoM7c
The animation and colors are spectacular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOsZVmVPn4E
Meanwhile, Ubisoft added someone's cat from the comments into the game (since all recent AC games are known for cats)
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New #Blender feature that you may never heard of, but it is worth knowing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsTQEzcmD5w
There's another #Steam NEXT FEST, where you can try free demos of your favorite upcoming games!
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest
Here's the unpleasant overview of #AI tools issues, including #Unity ones, ChatGPT, GitHub co-pilot, and all media generating ones too, and how they poison the industry right now with ideas of fast effortless new games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MUEXGaxFDA
#NeuralNetworks #ChatGPT #GitHub
The workflow here is a bit overloaded in my opinion, but still worth learning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY8AtjM2Jxg
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #Tutorials
Meanwhile, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty was primarily purchased on PC. Considering a new game? PC is your choice then 😉
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Let's kickstart this morning with some good music from the golden era of flash animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WPj3VxDsMk