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Saber Interactive is going free: the company will be bought by private investors for ~$500m (it was acquired for $525 a few years ago by Embracer Group).
The company created a lot of games (MudRunner, Dakar, World War Z, etc), remasters (Crysis, Halo), and Switch ports (The Witcher 3). It has 3D Realms, 4A Games, Aspyr, Beamdog, and many other studios under it's command.
Those teams under Saber command are the most efficient asset of the current Embracer Group. Losing it will leave the company in a very questionable position.
#Business
It's kinda hard day so here's Half-Life #SoundDesign #meme
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Nintendo is suing Switch Yuzu emulator developers: they are ruining the ecosystem and fans are suffering from spoilers! What a circus...
I mean, Zelda is in trouble, Ganon is evil, Link will save the world — the plot is the same for 30+ years.
Also here's my kind reminder of how 99% of dialogues in Zelda TOTK sound — no voiceovers, just moaning! It's a $70 game, folks.
#Nintendo
Important iPhone settings: in case of death you can erase browser history!
#Apple #Privacy #Security
Riverside Lab is making a game about wooden dolls!
#ArtDirection #GameArt #Godot4 #GodotEngine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HAQjy0xIVk
#Apple Arcade looked very questionable since launch and now it's getting even worse: projects are being cancelled and payments are getting lower and lower every month.
https://mobilegamer.biz/inside-apple-arcade-axed-games-declining-payouts-disillusioned-studios-and-an-uncertain-future/
Custom approach to generate geometry in #GodotEngine
https://newarteest.wordpress.com/2024/02/24/procedural-geometry-in-godot/ #Procedural #Godot4 #Plugins
Skull and Bones and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League both failed. Regarding SNB we have initial player count and for Justice League Warner Brothers reported the issue themselves.
Despite "free access" to SNB, only 850K players tried it (both free and paid). And even the most active players are spending 3-4 hours in it. Sales are 3-5 times lower than Sea of Thieves ones on release (and it was a very bad release by the way).
Suicide Squad has less than 1000 CCU after a couple of weeks. It was a commercial disappointment for Warner Brothers. Who might have guessed that service-based game no one asked for will be a failure?
#Business #Fail
Cyberpunk 2077 but with "Unrecord" VR MOD
#Modding #Modders #VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D04S2vHpXws
Funky indie game about isopod who lives among ants. Ants also have their mecha because why not!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/Isopod_A_Webbed_Spinoff/ #IndieGames
And #Valve is doing its thing again: Steam 3D Audio is now Open Source under Apache 2.0 license!
There is a GitHub repo and Blogpost on Valve website where you can learn more on terms, goals, etc.
#FOSS #SoundDesign #Audio
#NVIDIA is killing its old "control panel" with the new app: it will combine GF Experience and all settings from the panel into the new unified app.
The most valuable feature to mention is the new HDR filter that can extend almost any 3D game into HDR to use all the dynamic range of modern monitors (even outdated DX9 games are supported).
You can try the BETA now!
#Hardware #GPU #HDR
Surprisingly, Helldivers II has been built on Autodesk Stingray — the engine discontinued in 2018. There won't be new projects on it since you can no longer get it legally — in 2018 it turned into 3Ds Max plugin and in 2022 even this form was discontinued as well.
Previous versions of the engine (called Bitsquid back at a time) were used for Escape Dead Island, Hamilton's Great Adventure, Krater, Gauntlet, Helldivers, Magicka: Wizard Wars, Magicka 2, The Showdown Effect, War of the Vikings, War of the Roses, Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
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#AutodeskStingray #GameEngines #Autodesk
Finally, my favorite immersive game is gonna be updated soon! This time with better visuals and firearms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH41ESKMiuY
Yet another #Survival #RPG is doing great on #Steam: the game from ex-BioWare team called Nightingale surpassed 40000 CCU in only two hours after launch!
Meanwhile, reviews are at 50% so far saying that early access is kinda early this time.
— High ping even when you play alone
— Out of memory errors even on RTX 4090
— Uncommon key bindings (without input settings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SatntUtfSwE
The guy who works on Indiana Jones videogame level design decided to share his personal project — Uncharted on Unreal Engine 5.
He also mentioned that the demo will never become public due to legal issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aohwCqqdugY
#UE5 #UnrealEngine #LevelDesign
The company called Mighty Eyes is making VRAF — a framework for Unreal Engine 5 to speed up VR development with customizable avatars, commonly used simulations, and movement.
They are also creating Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate game to test their tools.
#VR #UE5 #UnrealEngine
Again #Layoffs #Business
#PlayStation is doing a big step this time with 900+ jobs cut (almost like Unity a few months ago).
London Studio (created from previously shut smaller studios and launched only a few #VR titles) will be shut down completely.
An Important Update from PlayStation Studios
EU parliament will outlaw mass layoffs in IT companies who provide services in Europe (including game industry).
Official Statement
#Layoffs #Business
Supermassive announced #layoffs // #Business #meme
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Steam Deck OLED, Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion GO compared by Gamers Nexus!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdV0NLoL-c #Handhelds #Hardware #SteamDeck #Steam #OLED #Lenovo #Asus
Shaders editor in Godot 4 has been updated, the redesign is merged and will appear in the next major release!
Besides visual overhaul, there are new UX improvements like drag-and-drop inserting of nodes into existing connections.
Contributed by Hendrik_Brucker
#GodotEngine #Godot4 #Shaders #UIUX
Free weekend on Steam, go check it out! #Free #Steam #RPG
https://store.steampowered.com/app/534380/Dying_Light_2_Stay_Human_Reloaded_Edition/
It's technically true! 🤔
Green cross is fine though
The Last Airbender (Live Action) rolled out on Netflix and it's not bad actually. Sokka is not goofy anymore and it makes the whole chemistry less interesting. But visuals and overall tone are very impressive.
#Movies #Netflix #Offtopic
When your engine is dead but democracy isn't! #meme
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#Nintendo direct proved our previous post: #Xbox exclusives Grounded and Pentiment are gonna be available on #NintendoSwitch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ER2hl7HUWI
For a few days #ChatGPT 4 started to reply gibberish nonsense instead of real text. The situation was confirmed by #OpenAI but the source hasn't been announced or explained.
> “the other one is the protector of the person inside the large model”
#NeuralNetworks #AI
The second demo of Spatial Audio in Godot by Lander Van Regenmortel. The feature will be a separate plugin later this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILodQHP6Iv0 #Godot4 #GodotEngine #SoundDesign