Lively Studio has laid off a “small” number of staff, according to GamesIndustry. Sources speaking to the outlet claim these cuts were spurred by a recent review from parent company Keywords Studios. The company is streamlining “certain areas” of its business between Lively and the unaffected sibling studio Electric Square. Mobile game industry woes this …
Bryant Francis, Senior Editor May 14, 2024 3 Min Read Image via Paradox Interactive. At a Glance Stellaris’ new DLC The Machine Age uses AI-powered voices for two new characters. Those audio assets were generated thanks in part to actors who agreed to provide their voices as training samples. The actors are being paid royalties, …
Indie publisher Shoreline Games has broken cover and already has multiple games lined up for launch next year. Shoreline Games consists of alumni from studios such as Perfect World Entertainment, Unknown Worlds, and Devolver Digital, along with media companies like Crunchyroll and Rakutan Viji. Per CEO and co-founder Keith Kawamura, Shoreline’s specific bent is games …
George Yang, Contributor June 12, 2024 5 Min Read Image via Team Asobi/PlayStation At a Glance Sony’s Astro Bot is the next standalone game starring its titular tech demo mascot. The Astro Bot character previously was used to show off the potency of the PlayStation VR and PlayStation 5. The only PS5 technology he won’t …
Sophia Clarke, Blogger October 5, 2023 5 Min Read An honest “help wanted” ad for today’s quality assurance (QA) professional would include phrases like, willing to be on-call 24/7, must love repetition, must have a perfect memory, must have multiple heads and arms to flawlessly accomplish a myriad of tasks daily. Everyone knows QA testing …
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Bryant Francis, Senior Editor February 23, 2024 2 Min Read Image via Sanzaru Games/Meta. At a Glance A challenge for VR game development is figuring out how long players are comfortable wearing even the slimmest of headsets. But according to Sanzaru Games, Asgard’s Wrath 2 players are spending hours upon hours in its open-world RPG. …
Developers that have worked on Skyrim, The Last Of Us and Dragon Age have formed a brand new games company, NEARStudios. Led by Heather Cerlan and Jason Richardson, the Maryland-based studio has begun work on its first game, Hawthorn. A co-op sandbox RPG that combines element of village sims with the nostalgic adventure stories of …
Three months after Koei Tecmo filed a lawsuit against mobile studio Youzu, the two developers have reached an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed fee. At the time of the April suit, the Japanese developer claimed Youzu had repeatedly infringed on its copyright. Music and in-game assets from its games had allegedly been used to promote …
The following excerpt is from Tabletop Game Accessibility: Meeple Centred Design by Dr. Michael James Heron. The book was published April 12, 2024 by CRC Press, a division of Taylor & Francis, a sister company of Game Developer and Informa Tech. Use our discount code GDTF20 at checkout on Routledge.com to receive a 20% discount …
