Valve’s Steam Deck is making its way to Australia sometime in November. Nearly three years after its initial launch, the handheld is finally hitting the country with both its original and OLED iterations up for sale. The LCD’s 256 GB version will run for $649 AUD, while the 512 GB and 1 TB OLEDs are …
Re-Logic’s Terraria has sold 58.7 million copies in 13 years
The long-running sandbox game Terraria has now sold 58.7 million copies, according to developer Re-Logic. Looking back on the game on its forums, the developer noted its growth since its initial May 2011 launch. Nearly 32 million of its current sales are from the PC market. For further comparison, it sold over 35 million copies …
Sports Interactive strikes deal for Premier League to feature in Football Manager games
Sports Interactive, the studio behind the Football Manager series, has struck a deal with the Premier League organization over the next four years worth of games. Starting with the 2024-2025 season, the 20 clubs that make up England’s football league will be fully licensed within the games, from player photos to team logos and kits. …
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Plants Vs Zombies 3 is shutting down for ‘major overhaul’
EA has announced that Plants Vs Zombies 3 will no longer be playable from November 15, with the publisher removing the game from app stores today so that it can undergo “a major overhaul”. The tower defense threequel soft launched in January, but received an unenthusiastic response from players over the last nine months. Users …
Challenges in porting to Nintendo Switch – How Pingle Studio ported Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach
Vladyslav Popushoi, Blogger September 21, 2023 7 Min Read We at Pingle Studio have deep expertise in porting to various platforms. Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach is the 13th game in the FNAF franchise – a popular indie horror game series – and the 9th in the current series. Nintendo Switch is a Gen8 …
Roblox launching new child safety measures in November
Bloomberg reports a new series of child safety reforms are coming to Roblox sometime next month. In an email to the outlet, Roblox Corp. said the new measures “are part of [our] commitment to making the platform one of the safest online environments for our users, particularly the youngest users.” These changes will require users …
Deep Dive: A step-by-step look at the production pipeline of Ravenlok
Game Developer Deep Dives are an ongoing series with the goal of shedding light on specific design, art, or technical features within a video game in order to show how seemingly simple, fundamental design decisions aren’t really that simple at all. Earlier installments cover topics such as lessons learned from ten years of development with …
Zenless Zone Zero launches with 50 million worldwide downloads
MiHoYo’s newest action-RPG Zenless Zone Zero has garnered 50 million downloads worldwide since its launch on July 4. The game released on PlayStation 5, Windows, and mobile, and builds on the developer’s ongoing success in recent years. Last year’s Honkai Star Rail opened with 20 million players at launch, which itself built on the 17 …
SAG-AFTRA performers and game devs to reignite negotiations next week
Nearly three months after video game voice actors went on strike, SAG-AFTRA says it will reenter negotiations with developers. Next Wednesday, October 23, the actor union will resume speaking with the bargaining group representing triple-A developers such as EA, Insomniac Games, and Take-Two. Beyond that, it said neither it or the developers had any further …