Game Development News

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A community focused on any news happening in the game development space. Things such as articles, posts talking about events, blogs, etc. are allowed.

This is one of the child communities for [email protected]. Feel free to crosspost posts there if you think its relevant for most game developers.

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Rules

Posts must be in english
Only post things that are related to news in the gamedev space. General gamedev discussion can happen in the parent community or a child community dedicated to that if it exists for what you want to talk about.
Dont self promote your games, theres other communities for that in the site.

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Itch.io games site taken down (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/gamedev_news

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Cross-posted from "Itch.io games site taken down" by @[email protected] in [email protected]

Bluesky Post (this was also posted on twitter)

I was hoping to find a statement from the aggressor, but it seems to be too early.

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Web game dev Arkadium launches publishing fund for third-party partners (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 4 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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SAG-AFTRA performers call strike against major game studios over AI - SAG-AFTRA members who work in games will strike starting at midnight, AI protections chief among their concerns. (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 4 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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The Great Steam Demo Update - Demos can have their own page and reviews (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 4 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Humble Games confirms layoffs amid 'restructuring', denies full shutdown | Old Title: Humble Bundle shuts down game publishing label (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by mac to c/gamedev_news

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SAG-AFTRA can now call immediate strike if game companies refuse AI protections (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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What games are selling on Steam: The Q2 Report (howtomarketagame.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Study finds co-op games keep growing in numbers (and sales) on Steam (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Opinion: How will Project 2025 impact game developers? (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Among Us dev Innersloth starts new indie game fund Outersloth (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 6 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Limit Break opens 2024 mentorship program to help underrepresented and marginalized devs (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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FTC blocks facial recognition plans for game purchases (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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A16Z Games commits $75M to accelerator program for early game startups (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Indie-focused Triple-I Initiative launched by Dead Cells, Slay the Spire devs (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Japan aiming to support indie devs with new acceleration program (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 9 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Day of the Devs is going independent (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 10 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Apple revises policies on streaming game services and apps with minigames (venturebeat.com)

submitted 10 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Valve is beta testing a new system that lets Steam devs schedule Daily Deals (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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SAG-AFTRA's new agreement lets game devs use AI voices (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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IronSource co-founders exiting Unity amid mass layoffs (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Valve now open to releasing "vast majority" of games with AI content on Steam (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Unity Software to cut 25% of staff in ‘company reset’ continuation (www.reuters.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/gamedev_news

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Latest estimates show over 14,000 new titles launched on Steam in 2023 (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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GameDiscoverCo launches free to all pitch deck archive (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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Deadline approaches for submissions to Game Maker's Sketchbook at GDC 2024 (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mac to c/gamedev_news

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