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The Day Before "Was Never An MMO", Says Ex-Fntastic Staff (www.dualshockers.com)
The Day Before was designed from the ground up as an extraction shooter, not an MMO, an ex-developer told DualShockers.
The Crew franchise has a troubled future after The Crew 1 delisting - GameScout (gamescout.co.uk)
Ubisoft is delisting The Crew 1 after nearly a decade, but even worse, existing owners will no longer be able to play as of March 2024.
Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)
Let’s hope we never see this type of ‘technical error’ again.
Cities: Skylines 2 dev says they were "caught off guard" by the success of the original city-builder after it sold 40 times more than their expectations (www.gamesradar.com)
8 years later, the devs are still surprised by how the successful the original game was
AAA Games Are Dying - It's Time To Indie (youtu.be)
Description: In this video we talk about the major AAA releases that are failing, and what it means for indie games.
Over 6,100 gaming jobs have been cut in 2023 (so far) (venturebeat.com)
Like many sectors, game developers have been cutting headcount due to economic uncertainty through out 2023. According to Farhan Noor’s videogamelayoffs.com, game developers issued layoffs to over 6,100 employees in 2023 (so far).
Last Of Us Studio Naughty Dog Is Cutting Developers (kotaku.com)
The PlayStation first-party studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us Part II is laying off dozens of contractors
Closure - Puny Human (punyhuman.com)
A letter to our fans and friends...
Wait, is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? (arstechnica.com)
Confusing, contradictory terms of service clauses leave potential opening for lawsuits.
Report: Unity considering revenue-based fee caps, self-reported install numbers (arstechnica.com)
The recently promised "changes" to Unity's controversial new per-install fee plan for developers could include hard limits based on a company's total revenue and developer self-reporting of installation numbers, according to a new report.
Unity doesn't consider Planned Parenthood a charity (but a political groups), won't exempt them from install fees (steamcommunity.com)
Original Title: UNITY, consent is key and you don't have ours....
Unity Has Apologized For Its Install Fee Policy and Says It 'Will Be Making Changes' to It - IGN (www.ign.com)
Unity has apologized for the "confusion and angst the runtime fee policy" it announced last week has caused and has revealed it will be "making changes" to it.
Unity Claims PlayStation, Xbox & Nintendo Will Pay Its New Runtime Fee On Behalf Of Devs (twistedvoxel.com)
Unity Technologies has stated that PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo will pay the company's new runtime fee on behalf of game developers.
Unity is offering a Runtime Fee waiver if you switch to LevelPlay as it tries to "kill AppLovin" - Mobilegamer.biz (mobilegamer.biz)
Or, as UA consultant Matej Lancaric puts it: “Unity is saying ‘migrate to LevelPlay or you will need to pay a shit-ton of money’".
Developers React to Unity Pricing Change (gamefromscratch.com)
Yesterday we published details of Unity pricing changes and stated that successful indie Unity developers would be the hardest hit. There have been a number of reactions across Twitter from successful Unity developers and suffice to say, we weren’t wrong. Unity developers are not happy.
Unity Bosses Sold Stock Ahead Of Scummy Dev Fees Announcement (kotaku.com)
CEO John Riccitiello sold 2,000 shares a week before Unity revealed its Runtime Fee
Cult of the Lamb Developer Threatens to Delete Game on Jan 1 Amid Unity Backlash - IGN (www.ign.com)
The developer of superb action-roguelite Cult of the Lamb has threatened to delete the game on January 1 amid a row with game engine company Unity.
10 Years of Space Engineers (youtu.be)
10 years of memories, creations and discoveries 😍...
Viral climbing game Only Up! discontinued and gone without a trace - AUTOMATON WEST (automaton-media.com)
Only Up! was discontinued by SCKR Games on September 8. The game is no longer available on Steam. In an announcement, the developer mentioned wanting to put the game behind them.
Starfield's planets are an illusion: you can't land on them (www.vg247.com)
If you were wondering if you could fly to a planet's surface in Starfield, the answer is technically yes, it'll just ta…
Space Engineers: Warfare Evolution & Decorative Pack #3 (blog.marekrosa.org)
SUMMARY:...
GTA 6 fan storms Gamescom stage demanding Rockstar release the game - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
A GTA 6 fan rushed the stage at Gamescom 2023 to demand the release of the hotly anticipated Rockstar title.
Hi-Rez Studios, the people behind Paladins and Smite, have stated that they will be using AI to clone voices and refused to add in any words to contracts that would protect actors from it (twitter.com)
Twitter thread in the link...
Metro 2033 creator Dmitry Glukhovsky faces eight-year jail sentence if he returns to Russia (metro.co.uk)
The writer of the Metro novels and video games has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, for his opposition to the Ukraine war.
Hackers are infecting Call of Duty players with a self-spreading malware | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Activision said it brought the 2009-released game offline while it investigates "an issue."
70 percent of gamers avoid certain games because of 'toxic communities', study finds (www.gamingbible.com)
A new study has found that 70 percent of gamers avoid certain games because of 'toxic communities'.