Remedy made a tricky move: FBC Firebreak failed miserably but they provided it with the final update and promised to keep the servers up for years to come.

#Remedy@GameDEV
#Multiplayer@GameDEV

Meta Horizon Worlds will be discontinued this June! And Hyperscape captures (collaborative experiences) are also going down just a few months after the release.

The whole VR castle is seemingly going deeper and deeper into a niche thing.

#VR@GameDEV
#Facebook@GameDEV

PlayStation picked the wrong release window (in the beginning of Steam Spring Sale), set too high piece, and now losing in the battle against piracy.

Players have tons of alternatives and now can fully avoid payments for the game. But even before the leak they could literally get 5-10 games on sale instead of wasting €80 on this one.

#PlayStation@GameDEV

Bro..

The long lasting assets website Flipped Normals is closing its marketplace 🫡

Their custom items will be placed on a new platform. The content from other authors will be delisted.

OK, boomer

Snake oil seller is telling you that you're wrong that it's a scam. Sure he did, he's the scammer!

#NVIDIA@GameDEV

The studio behind Highguard disappeared from LinkedIn. Their websites went offline. The co-founder marked that his work in Wildlight Entertainment is over. Apparently, the company is now closed.

The studio already fired most of the team right after the release but the remaining 18 people have tried to recover what's left. Now only the debt remains as even PlayStation started to issue refunds for people who sent money to this game.

8-18 people are still online regardless, they are looking at connection error screen and staying.

#LayOffs@GameDEV

No one cares about Oscars!

Meanwhile, the audience of The Game Awards by Geoff Keighley is growing every single year.

#Events@GameDEV

The ad that you don't want to close instantly is a rare gem, so I'll even share it here. Albion is a cool sandbox mmo but I'm getting rather tired of grind and user-driven economy.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ksAbcGt3UCY

Damage control from DF is weak and breaking their team apart. Alex, who was not present on the showcase, hates this tech absolutely and the disgust on his face is legendary:

https://youtu.be/5dTTfjBAFzc
#NVIDIA@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV

Just to add a little bit of context:

NVIDIA told Digital Foundry that studios were deeply involved and it's their vision and work is in progress. DF members thought if they will criticise it right away, they will go against Capcom, Unisoft, and WB. And they liked certain things, like metals and glass in Oblivion Remastered.

Then several industry insiders asked people from all these studios and the response was the same: we have seen it the same day as all of you. In most cases 1-2 staff members were assigned and pushed by CEOs and NVIDIA to stay quiet. It was not discussed, negotiated freely inside the teams. And most of them see AI filters negatively.

It was portrayed as pure RnD for involved developers (not as something coming out this autumn), then as the future of gaming (supported by major studios) for investors and Digital Foundry.

Meet the first gameplay video of Exodus. From Archetype Entertainment, a studio founded by former BioWare developers James Ohlen, Chad Robertson, and Drew Karpyshyn, and published by Wizards of the Coast.

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So far gamers are not confident yet and compare Exodus to The Division by Unisoft. When in reality cover shooting was a huge part of Mass Effect long before TD came out, but yeah, it looks a bit 2011.

For me the issue is rather different: the video is all over the place, shows small features that aren't necessary good or polished, etc. It's very basic set of game mechanics that have to be there but don't define the game.

- You can kinda walk
- Do laggy cover shooting
- Rope swing (Uncharted?)
- Doors from Mass Effect?

It's bland AF, like a template from UE5 (which it most likely is).

(Source)

#RPG@GameDEV

The world where IT was promising is so recent, I can almost touch it. Don't be evil, stay foolish, stay hungry ♥️

Kids, I feel back pain and my brain hurts a little. The idiots are walking among us!

#Movies@GameDEV
#Books@GameDEV

A very good take on duality:
- Looks good for active players
- Looks bad for bosses at SONY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6mJfpERH0s
#Bungie@GameDEV
#Multiplayer@GameDEV

Oh, my!

#meme@GameDEV

You may need this meme soon

#meme@GameDEV

Sleep well, folks 🥱