The most controversial move: tell people how to configure NVIDIA apps... and still tell them to enable the overlay. It's often responsible for performance drops.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j08cAZGMhTM
#NVIDIA@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV

So, about two weeks ago I played around with my RAM timings and left them at 16-18-18-38 (at 3200MT) and games started to work worse than with my previous 16-18-18-40. Some extra stutters appeared even in old games. Not the end of the world, but a noticeable downgrade no less.

A sane person would roll-back but I went further to 16-16-16-34 (same 3200 and same voltage) and it works flawlessly now with nearly no stutters even in Unreal Engine games. So it's much better than it was before.

Moral of the story: I hate how easy you can mess up with performance and how fix is always one move away.

#Hardware@GameDEV

Kurzgesagt published an indie game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719750/Star_Birds/
#IndieGames@GameDEV

Sony gave up on Destruction Allstars — their yet another failed Live-Service game... it has been delisted and the servers will go offline.

#PlayStation@GameDEV
#Multiplayer@GameDEV

Since many of you never heard of it, here's the review from the only real player:

- Set to be released for $70 (WTF)
- Refunded, delayed, turned into PS+
- Then released for $20/40
- No content, no updates, etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPHeavV6p4

It's time to go to The Witcher 3 Steam page and drop them a negative review for dropping Windows 10 support...

https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/witcher-3/pc/sp-technical/issue/2973/upcoming-changes-to-minimum-requirements-for-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt

#CDPR@GameDEV
#TheWitcher@GameDEV

Cursed! (I WARNED YA)

#WTF@GameDEV
#PlayStation@GameDEV

Oh, there's the overview by IGN:
(Not from the Cuphead fella)

The video is sponsored and basically "read what PR team sent to us". But it's always interesting to see how the company sees and positions itself.

IMO, tanks are not trendy to be played by casual audience and tank-fans are passionate about stats, real-world references, and simulation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uVA6Gpo4nk
#Wargaming@GameDEV
#Journalism@GameDEV

The new movie by Spielberg that looks like every previous movie by Spielberg, so: what do you think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFz8czbdPdU
#Movies@GameDEV

OMG, look at this 🥰

#Cats@GameDEV
#Aww@GameDEV

No Man's Sky - The Swarm Update Trailer

Best game ever

It was not a joke by the way, they will offer a free week! (I'll play Battlefield 1 instead)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2UFxzejNNg

Mina the Hollower, made by the developers of Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games) is apparently a banger!

#PixelArt@GameDEV
#IndieGames@GameDEV

Steam Deck OLED is available again but the price is much higher due to memory shortages... a 2018 CPU architecture and 2021 GPU limited to 15W. That's not ~€920 of goodies.

#Handhelds@GameDEV
#Valve@GameDEV

Via Alexandre Romagnolo

First, I have never heard his voice before and he sounds so odd. Second, Bungie can't make Destiny 3 due to budget limitations — the game will require $500m+ to make, they have much less per game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXDPYftyIn4
#PlayStation@GameDEV
#Bungie@GameDEV

Facts: a few years ago USB ruined their naming. Instead of simple 3.x, 4.x, they made tons of variations. No one understands them!

#Hardware@GameDEV