A new report from Internal clearance says Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) will require staff to work seven-day workweeks until mid-October. In an internal email obtained by the outlet, CIG leadership says the studio must meet deadlines ahead of its annual Citizencon event on October 19. Therefore, it is “doubling down over the next 18 days” … Read more
When Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader AND Pathfinder: Kingmaker developer Owlcat Games backed a publisher of narrative-focused gameshe did so with years of self-publishing experience under his belt. In 2019, publishing head Andrey Tsvetkov joined the company to create a self-publishing division, and after 5 years and the acquisition of publisher Meta Publishing, the company is … Read more
A cohort of exes Awesomenauts the developers came together to form the Dutch studio Rangatang. The founding team was previously made up of colleagues from Awesomenauts developer Romino Games. The study filed for bankruptcy in 2023 and I sold them both Awesomenauts AND Swords and soldiers at Atari. Romino was working on an unnamed project … Read more
Developers who make their games with Unreal Engine could pay less in royalties if their title hits the Epic Games Store on the same day (or earlier) as the console, PC, and mobile store. Epic Games has presented something new Launch anywhere program that promises a reduced royalty rate of 3.5% (compared to the original … Read more
Microsoft's Xbox research The division now includes a new program where it solicits feedback directly from game developers. In a new blog, the company explained how its player experience team will “listen to developer partners across the Xbox ecosystem and [work] with product teams to provide insights and data that could help improve future tools … Read more
Vampire survivors studio Poncle enters the world of publishing with a division aimed at supporting third-party developers. For Games industrythe studio revealed its plans at Game Republic's recent Pitching to Investors and Publishers event. The studio stressed that it does not want to be a “traditional publisher” focused on intellectual property. Instead, he hopes to … Read more
AI company Inworld has spent the last year rather predictably espousing the benefits of AI-powered game development tools. The company is currently working with the likes of Xbox AND Ubisoft on generative AI tools that can be used to generate branching storylines and automate NPC creation. Inworld has already talked about how these tools could … Read more
What's the point of allowing players to be cruel? “Well, it's fun,” most developers would say. That's a valid answer! Games with moral choices like Baldur's Gate 3 give players the freedom to be good or evil because those are valid choices in the context of each adventure. Games are about gaining power, and what … Read more
Valve has reworked Steam's visual editor so developers can edit and update their store pages in real time. The new “What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) editor provides a real-time preview of the “About the Game” section, allowing users to see how text, images, and other formatting options appear on the page without … Read more
The next one Dragon Age: Guard of the Veil is not only a return for BioWare's fantasy RPG series, but also something of a return to form for its developers. Released ten years after the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Guardian of the Veil (formerly known as Scary Wolf) took a while to find … Read more