The British IWGB Game Workers union has expanded to over 1,500 members. Co-founder Austin Kelmore shared the news on Bluesky and explained that the worker-led organization has “grown incredibly” over the past year. The union highlighted the occasion launch a new manifesto to outline his vision for a better video game industry and explained that … Read more
At the beginning of October, that of Germany Deputy Minister of Culture and Media has launched a funding program for new game studios in the country. Starting today, October 28, founders can apply for the “Press Start: Games Founding Grant” to receive 2,750 euros (or almost $3,000) per month for a period of 18 months … Read more
Unity 6 launched today, releasing across mobile, PC, extended reality, and console platforms. A blog article details what developers can expect from the new engine, from the expected increased stability of the overall platform, to tools that support mobile web development, and even new graphics features that allow developers to shift the workload from the … Read more
CosMc's, McDonald's space-themed spin-off, launched six new drinks earlier this week to whet fans' appetites. The announcement comes as the chain opens a new location in San Antonio, Texas, the sixth CosMc restaurant in the state. Although CosMc's only has a few locations in Texas and Illinois, it's set out to challenge Starbucks and Dunkin' … Read more
After this morning's announcement of the new studies Dark math games and Longdue gamesanother ZA/UM alum has launched his own independent group. Co-founded by Disk Elisio the writer Argo Tuulik, Eternal summer it's billed as an “art collective/role-playing studio.” His mission? Collect more Nightclub writers and some new blood to “create a liberating space for … Read more
A new independent publisher has launched and already has several games it hopes to release next year. Games on the coast is made up of alumni from studios like Perfect World Entertainment, Unknown Worlds, and Devolver Digital, along with media companies like Crunchyroll and Rakutan Viji. For CEO and co-founder Keith KawamuraShoreline's specific slant is … 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
Devolver Digital is committed to producing licensed games under a new independent label, Games for big fans. As the name suggests, the studio will be responsible for publishing game adaptations of movies, TV shows, and comics. For Games industrythe staff of Good Shepherd (which Devolver acquired in 2021) will make up the team for this … 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
Unity 6, billed as the most “stable and performant” version of the engine, will launch globally on October 17, 2024. Breaking the news at the Unite conference in Barcelona, Unity said the next version of its popular game engine will provide developers with the tools and features needed to “create bigger, more immersive games and … Read more