‘Just Ask’: Hooded Horse Product Manager Tells Developers to Treat Publishers Like an Open Book

There's been a lot of talk lately about what constitutes a solid publishing deal. Hooded Horse, the publisher behind Lords of the fiefdomhas been a vocal advocate for better contracts. Earlier this year, co-founder and CEO Tim Bender said that publishers should abandon “horrible” recovery clauses to help developers and suggest companies like Hooded Horse … Read more

Xbox Game Pass gets another 2024 Open World Game on September 5th

Xbox Game Pass expands its catalog once again with an open-world game for players tired of the usual action-adventure formula. The SnowRunner franchise may not have hit the mainstream market at the time of writing, but the off-road simulator has built a cult following that delights in both tactical navigation and relaxing mission design. SnowRunner … Read more

Vampire Survivors development feels like an open source-fueled fever dream

The latest print issue of Game Informer was released with a fantastic interview with Vampire Survivors creator Luca Galante, and boy, is it the bomb. Galante has given plenty of interviews in the past about his surprise hit game that spawned a sea of ​​“survivor” games, but his chat with Game Informer tells us a … Read more

How to Open the Locked Rennal Chest in Raya Lucaria's Great Library

Fast connections How To Open A Locked Rennala Chest How to beat Baleful shade After being defeated Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon Inside the Great Library of Raya Lucaria Elden RingConfused adventurers can see a locked chest sitting next to the Queen. Unlike other containers in Lands Between, this chest is locked, preventing you … Read more

Call of Duty's Original Warzone Map Goes Open Source

Activision Blizzard is making call of Duty open source with a free dataset of its original War zone map, Caldera. Published on OpenUSD for non-commercial use, aspiring developers and educators have access to a nearly complete version of the map geometry. The dataset also features random time samples showing how players moved around the map. … Read more