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Former Dragon Age Producer Urges Gamers to Avoid Cruel Criticism of Developers
Mark Darrah, the former producer of BioWare and key figure behind the Dragon Age series, recently shared his thoughts on the growing toxic criticism that often targets game developers. He believes that in many cases, these criticisms are cruel and not constructive at all. Darrah, who left BioWare four years…
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Ex-Blizzard President Suggests Tipping Option for Exceptional Video Games
Mike Morhaime, the former president of Blizzard Entertainment, has sparked a conversation with his recent suggestion: players should be able to leave tips for video game developers. During a casual conversation on social media, Morhaime mentioned that certain exceptional games might warrant a tip of $10 or $20, over and…
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Hideo Kojima Says that Despite Many Big Offers His Studio Will Remain Independent!
While Kojima Productions only technically has one game under its belt so far (Death Stranding) it’s hard to deny that in terms of prestige, while they might be small, they’re undoubtedly a highly desirable proposition for any takeover attempt. – Founder Hideo Kojima, however, has regularly stated that he never…
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Epic Games Officially Launch Unreal Engine 5
The wait is over! – Epic Games has officially announced that Unreal Engine 5 is now available to download! With this release, they aim to empower both large and small teams to really push the boundaries of what’s possible, visually and interactively. UE5 will enable game creators to realize next-generation…
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Gaming Legend Sid Meier Warns Devs ‘Focus More on Gameplay, Not Monetisation!’
Sid Meier is undoubtedly one of the most respected names in gaming. Well known for his highly-popular ‘Civilization‘ franchise, when he has something to say about the current state of the industry, you know it’s probably not just worth listening to, but what he has to say is probably going…
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Ubisoft Staff Dub Mass Resignations as “The Great Exodus”
Generally speaking, and strictly speaking among the gaming community, Ubisoft is not a well-loved developer. A factor that certainly wasn’t helped when, as recently as last October, the developer basically decided to blame everyone (except themselves) as to why their games were often so poorly optimised for PC. – Over…
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CD Projekt Red Insists They’re Not For Sale!
There is always something of a grim inevitability that an independent games developer will, sooner or later, get gobbled up by a much bigger entity. I could list all the fantastic studios (and franchises) that basically died shortly after joining EA, but you get the idea. There is something about…
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Developer Returns to Fix a 40-Year-Old Gaming Bug!
There is something of a joke in the coding community. It goes: “99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs in the code. Take one down, patch it around, 117 little bugs in the code.” – For those of you who don’t understand this, what it essentially means is…
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The 5 Biggest Issues We Constantly See With AAA-Gaming
I don’t think it would be unfair to say that over the last 10 years or so, the quality of a released game has nosedived quite notably. You only have to look at the state of titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 to see that, quite clearly, when this was finally…
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Epic Games Acquires Rad Game Tools (Bink Video)
Love them or loathe them, it’s hard to deny that over what has largely represented a remarkably small period of time, Epic Games has cemented its position as one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. – Following a report via DSOGaming, however, they have just added a new…
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Microsoft Urges Game Devs to Make Next-Gen Upgrades Free
With the release of both the Xbox Series X and PS5 expected around November this year, it’s not uncommon for there to be a bit of a tricky transitional period for games between the two generations. While Sony has largely remained fairly quiet on the subject, Microsoft has been very…
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NHS Workers Can Apply for a Free Video Game!
It’s hardly any secret that the COVID-19 situation has put a lot of strain on health services around the world. In the UK, however, there is currently a lot of love and support for NHS workers and it seems that the gaming industry also wants to do their part to…
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Nvidia Releases DirectX 12 Ultimate Driver for Developers
While Nvidia opened the doors to ray-tracing with the launch of their 20XX RTX graphics cards back in late 2018, to date, there have been very few games that have really looked to fully-utilize the technology. In a report via Videocardz, however, a new DirectX 12 Ultimate Driver released by…
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Google Gets Accused of Not Paying to Bring Games to the Stadia
With the launch of the Google Stadia late last year, so far the streaming-based console hasn’t proven to be very successful. While there are various reasons given for this from the community, one of the most consistent is that there simply isn’t enough games offered on it. In a report…
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PGA Looks Set to Boost Developer Innovation with $20m Fund
The Polish Games Association (PGA) is a collaboration between the government, as well as a wide range of games development studios which includes CD Projekt, Techland, Vivd, and more. The move will help show just how vital Poland has become in the EU, as well as in a global market when it comes…
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