Did you know there's a free community mod with Eastern Europe for Cities Skylines II?

#Modding@GameDEV

Phoenix Labs, the creators of Dauntless is laying off almost all its stuff. They were already getting rid of people three times, but this one was the final.

The game reached Steam only with the most recent update. And it wasn't treated well — with mostly negative reviews such a game has no future.

It was initially released exclusively on Epic Store over five years ago. Bad idea for a multiplayer game.

#Layoffs@GameDEV

We have a new meme!

#meme@GameDEV
#NVIDIA@GameDEV

A better one!

#meme@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV

Windows 11 update is (yet again) causing hardware issues. Right now any USB and BT device can cause system to crash, freeze, or glitch along the way. Mostly it's related to hardware that uses DAC (audio devices, web cameras, and so on).

It seems that the issue comes from KB5050009 (24H2, OS Build 26100.2894) and there is no ETA for the fix. The only solution for now is to stop using such devices, or try other USB ports.

#Windows@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

KCD2 looks amazing!

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Meanwhile, a laptop 4070 in its most simple 65W TDP variant, lost to the new flagship integrated graphics from Radeon. It will appear later this year in NUC boxes and premium laptops.

This Radeon 8060 is integrated into the CPU and can utilize up to 96GB of system memory. It's like a console graphics on steroids. But still with reasonable TDP of 45-120W.

#AMD@GameDEV
#GPU@GameDEV

Chat GPT dropped a $10 subscription plan a few days after the success of its Chinese competitor.

It was $200 before and company warned that even then it wasn't actually profitable. Which means, they are burning money even faster now.

#AI@GameDEV
#ChatGPT@GameDEV

Yeah, I hate asymmetrical crafting systems in games!

5080 has been called boring by the initial reviews: there's nearly no performance gain for a higher real price and higher TDP.

#Hardware@GameDEV
#NVIDIA@GameDEV

🔥 Good news, everyone!

PlayStation decided that Herman Hulst isn't doing the right thing with his PSN account requirements. They replaced him + you no longer need PSN for several single player games:

• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• The Last of Us Part II Remastered
• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
• God of War Ragnarök

Hulst is left to supervise internal studios. And now Hideaki Nishino will be the only CEO of PlayStation.

From now on, PlayStation will keep PSN accounts as optional link that will grant users with certain gifts and addons (the same as CDPR does with Cyberpunk and The Witcher 3).

#PlayStation@GameDEV

There's yet another No Man's Sky update. This time with the new types of stars, better forests, better water, and some other technologies they are porting from the upcoming Light No Fire.

Sean speaks with us again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lG2DTjP-_M

#Procedural@GameDEV
#Sandbox@GameDEV

That's a good one (I'd still question 3, 7, 8, and 9).

#GameDesign@GameDEV
#Infographics@GameDEV

Meanwhile, BioWare faced restructuring or as they called it "an update"! People were moved from the studio to other EA businesses. Some were just dismissed with the chance to apply for other roles (but without clarity about their future).

#BioWare@GameDEV
#EA@GameDEV

🌚 The internet used to be better 15 years ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU

#Music@GameDEV

Atomic Heart is still beating: the 3rd DLC has arrived:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG1RfX4u3Gg

#AtomicHeart@GameDEV

If you are making games with Cocos, go try Balancy for free till June!

https://x.com/a_apanasik/status/1884711641650258012

Cocos is the game engine (lightweight) and Balancy is Live Ops tool that helps with shops, offers, a/b testing, and stuff (without rebuilding and re-uploading the whole game).

The nature is healing 🍀

#BioWare@GameDEV
#Layoffs@GameDEV