Are you sure, you know how to animate dogs?

#meme@GameDEV
#Animation@GameDEV
#Bugs@GameDEV

Somehow, despite a very impressive launch, NetEase just fired a lot of Marvel Rivals developers.

#LayOffs@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

⭐ A lovely platformer game, inspired by Ori and made with Godot!

#GodotEngine@GameDEV
#IndieGames@GameDEV

Valve somehow announced TF2 SDK for better mods + a lot of sources (for non-commercial use)!

#VALVE@GameDEV
#Modding@GameDEV

After the official release, Avowed was unable to reach 20 000 concurrent players on Steam. The results are devastating for such a big game with all the advertisements they have done during the last couple of months.

Yes, I'm sure, millions are playing via XBox subscription (no), but keep in mind that even The Veilguard managed to reach 5+ times more players.

#RPG@GameDEV
#XBox@GameDEV

It seems that AI Windows laptops have failed miserably and Apple is falling right behind:

The majority of the AI tools are unable to use NPU acceleration, but utilize integrated graphics instead. Ones that do are providing insignificant advantages.

The tools themselves are barely usable and very often a niche, so they can be instead used from the browser on any device.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y5FzHUxvS8

#AI@GameDEV
#Windows@GameDEV

Enthusiasts discovered that the recent Valve updates are mentioning Godot Engine. Valve developers ported several features from Godot to Source Engine.

#GodotEngine@GameDEV
#Valve@GameDEV
#GameEngines@GameDEV

NetEase representative confirmed that they fired the American team behind Marvel Rivals, it was "a hard decision", and it was financially motivated to hire cheap labour elsewhere.

They see it slightly differently though: the game now requires a bigger live-ops team that will not be sustainable as western studio where each worker costs 3-6 times more.

Amazon Prime Gaming ex-VP confessed that Steam is unbeatable...

#Valve@GameDEV
#Steam@GameDEV
#Amazon@GameDEV

To place the release of Avowed into perspective, here are some other release numbers (some are outdated and even greater now).

15 600 players is nothing — lower than Pathfinder games, lower than Rogue Trader. Despite those games are kinda niche.

#RPG@GameDEV
#Steam@GameDEV

Remember that bad Bethesda technology everyone hates, Creation Engine? Somehow all of us are now fans of it!

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

#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#Bethesda@GameDEV

Hey, my favorite off-topic time: imagine a 2007 movie that looks like it was filmed in 1960s! And it's so unpopular that you can watch it on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq4BYwu80EY

Oh, yeah, the 5070 Ti reviews came out and there is no sense to buy it at current prices:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhtVic3Vm0Y

#Hardware@GameDEV
#NVIDIA@GameDEV

Wait, it would be a true horror masterpiece with current GPU prices!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOCtUJUfq7M

#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#Tutorials@GameDEV
#Shaders@GameDEV