Ozzy raised $190m for charity a couple of weeks ago and died today.

What a legend! 🫡

Physics meme time

#Physics@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

R.I.P.

Microsoft gave up on $80 games and switched back to $70 (for now). The initial announcement was done in response to Nintendo, but apparently it didn't work well.

#XBox@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

Meanwhile, Owlcat Games supported Stop Killing Games initiative

Brutal Legend is free for 666 minutes!

https://itch.io/s/157468/-brtal-legend-free-for-666-minutes-

#Free@GameDEV

Remember how Steam was under attack from anti-adult lobby?

Well, Itch was also cleaned up... Thousands of games were deleted, others are hidden from the public search. And even if you PAID for delisted adult games, you can no longer download them on Itch.

Here's the official statement

#ItchIO@GameDEV
#Legal@GameDEV

Yay, safety!

Fun fact: the issue has been discovered before, patched out, but still replicated after the patch. Now they are patching it again.

#Security@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

3D meme

#meme@GameDEV

Fires consumed a vast area of Cyprus, burned down several towns and disrupted dozens of game development studios on the island.

Battlefield 6 trailer is good ⭐

3D meme 2: return of 3D

#meme@GameDEV

The creators of that mess went private after the backlash. Collective Shout is a lobbyist group, forced the recent bans.

Japan has stated that anti monopoly actions are possible against Visa for forcing the current wave of games bans. They were already warning the company last year.

Yeah, and

#meme@GameDEV

😁

#meme@GameDEV

If you are a UK resident, you may sign the petition to take down "Safety act" that in its current form will cut the country from tens of thousands of websites:

• Any interactive website has to make ID system to verify age (either a huge upfront investment to make one or ~$1.5 per visitor from commercial solutions).
• The legal relief budget government expects is way over the whole monthly budget for the majority of websites.
• There are huge fines and other legal actions against website owners.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
#Legal@GameDEV

100x Efficiency CPUs are often a scam, but let's see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuUM84dvxcY
#Hardware@GameDEV