At first sight: 12.7% of UK game suppliers by May 2024, up from 4.4% in April 2023 The number of employees in the UK games industry has increased to 28,516 people During the survey period, 248 companies closed or left the gaming industry The number of full-time roles saw the slowest annual growth rate since … Read more
Now that it's available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, the developers behind Phasmophobia have spoken about the sequel to the cooperative ghost-hunting game. Something you can expect not see is a crossover with famous IPs like Ghostbusters, as the developers currently have no plans to add licensed content. “I think it's something we've seen … Read more
Spider-Man 2 was already one of the best PlayStation 5 games when it released last year, and it was a natural fit to be one of the first PS5 Pro enhanced games. The question for gamers is whether these visual improvements are worth the PlayStation 5 Pro's $700 price tag. That's why some of the … Read more
Fab, Epic Games' new unified marketplace that combines Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab Store, and Quixel, launches today. As announced at GDC 2023, Fortnite is consolidating the four shops it owns for 3D models and other development assets into one place, with plans to integrate the ArtStation marketplace next year. The new Fab site allows developers … Read more
Twitch has removed a badge that identified game developers in chat streams. As detailed in yesterday's blog post, the badge is no longer visible on the platform and the switch on the developer console has been disabled. “The increased volume of requests from organizations as a result of the chat badge, both legitimate and illegitimate, … Read more
A group of former Supercell developers have formed a new company, Antihero Studios, drawing on their experience creating multiplayer games. MobileGamer.biz reported that the studio was founded by CEO and former Supercell Creative Director Brice Laville Saint-Martin, Chief Product Officer and former Brawl Stars Senior Game Designer Frank Yan, and CTO and former CTO King … Read more
During a talk at the recent CEDEC event in Yokohama, Japan, senior developers at Sony discussed their recent efforts to implement artificial intelligence and machine learning models to improve efficiency and accuracy within the quality control process. The talk was led by machine learning researchers from the Game Services R&D Department, Hiroyuki Yabe and Yutaro … Read more
Other former ZA/UM employees founded their own development company, this time under the name Summer Eternal. The studio was founded by Argo Tuulik, who was credited as one of the writers on Disco Elysium and co-created the world building for its setting in the past, when the ZA/UM collective was a group of friends running … Read more
A group of former ZA/UM employees have formed a new studio, Dark Math Games, and are working on a spiritual successor to Disco Elysium. Team 20 describes itself as a “breakaway group from the original development team” behind the acclaimed 2019 role-playing game. One of the four founders is Timo Albert, who worked as a … Read more
A group of developers who previously worked on the acclaimed Disco Elysium have formed a new studio in the UK, Longdue. The company already has about a dozen employees, including people who worked on the hit ZA/UM and its unreleased sequel. Other team members have previously worked at Bungie, Rockstar, and Brave At Night, including … Read more