The game dev guide to unpacking the mobile cheater’s toolbox
Presented by Denuvo by Irdeto
Cheaters and piracy can damage your mobile game's revenue and reputation, meaning it's important for mobile game developers to stay up to date with the latest cheats out there if they want to keep those threats from impacting their own games and apps.
Denuvo by Irdeto is constantly on the lookout for available cheats and mods that can attack today’s popular games. Unfortunately, there is a surprising amount of innovative and high-quality cheats available; fortunately, there are also innovative and high-quality solutions to mitigate them. This session will catalog the number of cheats that threaten mobile games and look at who some of the juiciest targets are.
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Stugan opens applications for fourth annual indie accelerator
Stugan, the popular game dev summer camp nestled in the heart of Sweden, has opened up applications for its fourth annual indie accelerator program.
The non-profit initiative has put out a global call for applications, and will keep the doors open until March 31. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches
Applicants must present themselves and their game idea in a 90 second video, and will also need to submit a short written description of themselves, their game, and what they're hoping to achieve.
Those selected will be invited to the famous Stugan cabin, located in the countryside region of Falun, where they'll spend an expenses-paid …
Outpost Games is seeking an animator
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Peter Moore touts increased dev diversity at EA and calls for more
"We’ve gone from the personification of what we believe women should look like in a video game, to actually involving women in making video games, to today where at Electronic Arts we have some of our most powerful franchises overseen by women who manage hundreds of men."
– Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore touts his sharpening focus on diversity in game development.
Hiring (and retaining) women in the game industry is an ongoing challenge, evinced recently in a GDC Europe panel discussion by women executives at notable game companies.
Report- Annapurna Interactive’s baffling staff exodus caused by shifting resources, leadership clashes
Two weeks after all of Annapurna Interactive's staff suddenly resigned, new information has surfaced about events that seemingly led to the mass exodus.
A recent report from IGN claims the film studio's game division became fractured by strife within upper management, unfulfilled deals, and overall distrust in co-founder Megan Ellison.
Annapurna Interactive started in 2016 by Ellison as an extension of Annapurna Productions. Since then, it has released critical and financial successes like What Remains of Edith Finch and Stray.
Initially, Interactive was run by Nathan Gary, who then over…
Resident Evil alums launch new developer Birdkin Studio
Former Capcom developers Hideaki and Saori Utsumi have started their own independent team, Birdkin Studio.
The husband/wife duo are already at work on a project for the Nintendo Switch and Steam. In their reveal of the company, they said their mission statement is to "release games that make life fun!"
Both Utsumis previously worked at Capcom in its audio department. Saori co-composed music for Resident Evil 3: Nemesis with Masami Ueda, and did sound work on Mega Man Xtreme and Bounty Hunter Sara.
Meanwhile, Hideaki was a s…
SAG-AFTRA returns to negotiating table with major gaming studios
Today is the day: SAG-AFTRA has resumed negotiations with game developers to secure rights for video game voice actors and performers.
Last week, the actors union announced talks would resume with triple-A developers like EA, Take-Two, and other heavy hitters. Since July, actors have been striking and advocating for support online.
Yesterday, October 22, SAG-AFTRA revealed over 120 games from 49 developers are signed to its tiered contract for interim agreements. In September, that number was 80 and considered a "huge win" at the time.
One of those signed developers is Lightspeed L.A., whose debut pr…
SNK opens new studio to ‘evolve’ fighting game franchises
Japanese developer SNK has established KOF Studio to "carry on the storied legacy" of its fighting game franchises.
The studio website explains the nascent developer will attempt to "revolutionise" SNK's vast slate of fighting properties.
Fighting game properties under SNK include Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, and King of Fighters. The latter was bolstered with a new installment in 2022, while the most recent Samurai Shodown (or Samurai Spirits in Japan) title debuted in 2019. The next Fatal Fury game is currently slated to be Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, which will mark the first entry in the series in over 25 years when it launches in April 2025.
Get a job- Wargaming seeks an AI Engineer
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Harmonix is ending Rock Band 4 weekly DLC drops to focus on Fortnite Festival
Rock Band 4 will receive its final piece of DLC on January 25, marking the end of an era that began eight years ago.
The boisterous rhythm game launched in 2015 and has been supported by developer Harmonix ever since, with the studio delivering regular morsels of DLC to add almost 3,000 tracks to the title's soaring song catalog.
Harmonix said the Rock Band DLC catalog has been a huge achievement in "persistence and commitment," but with the company throwing itself into the development of Fortnite Festival following its acquisition by Epic Games, it's preparing to call time on those DLC plans.