Iron Galaxy lays off employees as it reduces company size

Co-development and porting firm Iron Galaxy Studios is adopting 'a new posture to accept these current market conditions as permanent.'

Game Developer
44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies

New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months

GamesIndustry.biz

It’s been a year since we started developing Grab Your Friends.
And yeah… about 50% of the team definitely thought it would be done way faster (aka one of us 😅)

But that’s game development: tasks take longer than expected, and good gameplay needs time.
Now though? It’s finally starting to look really good.

…right? 👀✨
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Echoes of Aincrad Gameplay Trailer Showcases New Footage Ahead of Launch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://noisypixel.net/echoes-of-aincrad-gameplay-death-game-mode/

To keep things orderly, I made a new studio account on itch.io. It will hold all full releases:
https://make-it-a-triple.itch.io/

My personal works, jam games, zines, trinkets, remain on https://ranarh.itch.io/

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Echoes of Aincrad Details Death Game Mode and 2-Hour Unanswered//butterfly Promotional Video in Ultimate Edition

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://noisypixel.net/echoes-of-aincrad-death-game-mode-unanswered-butterfly/

The Studio Behind The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Scarface, & Prototype Has Been Rebooted As New Radical Games

"Radical Entertainment + Hothead Games = New Radical Games"

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PlayStation Shuts Down Demon's Souls, Shadow of the Colossus Remake Studio Bluepoint Games - IGN

PlayStation has shut down Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the remakes of both Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls.

IGN

3 pieces of game writing advice from New York Film Academy:

-Every character deserves a little development.
-Omit needless words.
-Make the background details optional.

https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-to-write-dialogue-for-games-worth-reading

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