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As Helldiver 2's reviews continue to collapse on Steam, Arrowhead's best-selling action game has been pulled from around 177 countries in the wake of the new PSN account linking requirement that has turned its fanbase upside down.

Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail is leaving the studio.

Vlambeer, developers of Nuclear Throne, Luftrausers and Super Crate Box, among others, called it quits back in 2020, so that co-founders Jan Willem Nijman and Rami Ismail could work separately on other projects.

Various developers have spoken out against this year's Global Game Jam (GGJ) list of diversifiers and sponsors which incudes two AI tool websites. 

ID@Xbox has been accused of using AI art to promote indie games.

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Developers around the world have shared messages of support for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 developer Insomniac Games after a group of hackers targeted the studio.

Last night, Geoff Keighley revealed dozens of trailers for upcoming video games, and interviewed some of his favourite celebrites and best palss from the games industry on stage. He also happened to hand out some awards to game developers. At his awards show. Titled The Game Awards.

YoYo Games, creator of the popular GameMaker engine, has switched up its pricing model and appears to be much more accessible as a result.

Xbox has announced a partnership with a company called Inworld AI in order to «empower game creators with the potential of generative AI» and no, you aren't the only one who thinks that sounds incredibly ominous.

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Unity is the cross-platform engine used by many of my favorite developers to create everything from small indie gems to bigger, more well-known games. The company recently disclosed upcoming changes to its fee policy which would see developers pay per-install of their games. The out-of-the-blue announcement was controversial, prompting a variety of game devs to respond detailing why this would have a negative impact on their work, with some creators going as far as backing out of using the engine altogether.

After the recent slate of indie developers speaking out against Unity’s recently-announced plans to revise how it makes money off games developed using the engine, the company has taken to social media platform X to release a new statement.

Of the many developer concerns surrounding Unity's new install fee, the company's rules for charity exemptions remain a particularly sore spot. With one developer already claiming its charity efforts have been dismissed by Unity for supporting what the company has deemed "political groups," those concerns have only worsened. 

Unity has apologised following the furore around its disastrous plans to charge developers when people download games made using its technology.

Unity says it will be “making changes” to its controversial install fee plans, following huge backlash from game developers.

Unity will begin charging a royalty fee based on the number of times a game is installed using the Unity engine.

Online games developer conference Gamedev.world will be returning this year.