#game-development

"You just look at the number and go, 'What happened?'" – The developers of RV There Yet? on their surprise, multi-million selling success

Hai nhà sáng lập Tim Badylak và Kristoffer Andersson của Nuggets Entertainment tiết lộ cách game hợp tác RV RV There Yet? bất ngờ bán được 2 triệu bản trong 8 ngày sau khi phát triển chỉ trong 9 tuần, nhờ viral trên TikTok và sự quan tâm từ Valve. Họ nhấn mạnh quyết định nhanh, tinh thần gắn kết lâu năm và việc phát hành đúng thời điểm, đồng thời chia sẻ về burnout trong phát triển game dài hạn và xu hướng game ngắn hạn thay vì live-service.

Những kinh nghiệm từ thành công bất ngờ của RV There Yet? sẽ giúp bạn hiểu cách xây dựng một dự án game nhanh chóng, sáng tạo và hiệu quả mà không phụ thuộc vào quy trình truyền thống, từ đó tối ưu hóa thời gian phát triển và tăng khả năng thành công.

Epic Games Presented Open-Sourced Version Control System

Epic Games vừa giới thiệu Lore, hệ thống kiểm soát phiên bản mã nguồn mở dành riêng cho dự …

Godot 4.7, Lights, Camera, Action! – Godot Engine

Godot 4.7 vừa ra mắt với hơn 300 đóng góp viên và 1.600 pull requests, tiếp tục cải thiện …

Nvidia accidentally made the RTX 50 series feel like a beta test for the RTX 60 series

The RTX 50 series launched with headline features like Multi Frame Generation, Ray Reconstruction, and Neural Texture Compression that were either unfinished or lacked broad software adoption. Months after launch, major fixes and updates are still arriving, and the most compelling exclusive features primarily benefit 4K gaming — a niche most PC gamers don't occupy. RTX 40-series owners already receive the biggest DLSS 4.5 image quality improvements, leaving the 50 series in an awkward middle ground. The author argues the generation feels like a transitional stepping stone, with the upcoming RTX 60 series (Rubin) positioned to be the hardware that fully realizes Nvidia's long-term rendering ambitions.

Sony lays off 'most' of the Destiny team and 'some' Marathon devs

Sony Interactive Entertainment sa thải phần lớn đội ngũ phát triển Destiny và một số nhân viên Marathon tại Bungie, sau khi đánh giá lại định hướng dài hạn của studio này. Việc cắt giảm diễn ra sau khi Destiny 2 ngừng phát triển live vào tháng 6/2026, khi Bungie chuyển trọng tâm sang dự án Marathon.

Lập trình viên nên đọc bài này để hiểu cách chuyển hướng chiến lược game lớn như Destiny 2 và cách các công ty quản lý nguồn lực khi phải thay đổi hướng phát triển, từ đó học cách ứng phó với biến động thị trường và tối ưu hóa quy trình phát triển game trong tương lai.

VC fund VGames launches new $10m Indie Fund

VGames, a VC firm founded in 2020, is launching a $10 million Indie Fund targeting premium PC and console game studios. Unlike traditional equity deals, the fund offers project financing in exchange for revenue share, preserving studio independence and IP rights. VGames plans to back 10–20 studios with investments of $500K–$1M each, focusing on commercially ambitious titles that avoid free-to-play monetisation. The shift in strategy reflects a more challenging exit environment for PC/console compared to mobile.

Free Unity Weapon Recoil System For Your Project

Flexible Recoil System is a free Unity toolkit by Arda Kozan that lets developers draw recoil patterns directly in the editor and integrate them into FPS or TPS games. It supports BiRP, URP, and HDRP render pipelines and offers both pattern-based and random recoil modes. The editor window allows creating presets, drawing patterns on a grid, and tuning settings like RPM, recoil scale, interpolation curves, and decay behavior. A complete sample scene with modular gun controllers and gameplay examples is included, along with full documentation. The asset is available for free on the Unity Asset Store.

Get This Huge Collection of 130+ Hair Cards for Blender, UE5, & More

Alma Studio has released a collection of 130+ production-ready hair card assets compatible with Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, and other 3D software. The pre-configured assets are beginner-friendly and suitable for game development, character presentation, animations, and concept art.

Italian studio 34BigThings regains independence from Embracer

Italian game studio 34BigThings has regained full independence from Embracer Group after co-founder Valerio Di Donato reacquired 100% of the company's shares. The Torino-based studio, known for Redout II and Carmageddon Rogue Shift, now employs over 70 people and claims the title of second-largest independent game studio in Italy. Leadership teased a major unannounced title based on a well-known IP later in 2026, with two more projects planned for 2027 and 2028. The buyback comes amid Embracer's ongoing restructuring, which has included widespread layoffs and studio closures since 2023.

Dynamic Electric Storm Showcase In Unity

ARTnGAME has showcased a dynamic electric storm demo built with their Sky Master ULTIMATE system in Unity, running on an RTX 4050 laptop GPU. The demo features volumetric clouds, procedural lightning, and a scalable weather system with extensive parameters for noise and weather map customization. The URP beta version is available to existing users, while the BiRP version is on the Unity Asset Store. HDRP and URP versions are available on request.

Magic: The Gathering Arena developers have successfully unionized

Magic: The Gathering Arena developers at Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have successfully unionized under the United Wizards of the Coast-CWA (UWOTC-CWA) banner following an NLRB election on June 2, 2026. Workers sought protections around generative AI use, layoffs, and compensation transparency. After Wizards of the Coast declined voluntary recognition and reportedly discouraged unionization efforts, the majority voted in favor. The union now aims to ratify a contract and hopes to inspire other game industry workers to organize.

Create Seamless Textures From Photos Taken At Any Perspective

Seamlessifier is a new Windows tool by developer Puck that extracts textures from photos taken at any angle and converts them into seamless textures for use on 3D models. It features polygon-based selection, real-time preview, multiple seamless generation methods (Smoothed Collage, Scattered Edges), seam blending, detail restoration, contrast/lighting adjustment, and texture atlas export. The tool also supports pixel-art workflows and built-in perspective correction. Some workflows are still experimental, and texture atlas packing isn't fully automated. Currently Windows-only, with a macOS version expected soon. It's available at 50% off on itch.io.

Epic CEO says connecting game economies is industry's only hope

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney cho rằng kết nối các nền kinh tế ảo xuyên suốt các trò chơi là giải pháp duy nhất giúp các tựa game mới thành công trước sự thống trị của những nền tảng khổng lồ như Fortnite hay Roblox. Ông đề xuất xây dựng hệ sinh thái chia sẻ tài sản trong game (cosmetics, vật phẩm) giữa các studio khác nhau, hỗ trợ bởi Unreal Engine 6 (dự kiến 2027) với framework Verse tích hợp tính năng interoperability, đồng thời kêu gọi các ông lớn như Xbox, Roblox, Tencent hợp tác để thúc đẩy mô hình này.

Là lập trình viên phát triển game, bạn nên đọc bài này để hiểu cách Unreal Engine 6 và mô hình kinh tế game tương tác có thể giúp tối ưu hóa hệ thống tài sản và kinh tế ảo, mở rộng khả năng cạnh tranh cho dự án của mình trong thị trường ngày càng cạnh tranh.

Realistic Roblox FPS Surpassed 8 Million Plays in Just a Few Days

TTK, a tactical first-person shooter built on Roblox by two-person studio Sable Digital, went viral after gameplay videos circulated online, surpassing 8 million plays within days of its testing phase. The game draws comparisons to Ready or Not and is free to play on mobile and PC. Developers plan to add co-op PVE squad AI mechanics and team-based modes, though the project is still in early development.

Ex-Xbox workers warn of potential retaliation in rumored layoffs

Former Xbox employees are warning current workers about potential retaliatory layoffs ahead of rumored mass cuts at Microsoft-owned Xbox studios. Four ex-employees described a pattern where filing HR complaints or pushing back against alleged toxic management led to their dismissal. Former Halo Studios art director Glenn Israel, who has publicly accused studio leadership of harassment and retaliation, advises current employees to document all communications, inform HR that any redundancy will be considered retaliatory, and consult an attorney before signing any separation agreement. A labor attorney echoes this advice, noting that retaliation investigations are detail-driven and that companies must apply even-handed, legally defensible criteria when selecting employees for layoffs.

Config 2026: New materials, new tools and a more expressive canvas

Figma's Config 2026 conference introduced several major platform expansions. Code layers let designers treat code as a design material directly on the canvas, with two-way conversion between design and code. Figma Motion adds a full timeline editor with keyframes, presets, and Dev Mode inspection, exportable as CSS, JSON, React, MP4, WebM, SVG, or GIF. Shader fills and effects can now be generated via the Figma agent using text prompts or image references, with parameterized controls. Generative plugins allow teams to build custom tools by describing behavior in natural language, no API knowledge needed. Figma Weave tools bring node-based generative workflows into the main canvas. The Figma agent now supports Skills, Connectors (Notion, Slack, GitHub, Atlassian, etc.), and shared agent chats for team visibility.

Why new investment house Denmu has $50m to give to "auteur" developers

Denmu is a new investment firm founded in 2025 by Ryan You and Michael Fan with $50 million to invest in 'auteur' game developers. The firm positions itself as an alternative to traditional publisher advances and equity funding, focusing on creative-driven projects with average investments of $1–5 million. Denmu differentiates itself through an East-West bridge strategy, leveraging the founders' backgrounds in China, France, and the US to connect developers with both Asian and Western markets. The firm has already backed projects including The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy and Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, and has seen limited partners double down on their commitments. Long-term, Denmu aims to become a one-stop capital shop for game developers at any stage.

QA's real job is being the voice of the player

QA trong phát triển game không chỉ đơn thuần là chơi game mà còn đóng vai trò là tiếng nói của người chơi suốt quá trình phát triển. Bằng cách tham gia sớm, QA giúp phát hiện trước các vấn đề về thiết kế, cân bằng và trải nghiệm người dùng, từ đó nâng cao chất lượng sản phẩm thay vì chỉ tập trung vào việc phát hiện lỗi. Các nhóm QA cần kết hợp kỹ năng kỹ thuật, sáng tạo và hiểu biết sâu về hành vi người chơi để trở thành đối tác chiến lược thay vì chỉ là biện pháp cuối cùng.

Đọc bài này để hiểu cách QA không chỉ là kiểm tra lỗi mà là một công cụ thiết kế và cải thiện trải nghiệm người chơi từ giai đoạn đầu đến cuối dự án, giúp tiết kiệm thời gian và chi phí trong tương lai.

Grand Theft Auto 6's $80 price settles the $100 question

Rockstar Games has confirmed Grand Theft Auto 6 will be priced at $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition, releasing November 19. This puts to rest speculation that the base game could hit $100, a price point that many feared could set a new industry standard. Physical copies will not include a disc, only download codes. Pre-loading begins November 12. GTA 6 is expected to be a massive seller given GTA 5's 230 million copies sold and the franchise's 470 million total units. Notably, Rockstar has not confirmed a new GTA Online alongside the release, marketing it as a single-player experience.

Procedural Curve-Based River Generator For Blender

Fares Asem has released Stylized River Generator, a Blender 5.1 tool that builds complete stylized river environments from a single curve. It automatically generates water, rocks, trees, flowers, and grass along riverbanks. The water system responds dynamically to the curve's slope — flat areas produce slow flow, steeper sections create waterfalls — and reacts to placed objects by generating foam and turbulence. A tree generator with customizable settings is included, and the tool supports custom assets for style matching.

AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 RDNA 3 Support Now Available in FSR SDK 2.3 Update

AMD has released FSR SDK 2.3 ("Redstone"), expanding ML-based FSR Upscaling 4.1 support to RDNA 3 architecture (Radeon RX 7000 Series) discrete GPUs, previously exclusive to RDNA 4. The update also includes FSR Frame Generation 4.0.1 with improved motion vector processing, and FSR Ray Regeneration 1.2 with new denoising options for ambient/specular occlusion and a checkerboard rendering mode (RDNA 4 only). Analytical fallback modes remain available for older AMD hardware. The SDK is available on GitHub.

What's New in WebGPU (Chrome 149-150)

Chrome 149-150 bổ sung hai tính năng WebGPU quan trọng: Immediates (push constants/root constants) cho phép truyền dữ liệu nhỏ, thay đổi thường xuyên trực tiếp vào shader qua WGSL <immediate> và API setImmediates(), tối ưu hiệu suất bằng cách bỏ qua tạo buffer GPU. Đồng thời, quy tắc validation chặt chẽ hơn với transient attachments, yêu cầu viewFormats rỗng khi tạo texture tạm thời và hạn chế thay đổi usage flags trong createView().

Lập trình viên nên đọc bài này để cập nhật cách tối ưu hóa hiệu suất rendering bằng Immediates trong WebGPU, giúp giảm chi phí CPU-GPU và xử lý dữ liệu thay đổi thường xuyên trên mỗi vẽ hình, đồng thời nắm rõ các quy tắc mới về transient attachments để tránh lỗi và bảo đảm tính ổn định trong ứng dụng.

Atari, MobyGames launch career platform called Moby Professional

Atari and its subsidiary MobyGames have launched Moby Professional, a career platform tailored specifically for game industry professionals. It offers free and premium ($14.99/month) tiers, with the premium tier free during a beta period running through summer 2026. The platform leverages MobyGames' database of over 350,000 games, 1.3 million individuals, and 50,000 companies to provide personalized job listings, compensation data, professional networking, and a visual map of industry connections. It was developed in response to widespread layoffs and studio closures in the games industry, aiming to address gaps left by generic platforms like LinkedIn.

Alien Isolation 2 devs on the 12 year wait

Creative Assembly's creative director Al Hope and animation director Simon Ridge discuss the 12-year gap between Alien: Isolation and its sequel. The extended wait proved beneficial, allowing the team to observe growing audience appreciation, gather player feedback, and avoid simply copying the original. Alien: Isolation 2 expands on the first game's stealth-action survival-horror formula with a new protagonist (Blake), a new outdoor colony world setting (Terra Firma), and a seesaw of claustrophobic indoor and exposed outdoor environments. The developers credit the original game's cult following, livestreaming culture on YouTube and Twitch, and the broader resurgence of horror games for validating the sequel's development.

EA: AI is delivering "faster prototyping" and a "real rise in creativity" in its studios

EA's president of enterprise development Laura Miele claims AI is delivering faster prototyping and a rise in creativity at EA's studios by removing tedious tasks from development workflows. She made the remarks at The Game Business Live during Summer Game Fest 2026. EA CEO Andrew Wilson previously stated that over 50% of EA's development processes would be positively impacted by generative AI. The comments come amid broader industry controversy, with surveys showing more than four-fifths of games industry workers finding AI-generated content unacceptable. EA is also currently being acquired by a consortium including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund for $55 billion.

Video Game Lawyer On Legal Concerns Surrounding UE6's AI Tools

Video game lawyer Haley MacLean, speaking on the MinnMax podcast, outlines key legal concerns around Unreal Engine 6's planned native generative AI integration. The core issue is that AI-generated content cannot be copyrighted under current legal systems worldwide, which require human authorship. This creates risks around reusing AI-generated assets across multiple games and opens the door for bad-faith publishers to exploit developers — for example, by withdrawing from development contracts when AI-generated assets are involved and cannot be properly licensed.