Hacker News with Generative AI: Gaming Industry

Publishers Have Said the Quiet Part Out Loud About Retro Games (forbes.com)
In a recent move against the archiving of video game history, publishers have finally come clean on why they dislike retro games so much.

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Retro Gaming, History

62 points by redbell 6 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: How many studios / developers have moved away from Unity? (ycombinator.com)
It's been over a year since the Unity runtime fee debacle, I'm curious for those in the games industry how many studios or individual developers you've seen that have moved on from Unity to something like Unreal or Godot.

Gaming Industry, Game Engines, Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot

22 points by 1000nettles 12 days ago | 12 comments

Half-Life 2 pushed Steam on the gaming masses and the masses pushed back (arstechnica.com)
When millions of eager gamers first installed Half-Life 2 20 years ago, many, if not most, of them found they needed to install another piece of software alongside it.

Video Games, History, Steam, Gaming Industry

6 points by LorenDB 19 days ago | 2 comments

How Half-Life 2 was made: A story of cabals and Electronics Boutique (arstechnica.com)
There has been some debate about which product was the first modern “triple-A” video game, but ask most people and one answer is sure to at least be a contender: Valve’s Half-Life 2.

Video Games, History, Gaming Industry, Development

5 points by lucasllinasm 20 days ago | 0 comments

Did too many games release in Q3 of 2024? (howtomarketagame.com)
At the start of 2024 I decided that every Quarter I would check in to see what games are doing well, how many games are releasing, and what it says about finding success on Steam.

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Steam

44 points by vyrotek 39 days ago | 54 comments

Most Players Prefer Single-Player Games, New Study Claims (kotaku.com)
For the last few years, the video game industry has seemed obsessed with building always-online live-service multiplayer experiences. And many of those live games, like Concord, have failed to find much success. Now a new survey reveals that might be because most folks prefer playing single-player games.

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Consumer Behavior, Single-Player Games

5 points by PaulHoule 40 days ago | 0 comments

Netflix Shuts Down Its AAA Game Studio (gamefile.news)
One of Netflix’s most intriguing video game studios is no more.

Video Games, Netflix, Business, Gaming Industry

39 points by disqard 40 days ago | 56 comments

Retro Gaming News (retronews.com)
2025 is The New 2004: The Upcoming Big Year For Popular Game Releases

Retro Gaming, Video Games, Gaming Industry, 2025

3 points by solist 53 days ago | 0 comments

I talked to Ubisoft Devs, it's far worse than we thought [video] (youtube.com)

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Ubisoft, Criticism, Industry News

5 points by lnyan 67 days ago | 0 comments

Playstation 5 Pro Shows the Futility of the Video-Game Graphics Race (bloomberg.com)
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Video Games, Hardware, Technology, Gaming Industry

40 points by ibobev 79 days ago | 83 comments

Patch Notes #3: The game industry is becoming an innovation wasteland (gamedeveloper.com)
"Astro Bot acclaim, PlayStation 5 Pro disdain, and more jobs down the drain."

Gaming Industry, Game Development, Innovation

8 points by raytopia 80 days ago | 5 comments

Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned (theverge.com)
Annapurna Interactive, the game company famous for publishing indie hits like Stray, Outer Wilds, Gorogoa, Neon White, What Remains of Edith Finch, and many more, may not be the same company anymore.

Gaming Industry, Video Games, Resignations, Annapurna Interactive, Indie Games

464 points by nickcotter 81 days ago | 221 comments

Entire Annapurna Game Team Resigns (bloomberg.com)
The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive, the video-game publishing division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna studio, resigned this month following a dispute with its owner.

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Resignations, Labor Disputes

80 points by tmendez 82 days ago | 18 comments

Why VR Games Still Haven't Taken Off (ieee.org)
VR Gaming was expected to lead this uptake, but why hasn’t it? We believe that VR gaming has been held back by game developers who are committed to a fantasy. In this fantasy, VR games align with the values of “hardcore” gamer culture, with advanced graphics and wholly immersive play. Aspirational attempts to reach this flawed fantasy have squashed the true potential of VR for gaming.

VR Gaming, Gaming Industry, Technology, User Experience

36 points by WaitWaitWha 84 days ago | 94 comments

Concord, $200M budget game, pulled from distribution after 1 week (playstation.com)

Video Games, Gaming Industry, Business, Finance

7 points by bhouston 91 days ago | 1 comments

Efficiency vs. Accessibility: John Carmack's take on the potential of web games (twitter.com)

Web Games, Gaming Industry, Accessibility, John Carmack, Efficiency

15 points by astlouis44 94 days ago | 3 comments

Employees at Bethesda Game Studios Unionize (twitter.com)

Labor Unions, Gaming Industry

35 points by ajford 137 days ago | 11 comments

Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs? (gamesindustry.biz)