Meta shuts down their biggest remaining VR studios and shifts focus from the metaverse. Will they rename it back to Facebook?

All of these companies were not created by Meta, they were acquired just a few years ago, then forced to focus only on internal projects, and now they are closed.

#VR@GameDEV
#Meta@GameDEV

Kind reminder that black market of key resellers is most of the time leaving developers in debt. Not due to "lost potential profit", but directly:

A lot of these keys are stolen or refunded and processing fees will lie on the publisher. By buying on marketplaces you literally steal from developers. It's barely noticeable for AAA, but can leave indies in debt.

Due to this, you are not supporting developers, even if you think "oh, it's cheaper, but I give what I can". No, it's literally better to steal than to buy at marketplaces.

Not vibe coding, but my current mood 😔

#AI@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

Noted!

Highguard devs schedule

Valve changed Steam Community Awards, made their price even and they no longer grant any scores for the receiving party.

Kinde meh, how do I farm my clowns now?

#Steam@GameDEV
#Valve@GameDEV

The new Avatar DLC is probably the best thing Ubisoft delivered in ages. They made it 3rd person, removed fillers, created a worthy story, and fixed gameplay features.

One year after the original game and they turned it into a very impressive journey, that people actually liked.

Now the team behind it is being cut days after the release and after The Division 10th anniversary.

#Ubisoft@GameDEV
#LayOffs@GameDEV

IDK, folks, I believe them!

#AI@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

You can do a rendezook now by the way!

Be careful: some kind of fake "Artstation Support" threatening people: "pay or your account will be deleted".

I'm feeling sad that some people don't understand that this is SCAM. You don't have to pay, they are not from Artstation. Report and move on.

Stay safe!

Hytale has been released
(As an early access)

#meme@GameDEV
#Hytale@GameDEV
#Minecraft@GameDEV

Wait, it's real: 5070 Ti 16GB and 5060 Ti 16GB are discontinued and at best you can aim for 5070 12GB.

The limit will last at least for Q1 of 2026, but could continue as long as the memory shortage will last. But Asus is saying "these models will likely never return".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yteN21aJEvE
#Hardware@GameDEV
#NVIDIA@GameDEV

Creativity is my name!

#MobileGames@GameDEV

Remember how they failed to make real system requirements for James Bond game? Now they kinda managed to provide something coherent.

One week to fix a JPEG a little bit.

Comic Con tried to allow AI (non-commercial only with clear warnings), so artists reached out to the company, suggested they can go fk themselves a bit, so a day later Comic Con bans AI.

For good!

#AI@GameDEV
#Events@GameDEV

Monster Hunter Wilds severe FPS drops were traced to a faulty DLC ownership check that constantly runs and heavily burdens the CPU. Testing showed the game runs terribly (20–25 FPS) on accounts with no DLC but smoothly (80+ FPS) on accounts with many DLC items. Bypassing the check dramatically improves performance, indicating an unintentional optimization bug.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1qcy3hn/mh_wilds_bad_performance_mystery_solved/ — Digital Foundry reached out to the user and are now investigating the issue as well. Capcom literally failed the worst possible way.

#Optimization@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

You have been Rockstared!
- Leave the game to rot for ages
- Still prevent modding

#Rockstar@GameDEV