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

Sounds horrible...

#Hardware@GameDEV
#NVIDIA@GameDEV

Oh, crap, the gameplay video has worse framerate than Lumiere Brothers movies:

https://www.youtube.com/live/pwRpK8eoLLE?si=4KQU&t=1395 (Timer is set to the worst part)
#Optimization@GameDEV

Mirror's Edge art style was an accident: the company was originally making a typical UE3 game with yellow filter, but players got horrible motion sickness.

After a few tries they discovered that simplified colors and geometry can significantly improve the preserved stability and eliminate motion sickness.

(VIA, sadly - paid access)
#ArtDirection@GameDEV
#GameDesign@GameDEV