Byte Action - Issue 89
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Hello, and welcome to the 89th edition of Byte Action newsletter!
E3 has been cancelled, and it’s the end of an era. I saw a lot of nostalgic posts regarding the event, but this one from Dean Takahashi @ GamesBeat really stood out to me. This is a nice read that summarises all the big announcements that took place in previous E3 events and reasons why we probably won’t see another E3.
Last week we also had an official reveal of another new studio as Konami has established a large new studio in Osaka, Japan, with a "creators first" philosophy. The studio is situated in the city centre and boasts state-of-the-art technology necessary for creating high-budget games, including motion capture equipment.
In other news - Electronic Arts has joined the list of tech companies that have undergone mass layoffs. The publisher has announced a new "restructuring" that will affect around 6% of their total workforce, or over 700 employees.
Lastly, according to Eurogamer The Saudi Arabian government is reportedly planning to invest $38bn into the country's gaming industry.
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The Byte
The Action
Retro Byte
Formula Retro Racing: World Tour has launched, and whilst it’s building upon the previous game's formula-style vehicles, the new offering introduces new vehicle types, promising even more excitement
Studio Byte
Vertigo Games is a VR entertainment company with offices in Rotterdam and Amsterdam (Netherlands) as well as Los Angeles, California (USA). With experienced teams in Studios, Publishing, and Arcades, the company creates, publishes, and distributes a diverse range of high-quality VR games that provide a unique, immersive gaming experience both inside and outside the home.
In 2020, Vertigo Games became part of Koch Media, a prominent producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, now PLAION, which is a subsidiary of the Embracer Group. This integration expanded the Group's global network to include VR gaming.
Legal Stuff
Acquisitions/Investments
New Game Corner
Meet Your Maker is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Behaviour Interactive. In the game, players are tasked to build and raid user-generated outposts filled with traps and guards
Resource Byte
This week in this section we’ve got Visual CV. Probably the most user friendly CV maker I’ve encountered. You can choose from multiple templates and it connects to your Linkedin so you can get a visually appealing CV in a pdf format in minutes.
Who’s Hiring?
Gameplay Designer - Liquid Swords - Stockholm, Sweden
Lead Level Designer - Lighthouse Games - Royal Leamington Spa, UK
Lead Engine & Tools Developer - Bright Star Studios - Copenhagen, Denmark (Remote)
Lead Gameplay Animator - Build a Rocket Boy - Edinburgh, UK (Remote)
Senior Technical Artist - Singularity 6 - Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
AI Designer - Embark Studios - Stockholm, Sweden
Creative Director - Avalanche Studios - Stockholm, Sweden
Senior Rendering Engineer - That’s no Moon - Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
Audio Director - Smilegate Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Lead Technical Animator - Lucid Games - Liverpool, UK (Remote)
Gameplay Animator - Rogue Factor - Montréal, CA (Remote)
Game Director - Techland - Warsaw, Poland (Remote)
Rumours
Dev Talks
Interview with Tim Sweeney and Saxs Persson
“We would love to be able to grow Fortnite and the financial opportunities for all creators, to the point where if you build a really successful game, you don't have to leave and build it as a standalone game in Unreal Engine. Now, you'll be able to, and we'll support you in doing that if that's what you want. We really want the best opportunity to stay in this as we build the open metaverse together." Tim Sweeney
Events
Reboot Develop Blue 2023 - April 24th to April 26th
The eighth edition of the conference in 2023 is expected to surpass the previous iteration, establishing itself as the most exclusive, premier, and high-end games industry and game developers event in Europe, and one of the largest global games industry events. The conference will span over three days across eight parallel tracks/stages and feature more than 150+ speakers, with a host of surprises in the lineup. Additionally, the conference venue will include a large B2B expo and indie expo areas.