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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/3014161

Awesomenauts developer Ronimo Games has reportedly filed for bankruptcy.

As reported by Game Developer, quoting Dutch outlet Emerce, the Utrecht-based studio reportedly filed for bankruptcy on August 22 at the Central Netherlands Court.

An employee confirmed the bankruptcy on the developer's Discord server.

"We got hit by a series of unfortunate events while working on our last project, and weren't able to recover despite our best efforts," they wrote.

"What this means for Awesomenauts (and Blightbound) multiplayer is as of yet uncertain: the process is still ongoing, and it all depends on where it ends up. For what it's worth, myself and others at Ronimo would love to see both games live for a while longer."

GamesIndustry.biz reached out to Ronimo Games for clarification.

Former employee and independent developer Jeroen D. Stout, who worked as a programmer on Blightbound, also responded to the news on X (formerly known as Twitter).

"I will miss all the good people with whom I worked for the last four years," Stout wrote. "My work the last few months was super interesting and we were getting somewhere good, so it's unfortunate it ended here."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/2944272

Smaller subscription deals and the underperformance of certain titles have had a severe impact on Devolver and TinyBuild, says stockbroking firm Goodbody.

Both companies floated at the peak of the games business in 2021 and have seen their share prices plummet over the past two years. Devolver has seen its share price drop 92% since its peak in January 2022, while TinyBuild's has fallen 95%

"We have seen from Devolver and TinyBuild that subscription is under pressure at the moment," says Patrick O'Donnell, technology and video gaming analyst at Goodbody.

"The cheques coming from Sony and Microsoft are just not as big as they were. And that creates problems if you're concentrated on that side of the market.

"TinyBuild, of all of them, was most exposed. Devolver was exposed, but not quite as much."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/2277558

On PC, the game is 139.84 GB. On console, it's 100.19 GB for Standard or 117.07 GB for the Premium Edition

It looks like SDF's Mastodon instance (v4.0.2) is vulnerable, and requires patching to either 4.1.3 or 4.0.5. I don't want to back-seat admin, but I know the SDF crew have a lot on their plate. Are they aware of this vulnerability?

EDIT: The instance has now been updated to v4.0.5!

I use Mullvad, and yesterday I started getting a 502 Bad Gateway error whenever I tried to visit the site when connected using Wireguard. Oddly enough, OpenVPN works fine. Are the admins intentionally trying to block VPN access, or did Mullvad's Wireguard servers get caught up in some sort of filter?

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/566234

What games are you planning to buy or already bought?

The PC version will release on the 3rd of August, and the PS5 version on the 6th of September.

Ubisoft has announced its first ever Web3 game, Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, which will launch on the Oasys blockchain.

Oasys is a blockchain which was established in February 2022 and is backed by multiple companies, including Bandai Namco, Sega, Ubisoft, and Square Enix. It is marketed as a specialist blockchain for games.

Ubisoft describes Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles is a "PvP tactical RPG experimental game" and is currently in development for PC. You can take a look at a trailer below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPixIolnYw

Ubisoft hasn't fared well in its previous attempts with blockchain. Its NFT plaform Quartz was criticised by French trade union Solidaires Informatique, which represented Ubisoft Paris employees. Following this, those in charge at Ubisoft said players "don't get it", whilst giving away special Ghost Recon Breakpoint NFTs to the game's developers to thank them for their efforts, rather than monetary compensation.

In September, Ubisoft CEO Yves told Eurogamer the company was continuing to look at "all the Web3 capabilities", despite a lack of success with Ubisoft Quartz and internal pushback from staff.

Other gaming companies which are validators for Oasys have also been involved with NFTs, blockchain, or Web3 previously. Square Enix announced Symbiogenesis, which it touted as a "unique experience" in a "virtual (turn-based) adventure", earlier this year. The company also sold Final Fantasy 7 NFTs as part of the game's 25th anniversary celebrations.

At the beginning of 2022, it was also revealed that Sega had filed trademarks for two projects called Sega Classics NFT Collection and Sega NFT. Sega CEO Haruki Satomi said the company "would like to try out various experiments" with regards to NFTs and play-to-earn, though it would be guided by "what will be accepted and what will not be by the users".