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Chris Kerr

Manchester

News Editor at Game Developer

News editor at @gamedevdotcom / Bylines in Edge, Stuff, and Wireframe / DMs open / Tips: [email protected] / Bsky: https://t.co/wlFDqrLh6R

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  • Tim Sweeney starts peddling AI, Nintendo leaves journalists in the lurch, and Epic teases The Witcher 4

    1 day ago | gamedeveloper.com | Chris Kerr

    Good morning! Patch Notes has returned after a longer-than-expected hiatus and much like this journalist, who is celebrating their 32nd birthday tomorrow, has aged like that top shelf wine behind the counter at your local Bargain Booze. It's similar, but a little bit different—and hopefully still largely palatable. In its new format, Patch Notes will take center stage each Friday to spotlight the week's biggest headlines and most fascinating news tidbits.

  • Reports of Switch 2 screen punctures raise questions over hardware packaging

    2 days ago | gamedeveloper.com | Chris Kerr

    Multiple consumers on social media claim GameStop employees who chose to staple receipts to the packaging of Switch 2 hardware have inadvertently caused screen punctures. As clocked by IGN, a number of Switch 2 owners who managed to secure a device on launch day say they began unboxing their device only to find the display sported puncture wounds. The culprit, it seems, were receipts that had been stapled to the cardboard packaging by retail workers. "My Switch 2 has staple holes in the screen.

  • Subway Surfers Blast developer Outplay Entertainment has laid off 21 workers

    2 days ago | gamedeveloper.com | Chris Kerr

    Subway Surfers Blast and Angry Birds Pop developer Outplay Entertainment has laid off 21 employees. The Scottish studio confirmed the news in a email sent to MobileGamer.biz and said the layoffs were made in response to "current business realities.""This step was taken to align our operations with current business realities and to support a strategic shift toward partnering with publishers for future game releases," wrote Outplay CEO Douglas Hare in the email.

  • Tencent sinks more cash into Playground Games founder's new studio

    3 days ago | gamedeveloper.com | Chris Kerr

    Lighthouse Games was established by Gavin Raeburn in 2022 and is currently working on a racing franchise. Lighthouse Games, the UK studio led by Playground Games founder Gavin Raeburn, has secured another undisclosed investment from Tencent to finance the development of a unannounced driving title.

  • The Witcher 4 tech demo highlights the open world credentials of Unreal Engine 5.6

    3 days ago | gamedeveloper.com | Chris Kerr

    Epic Games collaborated with CD Projekt Red during its latest State of Unreal showcase to spotlight the open world credentials of Unreal Engine 5.6 (UE 5.6)—and tease what future versions of the engine might have in store. The show kicked off with an impressive technical demo that laid out how CD Projekt Red has been leveraging Unreal Engine to craft the world of The Witcher 4.

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