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Epic Games buys Seattle-area video game development toolmaker RAD

GeekWire

Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine , has acquired the game development toolset creator RAD Game Tools , headquartered in Kirkland, Wash. If you’ve played any video game that was made in the last 21 years or so, there’s a good chance the game was using RAD’s Bink tool to encode its video files.

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New trade body wants to license training data for AI use

CIO Business Intelligence

Seven companies that license music, images, videos, and other data used for training artificial intelligence systems have formed a trade association to promote responsible and ethical licensing of intellectual property.

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China grants its first video game license since July

TechSpot

A document seen by Reuters shows that Party Star was granted the ISBN license required by China for developers to publish games on the mainland. It is reportedly one of a batch of titles that have received the licenses. The National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) has distributed a list.

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NGA Continues To Engage With Open Source Community Via GitHub

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It is also designed for social codeing, helping developers collaborate around projects. Developers, architects, engineers and computer scientists with ideas are exchanging them here with the result being better shared situational awareness for the development community. It enables smart change management and version control.

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Music-licensing startup Audiosocket hits play on effort to get more digital creators using its products

GeekWire

Audiosocket Photo) TikTok videos posted by Charli D’Amelio , Miss Universe , and the Philadelphia Eagles are quite different from one another, but they share something in common thanks to a Seattle startup. On TikTok, the video-sharing social giant, Audiosocket’s artists are trending, amassing more than 300 million views this year.

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Here’s why so many video game developers are suddenly abandoning the Unity engine

GeekWire

(Unity image) In the wake of a controversial policy change by game engine developer Unity , dozens of small independent video game studios have announced they’ll abandon the engine and/or have called upon Unity to reverse course. 1, 2024, it would change the terms by which it licenses its engine. As an example, Vancouver, B.C.’s

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How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played

GeekWire

Rec Room screenshot) Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. It’s definitely helped with our productivity in general, so we don’t have to watch and rewatch our gameplay videos,” said Joey Thigpen, co-lead developer.

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