Game Developer Digest 4/11/2023

Welcome to Tuesday and our fine selection of stories from Game Developer. Today we have a feature on Romancelvania, and news aplenty from the likes of Media Molecule, Roblox, the state of AI art in China, and more.

Put your trope down, flip it, and reverse it: Fulfilling and subverting archetypes in Romancelvania

How contradicting everything they knew about mythical monsters proved a winning formula for The Deep End Games.

China's game art industry reportedly decimated by growing AI use

The widespread use of AI art is reportedly diminishing the work of game artists in China, who worry about how it'll be used in other departments of game development.

NLRB says devs at Roblox game studio Gamefam can discuss pay

After a complaint filed to the NLRB, Gamefam employees can talk with each other about how much they are (or aren't) getting paid.

Media Molecule ending live support for Dreams in September 2023

The studio said it can no longer see a sustainable path forwards for its sprawling game creation platform.

Microsoft expands PC Game Pass to Ukraine, Egypt, and more countries

World expansion. Exclusive.