Issue #510: game juice, joypad, and cube inception

Issue #510 - October 13th 2023

If you have anything you want to share with the HTML5 game development community please let me know by sending an email to andrzej.mazur@end3r.com.
I'm also open for related sponsorship opportunities and job listings.
 

Articles:

John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle
Unity said in a press release that James M. Whitehurst has been appointed interim CEO and president of the company.
Dean Takahashi at GamesBeat

CDPR used AI to recreate performance of late Cyberpunk 2077 actor
CD Projekt Red employed AI to recreate the voice of an actor that passed away after the game's release.
Justin Carter at Game Developer

Microsoft completes $69B Activision Blizzard deal, its biggest merger ever
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick can now look forward to his next $375M chapter.
Kevin Purdy at Ars Technica

Significant job losses likely at Worms publisher Team17
Team17 has now confirmed the company's CEO has left and that the business is now in a consultation period with staff over major proposed changes to its teams.
Tom Phillips at Eurogamer
 

Tutorials:

CSS animations for game juice
TL;DR: have some CSS animations to make your browser games juicy!
Chris McCormick's blog
 

Competitions:

React Jam - fall 2023 runs October 19th-29th
 

Tools:

joypad.js - connect and use various gaming controllers

ChatDev - virtual software company that operates through various intelligent agents
 

Demos:

Cube inception fancy

The dragon maw

Hierarchy
 

Videos:

Earth's Greatest Defender: early access trailer

Gaming's biggest tragedy: the rise and fall of Diablo 4
 

Games:

Last Train Home