Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Level Infinite’s action RPG, Goddess of Victory: NIKKE , became one of the most popular titles on the mobile market when it launched in November 2022 and is still very popular in Japan. Goddess of Victory: NIKKE A third-person-shooter action RPG with progressive base-building and relationship elements.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Initially part of Improbable, a UK-based tech company specializing in scale-based cloud technology for games, Inflexion Games branched out in 2022 with funding from Tencent, growing to a team of 150 members. An area that springs to mind is just the balance of survival systems. Listen to your community”, says Flynn. “We

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In late 2022 you can see the update cadence increase from once a while to monthly and then to multiple times a month. Ilkkas famous worlds least powerful CEO line is charming, but leadership clearly makes big calls and manages the organization as a producthow does that balance evolve as the company grows? And it wasnt a lack of trying.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It wasn’t until 2022, nearing the end of our studies, that we decided to revive that dream. Balancing their vision with the realities of indie development has been a constant challenge for Oppolyon Studio, particularly when it comes to managing burnout.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

PUBGs Evangelion crossover (launched May 2022) introduced the Core Circle game mode, where players were tasked with assisting a towering Eva Unit-01 in destroying an Angel, bringing the series colossal sense of scale onto the battlefield.

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Filmustage

JUNE 7, 2023

James Cameron's "Avatar 2" (2022) , delayed partly due to HFR-related technical challenges, stands as a testament to these constraints. Avatar 2 (2022)". Furthermore, HFR's hyper-realistic visuals can inadvertently impact artistic aesthetics, diverging from traditional cinematic 'look and feel.'

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Game Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“The Company has proactively minimized exposure to cryptocurrency risk throughout the year and does not currently hold a material balance of any token,” he said in a call to shareholders. As part of his outlook, Furlong noted that GameStop has scaled back on its cryptocurrency and NFT efforts.

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Radiator Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

My initial blockout relied a lot on a new Trenchbroom 2022 feature "linked groups" , which allows a group of objects to update each other automatically, sort of like instancing -- I made one tree branch segment group, and then duplicated those groups into branches.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 13, 2025

According to research from Fortune Business Insights, t he market was valued at $31 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $85 billion by 2030, growing at a 13% annual rate. Today, Skillz is a public company with over $300 million on its balance sheet, operating in a sector that has exploded in value.

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Half Geek

JULY 28, 2022

Update (August 03 2022): This major update will be released as an Open Beta (accessible & opt-in) for Star Nomad 2 on Google Play store due to issues with changes to the Android SDK & API. Ship re-balancing: The goal is to make lighter ships more viable longer towards the mid & late-game, by improving firepower.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 8, 2024

In 2022, a life-threatening incident could have derailed his dreams, but his passion for expressing his creativity through game development fueled his recovery, leaving his physicians in awe. It’s been a struggle balancing my master’s with all the business stuff, especially now that we were in these accelerators,” he says.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Notably, they secured a substantial angel investment in 2022. It’s like the balance between taking a shower and brushing your teeth. Dean finds synergy in running both tech-based companies, explaining, “Building both companies simultaneously makes a lot of sense since they complement one another.”

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Filmustage

AUGUST 30, 2022

These include File Sharing for collaborative and one-shot work; Shooting Schedules & Shot Lists for the right balance of time and budget; and Storyboard creation to help you build a picture of your future project.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 13, 2025

Equipment Costs in Filmmaking and Technical Infrastructure Technical Elements: Equipment rental ($500,000+ for major productions) "Top Gun: Maverick" (2022) spent $11,000 per hour for F-18 fighter jet footage. Understanding movie production budgets is key to navigating this balance and effectively allocating resources.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

The PM’s dilemma – Striking a healthy balance when managing live games : Product managers must be more efficient than ever in deploying resources and spending their time. Workstations HP Anyware with Epic Games Unreal Engine 5 for Windows 2022 , a virtual desktop partner solution, brings the latest offering in On-Demand Game Development.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. Tower of Fantasy also has a balanced PvP mode, Apex League, with a seasonal ranking system and rewards for the best player. So, does it live up to the promise?

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.” ”The drop that began to take shape in H2 2022 continued and even accelerated in 2023. ” IN OTHER NEWS Unity 6 announced At Unite 2023 in Amsterdam, Unity announced the next version of its game development engine, Unity 6, set for release next year. “In

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

Since its release in 2022, Gossip Harbor has enjoyed remarkably stable and close to linear growth, which is especially impressive in a post ATT-world. We will now go through many aspects of what the game is, but keep in mind that we will be looking at the balancing and pricing for one player account in this piece.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Gaming expert speakers talked about the hottest topics in the gaming industry from 2022 predictions to rising game categories, from blockchain & NFT gaming to launch strategies. Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Editor’s note: This blog post was originally published in March 2022. With battle passes, the right balance in areas such as pricing, rewards, and duration must be found – if the pass offers too great of a reward, you might risk jeopardizing other monetization elements in the game.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 19, 2022

For guidance on how to balance ray tracing and performance, we have a variety of webinars and other content that you can learn from. Another good resource is a recent overview of NeRF at CVPR 2022 , where ray tracing is used to render radiance fields. Register for GTC 2022 to learn the latest about RTX real-time ray tracing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 4, 2023

The research, which is not yet peer-reviewed, was based on 2400 employee responses across five surveys between 2021 and 2022. Young remote workers continue to be the most dissatisfied with their jobs (as seen in the February 2022 report ). Remote workers report a worse work/life balance. In the end, it’s never black and white.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

First here’s our yearly dev collage showing off in visual form some of the progress and work since our last review, version 2022! Cumulative hours of Cogmind-related work, 2013~2022. Selection of images from the past year of Cogmind-related development as posted on this blog, forums, and social media (larger size here ).

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Nvidia

APRIL 5, 2022

Balancing quality and performance is done by controlling the game’s internal rendering resolution. At GTC 2022, NVIDIA introduced an updated Omniverse Connector for Unreal Engine including the ability to export the source geometry of Nanite meshes from Unreal Engine 5. NVIDIA Omniverse Unreal Engine 5 preview 2 Connector tutorial.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

So it's a fine balance between these high costs and also a higher return on ad spend. Bulletproof your 2023 strategy with these three articles: Mapping the post-ATT future of mobile free-to-play gaming Practical Advice for Growing Games in Diverse Markets Report: Mobile Gaming 2022 and Beyond.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The stunning visuals in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022) and Pixar's "Elemental" (2023) demonstrate how both live-action and animation redefine the limits of visual effects. Studios balance quick delivery with quality standards , which often leads to higher costs to speed up work. The VFX teams tackle unique challenges in each medium.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Reigns does a good job balancing this information while leaving enough mystery for unexpected twists. Published in 2022. Is this a safe choice? What’s the risk like? Is my character in danger? It’s important to give players an idea of the outcome of their choice before they make it. Here’s our rating: Character: 6/10. Conflict: 10/10.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

It points to various metaverse initiatives around the world although, to be frank, many of those took place in 2022. But it takes a more balanced view of the metaverse than we often see in the mainstream media, viewing it not so much as a single transformative technology, but as an indicator of rapidly changing consumer behavior.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art. This roguelike bullet-hell game has been one of the most loved PC games of the year and sits at position one on steam’s “best of 2022” list ( 1 ). And past experience in entrepreneurship. did (one article claiming that Survivor.io

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

from 2022 to 2028. Consider testing the game mechanics, overall balance, and user interactions to ensure a seamless experience for players. But is the NFT game development market worth entering? The global play-to-earn (P2E) NFT games market is predicted to reach $3.6 billion by 2028. So, yes – NFT game development is worth it.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 1, 2022

In the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Dream11 achieved its all-time high concurrency. Each shard consists of an application load balancer that routes the traffic to multiple GraphQL servers attached behind the target group. Dream11 has seen exponential growth in the past five years.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 3, 2023

So in April 2022, I quit my job to work on making animated short films full-time. CG Spectrum Technical Assistant Marc Carratala and Unreal Engine Artist and Developer Logan Pinney were hugely helpful in talking through how to balance realism and stylization and how to use reference images to create boundaries for yourself.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In fact, players downloaded hybrid-casual games over 5 billion times in 2022 alone. Therefore, developers should aim to balance between skill and simplicity. As initially stated, hybrid-casual games are characterized by mid-core game components and easy hyper-casual gameplay. These games are still new.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For instance, in 2022 alone, Honor of Kings generated a whopping $1.8 Therefore, strike a balance between the quality and number of ads to get the most revenue while maintaining a smooth gaming experience. The concept of a mobile game is worth thousands or even millions of dollars, which may not be enough. billion in revenue.

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Gamesbrief

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s a tricky balance between encouraging churn – an increase in prices is a reason to cancel – and increasing revenue by gaining an extra couple of dollars per subscriber per month. Consumers can (and will) cull a lot of these as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Subway Surfers was the most popular game for three consecutive years, with 218 million downloads in 2023, 304 million in 2022, and 191 million in 2021. This is integrated in a way that it creates a balance between randomness and structure, making each run feel new and unpredictable.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

Although I had been watching the space for about a year by then, my interest in blockchain games peaked in the beginning of 2022 right after the latest (doubtfully the last) crypto bull run like most people. a16z saying “It’s still early for crypto” in 2022. What about the App Store and Play Store? They were saying the same in 2018.

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