GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 11, 2023

Chris Charla, strategic director of Microsoft's indie programme ID@Xbox, says the need to separate indie titles from AAA is diminishing in many regards.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 27, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox In August 2023, David Vonderhaar announced he was leaving Treyarch , the Activision studio behind the Call of Duty: Black Ops series, after 18 years working on the blockbuster shooter franchise.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 15, 2023

Sadly, these tend to be somewhat drowned out by the noise surrounding the AAA titles, so the GamesIndustry.biz team wanted to do our part to help elevate some of the titles we believe deserve to be on people's radars.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

However, this is because November 2023 was a 'five week' month compared with the four weeks of November 2022. It was the only real new release of note for the month, and made up for the absence of other AAA titles (last year saw the release of God of War Ragnarök and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet).

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2023

It's been a bit of an unusual year for the AAA games industry. It has been ladened with blockbuster, record-breaking releases, including Hogwarts Legacy, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , and Diablo 4.

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Game Industry News

JANUARY 10, 2023

It’s my Most Anticipated 2023 Video Games. It has an amazing open world that you can zip around using magic and is one of the biggest AAA titles to feature the Isekai or transported to another world plot device that has infected Anime and Light Novels the past eight years or so.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This is based on GSD market data, which tracks all physical game sales across major European countries, plus digital game sales from most major AAA publisher. There was no comparable game in 2023. Full details at the bottom of the article. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Krafton announced its fourth quarter and full-year earnings today, showing declines for 2023 overall and mixed results for the fourth quarter, including the company's first quarterly net loss since it began trading publicly in 2021.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 13, 2024

I still get plenty of cold call recruiter emails from both independent and well-known AAA studios, so I think there are still openings for people. are still larger today than they were was in 2020 even after factoring in all of the layoffs from 2023 and 2024 (so far).

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As reported by IGN , the entertainment union known as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) collected data from hundreds of AAA, mobile, and indie developers between March and mid-August 2023. 57% of those surveyed said they most recently worked on an AAA game.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This blog post highlights AWS for Games presence at Unreal Fest 2023 , including how to enter for the chance to win a Nintendo Switch at our booth on the expo hall floor. This allows smaller game companies to produce AAA game content, and that’s exciting.” Read the customer blog.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 4, 2023

With the pandemic as a contributing factor, many companies delayed their major title releases from 2022 to at least 2023. More AAA and AA publishers are pivoting their main franchises towards these models to extend the lifespan of existing franchises. This trend suggests that the market is leveling out to pre-pandemic activity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox It's rare to be given an insight into the development of an AAA game like Cyberpunk 2077.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Image: pikisuperstar on Freepik Newzoo’s Global Gamer Study 2023 is a true treasure trove of interesting facts about the people out there that hopefully end up with your game in their hands. Nearly 75.000 people in 36 markets participated in this study. Did you know that more than half of all people with an internet connection play games?

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This is the main reason why we've had a record-setting number of layoffs in the game industry in 2023, only to be topped by a new record-setting number of layoffs in 2024, with a whole three months left to go. When profits are expected to rise, shareholders want companies to hire and increase production.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Keep reading this blog to understand how mobile game development costs differ from AAA games. Another giant is eyeing to bag the title, which is none other than Call of Duty 2023. Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V? Depending on these, you can make a budget-friendly game or the next GTA.

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AWS Games

MAY 12, 2023

In 2023, gaming is for everyone and we are proud to support the game developer community Video game creators are now able to share their vision and journey with a growing, global audience and gaming has been transformed by innovations in mobile devices, Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality and realistic, high-fidelity graphics.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 13, 2024

Harmony Games, a mobile game studio founded in 2023, considered two possible paths for solving the backend problem. About Harmony Games Harmony Games was founded by AAA industry veterans Volkan Ediz, James Koh, and Joseph Kubiak. The first was building its backend from scratch, which the studio quickly determined would take too long.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This evolving landscape presents opportunities for agile developers to thrive, even as AAA studios grapple with extended development cycles and rising costs. The game's release will undoubtedly lead to a spike in player engagement, cannibalizing playtime from other titles as we saw during 2023. in growth for the year 2024.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

The time spent on these accounts for over 60% of the time spent in games in 2023. Given how incredibly solid 2023 was for new game releases, the share of new game playtime rose only by 4% ( from 19% in 2022 to 23% in 2023). In 2023, the top five titles out of all six-year-old games captured 27% of all playtime.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 4, 2023

Here are some of the most exciting facts about Baldur’s Gate 3: Baldur’s Gate 3 endings The game was released before the official date Almost three years between early access and release Promising reviews are coming in (Sub)classes should be chosen wisely A 2023 game with no in-game purchases?! Why this sudden shift?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

Diablos, EAFC, Madden, Hogwarts Legacy, Baldurs Gate 3, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom… 2023 seemed like the year for consoles with all those blockbusters launching back-to-back. What happened was that selling and playing all of the blockbuster games of 2023 hurt live service games and stalled the growth of subscription services.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

by 2023, suggesting a reassessment of risk by investors. While this is a decrease from previous years—$153 m in 2022 and $158m in 2023—the steady number of deals indicates continued VC interest in startups founded by ex-ATVI employees. Echtra Games is working on an unannounced AAA ARPG for PC and console platforms.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2023

I wonder if AAA games like GT7 and Forza use the same type of workarounds that are totally detached from a physically-based car?” General audiences in 2023 don’t want to drive a real car, they just want to be told it’s real and that they’re a great driver.” What’s the biggest lesson learned from this project?

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

Having collaborated on previous projects across a wide range of industries – from comics, AAA games, television, music videos, visual effects, literature, theater, virtual and augmented reality, hardware, software, and R&D – the group contemplated how to create a meaningful, community-driven game on their own terms.

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AWS Games

MAY 14, 2024

The team tailored early development efforts to maintain a small but engaged audience as they prepared the game for cross-platform deployment, and in late 2023, adopted GameLift and Pragma to gain more control over the game’s backend. The game’s new backend debuted on March 5, 2024.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

the #1 casual game launch of 2023 : Scopely’s Monopoly Go! launched in April 2023 and quickly grew to become the world’s #1 casual mobile game, surpassing $1B in revenue within six months. Building and scaling MONOPOLY GO!,

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The solution: Known Version Patching (KVP) on AWS To address these challenges, EA implemented a new game patch deployment approach in August 2023 called Known Version Patching (KVP). This automated process takes less than an hour to complete for a AAA title, outputting pre-computed, incremental patches for previous versions of the game.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Created by Epic Games in 1988, Unreal has won worldwide recognition for high-end graphics and photorealistic quality and has taken the mantle as the AAA game engine. Unreal, on the other hand, is considered to be the main player in the AAA industry.

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Game Errors

MAY 31, 2023

Check the system requirements : Diablo 4 system requirements align with the fact that it is a AAA game from 2023. Delete unnecessary files, apps, and games and try again after you have at least 50% available. Your PC must meet at least the minimum requirements for the game to install and run.

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Game Daily

JULY 19, 2023

during yesterday’s 2023 Games for Change Festival in New York. A single season of dystopian-futurism TV show Black Mirror has way more interesting ideas about the future than current AAA gaming’s apocalyptica. ” Gershenfeld was speaking at a session (Less Gloom, More Bloom? Is Dystopian Media Shaping Our Future?)

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

The game is an almighty genre mishmash almost reminiscent of a AAA console game, carefully combining heavy story and character-driven RPG elements with hectic shooter gameplay. The narrative is a vital part of the drive toward in-game progression.

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Game Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s the question addressed by Ampere Analysis’ Piers Harding-Rolls in a recent webinar report, titled Dissecting the competitive landscape for console games in 2023. ” The post How live subscription games squeeze traditional AAA releases appeared first on GameDaily.biz | We Make Games Our Business.

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 5, 2023

As I said in my last GoWR piece (which got quite a lot of reads), it's kind of futile to critique big AAA games. SimTeenager 2023, now with more awkwardness! A lot of people have played it. It was intensely awaited. It was also. a little shaky. They made their money. They got their acclaim. Everyone has moved on.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Deconstructor of Fun x Google Istanbul conference is coming up on March 9th, 2023! The renowned Western AAA studios believe in their superiority in designing core gameplay and delivering outstanding UX. EA announced that it was canceling Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile. SAVE THE DATE!

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

According to industry experts, eCPM (the main KPI of ad revenue) is down up to 30% from February 2023 alone. the surprise announcement of Counterstrike 2, CCP's massive raise for a AAA Web3 game and more. Though there is some sign of potential, it’s hardly a stratospheric start for this new future. And most surprisingly, vests!

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That makes them the closest thing in games to a rock supergroup: Maya Kylmamaa (Game Lead, Engineer) , was CEO of the now defunct Reforged Studios (a Helsinki studio focused on AAA strategy games). She previously was Technical Lead at League of Legends and a Software Engineer at several expansions of World of Warcraft , among others.

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