PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 5, 2024

The off-site GDC event European Game Showcase 2024 is coming to San Francisco once again this year. It’s an event where 30+ European developers get to showcase their latest games to the press, publishers, and strategic partners. European indie game developers can submit their game no later than Thursday 11 January.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2024

During a GDC talk yesterday, Nintendo looked back at the creative process for Super Mario Bros Wonder, particularly how the large development team dealt with incorporating everyone's input when creating the game's 'Wonder effects'. The first 2D Mario platformer in 11 years, Super Mario Bros Wonder released last October.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 28, 2024

Navigating the world of influencer partnerships can be daunting for game publishers and developers, but a well-structured deal can create an invaluable, campaign-defining activation that makes the difference between a game arriving to modest fanfare or becoming an unignorable, widespread presence in gaming culture. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 22, 2024

For our latest podcast, we did something a little different: a live Q&A show recorded as part of the official Devcom 2024 Twitch stream. Chris Dring and James Batchelor were joined by Altered Gene's Des Gayle, answering questions submitted by GamesIndustry.biz readers ahead of the show. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 30, 2024

Web-based mobile distribution platform Dotplay has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round. Led by venture capital firm Transcend Fund, the investment will be used to develop its platform further and expand its core team of developers and engineers. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 11, 2024

Fan demakes are a popular genre on platforms like itch.io. They distil the essence of a beloved IP and marry it to the limitations of older platforms to create something entirely new. But some love letters are unwanted by their recipients.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 15, 2024

One of the world’s most anticipated games industry events, the conference brings together developers, publishers, hardware manufacturers, and cloud providers from around the world alongside the gaming community to celebrate industry achievements and discuss the trends shaping the industry’s future. Register here. Register here.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 14, 2024

At Unite 2024, Unity’s development team introduced a series of advanced GPU optimization techniques aimed at improving rendering performance across various platforms. The Visual Effect Graph profiling tool helps developers track GPU overhead related to particle systems, allowing them to optimize effects more effectively.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

Games for Change , in partnership with HP and Google Play, announced the winners of the second annual Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge at the 2024 Games for Change Festival. The challenge is an initiative to improve representation and increase visibility for underrepresented game developers in the mobile gaming industry.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The countdown to AWS re:Invent 2024 is on, with the annual five-day event set to kick off in Las Vegas, NV on Monday, December 2, 2024. re:Invent 2024 festivities include keynotes featuring AWS leaders sharing the latest cloud and generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovations.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2024

Google has opened applications for its 2024 Indie Games Fund. The fund is open to indie game developers that have already launched a game on Google Play or other mobile platforms, PC and console. A group of Latin American game studios will receive a share of $2 million, with each recipient receiving between $150,000 to $200,000.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

That also turns mobile developers to launch their existing mobile games on PC as a way to boost both retention and engagement. Another way of diversification is to develop new games specifically for PC (and console). Despite the projected growth, Newzoo predicts that it will be a ‘lean year’ for many companies.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2024

Browser-based games platform Arkadium has opened to third-party developers. The firm will offer developers a 75% revenue share model, and game makers globally can submit their titles to the Arkadium for Developers program. Arkadium aims to release 30 new titles from third-party developers in 2024 via the new initiative.

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Juego Studio

JANUARY 23, 2024

As the technologies evolve, there is a paradigm shift towards creating cross-platform games among developers to cater to the growing demand. Accessibility is crucial to building high-quality and popular games in today’s era.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2024

The firm had already announced it didn't have a game from one of its major brands for 2024, however, it did end the show with Astro Bot. Developed by Japanese developer Asobi, Astro Bot is a sequel to the highly regarded Astro's Playroom, which is a short platform game that is bundled with every PS5 console. Read more

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Artoon

APRIL 3, 2024

Best Headless CMS Platforms in 2024 appeared first on Artoon Solutions. Welcome to our latest blog post where we dive into the world […] The post What Is Headless CMS?

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 29, 2024

Circana has released its engagement charts for April 2024, which show Fallout 4 in the Top 10 for all three platforms that it tracks: No.8 10 on Xbox, with the Obsidian-developed Fallout: New Vegas appearing at No.8 8 for PlayStation 5, No.6 6 for Xbox Series X|S, and No.4 4 on Steam. Additionally, Fallout 76 reached No.5

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 16, 2024

The episode explores the platform holder's strategy when it comes to its subscription service, and its new 'You don't need an Xbox to play Xbox' ad campaign. We also talk about the vibe of Develop Brighton 2024, and Nintendo's unusual teaser campaign for a new horror game. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

He has helped numerous developers close deals and accumulated a ton of invaluable experience in the world of game publishing and funding. “I I get to travel the world and help indie game developers succeed.” In the meantime developers are forced to get really creative”, says Berenbaum. I am super lucky in the role that I have.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This post was originally published on [ 22-06-2021 ] and has been updated on [ 30-09-2024 ] to reflect new information and insights. This is a win-win for both players as well as game app developers , because good game apps are forever in demand. Hybrid apps save money by building one app that too for all required platforms.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The global games market is navigating a period of slow but steady growth, according to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report 2024. billion in revenue in 2024, representing a modest 2.1% billion in 2024, a 4.5% Biggest growth The market dynamics reveal a notable shift among gaming platforms. year-on-year in 2024.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

They could build a scalable, reliable infrastructure that would continuously update the rankings in near real-time, delivering a new level of transparency and engagement for the Worlds 2024 broadcast and beyond. Figure 4 : Global Power Rankings in Action during Worlds 2024. Figure 2: Global Power Rankings powered by AWS.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 13, 2023

Sony Group is significantly increasing its research and development investments into its games segment, with a particular focus on live service games and opportunities in extended reality.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

year-over-year to $186 billion in 2024. Console hardware sales are projected to decline sharply by 31% in 2024 and another -11% in 2025E, due to the end of the current console generation cycle. Despite generating substantial revenues, major platforms like Twitch continue to struggle with profitability. year-over-year.

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Game Development News

MAY 1, 2024

Skybound Entertainment Continues Executive Hiring Streak with Chief Financial Officer, Head of Consumer Strategy Positions Added Gregg Sulak (Wondery) joins as CFO and Will Kassoy (Omaze) to lead Consumer Strategy Los Angeles, CA; May 1, 2024 – Skybound Entertainment, the creator-led, multi-platform entertainment powerhouse behind mega-hit franchises (..)

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Game developers worldwide have until February 21, 2024 to submit completed or beta versions of Android mobile games that have been released into the mobile market or have an upcoming expected release date in 2024. The winning game will be showcased at the annual Games for Change Festival in New York City in Summer 2024.

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Cocos

JANUARY 12, 2024

Mini-Game Runtime In China, many popular mini-game platforms, such as WeChat, Douyin (TikTok), QQ, and Kwai, have opted for Mini-Game Runtime technology architecture rather than the traditional H5/Webview as their runtime environment. Capable of spanning mainstream platforms. Engine separation support. WebAssembly support.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Even as creatives in other entertainment industries continue to fight to make fair wages, a new front has opened in gaming as developers figure out what to do about Unity’s new fee structure. Starting in January 2024, Unity will introduce what it calls a ‘Runtime Fee’. There are market conditions to consider, however.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 2, 2024

All these numbers and more interesting facts about the Slovakian games industry are taken from the annual report from the Slovak Game Developers Association (SGDA). The Slovak games industry is relatively young and slowly growing with 69 active companies in 2024. The majority of these games target the PC platform, accounting for 72.5%

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Game Development News

MAY 21, 2024

We are very pleased to announce that PressEngine is helping us deliver this year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 16, 2024

The duo keeps a steady finger on the gaming community's pulse, GTFO was 10 Chambers' first game, a passion project of the founding members and the original crew of developers. "It Why 10 Chambers Continues to Choose Lurkit Tapping into the tight, niche communities is usually the biggest struggle for game developers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai Overall downloads have declined on both iOS and Android platforms , with Play Store downloads seeing a more significant drop. At the same time, we’ve seen a strong push for off-store payment with platforms like Xsolla onboarding clients across the industry.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 2, 2024

The prevalence of games-as-platforms, epitomized by titles like Fortnite and Roblox, presents a formidable hurdle for new entrants. Looking forward into 2024, the trend will likely continue as playtime in January 2024 is down -10% year-over-year. The market will grow by a forecasted $14.1

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Let’s find out how KAYAC approaches development of Hypercasual games in 2024; what their expectations from the market are; which best practices for game development they can point out; and what tips for adapting games for the Western region they have to offer. Developers can choose the best conditions from many publishers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 3, 2024

There's no shortage of success stories surrounding Baldur's Gate 3, and Larian Studios creative content manager Ben Maltz-Jones added to the stack in a Game Developers Conference session titled "Roll Play: The Strategy Behind Baldur's Gate 3 on TikTok." million likes spread across more than 100 TikToks uploaded to the site. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As development cycles get longer and break-even points extend, the question isn’t just about how fast you can scale but rather how reliably you can predict when that investment will pay off. Seven Trends Redefining 2024 1. These apps have low development costs, quick payback periods, and rely on subscriptions for consistent returns.

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