Game Dev Unchained

JANUARY 16, 2025

Layoffs, shifting business models, AI disruptionsit feels like were constantly in survival mode. AI and Automation: The Silent Threat Jordan and I also talked about how technology is reshaping the industry, and not necessarily for the better. AI is fast. AI is doing it.” But now, its about speed. No ones getting it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Now you know what’s the best way to “grab a drink” with this lad… Legendary game makers, Peter Molyneux who is renowned for creating the god games Populous, Dungeon Keeper, and Black & White, as well as Theme Park and the Fable series thinks that generative AI is going to be a "real game changer" in video games. It is a true enabler.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 11, 2024

Annual sports titles absolutely do not have the same scope as AAA games with multi-year dev cycles, but they do absolutely have significant breadth and depth of scope each year beyond "minor tweaks and roster changes".

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Game Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

Ubisoft’s recent announcement of an AI tool that generates dialog for Non-Player Characters in video games was generated with supine equanimity in most sections of the gaming media. workers would find their work affected by AIs in the next few years. workers would find their work affected by AIs in the next few years.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

There's no Destiny-like seamless matchmaking and no Left 4 Dead style good-enough bot AI. that a bigger US AAA or a non-US indie would've failed to capture. Instead of the threat of live game monetization, I think Redfall's biggest core technical problem was not auto-populating for consistent multiplayer co-op.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 11, 2024

Many companies have also been looking at utilizing generative AI and other new workflows to reduce the headcount needed to produce games. There's a large quantity of work currently being outsourced to external third-party studios in places like Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe because the labor is cheaper.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

They explore a variety of pressing topics such as the industry trends post-COVID-19, console market dynamics, opportunities for game developers, the impact of AI and technological advancements, and the shifting dynamics of player engagement. This is a signal of future adaptation that is further enhances with adaptation of AI.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? I imagine Arkane debated this a lot, and over the years, had to bow to AAA approachability and clarity. sorry if your game happens to crash, or you get a dreaded UI freeze.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Unfortunately, the real story in the AAA space is that experimental and niche games like RTS games don't have as much of a potential market anymore. Creatives want to be creative, so they pitch creative stuff. Executives care about the bottom line and return on investment. just to get off the ground.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

” “I’m the founder and CEO of Strange Loop Games,” began Krajewski, detailing his journey from working on AAA titles at prominent companies like EA and Midway to establishing his own remote studio. He praised Steam’s dedication to not only the large AAA studios but also to the indie developers.

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

To help during the game development process, NVIDIA has packaged and released a suite of SDKs through our branch of Unreal Engine for all developers, from independent to AAA, to harness the power of RTX. Today, NVIDIA released RTX Technology Showcase – an interactive demo built from NVIDIA’s RTX Unreal Engine 4.26 Branch (NvRTX).

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Skyrim was already notorious for this "break the AI pathing and snipe at them" exploit metagame, but Enderal sort of just gives up here. Expendable companions.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

Players build decks with cards from Government, Corporate, or Underground factions, and go up against other players or artificial intelligence (AI) to advance through the game in a cross-over digital world that supports cards from outside intellectual properties (IP).

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Preferred Choice for AAA games Unreal Engine is well-documented and has great tools for the game development discipline that reduce the manual and resource-intensive tasks in game development. It uses advanced rendering techniques, such as dynamic lighting, shadows, and reflections, to create a highly realistic and immersive environment.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Some had worked on AAA games I’d played, released indie games, or previously ran companies in games. There are so many headlines and thumbnails designed to make you feel like the industry is moving so fast with AI, Unreal 5, or how Unity is becoming irrelevant and you are getting left behind. It’s mostly rubbish.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Also, apart from its art outsourcing services, it offers cross-platform porting, AI, and web development. AAA Game Art Studio. AAA Game Art Studio is willing to take on all difficulties as long as they are connected to outsourcing game art. Nuare Studio is known to have produced artwork for Gameloft and Capcom.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

For the past years, large AAA publishers have been shifting their strategy to produce Games-as-a-Service (GaaS). They cost the same as a AAA title, they don’t generate any launch week sales, and their costs only ramp up post-launch as the gigantic team creates content to retain players.

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Game Daily

JULY 19, 2023

You have to populate them with a lot of AI and a lot of people. 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 recalled his days working on open world games at Activision. “Open worlds are complex, expensive.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 28, 2022

These are the main factors to consider when choosing an outsourcing studio: Experience working with AA or AAA game titles. Nuare Studio offers advanced AI and web development, cross-platform porting, and art outsourcing services. We’ve also prepared a checklist of key questions to help you make the right decision. Portfolio .

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

On the other, you have studios that are pushing the boundaries of what’s technically possible in AAA game development. As new technologies like AI and machine learning continue to shape the future of game development, studios will need to stay on top of these trends or risk being left behind.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

On the other, you have studios that are pushing the boundaries of what’s technically possible in AAA game development. As new technologies like AI and machine learning continue to shape the future of game development, studios will need to stay on top of these trends or risk being left behind.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

AAA games are first and foremost products and their “smooth functionality” is prized above all else. Actually, let me GO OFF for a second right now about the “sprawling vista” and what it represents to me. Actual surprises are costly, they create bugs and instability, they create imbalances.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 13, 2024

Tempers are really heated about AI right now, so I don't want to say much about it. This is also why people who want jobs in AAA should try making their own small games and mods. If you're not rich, ask this question about every new expense. Along these lines, sometimes you won't like how people decide to reduce their budgets.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Do we really need tons of new AAA production workers to come into the industry every year? I strongly disagree with the perspective that game development education should focus on AAA jobs. But those jobs are going to be warehoused or AI fodder in the near future it seems. AI will also wreck jobs here.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 26, 2023

Game AI/ML Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler Supports SaaS Applications as Data Sources (New) – provides game developers the ability to pull in multiple data sources beyond Amazon S3 , Snowflake, and Databricks to augment player telemetry data to allow more comprehensive player 360 analysis and machine learning (ML) modeling. Learn more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

What is this, another blog post about gen AI? I am writing this not to join the AI hype train but with the hope of providing valuable insights. Their emphasis on handpicking investors and partners, coupled with their use of AI to optimise operations, sets them apart from the rest. Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy.

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