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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

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. The range of genres on display in X-Hero is incredibly diverse.

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QXR Studios accelerates game testing and development with Amazon GameLift Anywhere

AWS Games

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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Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Deconstructor of Fun

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art. And past experience in entrepreneurship.

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Battle Passes - Everything You Ought to Know and Then Some

Deconstructor of Fun

Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience. It’s also important to understand that Passes are not a straightforward feature to balance that can be applied to any game without risks.

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The Inevitable Blockchain Revolution

Deconstructor of Fun

GTA5 has spanned 3 console generations thanks in large part to GTA Online. The seismic shift enabled by microtransactions and live services won’t be complete until there are no more annual releases because every tentpole AAA game has transformed into a live-operated platform.

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Reflecting Upon the Last year in Blockchain Games

Deconstructor of Fun

There is also the fact that most of the big crypto investors who got rich through crypto hold most of their balance in Bitcoin. Although most of them come from the F2P mobile sector, the industry has observed professionals transitioning from the PC/console space to focus on developing AAA-quality blockchain games.

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Three Minutes to Eight developer Chaosmonger Studio “Multiple stories moving parallel”

PreMortem.Games

The game is balanced on a multitude of variables, events, triggers, put together like a house of cards. The market is so saturated, that every little defect becomes an ‘elephant in the room’ for players that often compare a low-budget indie title to AAA games. Consoles and Mobile will follow in a few weeks.

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