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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). First of all, most of the new features still have significant bugs and performance problems that will not be solved in time for the upcoming 4.0

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Mini compendium of indie games

Played with Fire

As game fans, we can choose from both big AAA productions and less known (but not always) indie productions. Although they are often devoid of loud releases from the AAA sector, they still gain unflagging popularity. Then we can wait for any updates or bug fixes forever. Lower price relative to AAA production.

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AI x Game Industry in 2025 - The Unspoken Part

Deconstructor of Fun

Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. This includes creating levels, missions, and even entire game worlds. QA, Localization & Producer Jobs: AI automates bug detection and optimization reducing the need for the QA teams of sometimes hundreds.

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5 Tactics for the Volatile PC/Console Market

Deconstructor of Fun

This evolving landscape presents opportunities for agile developers to thrive, even as AAA studios grapple with extended development cycles and rising costs. PC Port versions commonly launch in a bug-ridden underperformant state. This creates opportunities for AA and Indie style budgets to find open release windows and overperform.

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. There are two open world regions, Redfall Commons and Burial Point. OK you get the idea. Let's zoom out.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game. And building it on Unity’s new engine means they will be able to continue releasing updates and fixing bugs – something they were blocked from doing for a while. And there’s plenty to do and manage once you’re all set.