GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 6, 2024

Arguably, Genshin Impact had all the ingredients of a fully-fledged AAA console/PC game.

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Starloop Studios

AUGUST 29, 2023

With AAA console game developers focusing on ensuring their games are more immersive than ever, intersecting gameplay and narrative has never been more crucial. Though the vast majority of games have a story, very few of them allow for meaningful gameplay and story integration.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Even so, it's hard not to feel both surprised and impressed by what Capcom's developers have accomplished with Resident Evil Village on iOS. Hook it up to a controller, and it's very easy to forget that you're not playing this on dedicated gaming hardware.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

AAA games like Assassin's Creed Mirage and the remake of Resident Evil 4 will soon be available to play on iPhone 15 Pro. Announced during Apple's Wonderlust Event , a new A17 Pro chip has enabled support for games previously only available on console and PC.

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Ask a Game Dev

JULY 17, 2024

Any company that wants to release a premium game console basically needs to make an enormous investment that will probably not pay off for years. First, the company must develop gaming hardware. This requires a significant internal development team to build drivers and software interfaces.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. According to reports, the game cost more than a quarter-billion dollars to develop and market.

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Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The game development pipeline is a lengthy process. In our experience working on everything from AAA titles to smaller-scale projects, a common thread are the stages of game development.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 30, 2023

The impact the game had on the people who played it, the emotional reaction that game created to almost console people who had lost love ones… By playing the game, you can reflect on the people you loved, their life and death." It wasn't just best indie game, but the best game of the year. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This conversation painted a nuanced picture of the current market, particularly the PC/console segment, and offered a glimpse into its future trajectory. This evolving landscape presents opportunities for agile developers to thrive, even as AAA studios grapple with extended development cycles and rising costs.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This week, in the latest round of noise around Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the company announced it was committing to releasing Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles for ten years. To make a AAA Call of Duty for Switch (which I assume is the suggestion) will take years. The internet loved that, of course. A new Switch?

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Starloop Studios

MAY 4, 2023

With every new console generation comes the anticipation of next-gen games and the experiences they can bring to players. The arrival of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S was met with similar excitement and curiosity as to what the new console generation would bring. At Magic Media, we are well-versed in [.]

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Moreover, notable AAA PC and console games are now expanding their reach to mobile platforms, seeking to attract a broader player base, while simultaneously exploring opportunities for cross-platform integration. Console gaming has the highest players-to-payers conversion, mobile gaming has the lowest.

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

How do we see it in 2022 and what’s at play for developers? The last few years have been motivating the game development field quite actively. Game developers, designers, and artists had to be quite inventive and creative to move it forward. Video games development incorporates PC games and consoles.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 13, 2024

Introduction : The importance of selecting a proper game backend Selecting a game backend solution is one of the most significant decisions that game studios face during development. About Harmony Games Harmony Games was founded by AAA industry veterans Volkan Ediz, James Koh, and Joseph Kubiak.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We are happy to announce that Heroic Labs is now supporting Godot's development as Platinum sponsor! At Heroic Labs , we see games development in a similar way. The rich variety of tooling available to games developers has delivered an explosion of creativity over the past decade. Democratising game development.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Analysts have widely reported developers’ ongoing challenges with user acquisition targets as they wrestle with stricter app tracking policies, especially on Apple devices. The post The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success appeared first on GameRefinery.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2023

Development costs are lower, turnaround time is faster, expectations are lower, and audiences are larger on mobile, so it makes sense that licensors would go there. In addition to the rise of mobile, the relationship between a movie tie-in console game’s development cycle and the movie itself was already fraying in the mid to late 2000s.

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Game Development News

MARCH 28, 2023

Playground Games’ founder and former studio head Gavin Raeburn has announced that he has set up a new game development studio

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

that are primarily there to support game development and content creation efforts. They probably looked at the numbers from previous games and realized that most console players only play 1-2 characters at most, so they provided the necessary support that the vast majority of their console players would ever use.

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Starloop Studios

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Game UI design for multiplatform projects is a significant challenge for game developers. PC, console, mobile, and any other platforms imaginable have much in common regarding their needs from game UI design, but they [.]

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Similarly, in a game development setup, various virtual reality tools have become easily accessible to both creators and consumers to create and encounter immersive experiences. 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools There are a range of tools and frameworks that are being used for VR game development projects.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

Every aspect of the game’s development has been thoughtfully considered, from ensuring each card has a rich backstory to using a low carbon footprint blockchain and efficient cloud-based technologies like Amazon GameLift on Amazon Web Services (AWS). However, balancing a three-faction card game is quite difficult,” Devine shared.

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Game Development News

APRIL 21, 2023

PlayStation Studios has acquired AAA multiplayer game developer Firewalk Studios

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 24, 2023

It was founded by a group of seasoned developers who were instrumental in the success of several AAA franchises including The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and, Dying Light. ” When working on a game like this, you are bound to run into some tough moments during development. Markuszewski points out two such instances.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

By understanding these complexities, we can gain valuable insights into the dynamics shaping the contemporary gaming landscape and explore potential pathways for future growth and development. source: Newzoo reports Despite the unprecedented slate of blockbuster titles, console games grew at a slower pace than inflation.

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The Astronauts

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Seniority Trap In games, and especially in engine/middleware technology, it’s fairly common to see job requirements like “Senior engineer needed, 10+ years of AAA/console development experience required” etc. Sometimes that makes sense.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The advent of handheld gaming consoles marked a significant era in the gaming industry. This bubble of time, between the early 2000s and mid-2010s, witnessed the rise of several iconic handheld consoles, including the Sony PSP, and various iterations of Nintendo’s DS line, such as the Nintendo DS, 3DS, and 2DS.

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Starloop Studios

AUGUST 3, 2023

Nintendo Switch development is a unique process in the field of game development. One of the main features of the console is the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con. Not as powerful as its Sony and Microsoft counterparts, it relies on interesting input methods and features to help devise novel gameplay experiences.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 8, 2024

AAA Boom and Bust Supercell’s “much more typical of a AAA game launch, and is atypical of a mobile launch” strategy failed. At maybe $50M in launch budget, it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the potential to forgo soft launch periods for other games in development. On the other hand, the rebound is weakest in T1 regions.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. The game development industry is booming, and it’s impossible not to notice how quickly it’s expanding. The immersive worlds game developers craft will get players hooked and keep them coming back for more. What is Unreal?

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2023

Not yet, we hope more devs can try on Nintendo Switch publish pstrejczek: Are there any plans to support other major console brands (xbox ,playstation) ? Currently not yet, we are still a mobile first game engine, we are not trying to attract AAA studios from using in-house, Unreal, Unity engines.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

In this blog post, I delve into these trends, dissecting their implications and exploring the broader implications for stakeholders—from seasoned developers to aspiring entrepreneurs. But what is truly alarming for anyone developing new games is how little time players spend playing new games versus enjoying the incumbent franchises.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 21, 2023

As a part of iXie since its inception, he has made major contributions to the growth and development of this gaming division of Indium Software. Santosh has worked on all gaming platforms, but his core competencies are PC, consoles, mobile and web games. Santosh has come a long way from where he started as a Senior QA executive.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Just like in the years prior, the blog post travels at lightspeed across the mobile gaming industry, achieving two distinctive outcomes: EXCITEMENT: Ilkka’s annual blog posts excite game developers everywhere. Ilkka’s words often portray Supercell’s game development model as straightforward and simple to carry out.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A lot of players were afraid that, considering this one was F2P, the developers would make it pay to win (or there would be a decrease in story or quality). It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile. In true Lilith Games fashion, we found the usual systems that this developer usually works with.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The world of game development has seen a significant shift with the recent release of Unreal Engine 5, which promises to bring an unprecedented level of realism and interactivity to gaming experiences. The introduction of Unreal Engine 5 is an exciting development for the game development industry. What is the Unreal Engine?

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Electronic Arts (EA) engages players around the globe in immersive games across PC, console, and mobile. 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. This post was co-authored by Bryan Chiu, Site Reliability Engineer, EA.

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