GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 5, 2023

However, managing influencer campaigns manually can be a daunting task, especially for AAA publishers who aim to reach millions of potential players at the same time. Jorge Tavera is the Global Influencer Strategy manager at Deep Silver, the AAA publisher within the media company Plaion (formerly Koch Media). Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 20, 2023

This norm, however, may soon be a relic of the past as software from technology company Move hopes to revolutionise motion capture for AAA and indies alike, as well as beyond games. Read more

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Haven't you noticed just how many AAA game releases these days aren't about a single sale but live service? The cost of development for AAA fidelity games is mostly too high now to be profitable on their own. Call of Duty's annual release) with regular content updates alongside battle passes, cosmetics, and microtransactions.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Designed to reflect the game development lifecycle, the AWS for Games booth at GDC will offer four main areas for exploration: Cloud Game Development, Game Content Creation, Backend and Infrastructure, and Player Acquisition, Engagement, and Monetization. Experience, exploreand PLAY!

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Its capabilities for VR content creation include comprehensive 3D modeling tools, advanced texturing and shading, animation and rigging, and integration with VR Devices. Here are some of the best VR software that we think are essentially created to empower VR developers around the world.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

These emerging players are at the forefront of consuming game-related content alongside their active involvement, emphasizing the growing trend of watching gaming-related media alongside playing. They are likely to have higher levels of engagement, increased spending on gaming, and a greater inclination towards consuming gaming content.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2023

AAA dev really tries not to spend that much time in preproduction because the plan should already mostly be in place by the time we begin - we know what kind of game we’re making and we have a solid idea for what kind of gameplay we’re trying to build out. As for your second question, it also depends.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 2, 2024

Once the new hire has the game up and running and has familiarized herself with the game's controls and such, it's time to start reading documentation for the internal tools and workflow - how the content is made, how the work is done, what the working process is, how to check your work, who to contact in case of questions.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

that are primarily there to support game development and content creation efforts. For your first question about what kind of non-creation teams there are: Game dev studios typically have internal support teams - back end, build, IT, user research, etc.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 4, 2023

More AAA and AA publishers are pivoting their main franchises towards these models to extend the lifespan of existing franchises. Games like Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox have achieved great success by adopting this approach, which focuses on providing players with regular updates and new content.

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Game Dev Unchained

JANUARY 16, 2025

Every single AAA studio is trying to copy that model. According to IGN (2024) , 70% of new AAA releases now have some form of live-service monetization whether its battle passes, microtransactions, or subscription-based expansions. Or are we just making content platforms?” Jordan: “We all saw it happening, right?

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 19, 2023

It really depends on what you mean by whether major AAA companies “listen to the audience complaints”. Most major content updates ship every three months, so three patches in the future usually means players won’t see the things we’re working for another 6 to 9 months.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Diablo Immortal also builds on its narrative by periodically adding expansions, which add additional playable areas introduced through new story content. Farlight Games has put a lot of effort into bringing these heroes to life with AAA-quality 3D animation and voiceover work.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Known for popular game franchises including EA Sports FC, Madden NFL, Battlefield, and Apex Legends, EA regularly releases new game versions to mitigate issues, make improvements, and add new in-game content. KVP uses the knowledge of the installed version and language of the game to generate smaller patches with only the changed content.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

AWS Session Highlights Harnessing generative AI to create unlimited content within game worlds : Saltwater Games details the generative AI architecture of “Resurgence,” an upcoming free-to-play, post-apocalyptic, open-world crafting and survival game. A comprehensive breakout and applicable use cases can be found below.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2024

We're not project leads that pitch entire games, we're [ content creators ] that build the bits of specific content in games - the spells, the monsters, the fights, the classes, the races, the quests, the environments, the stats, the companions, and so on. I think you have the wrong idea about what game designers do.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

For the past few decades, Quake modders have freely mixed-in copyrighted unlicensed content from other games. It's probably not worth disentangling, even if Microsoft basically owns everything. THE FUTURE OF MY QUAKE MAPS. Which leads me into reflecting on my own Quake modding activity.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 22, 2024

” Oh, and regularly update your tags to ensure they accurately reflect your game’s content and avoid irrelevant or incorrect tags added by fans. ” Focus on content about your game rather than unrelated events. “Indie games have actually gone down in price while AAA games have been raising their prices.”

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

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.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We’ve repeatedly heard Xbox emphasize how important it is for the industry to offer a diversity of voices in content and make games available to players at different price points and via different distribution channels. Marketing spend is spiraling and even Apple has started fencing with AAA titles for their devices.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2023

I want to have a team with a pipeline where we release a game every few months, always making new IP and numbered sequels, never gross content packs and new ways of extracting more money from people who have already bought a game.” What inspired you to make Drift Type C?

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AWS Games

MAY 12, 2023

From time to time, our AWS GameTime guests may also share exclusive news, easter egg content and merchandise! AWS are also proud to continue supporting the game developer community and we want to highlight the best games from indie studios to AAA game studios built on AWS. Of course we have a gameplay segment!

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Game devs (especially AAA devs) aren't interchangeable and we don't all work on the same thing, have the same expertise, or even work within the same team. You shouldn't email developers directly unless they've explicitly told you to do so. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Game Industry News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy: I’m a fan of most Potterverse content, and I enjoyed the books while growing up. It has an amazing open world that you can zip around using magic and is one of the biggest AAA titles to feature the Isekai or transported to another world plot device that has infected Anime and Light Novels the past eight years or so.

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Nvidia

MARCH 25, 2021

Evgeny Makarov, Developer Technology Engineer, NVIDIA Jakub Knapik, Art Director at CDPR Our Sniper Elite 4 Journey – Lessons in Porting AAA Action Games to the Nintendo Switch The Asura engine, entirely developed in-house by Rebellion, has allowed the independent developer/publisher the maximum creative and technical freedom.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. Designer Jobs: AI-driven procedural content generation (PCG) algorithms generate game content dynamically. Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. Albeit the marketing constraints would remain.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

6 focusing on web3 projects, primarily content creators, with 5 in gaming and one mobile play-to-earn platform. — Echtra Games is working on an unannounced AAA ARPG for PC and console platforms. Out of the 28 companies that raised funding: — 17 making PC&сonsole games, of which six are also developing for mobile platforms. —

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

The mobile market is incredibly competitive and there’s a growing number of AAA console and PC developers entering the fray. If you are lucky enough to capture their attention at launch, you can lose them just as quickly as you gained them if you don’t have the right live events framework in place. Putting that framework together isn’t easy.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This means that they’ll never see any of the additional content that we spend development budget on acknowledging from a save game import. Remember - the critical path and narrative of the game must take precedence over side content. Then, you have to consider the numbers of people who actually do run their save game imports.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This evolving landscape presents opportunities for agile developers to thrive, even as AAA studios grapple with extended development cycles and rising costs. Trend: Single Player AAA Development Costs continue to Explode Premium Single Player games have been a healthy but stagnating market. in growth for the year 2024.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

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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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

AAA video game development trends. AAA games 2022 are considered to be the most eye-catching, comprehensive and top-notch video games played on PC and consoles, as Games radar says. Forbes also argues that some of AAAs are integrating NFTs therein. They provide deeper gameplay content and uncomplicated storyline for gamers.

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2023

It’s not preferred, at least for game content itself a win/mac native package is always more powerful. 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. pstrejczek: Is there a reason Electron is the preferred way for Steam publishing ?

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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Nvidia

JULY 1, 2021

See demonstrations on how complex settings like a jungle or museum can be built with NvRTX, and get a better understanding of how AAA real-time ray tracing visuals are created. The book covers everything in ray tracing and rendering, from basic concepts geared toward beginners to full ray tracing deployment in shipping AAA games.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Felt like they had to cut down 50% of their planned content, which is never easy. Even AAA has given up on immersive sim RPGs , so any dev deserves praise just for attempting this genre I think. The game tries to lampshade this in the NPC dialogue, but the level design is louder. A lot of the city feels empty and unused.

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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. Dense narrow spaces = too much content packed together and repetitive encounters. So these are leftover placeholders that lead to cut content. Expendable companions.

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