GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While tools have improved dramatically, allowing smaller teams to produce more graphically and mechanically complex games than ever before, producing equivalent experiences to AAA mega-studios is still prohibitively expensive. Thrilling as a solo ten-hour-long campaign can be, linear content is expensive to produce.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Visit the demo-packed AWS booth (#S927): Engage with purpose-built solutions from AWS that span the entire game development lifecycle.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024. The English solo developer began his journey right after the Pandemic. Why did you become a solo developer? “I

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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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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2023

For a game within a franchise that has a strong release schedule like FIFA, preproduction can be as short as 4 months as the developers figure out what they have the time to do. ALT It’s worth repeating - the vast majority of AAA games with 5+ years of dev time aren’t usually being fully built from start to finish.

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Game Dev Unchained

JANUARY 16, 2025

Recently, I caught up with my old friend Jordan Smith to talk about where things stand and what the future looks like for game developers like us. Mass Layoffs: A Brutal Year for Developers One of the biggest topics on our minds was the wave of layoffs that hit the industry in 2024. Or are we just making content platforms?”

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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

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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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. 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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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 2, 2024

Getting an in-development game running can take quite some time (I've seen whole days lost in some cases) given how much disk space these games can take (and therefore how long it takes to download all of those files from the depot) and how complex the workflow can be.

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Nvidia

MARCH 25, 2021

Check out our top sessions below for those working in the gaming industry: Ray Tracing in Cyberpunk 2077 Learn how ray tracing was used to create the visuals in the game, and how the developers at CD Projekt RED used extensive ray tracing techniques to bring the bustling Night City to life.

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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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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. AR and VR Games.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 22, 2024

In his appearance on IndieGameBusiness , Zukowski uses just half an hour (and some change) to highlight 30 common mistakes that game developers make on their journey to releasing a game. Many developers forget this, causing their game to appear in the popular upcoming list prematurely. Remember to update your release date on Steam.

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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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Radiator Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

This new in-development hub is currently codenamed Slipgate Sightseer, with systems modeled off something like tf2maps.net. For the past few decades, Quake modders have freely mixed-in copyrighted unlicensed content from other games. I invite you to "watch" it and follow its development. THE FUTURE OF MY QUAKE MAPS.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was augmented and virtual reality making breakthrough advances and with the Unreal Engine coming into the picture, the level of headway has been phenomenal for the development of the video game sector. Let’s understand the array of features that create such next-level user experiences. Shared Experiences 6. People Occlusion 7.

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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.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While this includes companies beyond game development — such as platforms, tech solutions, and web3 startups — all the entities in our study operate within the gaming sector. 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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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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Nvidia

JULY 1, 2021

The Game Developer Conference (GDC) is here, and NVIDIA will be showcasing how our latest technologies are driving the future of game development and. The Game Developer Conference (GDC) is here, and NVIDIA will be showcasing how our latest technologies are driving the future of game development and graphics.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 25, 2024

You shouldn't email developers directly unless they've explicitly told you to do so. 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.

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

Executable and Project Files Available to Download For Game Developers and Digital Artists [link] Finding ways to improve. Executable and Project Files Available to Download For Game Developers and Digital Artists Finding ways to improve performance and visual fidelity in your games and applications is challenging. Branch (NvRTX).

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

With 95% of game makers developing or maintaining a live service game, live events have become one of the most important elements of finding and maintaining success in not just the mobile market, but PC and console too. You should start thinking of your LiveOps strategy from the moment you start developing your game.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2023

Why did you become a solo developer? The question is really how you decide which ideas to use – a lot easier as a solo developer. How do you stay motivated through (years of) development? I wonder if AAA games like GT7 and Forza use the same type of workarounds that are totally detached from a physically-based car?”

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AWS Games

MAY 12, 2023

AWS GameTime is for gamers and budding game developers who want to go “behind-the-scenes” and learn how their favorite gaming experiences are made on AWS. AWS GameTime is for gamers and budding game developers who want to go “behind-the-scenes” and learn how their favorite gaming experiences are made on AWS.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The first iteration of AI tools for game development will not have the impact investors were dreaming of. Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. AI frees up developers to focus on more creative aspects. Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today.

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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. Newzoo stipulates that developers should recoside the importance of PC as a target gaming platform. in growth for the year 2024.

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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. Forspoken: Another title that was originally supposed to be released earlier but got delayed to this year due to COVID impacting the development is Forspoken. It’s my Most Anticipated 2023 Video Games.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Essentially, we developers only have so many resources to work with in our development schedule - we only have so many developers, so much time, and so much of a budget. This means that they’ll never see any of the additional content that we spend development budget on acknowledging from a save game import.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

History Most people in the western hemisphere may not be familiar with Call of Duty: Online (CoDO), a project kicked off in 2010 and announced in 2012 as a partnership between Activision and Tencent, with Activision in charge of development and Tencent as the Chinese publisher of record.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I recently spoke to Eric and chronicled his mesmerizing journey from architecture’s rigidity to the fluidity of game development. A glance into his past reveals about a decade spent in architecture, a domain that while exacting in its demand, failed to ignite the same passion within him that game development did.

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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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