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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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.

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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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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. Take influence from viral trends on media platforms, such as TikTok, but remember that these trends won’t stay around forever.

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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?” At Hi-Rez, it was all about live-service.

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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. Most games in the US market listed on the GameRefinery platform have a Motivational Driver Framework attached to them, which means you can quickly understand the player archetypes a game attracts.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Platform holders have been gaining market power over the past decade, making them the largest game companies in the world in comparison to independent publishers. Marketing spend is spiraling and even Apple has started fencing with AAA titles for their devices. They worry about Microsoft gaining too much control over the ecosystem.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Our opinion on why is in line with Ilkka’s words above The lack of successful new game launches by Supercell stems mainly from the fact that all their games after Brawl Stars only offered incremental innovation over products that already existed in mobile , instead of a more disruptive proposal on the platform.

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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. Mobile Opening Up: mobile gaming is set to grow by 3%, driven by improving economic conditions, platforms opening up, and increasing the success of existing big hits.

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Cross-platform Video Game Development Trends. Cross-platform video game development (in other words multi-platform) is an inevitable advantage that any game development company should leverage nowadays. This makes cross-platform game development even more in demand. AAA video game development trends.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. With Xsolla you can easily launch your own cross-platform player account system Let your players stay connected and engaged no matter which platform they play on. The money you save on platform fees will go directly into further improving and growing your games.

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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

Unlike Mr. Molyneux, we don’t have the experience of crafting extraordinary games for decades on multiple different platforms. Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today.

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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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Nvidia

JULY 1, 2021

Attendees will also get an exclusive look at how NVIDIA Omniverse, the open platform for virtual collaboration and simulation, is helping developers accelerate production workflows. 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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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

The console business is not growing in terms of audience and time spent on platforms. On the bright side, the lack of investments in new content will lead to an unanswered demand in a couple of years when the market turns around once again. In fact, according to Newzoo, hours played on the console went down last year.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” Platforms like Discord became sanctuaries, helping alleviate the challenges of isolation. Such exclusive content often ranges from in-game items like skins and talismans to digital rewards like wallpapers and physical media. But why this shift from AAA games to indie games and support platforms?

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

Even though Unreal has been a popular choice for game app developers among other 3D game engines, this multifaceted development platform empowers developers to create visually stunning and immersive video games. Let’s understand the array of features that create such next-level user experiences.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world. What is Unreal?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

Budgets for AAA console games could be more like $20M-$50M (notwithstanding Activision’s $200M+ budgets for Call of Duty although also including marketing and distribution). When we look at the landscape of the biggest and most successful game content companies today, we see that brand is the most common defensibility. Firebase), etc.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

During the lockdown years companies grew in headcount to supply content against the massive surge of demand. In other words, when you’re looking at the market sizes of various genres on different platforms, you have to first exclude the players who are playing the key franchises. Tools, tech and platforms (aka.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This allows smaller game companies to produce AAA game content, and that’s exciting.” Build Pipelines – Incredibuild on AWS delivers a powerful solution that gives Unreal Engine developers and DevOps managers a scalable platform to continuously build, improve, and release your game on time. Read the customer blog. Learn more.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

It specializes in producing both 2D & 3D content and has up to 200 employees. Specialties: – 3D Modeling, Physically Based Rendering, 3D Animation, 3D Design, Architectural Visualization, 3D Presentations, 3D Art, 2D Art, 3D Printing, 3D Multiplication, Interactive Walkthroughs, 3D Content, 2D Animation, NFT, and Metaverse.

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Game Errors

MAY 15, 2023

If you can’t play with your friend who plays on different platforms, learn how to fix the Clark Monterey crossplay error in MW2. If Modern Warfare 2 status is anything other than All Platforms ONLINE, the problem is not on your side. Even in the era of modern and realistic AAA titles, the problem still occurs.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? Or at worst, they are leftover consequences of the design and they had to fudge some random content for it. sorry if your game happens to crash, or you get a dreaded UI freeze.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Roblox, a platform that has exploded in popularity over recent years, offers a contrasting environment to a typical game studio. Its focus on user-generated content and community-driven game experiences positions it at the cutting edge of industry trends, where creativity and technology converge in new ways.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Roblox, a platform that has exploded in popularity over recent years, offers a contrasting environment to a typical game studio. Its focus on user-generated content and community-driven game experiences positions it at the cutting edge of industry trends, where creativity and technology converge in new ways.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

This royalty was as high as 20% depending on the platform and the conditions of the market. They eliminated the creator royalties and decreased their platform royalty (the cut they take as the marketplace) to as low as 0.5%. We preview all the amazing Deconstructor of Fun content coming next week to GDC then get into the news.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Additionally, the Pass-related quests are great to foster horizontal content exploration , by directing players to engage with specific game modes or incentivizing them to acquire, play with and upgrade all the characters. I get THIS MANY CONTENT for this little money!? LiveOps linked to Pass content. You’ve got a deal!

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Moonmana

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The team creates games of various genres and platforms, including iOS, Android, PC (Steam), XBOX, Playstation, and Nintendo. We are excited to be a part of creating AAA games that are the best in their class. Working as a Content Writer at GoodFirms, Anna Stark bridges the gap between service seekers and service providers.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Indie games like Wizard with a Gun often face more crash issues compared to AAA titles. I compiled this data by scouring various online forums, support platforms, and social media, where players often share their technical grievances. Table of contents: Why is Wizard with a Gun Crashing?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile. So it makes total sense to explore going cross-platform and developing PC/console-exclusive games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The rules regarding IAP methods are now the following: Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, such as license keys, augmented reality markers, QR codes, cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency wallets, etc. It will help big platforms like the App Store to meet on a common ground.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It has come a long way since its release, and its applications have gone beyond game development to reach other areas like architectural visualizations, film, television content creation, broadcasting, and more. There is no up-front cost to utilize Unreal, regardless of whether you are a AAA firm or a hobbyist developer.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t initially created for the Netflix Platform. They removed all of the F2P monetization, polished some of the features, and released a new batch of content for season 4. We’re excited about where Dislyte heads. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games. And in this case, we’ve only seen good things.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

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. Improved UGC integration : There is no denying that User Generated Content is becoming more and more important each day.

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