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Ex-Ubisoft devs lead Krafton's new AAA studio in Montreal

GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Currently employing 12 staff, the team hopes to grow to 150 people within the next three years, adding another AAA studio to the already competitive Montreal development scene. Read more

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Do you think the projects that you shipped as a indie developer have the same impact as the ones you worked on at game studios when applying for jobs?

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MARCH 7, 2025

At the typical AAA studio, they're probably hiring for expertise in a specific field - somebody who's an expert at AI, or procedural content generation, or in-game economies. I generally don't care whether that person was paid by an indie or AAA studio to do it, I really only care if they did so at in a professional capacity.

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Why You Can’t Objectively Build Great Games

Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Why You Can’t Objectively Build Great Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I was reading a piece over on Game Developer that gave me pause for a second about whether this is what game design at the AAA level is about now — focusing on analytics and trying to “math” the perfect … The post Why You Can’t Objectively (..)

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Solo dev Evan Polekoff of Critter Crossfire “Motivation is a limited resource”

PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the game now announced for a 2024-release, the part time solo dev is motivated to finish the game. In AAA, the roles are typically very specialized and each individual doesn’t have much room to experiment outside of their responsibilities. Although he admits that motivation alone isn’t enough. How do you deal with that?

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As a AAA dev, what is a task outside of the actual game development that is underrated but super critical to your job? Beyond coding, arting, programming, modeling, and QA…ing. (Obviously aside from hiring people.)

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ The more one's responsibilities increase in scope, the more valuable communication skills become. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

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.). Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine? Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0,

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"The Immortals of Aveum story isn't written yet"

GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It is a AAA fantasy shooter created by a 100-person dev team, led by a former Call of Duty creative director and published by EA. If you're a small developer making a game on a tight budget, 469th position could be perfectly profitable. Immortals of Aveum was not made by a small developer. It was not made on a tight budget.

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Our favourite indie games from the 2024 summer games showcases

GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 14, 2024

The titles seen across the likes of Guerrilla Collective, Wholesome Direct, and Day of the Devs were superb, with indie titles even turning up during Summer Game Fest and Xbox Games Showcase. A number of headlines on other sites have declared this year's array of showcases as 'The Year of the Indie' – and they're not wrong.

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Is it hard for programmers who work for mobile or indie companies to get a job in an AAA studio due to the difference in project scope? Does this lead to their experience being considered inferior to that of AAA developers?

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MARCH 12, 2024

I've seen plenty of programmers who had experience working at smaller or mobile studios move to AAA games and many go in reverse. When we hire engineers for game dev, be it AAA or indie, we look for candidates who can work with a team and have a knack for solving problems with performant, legible, and elegant code.

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Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely”

PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Working in Mixed Reality, I met many ex game devs and artists, who I learned from and was greatly inspired by. Some had worked on AAA games I’d played, released indie games, or previously ran companies in games. Another really important one for me is avoiding clickbait game dev content and news. It’s made a huge difference.

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sorry this is 2 questions in 1 on very different topics haha. but im not a game dev nor am i likely to get the skills in game dev- i am very in marketing & analytics though as well as a mix of other stuff. would you know if, size of studio asides, do aa/aaa studios or publishers have good sized non game dev teams? i really want to get involved in the creatives industry (wether it be games or something like shows) outside of direct creation but i dont know what the market for that is like, especially as someone in the global south. the 2nd unrelated thing is DATV has a weird (?) save limit on console. pc has 100 saves unli characters, but console is currently hard capped at 3 characters. would you have any ideas or insights as to why that might be the limit they chose?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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How is it looked by Managers/Recruiters to look at a resume of someone who left a long time developed AAA project of 3+ years before the game was launched?

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on BlueSky Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ We won't hold it against you, as long as the work you did while you were there is still relevant and you can talk about it critically.

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Column Tomas Sala • Art schools should educate designers, not production drones

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Do we really need tons of new AAA production workers to come into the industry every year? I strongly disagree with the perspective that game development education should focus on AAA jobs. The AAA industry as a lighting beacon for the best of us as it were. Nobody cares about that degree.

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When do you think the industry will go back to “normal” and what are some signs that that is going to happen? I mean, studios stabilizing financially, AAA games franchises not getting canceled anymore, reducing the amount of layouts happening. I just saw the news of EA firing 300+ people and possibly cancelling Titanfall 3. Is there any hope that this is going to get better, or this is already the new normal?

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APRIL 30, 2025

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on BlueSky Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Take care of yourselves, we're all in for a bumpy ride for the next few years. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Former EA devs' Simply Sweet Games aims to "raise the bar for the entire industry"

GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2024

Merry and Kom have over thirty years of experience in AAA, mobile, and indie game development. Headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, Simply Sweet Games is a fully remote studio that is currently developing its inaugural mobile title – the roguelike word puzzle Criss Cross Castles.

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Thoughts on the Bioware restructuration/lay-offs?

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JANUARY 31, 2025

I've long said that any AAA game studio, no matter how strong, is always 2-3 flops in a row away from closure. My heart really goes out to all of those who are affected by this - the Veilguard devs were really behind the 8 ball when they started and the current economic situation in video games isn't good.

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Dev Studios AAA Build

Do you have any insight as to why annual sports titles have not gone the Live Service model yet given the fact each year it is mostly minor tweaks and roster changes anyway?

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APRIL 11, 2024

Annual sports titles absolutely do not have the same scope as AAA games with multi-year dev cycles, but they do absolutely have significant breadth and depth of scope each year beyond "minor tweaks and roster changes". Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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The Strange State of the AAA Market

Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Strange State of the AAA Market Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Last Key to Games cast we spoke about the indie space, for this topic, recent news surrounding major names in the AAA space make us wonder what is exactly happening at the major studios.…

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I know you have said designers/engineers in the games industry are people that love games (because they could be paid more for the same skills by working in a different industry). Does the same hold true for AAA producers or executives? Do the people making high-level business decisions for big developers/publishers actually like games, or care about the future of games? (in terms other than how it affects the interests of their company/position)

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

All of the executive producers I’ve known have been focused on trying to make the best game possible for the players, within the scope of what’s feasible for us devs to do. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent questions: The FAQ Got a burning question you want answered?

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What does the process look like when removing a bug from your game? And how does the team decide which bugs to prioritize fixing?

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DECEMBER 25, 2024

The overall process of bug fixing in game dev is done in five steps. Ive been assigned bugs outside of my expertise in the past because the dev who would normally fix the bug was unavailable and I had the room in my schedule to look at it, even though the producers knew it would take more time for me to fix it than it would for the other dev.

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Ex devs of Halo accused Microsoft for “Incompetent Leadership”, thoughts?

Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 24, 2023

This is one reason most game studios are always hiring senior devs, they need to backfill positions that open up through normal attrition. It’s a AAA game built by an enormous team that was generally positively reviewed, but clearly had its flaws. ALT I am also not discounting the claims of “Incompetent Leadership”.

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Our favourite indie games from the 2023 summer games showcases

GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 15, 2023

Yet in the past few years we've seen the rise of several showcases that do a great job of presenting everything happening in the indie space, from Wholesome Direct and Guerrilla Collective to the veteran-run Day of the Devs.

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Solo dev Jonathan C Haman created “the glorious Drift Type C – which no one is buying”

PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2023

I wonder if AAA games like GT7 and Forza use the same type of workarounds that are totally detached from a physically-based car?” The post Solo dev Jonathan C Haman created “the glorious Drift Type C – which no one is buying” appeared first on PreMortem Games. JON BRAIN GOOD.

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AWS to showcase tools for breakthrough gaming experiences at GDC 2025

AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Featured sessions include Leveraging AI in Live Service Games with AWS for Games Global Business Development Lead Shayan Sanyal from 2:40-3:40 PM, and Reimagining Game Dev in the AI Era featuring Andrei Muratov, AWS Head of Game Analytics from 10:50-11:50 AM. Reserve your spot for the all-day event.

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How long does pre-production last for a triple AAA game? Also sorry second question do developers start working on another game right after they finished launching?

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JANUARY 26, 2023

For other games, it can be longer - the dev team can spend up to a year in preproduction figuring out the core gameplay for most games, with more time needed for games with really massive scope (e.g. 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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How is the process of learning In-house game engines once you get into an AAA studio? Do they immediately put you in production to learn as you go, or does it take some weeks before allocating you to a project?

Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 2, 2024

That knowledge and experience is then considered when increasing the scope of her tasks until she's reached the level of productivity expected of a dev in her role. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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I’m willing to accept that AAA games should often be sold at a higher price to help deal balance the increasing cost of development. Do you think that companies would do better to raise prices quickly and wait out the sticker-shock or to try and raise prices very slowly to attract less attention?

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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. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Are most of the people laid off this year going to be able to find other work in the industry (within, like, a year or two), or do you think the industry is going to be smaller for a while?

Ask a Game Dev

MAY 13, 2024

I still get plenty of cold call recruiter emails from both independent and well-known AAA studios, so I think there are still openings for people. This is also normal, lots of people realize there just isn't a professional career for them in game dev and either go hobbyist or find something adjacent that pays a lot better.

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Lazy Game Dev Kidnaps Brackeys

Awesome Tuts

APRIL 22, 2022

Recently I promoted my Lazy Game Dev product and this is one of the emails I wrote for the promotion. A young, insignificant game dev named Asbjørn Thirslund is hurrying home to create his first tutorial for a YT channel he just started called Brackeys. You’re a YT game dev,” shouts Brackeys. The email starts below the line.

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Several genres have gone extinct in the AAA space. Point and click adventure games, plastic instrument rythme games, and others are on life support like RTSes. What other genres do you think are next of being unprofitable at AAA production values?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For example, I think fighting games that aren't Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat have little chance of AAA success nowadays. Basically, AAA budgets can't exist if enough people aren't actively interested in the type of game and willing to keep playing it for a long time. UFC/MMA, PGA golf, WWE wrestling, skateboarding, etc.).

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Recently, Jason Schreier revealed some bts talks with Blizzard devs who told him that they were trying for an RTS for years but were denied by execs. I understand that execs weigh risk/reward in terms of profitability but from the consumer side, these sorts of reveals makes it seem like innovation is being stifled and shifted to the indie scene like the nothing but superhero movies. What’s it look like from the dev and creative side?

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Unfortunately, the real story in the AAA space is that experimental and niche games like RTS games don't have as much of a potential market anymore. If the studio doesn't have a good distribution of work for these devs to do, that inevitably leads to layoffs. Creatives want to be creative, so they pitch creative stuff.

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Why aren’t movie tie-in games, especially those that are a story adaptation to the movie’s story they’re loosely based on, really a common thing anymore since the beginning of the last decade?

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MARCH 16, 2023

Back when AAA games could be developed by a fairly small ( [ Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered? Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Do major AAA companies listen to the audience complaints, criticism, or do they just make their decisions based on whatever data they have ( what’s popular in other game, what are the new successful trends, etc) For example, blizzard and overwatch 2 or pokemon and their gimmick.

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JUNE 19, 2023

It really depends on what you mean by whether major AAA companies “listen to the audience complaints”. If you mean “those of us on the dev team are made aware of the fan concerns”, then the answer is absolutely yes. [ Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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The joy of intergalactic journalism in Times & Galaxy by Copychaser Games

PreMortem.Games

MAY 17, 2024

Times & Galaxy essentially mashes up my previous life in journalism with my current work in game dev. For much of the game’s dev cycle, I was also writing full time on AAA projects, like Control and Gotham Knights. More risks “Time management was the hardest part of the game’s development, at least for me.

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Games Art Dev AAA

What build system do AAA studios typically use? I know that Electronic Arts has their own build system, but is this common?

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MAY 3, 2024

The devs are required to run this build and validation process before being allowed to submit their changes in order to ensure stability in the game. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Solo developer Kaighen Finley: “It’s easy to lose myself in game development”

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

Staying motivated isn’t hard at all for the solo dev. “It I don’t dare to think that a small, solo developer can craft something at the same scale and complexity of a AAA game’s magnitude, but that competition was never the goal. It took him 4 years to create his game and in that time he learned some valuable lessons. “If

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What are some ways AAA studios and publishers could feasibly lower the costs of producing videogames without laying off people?

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MARCH 11, 2024

The big issue is that the vast majority of the costs in game dev are in the salaries for people doing the work. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Game publishers have already been pushing in the direction of avoiding hiring where they can.

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AAA Studios Dev AI

With the stories we hear about how toxic or downright dangerous public backlash can be towards gamedevs, what advice do you have for younger devs/people looking to get into the industry when confronted by this unfortunate reality?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For people who have not yet broken into the industry , reach out to devs and learn what you can from them. Your goal is not to have what you say acknowledged by these devs or to say something that you think is clever. Your goal is not to have what you say acknowledged by these devs or to say something that you think is clever.

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A friend of mine wants to become a game designer without learning any other disciplines in game dev, he seems very sure this is possible but his confidence comes off as “idea guy” to me. I like thinking about design as well and how it could all fit together cohesively but I’m worried he’s setting himself up for failure by not learning another discipline to go along with it. Am I correct in this thought or am I being an jerk?

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AUGUST 3, 2023

If he wants a career in AAA games, he will need specialized expertise. Indie devs can't just come up with the ideas for the rest of the team to build them out; there just aren't enough people to handle that kind of workload. At the very least he'll need to create his own assets and/or write his own code.

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How much freedom does a game designer have at a non-indie studio? Are they able to pitch and create their own ideas or are they basically project leads that get assigned games to make/design (ie that time everyone was making a WW2 shooter)?

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Your typical AAA dev team has hundreds of developers, including dozens (or even hundreds) of designers there to create the items, quests, abilities, enemies, fights, crafting recipes, and other content that players engage with. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Game Designer Game Design Fighting Racing

Why is it so difficult for a fourth competitor to enter the console market? Like what are some of the biggest challenges and obstacles?

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JULY 17, 2024

That generally costs at least $50 million for a AAA-fidelity game and at least two years of lead time to build alongside the hardware development. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Who has input on what a game is named? Who has the final say?

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Lots of people have input in the process, but what usually ends up happening in AAA games is that the executive producer consults the leadership and they make a list of name candidates. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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A bit of a different question, but what does IT do in AAA? I feel like most game developers are pretty tech savvy.

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JULY 8, 2024

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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I remember watching a documentary on the development of Jedi: Fallen Order and seeing a part where they are focusing on a stable build. They apparently had 1,000+ bugs they needed squashed to accomplish this. As a gamer, this seems like an unrealistic amount. Is it? How is it possible they were able to not only introduce, but also find that many bugs? Even for a studio that’s a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, I can’t imagine the Quality Assurance team finding even over 100. Sorry for the longer question, but this always blew my mind. Thanks!

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JUNE 28, 2024

Consider - in AAA games, we bring on entire teams of QA to test every day during production. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ How do they find that many bugs? Imagine 50 testers each find only five bugs a day from a full eight hours of testing.

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Ex-Ubisoft devs lead Krafton's new AAA studio in Montreal

Do you think the projects that you shipped as a indie developer have the same impact as the ones you worked on at game studios when applying for jobs?

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Why You Can’t Objectively Build Great Games

Solo dev Evan Polekoff of Critter Crossfire “Motivation is a limited resource”

As a AAA dev, what is a task *outside* of the actual game development that is underrated but super critical to your job? Beyond coding, arting, programming, modeling, and QA…ing. (Obviously aside from hiring people.)

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

"The Immortals of Aveum story isn't written yet"

Our favourite indie games from the 2024 summer games showcases

Is it hard for programmers who work for mobile or indie companies to get a job in an AAA studio due to the difference in project scope? Does this lead to their experience being considered inferior to that of AAA developers?

Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely”

How is it looked by Managers/Recruiters to look at a resume of someone who left a long time developed AAA project of 3+ years before the game was launched?

Column Tomas Sala • Art schools should educate designers, not production drones

Former EA devs' Simply Sweet Games aims to "raise the bar for the entire industry"

Thoughts on the Bioware restructuration/lay-offs?

Do you have any insight as to why annual sports titles have not gone the Live Service model yet given the fact each year it is mostly minor tweaks and roster changes anyway?

The Strange State of the AAA Market

What does the process look like when removing a bug from your game? And how does the team decide which bugs to prioritize fixing?

Ex devs of Halo accused Microsoft for “Incompetent Leadership”, thoughts?

Our favourite indie games from the 2023 summer games showcases

Solo dev Jonathan C Haman created “the glorious Drift Type C – which no one is buying”

AWS to showcase tools for breakthrough gaming experiences at GDC 2025

How long does pre-production last for a triple AAA game? Also sorry second question do developers start working on another game right after they finished launching?

How is the process of learning In-house game engines once you get into an AAA studio? Do they immediately put you in production to learn as you go, or does it take some weeks before allocating you to a project?

I’m willing to accept that AAA games should often be sold at a higher price to help deal balance the increasing cost of development. Do you think that companies would do better to raise prices quickly and wait out the sticker-shock or to try and raise prices very slowly to attract less attention?

Are most of the people laid off this year going to be able to find other work in the industry (within, like, a year or two), or do you think the industry is going to be smaller for a while?

Lazy Game Dev Kidnaps Brackeys

Several genres have gone extinct in the AAA space. Point and click adventure games, plastic instrument rythme games, and others are on life support like RTSes. What other genres do you think are next of being unprofitable at AAA production values?

Why aren’t movie tie-in games, especially those that are a story adaptation to the movie’s story they’re loosely based on, really a common thing anymore since the beginning of the last decade?

Do major AAA companies listen to the audience complaints, criticism, or do they just make their decisions based on whatever data they have ( what’s popular in other game, what are the new successful trends, etc) For example, blizzard and overwatch 2 or pokemon and their gimmick.

The joy of intergalactic journalism in Times & Galaxy by Copychaser Games

What build system do AAA studios typically use? I know that Electronic Arts has their own build system, but is this common?

Solo developer Kaighen Finley: “It’s easy to lose myself in game development”

What are some ways AAA studios and publishers could feasibly lower the costs of producing videogames without laying off people?

With the stories we hear about how toxic or downright dangerous public backlash can be towards gamedevs, what advice do you have for younger devs/people looking to get into the industry when confronted by this unfortunate reality?

How much freedom does a game designer have at a non-indie studio? Are they able to pitch and create their own ideas or are they basically project leads that get assigned games to make/design (ie that time everyone was making a WW2 shooter)?

Why is it so difficult for a fourth competitor to enter the console market? Like what are some of the biggest challenges and obstacles?

Who has input on what a game is named? Who has the final say?

A bit of a different question, but what does IT do in AAA? I feel like most game developers are pretty tech savvy.

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As a AAA dev, what is a task outside of the actual game development that is underrated but super critical to your job? Beyond coding, arting, programming, modeling, and QA…ing. (Obviously aside from hiring people.)