Game Industry News

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. It’s a game that I’m really, really looking forward to.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. There are two open world regions, Redfall Commons and Burial Point. OK you get the idea. Let's zoom out.

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iHobo

JULY 12, 2023

Although these lines are increasingly blurred today (as AAA cRPGs will tend to draw heavily from both traditions), there is a clear historical period after the Ultima - Wizardry split that dominates more than two decades of cRPG design. It is the model that all contemporary open world games follow.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Final Fantasys end with god-killing because that's what changing your life requires! Even AAA has given up on immersive sim RPGs , so any dev deserves praise just for attempting this genre I think. it's going to therapy! Still, overall this was a very impressive achievement for just 3 indie developers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

The most significant growth in revenue was seen in the following sub-genres: Open World Adventure is a newborn sub-genre that grew by 622% this year. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. We believe this is large because the audience at large doesn’t associate Final Fantasy with shooters.

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