GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Unions for Ubisoft's AAA and mobile studios in Barcelona have filed a lawsuit against the Assassin's Creed publisher over its remote work policy changes. Read more

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Additionally, the modern backend can implement rendering methods , such as forward clustered, mobile, and more in the future (such as deferred clustered, cinematic, etc.). and is intended to run on very old PC hardware as well as most older (still working) mobile phones. Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0,

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 24, 2023

Xbox's Phil Spencer has once again said that mobile is the key to growing both Microsoft's games business and the industry overall – and that includes bringing AAA titles like Starfield to smart devices.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. Now, when you think about high-end games, you think about AAA. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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Ask a Game Dev

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2024

We used to have a dedicated device like a console or PC to play the latest AAA blockbusters, now we can also play these directly on our mobile phone. Developers used to have to partner with publishers for their games to reach market; now they can use digital platforms and release their wares into the world without a middle man.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 11, 2023

It has worked on a wider range of titles, from AAA blockbusters like The Last of Us: Part 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 to mobile hits such as Episode and Monster Train. Based in Madrid and Manila, Secret 6 is outsourcing firm that provides 3D and 2D art, QA services, and full game development support. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This is not, as far as we know, a game that was designed with mobile in mind, as opposed to the aforementioned Genshin Impact – it's a full-bore AAA console title, running with no noticeable compromises on a smartphone.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Why isn’t there a mobile version of Fall Guys? That said, there are arguments for and against releasing a mobile version of Fall Guys.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2024

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. Merry and Kom have over thirty years of experience in AAA, mobile, and indie game development.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. But not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play. Summoners War: Chronicles is yet another MMORPG to make it to mobile. It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The market is so saturated, that every little defect becomes an ‘elephant in the room’ for players that often compare a low-budget indie title to AAA games. The more you raise the bar, the more you risk disappointing somebody, especially if you don’t have AAA budgets.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the second edition of The Alumni Effect, we’re focusing on another industry powerhouse: Activision Blizzard, which also includes the mobile gaming giant King. Out of the 28 companies that raised funding: — 17 making PC&сonsole games, of which six are also developing for mobile platforms. — million downloads collectively.

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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. The mobile market is incredibly competitive and there’s a growing number of AAA console and PC developers entering the fray.

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Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Unity game engine is one of the gaming industry’s premier game engines, used by development studios for everything from small-scale independent games to AAA titles. With its robust documentation, community support, and relative ease of use, it’s no wonder why it’s considered a go-to engine for game makers of all shapes and sizes. [.]

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Technological advancements, especially in mobile and 5G technology, along with the emergence of cloud gaming services, are playing a pivotal role in enhancing the overall player experience. Console gaming has the highest players-to-payers conversion, mobile gaming has the lowest.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Apple unveiled its latest iPhone yesterday, with the firm saying it's able to run AAA games – a feature that was previously limited to its pricier Pro range. The firm said that it means it's "enabling demanding AAA games, as well as a big boost in battery life." Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

EA announced that it was canceling Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile. TWiG 218 - Everdale's Metacore Move / Death of E3 / EA Abandons Mobile Shooters ✉️ Received this email from a friend? He also blamed a “challenging” and “softer mobile market”. He also blamed a “challenging” and “softer mobile market”.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Join the team behind Netflixs Squid Game Unleashed as they lead you through building the backend for a fast-based action mobile game. Game streaming using Amazon GameLift Streams: Developers can quickly build a scalable, browser-based game streaming platform that delivers AAA games in 1080p at 60 fps with Amazon GameLift Streams.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 8, 2024

The unreliability of pre-registration numbers, the overestimation of brand equity, and the waning influence of first-party featuring are soon becoming recurring themes in mobile gaming; Squad Busters' launch throws these challenges into the spotlight. Prestige chasing is a troubling aim for mobile marketers, whose primary goal is growth.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2023

It’s mostly because mobile devices became the platform du jour to publish movie tie-in games and other similar shovelware-style titles. Development costs are lower, turnaround time is faster, expectations are lower, and audiences are larger on mobile, so it makes sense that licensors would go there.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As reported by IGN , the entertainment union known as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) collected data from hundreds of AAA, mobile, and indie developers between March and mid-August 2023. 57% of those surveyed said they most recently worked on an AAA game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Several of the industry’s top IPs have received high-fidelity ports that have been successful in bringing core franchise players to the mobile format. It was only a matter of time before Call of Duty would find its feet on mobile. So is COD Mobile dead?

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Starloop Studios

MAY 4, 2023

With every new console generation comes the anticipation of next-gen games and the experiences they can bring to players. The arrival of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S was met with similar excitement and curiosity as to what the new console generation would bring. At Magic Media, we are well-versed in [.]

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 13, 2024

Harmony Games, a mobile game studio founded in 2023, considered two possible paths for solving the backend problem. With a beta launch of its first game “Domino Adventures” (a casual mobile game in the connect tiles space, with an RPG twist) just months away, Harmony also needed a solution that could be implemented quickly.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Keep reading this blog to understand how mobile game development costs differ from AAA games. Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V? It may include– mobile devices like Android and iOS or other systems like PS and Xbox. Depending on these, you can make a budget-friendly game or the next GTA.

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AWS Games

MAY 12, 2023

In 2023, gaming is for everyone and we are proud to support the game developer community Video game creators are now able to share their vision and journey with a growing, global audience and gaming has been transformed by innovations in mobile devices, Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality and realistic, high-fidelity graphics.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2023

My perhaps naive expectation is that Microsoft will have more leverage and a friendlier coopetition with the mobile giants to pull some much-needed oxygen into these ecosystems. Marketing spend is spiraling and even Apple has started fencing with AAA titles for their devices.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Electronic Arts (EA) engages players around the globe in immersive games across PC, console, and mobile. This automated process takes less than an hour to complete for a AAA title, outputting pre-computed, incremental patches for previous versions of the game. This post was co-authored by Bryan Chiu, Site Reliability Engineer, EA.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g. mobile, consoles with weaker hardware specs, indie games) for important parts.

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2023

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. Not yet, we hope more devs can try on Nintendo Switch publish pstrejczek: Are there any plans to support other major console brands (xbox ,playstation) ?

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 30, 2024

If we're building a big budget AAA first person shooter, we can expect that our representative player recognizes and likes first person shooters and is likely already familiar with the basics of how to play them. It is unlikely we will need to teach them the very basics like how to move about the map and aim or what strafing is.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 15, 2023

KAP Games is a distribution and publishing platform that can best be described as a kind of Steam for Web3 browser and mobile games. ” Mobile growth KAP Games is planning to offer PC client downloads for games, but at the moment, the most significant growth is happening in the mobile space.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Learn about the technology behind the in-game ThorAI (powered by Amazon Bedrock), and get a dive deep into fully voiced, interactive in-game NPCs in the companion mobile game Missing. launched in April 2023 and quickly grew to become the world’s #1 casual mobile game, surpassing $1B in revenue within six months.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Created by Epic Games in 1988, Unreal has won worldwide recognition for high-end graphics and photorealistic quality and has taken the mantle as the AAA game engine. Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. What is Unreal?

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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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