PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

More than one platform Almost half of all gamers actively play on more than one platform. A particularly appealing segment is the tri-platform players, who have played games across all three platforms within the past six months. And this trend will likely grow in the coming years.

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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

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

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Video game UI requires certain elements regardless of platform, but the platforms can have wildly different requirements from game UI design. PC, console, mobile, and any other platforms imaginable have much in common regarding their needs from game UI design, but they [.]

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Game Development News

MAY 29, 2024

Amazon Games announced today that it has reached an agreement with Maverick Games to publish a new AAA multi-platform title. The unannounced game will be a narrative-led open-world driving game for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

” “I’m the founder and CEO of Strange Loop Games,” began Krajewski, detailing his journey from working on AAA titles at prominent companies like EA and Midway to establishing his own remote studio. “But there’s a fine line between using these platforms as beneficial learning tools and as mere distractions.”

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 3, 2024

The Call of Duty team, for example, has a build system that allows developers to build the game with a shelved changelist against the current depot on multiple platforms (PS4, PS5, XB1, XSX, PC), and run a full suite of tests on the result in order to validate the changes.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It's true that developing with the Switch as the primary platform would make it work well on the Switch and perform well on other platforms. However, the tradeoff is that the game would look like an upscaled version of a Switch game on the higher-end platforms. There are always tradeoffs when making decisions like this.

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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. Fall Guys became an overnight hit shortly after its release in August 2020 on PC and PS4. Why isn’t there a mobile version of Fall Guys?

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Video games development incorporates PC games and consoles. Cross-platform Video Game Development Trends. Game developers have to be more flexible and agile than ever before to develop games and provide Games as a Service (GaaS) for pc and varieties of consoles. This makes cross-platform game development even more in demand.

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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

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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AWS Games

MAY 14, 2024

Omeda released the first build of “Predecessor” for PC as Paid Early Access at the end of 2021, then as a free online test in April 2022. The change was implemented ahead of its latest release, which made the game free-to-play across platforms. AWS is a games industry gold standard, so going with GameLift was an easy decision.

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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. Restart your PC : A quick restart can solve many temporary network-related issues.

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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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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

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Summarizing: a professional well experienced with PC, with first-hand experience leading a team/company.

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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. “Users can come to our platform, and they can onboard extremely quickly in a way that’s not normally associated with Web3 games,” says the company’s head of partnerships, Alexei Udall.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

If market trends, especially on PC and Console, are something you want to hear more about, I highly suggest you check out my conversation with Newzoo’s Head of Consulting, Ben Porter below. Tools, tech and platforms (aka. Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. Albeit the marketing constraints would remain.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

PC games grew driven by dominating live service franchises and a slew of innovative AA titles. The console business is not growing in terms of audience and time spent on platforms. The hits kept on rolling on consoles all while PC players were treated with Steam-hits. The inflation in EU and US is above 3% today.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Also, apart from its art outsourcing services, it offers cross-platform porting, AI, and web development. AAA Game Art Studio. AAA Game Art Studio is willing to take on all difficulties as long as they are connected to outsourcing game art. Nuare Studio is known to have produced artwork for Gameloft and Capcom.

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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. Check for overheating It turns out my PC was getting pretty hot.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 21, 2023

Santosh has worked on all gaming platforms, but his core competencies are PC, consoles, mobile and web games. In the case of PC Games, Need for Speed and Road Rash. As a part of iXie since its inception, he has made major contributions to the growth and development of this gaming division of Indium Software.

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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). Embedding We see embedding defensibility more in game infrastructure and technology platform companies. Firebase), etc. Maybe EA (founded in 1982)?

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t initially created for the Netflix Platform. As technology improves (especially with hardware, server management, ping, etc), we’re starting to see more and more AAA fast-paced titles hit the smaller screens. out of 10 in no time.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

However, with the success of the Nintendo Switch, and the rise of the handheld PC market giving birth to devices like the SteamDeck and ROG Ally, we can be hopeful for the return of prominent handheld consoles. Will there be dedicated handheld platforms in the future?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Ethan is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. This post is sponsored by Xsolla.

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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. Furthermore, Iana extols Moonmana’s top-tier full-cycle game development services.

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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. For example, Gala Games acquired Ember Entertainment at the beginning of 2023 in order to bring Ember’s portfolio onto their platform.

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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

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. The Call of Duty series began with the original Call of Duty on PC and console in 2003 and has released one title every year since. The power of PC/console brands can not be underestimated on mobile. Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

the surprise announcement of Counterstrike 2, CCP's massive raise for a AAA Web3 game and more. Whereas we and other hypercasual companies are much more willing, even still with hybrid, to take lots and lots of bets at once.” They talk the biggest news of the show, including Unreal Engine for Fortnite + Creator Economy 2.0,

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

The obvious intention is to try to move this high-value purchase to third-party payment systems, therefore avoiding the store platform fees. Some of those games are cross-played with PC and Console. Through their website store, Supercell fans can buy a bundle of Gold Passes with a 20% discount.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Moving into work-from-home setups, especially for the console’s many massive AAA titles, further hamstrung the majority of the studios. As console publishers are looking to keep up their growth by expanding into transmedia, PC, and mobile, they are also executing three arguably mutually exclusive strategies within their core console business.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. These games could be a console, pc, or mobile. It’s the reason the N3TWORK Scale Platform exists. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. They could be all of the above.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Most of the games on blockchain run either on browser or PC. It will help big platforms like the App Store to meet on a common ground. There are cross platform games that sell items outside the App Store that can be used with the mobile version on the App Store.

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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%. Of course, how much you want to take as royalty depends on the asset type and community.

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