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Column • The Pure Product – Every video game ultimately becomes a story

PreMortem.Games

That series of encounters with things animate and inanimate gets strung together into what can only be defined as a story. It is the synergy of all the elements – gameplay, art, animation, audio, narrative, and more – that creates the narrative elements that the player wants to play and thus create their personal story with.

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Mobile 3D Games vs. Console Games: What’s the Future of Mobile Gaming?

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As technology pushes the limits of what is possible on a small device, its clear that the future of gaming is shifting from console games to mobile 3D gaming. We will also reveal what we learned while comparing 3D Games to console Games. Lets discuss what is the core difference between console and 3D games.

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Mark Cerny: When making consoles, we're not trying to build low-cost PCs

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I just finished playing Animal Well, and before that and I was very heavily into Neon White, which is my first speedrun," he says. I'm not talking about the global success of last year's Spider-Man 2, on which Cerny worked as executive producer. But something, in many ways, just as impressive. "I Read more

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Trends that shape the future of the PC & console market according to Newzoo

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According to Newzoo’s PC & Console Gaming Report , the PC and console market still outperformed previous forecasts despite a slight decline of revenue (-2,2% year over year) in 2022. With over one billion PC players and 611 million console players, there are still plenty of opportunities for growth and expansion.

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Tape to Tape by Excellent Rectangle is the world’s first hockey roguelite

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look with fluid animations in a sports game. Their solution was a unique blend of hand-drawn 2D sprites and animations in a 3D environment. Julien explains: “For a fast-paced sports game such as ours, we wanted the sprites to move and animate in 8 directions.

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Detective Dotson by Masala Games is a cultural joyride through modern-day India

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Later, at Pixar, he worked on animated classics like Toy Story 3 and Brave that went on to win three Oscars. Now its an independent studio of 30 developers, animators, storytellers and artists. Detective Dotson is expected April 3, 2025 for PC, consoles and mobile. The game will be accompanied by an animated mini-series.

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Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio

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In true sibling territory-marking fashion, he monopolized the console. But fortune smiled upon Teninke, when her brother eventually “outgrew” his gaming phase, leaving the console all to herself. In terms of music and animation, Shenmue was ahead of its time. recalled Teninke. In the game, we introduce the Griots.

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