Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Some titles, such as Umamusume: Pretty Derby, have taken things one step further by taking a multimedia approach, with mobile games, anime, and manga series all coexisting and building an ever-expanding universe.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

AWS-expert led chalk talks, workshops and sessions dive into using AI to boost developer productivity and enhance the player experience, among other exciting topics. Technical Director Ivan Marcin is back for another groundbreaking session that will guide attendees through building a multi-modal agent using Amazon Bedrock.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Similarly, in a game development setup, various virtual reality tools have become easily accessible to both creators and consumers to create and encounter immersive experiences. 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools There are a range of tools and frameworks that are being used for VR game development projects.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants.

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Game Developer

MAY 23, 2024

In a Game Developer interview last year, creator Billy Basso discussed his animation process and use of creative coding to build Animal Well's unique aesthetic.

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Big Games

JANUARY 12, 2025

From improved graphics to reduced latency, remote gaming brings unparalleled opportunities for both players and developers. Lets explore how it will transform the mobile game development landscape and why this shift holds immense potential for developers and players alike.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 30, 2024

And despite the success of those partnerships, Hasbro is actually investing considerably in building out its own internal development. That's something Dan Ayoub, head of digital product development at Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast brand, is keen to emphasize when we speak with him at the Game Developers Conference.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Esteban Hernandez , the solo developer behind MKSM Design , has spent almost seven years bringing Creo God Simulator to life. What started as a passion project has grown into a full-fledged god game blending city-building, resource management and player-driven storytelling. ” Why did you become a solo developer?

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 21, 2024

When Ulas Karademir last worked at IO Interactive, it was a Square Enix-owned, Danish game developer that made Hitman. He left in 2014, and has since held numerous senior roles at Unity, before joining Crytek co-founder Cevat Yerli to build an engine for distributed development (RealityOS).

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AWS Games

MARCH 12, 2025

For game studios large and small, a smart cloud governance strategy can go a long way in reducing costs and increasing security for a live service game. Following are a few key learnings from Epic Games work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that game developers should consider when developing a cloud governance strategy.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

If you’re planning on collaborating with a TV or anime franchise, this might involve the launch of a new season, film or TV series, such as the mobile game Vikingard collaborating with the TV show Vikings to promote the launch of its spin-off series, Vikings Valhalla. The best in-game collaboration events are often mutually beneficial.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

Riding the Wave of Tech Evolution In an era defined by rapid innovation and evolution, the game development industry continually grapples with the pressure to remain on the cutting edge. Dino Patti and Tadej Gregorcic , both co-founders of Coherence , a platform aiming to democratize multiplayer game development.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

Developers are constantly seeking the best tools to create engaging, high-performance games that can run smoothly on a wide range of Android devices. Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development. Merits: Easy to learn and use for rapid development.

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Perforce

MAY 6, 2024

Build and maintain your games in the cloud with ease. Discover cloud game development solutions that offer scalability, flexibility, and stability.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

Here’s everything you need to know about using the Live Events Tracker to get the analysis you need to build the best live events framework for your mobile games, no matter what genres you operate in. Building a list of games that share your genre can help you keep track of what your competitors are doing.

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Perforce

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Learn how the metaverse is being defined, what counts as a metaverse game, and how you can get started building in the metaverse.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Enjenir is a physics-driven sandbox game with a clumsy medieval engineer that fumbles his way from one construction project to the next. With the game’s 100% physics-based building system, players can solve each mission in infinite ways. There is no right or wrong way to create a structure in the game.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2024

Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. Today she works at Maliyo Games, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Building on her experience at PACEmakers, Orina co-founded Page Turners in late 2021.

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2025

With game development becoming more complex, AI is also playing a role in helping artists and engineers realize their creative visions. At GDC 2025, NVIDIA is building upon NVIDIA RTX Kit Source

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Grabbing the attention of gamers is challenging in a crowded market, but QORPO s unique video gaming experiences stand out. Leveraging many managed services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the game developer, publisher, and solutions provider accelerated creative game development for popular titles like Citizen Conflict.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together. Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.”

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As so many mobile apps are free to download, these IAP offers are basically the lifeblood of mobile games, and there are plenty of different ways you can design an enticing IAP offer for your game. We covered a lot of these IAP offer implementations in our last blog post on how to build your next mobile IAP offer. LINE Bubble 2.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 1, 2024

Jesse Schell – a veteran designer and author who hasn't laid off a single employee since establishing Schell Games in 2002 – believes the games industry's cyclical hiring and firing practices not only breed distrust and fear, but also weakens team dynamics over time. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. We’ve used PUN, Chat, Quantum, and more.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Riot Games are calling on esports fans and builders alike to participate in the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Hackathon: Esports Manager Challenge. This new hackathon will put the latest generative AI tools in the hands of fans to unlock new ways to build and develop stronger esports teams.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Technotopia by Yustas Game Studio is a deck-building game of high-stakes urban strategy, where every decision matters and the city’s fate lies in the hands of an AI architect named Iris. Around this time, the idea of incorporating an artificial intelligence that builds the city came to life.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Godot, at its core, is and will always be (by design) a very general purpose game engine. This mean that the tools provided, while certainly capable, are still game neutral. The goal for Godot is to provide a great set of building blocks that can be used and combined to create more specialized game functions and tools.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Belgian developer Cyborn has introduced a fresh perspective on mixed-reality gaming with the release of Wall Town Wonders , a game that transforms living spaces into bustling miniature towns built right on the wall. Then I wondered, ‘Where would they build houses?’” Miniature people came to mind almost instantly.

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Real Programming

JUNE 12, 2023

We use video games as a scaffold to frame our programming lessons around, but some RP4K students do go on to become professional video game developers. Your child may turn their passion for video games into a dynamic and lucrative career, or they could apply the coding skills learned at RP4K in a range of other professions.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Game dev still primarily runs on C++ to do the heavy lifting. We often build internal tools with C#, Python, or Perl. Some games will run interpreted scripting languages like Lua for designers to script out encounters and such. To my knowledge, nobody uses Rust, Swift, or Go in game development.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Likewise, construction elements have become intertwined with the core mechanics of many titles, such as the Japanese-hit Slime Isekai Memories , where narrative progression is tied into its base building despite its focus as a turn-based RPG. Merge Vikings Combining merge2 mechanics with progressive character and building vectors.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was held last week in San Francisco, boasting 28,000 attendees ! Penny was kind enough to share her experience at GDC and why she believes it's such a valuable event for people looking to break into the games industry. Meet Penny!

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Thousands of new games and apps targeting casual and hyper-casual audiences are released every day, which means capturing the attention of new players is tough, but keeping them engaged for weeks and months to come is even trickier. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well?

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Game Daily

APRIL 11, 2023

Fresh from raising $13 million in funding, Avalan Corp is beginning to outline its vision for Web3 game development, most particularly the company’s belief in creating development tools that aid world and asset creation, as well as interoperability between games. Well, we’re building that technology for you.

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