PreMortem.Games

MAY 15, 2024

That’s why the play sessions of their narrative-driven, co-op multiplayer RPG Baladins last around an hour. Narrative designer and Seed by Seed co-founder Antonin Demeilliez explains the idea behind Baladins. In that time players go on little big adventures in a magical world. “We’re

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Explore the latest news and expert commentary on Press Release, brought to you by the editors of Game Developer

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 27, 2023

Last year, Bossa Studios sold a catalog of its internally created IP to TinyBuild , including Surgeon Simulator, I am Bread, and I am Fish, saying at the time that it would be focused on co-op PvE games going forward.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Internship recruiting season has begun for some large game publishers and developers. If you’re a student and you have an interest in game development as a career, you should absolutely look into these. This means that a number of internship opportunities for summer 2025 have been posted and will be collecting applicants.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 15, 2024

Watching people play the first game and seeing how they interacted with it pushed me to develop a sequel, even though I hadn’t planned on returning to the indie game space.” ” For those who find this challenging, there is always the option to switch to co-op mode. ” Respect Game Developers!

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 22, 2024

The co-op third-person shooter, which was published by PlayStation and developed by Arrowhead Games, was released in February and has gone on to sell 12 million copies in three months. Nobody expected the success of Helldivers 2.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 30, 2024

The investment will go towards the development of its co-op shooter codenamed Project Aldous, due to release on PC and consoles. Moon Rover Games has raised $3.5 million in funding from NCsoft. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2024

Developer Airship Syndicate announced that the upcoming Echoes update to the game will remove all online requirements, leaving Wayfinder as a single-player affair with optional three-player co-op. In doing so, the studio will also remove all microtransactions and in-game purchases, selling the game for a one-time payment of $24.99

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s hardly surprising that so many developers have jumped on the bandwagon, as battle passes have a wide range of benefits and can be introduced into almost any genre. But with so many different examples of battle passes on the market these days, developers have had to get increasingly experimental to build on their past successes.

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Unity Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn how Fika Productions overcame development hurdles to transition Ship of Fools from a local couch co-op into an engaging multiplayer roguelite.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 15, 2024

In Guntouchables by Danish indie developer Game Swing , enemies randomly power up from the upgrades that a team of four players can’t lift out of the levels. It always triggered so much explanation that we decided to abandon it”, explains co-founder and CEO Martin Sommer. We solve everything by keeping on testing”, says Sommer.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2023

When we first heard from Treehouse Games , it was 2020 and the startup of six people was just getting started with a vision of creating cooperative social connection-building games for an audience that sees gaming as a venue to hang out with friends, the way others might go to get a coffee or dinner.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

To understand what this means for developers, Michail Katkoff sat down with Tobias Knoke, Head of Gaming, EMEA at Google. Tobias shared deep insights into how Gen Z discovers, engages with, and spends on gamesand what developers must do to capture their attention. This completely changes how developers should think about retention.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2023

Having had success with co-op shooter Deep Rock Galactic, the company has been playing a supporting role within the Danish industry for some time and investing in developers. Over time, the question was asked whether the firm should start publishing other studios' games. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

"We've had an Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 in development for some time now," the company said.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. Both games have a massive open-world to explore and support co-op features, but Tower of Fantasy has a bigger focus on social elements and makes the process of playing with other players smoother than Genshin Impact.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 21, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. A well-designed co-op game like Pandemic stands out among the crowd. In my anecdotal experiences, a new co-op game almost always gets a “ooh, it’s a co-op!” Licensed under CC BY SA 2.0 ( Source ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. Even established teams with proven track records, developing games like THE FINALS, XDefiant, and Spectre Divide, all have quickly faded away weeks after launch.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. From kids in the basement to “adults” in college – we would always play co-operative video games, regardless of where we lived. I LOVE co-operative games. Co-Operation. Co-operative games aren’t for everyone (“but how do I win??”

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay.

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Played with Fire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage awarded us a grant under the Development of Creative Sectors program. Mixture is VR self co-op – single player VR fusion of 2 characters – knight and alchemist. pochodzi z serwisu Played With Fire | VR Developer. We became sponsors of KrakJam 2022. Happy New Year!

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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. You should start thinking of your LiveOps strategy from the moment you start developing your game.

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Real Programming

JULY 12, 2023

That’s what happened to Sokol, who is himself a former RP4K student now enrolled in the Waterloo co-op program while juggling teaching duties at RP4K. He likes to break concepts into mini games he has developed, so complex mathematical ideas are fun and easy to understand. Where Can Coding Take You?

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

At the same time, there were also signs of hybridization with casino elements (players could spin a slot machine for bonus rewards), alongside co-op tasks for guilds and a dedicated holiday leaderboard, all of which offered additional rewards. What can other developers learn from these battle passes?

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 21, 2023

A lot of ink has been spilled on the debacle of Overwatch 2 canceling their co-op PvE “Hero Mode”. Putting emotions aside, I think it’s worth re-examining why co-op PvE seemed like a good idea in the first place, and what went wrong in development. Meanwhile, their mind is on PvE.

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Game Errors

JUNE 1, 2023

Table of Contents: Stuck on the loading screen Long queue times No High Texture Setting is Available Diablo 4 Open Beta keeps crashing after pressing Alt-Tab Second player in couch co-op mode couldn’t join during the game’s prologue 1. Related articles: Diablo 4 Stats Reveal Two Most Popular Classes In Open Beta 5.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 12, 2019

In each of the episode we sat down with the CEO of top mobile publisher and discussed how they approach publishing, what is their company’s strategy, how do they work with developers and how do they see the future of publishing on mobile. Game developers start the journey with simple, flexible and direct deals that fit their immediate needs.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

It’s a co-op game, with single-player options. “Low and Alone are each equipped with their own iconic items that will allow you to solve various puzzles and defend yourself against the new and dangerous challenges that await you,” writes Bandai Namco’s Maya Ziani on PlayStation Blog.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

Using it to check on Godot game development streamers resulted in this funny compilation both the content creators and their viewers expressed happiness that the communities they had built were being recognized by us. Logically, the next step was to hand over the reins of the channel to some of these talented developers directly.

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Game Errors

APRIL 7, 2023

The developers receive critical acclaim with the praise for introducing the smooth fantasy setting and the evolution of the Souls Formula. Players can freely move anywhere across the open world environment, while the gameplay includes the following features: Weapons, Magic Spells, Horseback Riding, Crafting, and Summons.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Rina co-founded Peak Games, which has become a game-changer in the Turkish gaming scene. Originally, they were developing Royal Riches, a social casino game, investing heavily in optimisation techniques like segmentation, personalisation, dynamic pricing, and live ops tailored for the casino title. Let’s take a look.

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Game Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

Santos says shorter and cheaper games will satisfy consumer demand for games that can be completed in a few hours, and will create opportunities for small developers to get onto the console ladder. “I’m not saying [short console games] don’t exist. He cites the difficulty of obtaining console dev kits.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 19, 2023

These kind of challenges must be identified, designed for, and fit into the development budget. What I am saying is that it is not trivial to make it work - we can’t just turn on two/three/four viewports and call it a day, not without inadvertently causing a significantly worse player experience in many regards.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. This game represents me as a developer, he says.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 14, 2025

Friend Quests is a social co-op where you complete quests together before a given deadline. The Timed Chests mechanic is, of course, well-developed in free-to-play games. Lock-In System #2: Social Pressure. Friend Streaks is a fresh spin on the core Streaks product that rewards users for sticking with a Streak together (e.g.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In many ways, Township has been the cornerstone for Playrix’s success as a title that allowed the company to build experience in live ops, analytics, and user acquisition. The mini-games are delivered in such great quality that I think some of those can even be standalone games if developed a bit further.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

Developed by Kitka Games and acquired by Scopely Games in September 2022, Stumble Guys is a knock-out party game with a similar visual style and gameplay mechanics to Fall Guys. In Eggy Party, players can develop six different passive skills, such as how long the cooldown time is after performing a roll action. Stumble Guys.

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