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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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Co-founder Chet Faliszek , known for Left 4 Dead and Portal 2’s co-op campaign during his tenure at Valve, feels optimistic about the success of the game. Retro-futuristic sci-fi world Founded by Chet Faliszek and Dr. Kimberly Voll in 2019, Stray Bombay’s set out to build better co-operative games.

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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. It is now PlayStation's fastest-selling game – bigger than God of War, or Spider-Man or Uncharted.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

By increasing the number of tiers in their battle passes, mobile studios can increase the options awarded to their players, with one such example being State of Survival’s Operation Festival: Battle Plan event. The social co-op battle pass – Top War The 4X strategy game Top War is a team-focused game where players create guilds.

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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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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 15, 2024

It always triggered so much explanation that we decided to abandon it”, explains co-founder and CEO Martin Sommer. Part of the appeal of the game is the simple, but effective art style by Art director and co-founder Lars Bindslev. “We Amazing co-op experience Looking ahead to the release later this year, Sommer feels positive. “We

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

The best strategies now tap into social connections with features like: Friend suggestions and group invites Competitive challenges Social leaderboards Co-op gameplay and team-based experiences The Multi-Platform Reality Gen Z plays everywhere. Mishka adds that the best partnerships feel organic, not transactional.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Larian Studios has clarified why it left the Xbox versions of Baldur's Gate 3 off the list yesterday when it announced an August 31 release date for the game on PS5, PC, Mac, and GeForce Now. We've had an Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 in development for some time now," the company said. Read more

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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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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. After a year of preparation, while making my first game after work hours, I launched Choose Red Studio with the ambition to create pure experiences, respecting players and everyone involved in the project. It’s impressive.”

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 15, 2024

Known for his breakout solo project, Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield, Neil Jones has now teamed up with British dev studio BetaJester to bring its successor, Aerial_Knight’s We Never Yield , to life. ” For those who find this challenging, there is always the option to switch to co-op mode.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox One of the most acclaimed games of the year is finally available for Xbox, as Larian Studios released Baldur's Gate 3 during The Game Awards.

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Played with Fire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Where have you been able to meet us this year and what good things have happened in our studio? Mixture is VR self co-op – single player VR fusion of 2 characters – knight and alchemist. We were also very excited to start a publishing partnership with Beyond Frames. We became sponsors of KrakJam 2022.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A mix of arcade games in Smash TV and Gauntlet Slayer while keeping the arcade couch co-op vibe. This came about from searching Steam for similar couch co-op games and not really finding anything suitable other than Gauntlet Slayer which I’d played to death. “I’m very influenced by the games I’m playing at the time.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

That’s why, for this year’s Mobile GameDev Awards, we’ve been celebrating the achievements of the mobile market’s live event champions, looking at the most innovative ways leading studios have kept players invested in their pocket-sized interactive worlds. For example, what if narrative was tied to a daily login or co-op event?

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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. What binds them together?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 23, 2020

Smaller, single-game mobile gaming studios will see their growth trajectory obstructed completely and suddenly. Many smaller, single-game mobile gaming studios have seen their growth trajectory obstructed completely and suddenly. The valuations of these companies will drop rapidly. Exploiting Synergies Model 1: Audience Arbitrage.

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Game Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

Mirrored Souls (pictured above) from The Bricks Studio is described as a “single-player-co-op puzzle-platformer” in which players control two characters at the same time on a mirrored screen in an attempt to reunite them. Holy Hunt from Artificial is an 8-bit retro top-down shooter.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Playtika noted that Rovio’s IP, namely the Angry Birds franchise, plus the scale of its user base would combine well with its monetization and live ops expertise. Its flagship game remains Angry Birds 2, thanks to a successful rebirth in 2016 ( see Deconstructor of Fun’s breakdown here ) and live ops ever since.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement? Only 15% of casual puzzle games in the US top grossing 200 have implemented it, despite it proving reasonably effective at boosting performance in several level-based puzzle games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Smaller updates include the ATVI & MSFT deal, Boom Beach Frontlines’ sunset, a PocketGamer sponsored piece wanting to coin a new genre, Wildlife Studios layoffs and Supercell’s first hire in Austin. Until next week. ? for hack’n’slash Web3 game Swords of Blood ?

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Sovereign Moon Studios is dedicated to helping game enthusiasts bring their creative visions to life by teaching them how to make a video game from scratch without having to know how to code or draw. . Warframe is a free to play co-op shooter where you choose to be one of many different heroes navigating the many quests through the game.

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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. In addition, Playrix is also closely linked to many other extremely successful CES based studios such as Vizor (Klondike Adventures) and Nexters (Hero Wars).

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Unlike big studios, indie developers may not have the resources to conduct thorough performance tests, which can result in unexpected FPS drops or bugs when the game finally hits the market. Interesting fact : Did You Know Performance Issues are common in newly released Indie Games? Make sure they snap into place.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. Kristian Segerstrale : Kristian was a co-founder of Glu mobile, CEO of Playfish acquired by EA, was a seed investor in Supercell, was a senior exec at EA, and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp which will soon release their new MOBA shooter called Catalyst Black ( [link] ).

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Golf Clash readily gained popularity on top grossing charts globally leading to studios acquisition by Warner Bros’s TT studios in 2017. We believe that the growth of individual titles will not necessarily lead to competition, in-spite of user base overlap, as there is enough room for them to co-exist and grow.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

Co-Op Action Puzzle Game With Brief Sections Containing Every Other Genre" ( Puzzlequest, Slay the Spire, It Takes Two ) Defining a genre of any art is like trying to describe a cloud by drawing the cardboard box it's closest in shape too. Don't even try. Match-3 RPG." Roguelike Card Game." "Co-Op But I try not to worry about it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Green , who is currently Co-Founder and COO of Knock Knock. Making the right choices at project greenlight can be the difference between a successful future vs. a destabilising force to your studios and portfolio health. How do studios of all sizes invest in new products prudently in today’s games market?

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

In a run-of-the-mill roguelite game decorative items such as skins probably would not be a very effective monetization tactic since roguelites and roguelikes are by default single-player games, but Soul Knight has tackled this problem with a synchronous co-op possibility. Using roguelike elements to spice up special game modes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

deal Big Pixel Studios veterans' Landmark Games raise $4.6m investment for co-op mobile game Sweden’s Behold Ventures raises $25.9M deal Big Pixel Studios veterans' Landmark Games raise $4.6m investment for co-op mobile game Sweden’s Behold Ventures raises $25.9M to $184.4B

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