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Analysis • Sony moves away from customer electronics to become a media empire

PreMortem.Games

The success of The Last of Us is, according to analysts, more than just a successful adaptation of a gaming franchise; it is the culmination of Sony’s gradual transition to becoming a media company. Sony currently maintains its dominant position in console gaming with a 2-to-1 ratio for installed devices compared to its main rival Microsoft.

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The Future of Gaming: Engaging Gen Z

Deconstructor of Fun

Mobile gaming alone has grown by 9% since 2020, and 82% of them play on their phonesbut theyre also active on PC and console. Social media is the top way they find new games, and within that, video contentespecially from creatorsis king. Some key trends: Gen Z plays more across mobile, PC, and console than any other generation.

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Enhancing Game and Media Workflows with Global File Systems on AWS

AWS Games

Efficient movement and synchronization of enormous media assets, including high-definition video and complex Unreal Engine data is important. The media & entertainment (M&E) industry, particularly visual effects (VFX) and animation studios, greatly benefit from a Global File Systems.

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Combining content moderation services with graph databases & analytics to reduce community toxicity

AWS Games

This challenge presents itself in many industries – ranging from gaming to social media networks. We shall be using a multi-player gaming scenario to illustrate this, but the steps below could be applicable to any community with user-generated content and interactions between users.

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

PreMortem.Games

“We started referencing the India around us rather than the image of it in collective media and that re-training was quite a challenge.” Solid pipeline By taking the time to build a solid pipeline the team is now at a place in development where it’s easy to create new content such as episodes, story beats and missions.

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Worldwalker Games goes into hibernation

GamesIndustry.biz

In a post shared on social media , the studio's co-owner Nate Austin shared that active development on the 2021 RPG is now complete and players shouldn't expect new content. The team will continue supporting Wildermyth with bug fixes, and the console port is still on the cards.

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Destiny 2 | Games of the Year 2022

GamesIndustry.biz

Great entertainment is timeless (unless it is indeed a live service title in which content can be removed from the internet at any time). Truly one of the most captivating sci-fi universes I've ever spent time in"I didn't quite grasp the concept of a live service on consoles back then, I wanted the content I'd paid for immediately and fully.

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