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Phil Spencer wants to see other digital storefronts on Xbox

GamesIndustry.biz

Xbox head Phil Spencer has said that he wants to see more digital retailers on the console, such as the Epic Games Store and Itch.io. When asked by Polygon if he could see these storefronts on the platform at some point in the future, Spencer said he believed console players would benefit from more options.

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Scaling Art Production for Live-Service Games: Challenges, Innovations, and Future-Ready Pipelines 

iXie gaming

Cross-Platform Considerations Live-service games must be optimized for PC, console, and mobile. Polygon count and texture optimization to maintain performance. Cloud-based asset management, procedural generation, and AI-driven automation are helping studios eliminate unnecessary delays and optimize workflows. Challenges include: (i).

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Harada on Tekken, Soul Calibur, and the Changing Corporate Landscape

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Soul Calibur did not have this problem - Harada saw firsthand that they made a strong transition from arcade revenue to home consoles. The Soul and Tekken teams established a strong rivalry in the early days of the polygon game era.

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5 Factors Which Vary Unreal Engine 5 from Unreal Engine 4 

iXie gaming

It was designed to work with the latest generation of consoles and PCs. Number of Polygons: The number of polygons that may be used in the engine is likely the biggest change between UE4 and UE5. The shapes used to create meshes inside the game engine are called polygons.

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AWS for Games at GDC 2023

AWS Games

The networking event included a panel moderated by Shannon Liao, who has reported on games for The Washington Post, CNN, Polygon, and The Verge. Amazon GameLift Console Update – provides customers a more intuitive and efficient experience to manage and scale their game servers. Learn more.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

You can move the polygon with the node transform, drag the corners to reshape it, add delete points. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Windows: Improve console handling and execute ( GH-55987 ). This changes the editor console handling to be like on Unix systems (Linux and macOS).

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Fantasy Strike patch notes, August 2016

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Also worth noting are lots of new animations for Valerie, a new character model for Grave that has over 3x the polygons as before, and a preview of a new character select screen that will be used for modes other than local versus and training. The dragon’s character model is an unfinished, low polygon version. MIDORI --New character!

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