PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Even the most tightly controlled rail shooter, the most finicky puzzle game allows for the player to make choices moment to moment, and no two players are going to make the exact same choices in the exact same sequence with the exact same timing. Every players experience is in fact different.
Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
In this blog, we look at some of the new and interesting ways developers have implemented minigames into some of the most popular mobile titles on the market, from Royal Match’s Wordle-inspired potion puzzle to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE’s recreation of Dave the Diver. Where it starts to diversify is when you begin to explore the wider island.
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GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 3, 2024
While this often translates to how well said characters do in combat or when confronted by puzzles, developers are exploring more ways in which players can shape stories as well. You have no control over how the characters fare in any book, TV or film, but in games, the power is almost entirely in the hands of players.
Game Refinery
MARCH 27, 2025
This incredibly popular title has launched a few crossover events since it blasted onto the scene in November 2022including Chainsaw Man, Nier: Automata, and most recently, Neon Genesis: Evangelionbut its partnership with the award-winning PC and console game Dave the Diver was by far its most noteworthy.
The Bottom Feeder
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
The background story is: There was a games console in the 1980s called the LX. Everyone forgot that it existed until a console and 50 cartridges were rediscovered in a self-storage unit somewhere. Block Koala is a neat puzzle game. I haven’t even gotten to the RPGs yet, which may be a good thing. RPGs are too long.
Game Refinery
MAY 4, 2023
In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. In many respects, this change isn’t particularly surprising.
Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
To put you on the right track, we’ve taken a deep dive into four games that have delivered innovative storytelling in four subgenres: Merge Puzzle from the Casual category, and MMORPG, Action RPG, and 4X Strategy from the Mid-core category. We anticipate that such lofty production values will only get more impressive as time passes.
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