AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

The Gilded Mansion Demo featured a mystery solving game that was built with AWS Bedrock and Anthropic Claude to drive player conversations with in-game characters in search of clues to solve a crime. AWS Events On Monday evening, AWS, Amazon Games and Women in Games International (WIGI) co-hosted a Women in Games event at the Minna Gallery.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Even now that crossplay is allowed, there are a lot of rules in place about things like communication between platforms (e.g. Rocket League was not allowed to let Playstation players communicate with PC players because of potential content ratings). In 2018, Epic pushed to allow crossplay for their lifestyle game juggernaut Fortnite.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

re:Invent 2024 festivities include keynotes featuring AWS leaders sharing the latest cloud and generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovations. Monday, December 2, 2024 (all times in Pacific Time) Featured speakers include: Riot Games Sr.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Cross-Platform Compatibility Cross-platform gameplay is one of the biggest game development trends of 2023. So, game developers must seek mobile game engines that support cross-platform development. As a result, they can make informed decisions to improve their game content. Let’s find out.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For instance, while automated scripts can efficiently test repetitive tasks and ensure that patches don’t break existing features, manual testing remains crucial for assessing gameplay, story elements, and overall player experience. This shift requires testers to be more versatile and knowledgeable about various platforms and technologies.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Here are some of them: AI-Powered Content Creators Ludo AI: This tool excels at generating gameplay concepts and mechanics based on your preferences. Simply input parameters like genre, target audience, and desired features, and Ludo AI will suggest potential game ideas. It can even help define core loops and progression systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A big part of this strategy was the integration into Light & Wonder , a cross-platform games company known for creating physical slot machines, i-gaming products, and innovative game experiences that connect content, hardware, and systems across platforms and channels.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Live Services: At the moment, the game features no liveops, outside of the monthly seasons that introduce new cards and a Battle Pass. This has made core CCG fans passionately receive it as a refreshing experience, although retaining them for a long time may put a lot of pressure on the flow of new content. For this, we used data.ai

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

By superimposing digital content onto the player’s view of the real world, AR offers a unique and engaging experience. In the coming years, multiplayer features are expected to continue to be a major trend in hyper-casual game development. Augmented Reality (AR) AR is becoming increasingly prevalent in hyper-casual games.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 26, 2023

12:00 PM–1:00 PM: ANT309: Chalk Talk: Optimizing gaming experience with ML and real-time personalization Learn how to build a near real-time pipeline that can ingest data and update a machine learning (ML) model to provide real-time recommendations to create customized content and influence player behaviors.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

These engines provide specialized VR development kits and tools, including Unity’s XR Interaction Toolkit and Unreal’s VR Editor, enabling seamless integration of VR features. The immersion, interactivity, and integration with the real world provide a unique gaming experience that conventional games can’t replicate.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2024

Experimentation-informed personalization strategies can help you offer players a starter pack with the content and bundle size they want. In a cross-platform free-to-play future that becomes all the more important! However it is a way to gain featuring, which then justifies the additional effort. -

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AWS Games

MARCH 14, 2023

Based on what we heard, a few themes that are top-of-mind include: cloud-based game development (aka Game Studio in the Cloud), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help support player community health, content moderation, and AI-driven game development.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This feature set enables you to thoroughly test your video game, ensuring it works as expected and is free from errors. It is an easy-to-use game-testing tool that supports graphics-based content, including video games. It supports different types of testing, such as: Load testing, Regression testing, and Functional testing.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The store currently features more than 70 games and 30 DLC packs, each with dedicated pages for screenshots, trailers, system requirements and community building.

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Nvidia

APRIL 5, 2022

Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, creators can deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Now, three years later, the second iteration of this hardware is available, mainstream game consoles support ray tracing, and cross-platform API standards have been established to drive even wider adoption. All content in this book is open access.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 16, 2024

This means that further decisions will be made with that goal in mind - the team might spend those resources elsewhere instead of optimizing for certain platform-specific hardware features. As for why Square-Enix decided to go platform exclusive with FF16 and the FF7 Remakes, it is likely that Sony offered them a seemingly-better deal.

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Sirlin

JULY 21, 2020

And then really open it up by making it both cross-platform and free-to-play. You can just play them for free, and they monetize on cosmetics and extra features. List of notable features from our launch last year. I’d love for the genre to be even bigger. No grinding to unlock them, and no need to buy them.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The reason is, over the years we have become accustomed to accessing the online content without paying for it, hence we expect the same for the games as well. . The other advantage of freemium is, it allows the user to test the unknown product and get familiar with its features and attributes. Multiple Platforms Double The Exposure .

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

PC Gaming Growth: PC gaming is fastest growing with 4% growth, propelled by the rising popularity of cross-platform releases of console exclusives Let's delve into the key trends shaping the PC and console gaming landscape and explore strategic approaches for navigating these dynamic shifts.

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Both of these titles with cross-platform play capacity. Also, these two are getting regular updates which improve the stability and add new features to the game. However, to understand the scene from an even closer position, you should look at the other factors featured in the next parts of this post. are very popular.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

He also said there are opportunities in going cross-platform and direct billing. Cross-platform is becoming more important too, he said. Then, think about play diversity, mastery, depth and social features that make the game even stickier. There are more ‘launch-specific experiments’ features to come, too.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

Marvel Snap starts with a simple intro sequence featuring Nick Fury and Doctor Doom battling each other with you controlling Nick Fury. To unlock new cards, you must upgrade your existing cards, which is a unique feature in the game. Finally, Marvel Snap introduces the unique feature of 'Snap'. It’s impressive.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The first question around non-PVP content (single player campaign, Zombies) was resourcing: non-PVP content required the most development heads and was the least retentive in the long term, since players tended to not return after completing it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2021

To capture the content of the airdrop, it has to be safely delivered to an extraction point. The content of an airdrop is a loot box that the player can open after extracting from the level. There are several transmitters across the map that can either relocate the drop area, improve its contents or accelerate crate opening.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Each engine has its specific set of features and, therefore, can perform a specific set of tasks. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Moreover, it features a very user-friendly interface and straightforward architecture. But is there an ultimate winner? Join us on this amazing journey!

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Slang is an open-source language for real-time graphics programming that brings new capabilities for writing and maintaining large-scale, high-performance, cross-platform graphics codebases. The right column shows the same derivative computed by the Slang’s autodiff feature, which appears identical to the reference image.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

But please keep in mind that Hearthstone is cross-platform title making likely over 80% of its revenue on PC. Clash Royale’s gacha driven collection economy with a fairly limited amount of content has been evidently too shallow for a battle pass leading to long-lasting impacts to a game’s revenue stream. Legends of Runeterra.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

Content Although the Deferred Rendering technique was officially proposed at GDC in 2004, nearly 20 years have passed, and there are still many people who don’t know the details, especially those who are new to 3D programming. GBuffer Content To complete lighting processing, some basic information is essential, such as.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

branch, but it grew to become a feature-packed update well worth of opening a new stable branch. As such, most of the focus was on implementing missing features or bugfixes which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3, and on making the existing features more optimized and reliable. update to the 3.2

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

Traditionally, game development necessitated the use of intricate and platform-specific software. However, HTML5 games have emerged as a game-changer, offering unparalleled cross-platform compatibility and effortless accessibility across a wide range of devices, eliminating the need for dedicated installations or plugins.

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Back in 2020, as per Statista , gaming and video made up the largest shares of the mobile content market for the year, surpassing even the increase in education-related apps usage brought about by the disruption in regular school system settings. These tokens cannot be duplicated, and hence the value of rare cards increases.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

But like most features in this genre, due to their complexity, their benefits and underlying strategies may not be obvious for the ignoramus. The biggest problem is that they could’ve optimized much better the playable value of the content they have if it wasn’t for the chosen approach in several systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Understanding players and marketability have also become more important, leading to larger companies increasingly building content fortresses – in which they acquire a user and move them between games in their portfolio. But solid examples of this happening were not clear.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

IMHO, this makes it a different situation from the Second Dinner core team (of Marvel Snap fame), who were already used to working together at delivering top-level content and was easier for them to become operative. So it makes total sense to explore going cross-platform and developing PC/console-exclusive games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

allows sharing of features and codebase, leading to faster development cycles. How are they going to keep growing post Apple featuring? This means that those games often feature art direction and soundtracks that aren’t immediately recognizable or appealing to a random person in the US or Europe.

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