Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 23, 2025

These data points are driving some of our upcoming work, as in future releases we’ll strive to close the feature parity gap between the Android and desktop versions of the editor, as well as work to improve the Android editor development experience on small form-factor devices like phones. DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE ) vibrator_service.

Data

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. Keep LiveOps Strong: Gen Z is demandingconstant updates and fresh content are a must.

Co-op

AWS Games

JUNE 12, 2025

However, implementing AI-driven features in games can be challenging due to latency and device computing power. Instead of integrating SLM features directly into resource-constrained game environments, consider developing a companion application that runs on the player’s smartphone and connects to their game.

AI

Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

This article compares these two platforms in detail and explores their features, benefits, and real-world applications to help you make an informed decision. Features Comparison: Unity vs. Unreal Engine When deciding between these two, check and compare via an Android game development company in India.

Engine

AWS Games

JUNE 5, 2025

Copy the entire contents of GameLiftPlugin into the Plugins Open the.uproject file for your game project. Check the Content Browser for the Amazon GameLift Servers plugin assets (ensure View Options has the Show Plugin Content option selected). Look for a subfolder called Plugins. If it doesn’t exist, create it.

Engine

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.

Code

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Im using Godots GridMap feature to randomly generate a unique floorplan for every exhibit. The cross-platform support was a big selling point to me as well! Ive gotten more comfortable with the features and workflow now, so Godot was the first tool I reached for when I started prototyping my museum!

Prototyping

That One Game Dev

JULY 10, 2025

In this article I will go more in depth on the features that this application has to offer. Table of Contents What is Deleaker? This is a major feature for me as you can test how would your applicaiton behave if compiled with Linux compilers and tools giving you an approximate fix for memory leaks even in cross-platform scenarios.

Cross platform

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 2, 2025

Frederic Plourde is the XR Lead at Collabora where he drives AR/VR strategy, business development, and open-source innovation, leading a team of talented engineers working on XR customer projects and Monado, the cross-platform open-source OpenXR runtime. Can you tell us more about how this works? Daniel: Not really!

Cross platform

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.

Games

AWS Games

AUGUST 3, 2023

Games are increasingly cross-platform and online, and game developers need to develop secure and scalable backend features to support these online elements of their games. This takes time and focus away from what really matters, the specific features that make their games’ online experience unique.

Cross platform

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

E pic’s user-generated content (UGC) domination has required thousands of employees and 5 years of development but pays off with 40% of player game time and $350M generated from creator worlds. Gamemakers should watch closely for how this new mode impacts Fall Guys’ performance as a distinct add-on feature.

Content

Game Development for Beginners

MAY 19, 2023

Unity 3D is a powerful and widely used cross-platform game engine for game development.

Cross platform

Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. From strategy development, content creation, coding to testing, the development process reflects on the successful delivery of the game. Every release brings with it wide-ranging improvements.

Game Development

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.

AI

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.

Communications

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.

Mobile Gaming

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.

Cross platform

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.

Game Development

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.

Game Development

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.

Cross platform

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.

Cross platform

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.

Quality Assurance

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.

Game Development

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.

Cross platform

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.

Ray Tracing

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. -

Data

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 .

Mobile Gaming

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.

Console

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.

Platformer

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.

Games

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.

Feature

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.

Mobile

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.

Render

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.

Mobile

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.

Render

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

Collision