GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

The the first time in over ten years, video games is not the UK's biggest entertainment medium. ERA, which is the UK trade body representing video, music and games retailers, says that revenue made by video games in the UK reached £4.74 billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

Jason Nicot , a French solo game developer operating under the name Choose Red , recently announced his latest game Sanctua. In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. He went into transportation management, but game development never really left his mind.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2023

Chinese developer and publisher Nuverse is using AI for all NPC speech and animation in games. He says it helps artists to free up their time and produce content more efficiently. Currently, our system is designed to address highly repetitive and mechanical content production problems, such as matching lip movements.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

Live-service games have transformed the gaming industry, shifting from standalone releases to dynamic, continuously evolving experiences. Titles like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Genshin Impact have redefined player engagement through frequent content drops, seasonal events, and community-driven updates. These include: (i).

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. As a badass product leader, Adam cuts through the noise with no-nonsense insights into what makes games tick and why some crash and burn. What was assumed as a locked up genre was all of a sudden on fire.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With IDFA regulation changes and an influx of new games entering the market, publishers and mobile game studios are facing an ever-uphill battle to acquire new players (UA) and retain them. However, as we wrote last year , many top-grossing mobile games have found that minigames are the best way to boost UA and player retention.

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Game Errors

APRIL 22, 2023

However, some worldwide players claimed to experience crashes on their PC while trying to run the game. Before checking and applying the leading solutions, it is better to ensure that your system meets at least the minimum requirements for running the game. How can I fix F1 2017 crashes on PC? Now, do not worry!

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many PC games are designed around an eight-core console with an assumption that their software threading system ‘just works’ on all PCs, especially. Software resource contention: Locks and atomics can have much higher latency when accessed by many threads concurrently, adding to the memory pressure.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

Want to get away from the hustle and bustle in the Moscone Centre and just have a good conversation and decent coffee with Dutch games industry professionals? Here you will find game developers, publishers and tool- and tech providers ready to do business. We create games that make you smile”, says CEO Stein Damen. “By

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 16, 2023

The veterans who left Need for Speed developer Criterion in December last year have reunited to form a new AAA studio: Fuse Games. The new outfit has been founded by studio general manager Matt Webster, head of content Steve Uphill, head of production Pete Lake, head of technology Andrei Shires, and head of operations Alan McDairmant.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 22, 2023

Epic Games has released updated facts and figures from its growing PC marketplace, and given some insight into what developers and publishers can expect this year.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Grabbing the attention of gamers is challenging in a crowded market, but QORPO s unique video gaming experiences stand out. Leveraging many managed services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the game developer, publisher, and solutions provider accelerated creative game development for popular titles like Citizen Conflict.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

The mobile gaming industry has exploded recently. Developers are constantly seeking the best tools to create engaging, high-performance games that can run smoothly on a wide range of Android devices. Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 8, 2024

When you live in a country that houses twenty percent of the entire world’s population, yet hardly see a genuine and honest representation of that country in video games, it’s time to take matters into your own hands. And that’s precisely what Shalin Shodhan is doing with his studio, Masala Games. explains Shodhan. says Shodhan.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Electronic Arts (EA) engages players around the globe in immersive games across PC, console, and mobile. Known for popular game franchises including EA Sports FC, Madden NFL, Battlefield, and Apex Legends, EA regularly releases new game versions to mitigate issues, make improvements, and add new in-game content.

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Game Development News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 18, 2024

As reported by IGN , players noticed that a mod created by modder 'iamashaymin' was reportedly featured in the game despite its developer clarifying last month that it did "not include any code or content that is taken from uncredited sources." Read more

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 3, 2024

Image by Freepik Over three quarters of all consumers around the world play video games and the younger audiences (Gen Alpha and Gen Z) are engaged the most. The study surveys over 73,000 consumers across 36 markets every year to provide insight into gaming trends, player behaviors, and spending patterns.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For your first question about what kind of non-creation teams there are: Game dev studios typically have internal support teams - back end, build, IT, user research, etc. that are primarily there to support game development and content creation efforts.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 7, 2024

Player feedback at the pre-launch phase is crucial to a PC game’s development and its ultimate success. This method is used as a game testing and funding model, whereby consumers can buy and play a game in various pre-release development cycles, like beta, pre-alpha, or alpha. Funding PC game development can be costly.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2025

Game consoles are primarily platforms on which to deliver content to players, alongside PC, mobile, VR, and other various devices. Adding or fragmenting more exclusive content among more platforms isn't necessarily a good thing. They're all essentially fighting over distribution of the same pool of overall content.

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Game Development News

JANUARY 28, 2025

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Momentum for 2025s biggest UK event for video games continues to build – with speakers and side events added to the London Games Festival schedule as tickets officially go on sale.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Image: pikisuperstar on Freepik Newzoo’s Global Gamer Study 2023 is a true treasure trove of interesting facts about the people out there that hopefully end up with your game in their hands. Did you know that more than half of all people with an internet connection play games? Or that 87% of players spend money on in-game items?

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“As I travel across Africa creating games, there’s something everyone seems to agree on…” says Bethlehem Anteneh , a trained architect, co-founder of SOSTLab and the moderator of the She Got Game panel at Africa Games Week (AGW). Think of a bar where 90% of the people are men.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 17, 2020

It’s tempting to think that the analog nature of board games would preclude live-streaming, but this is not the case. Live-streaming board games can be done with digital tools such as Tabletop Simulator or video cameras capturing gameplay on the physical tabletop. Need help on your board game? Why stream games?

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

Layoffs continue to haunt everyone as game makers collectively focus on efficiency and profitability in an effort to stay alive long enough to make it to 2025. Content stays king. Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6 Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Gaming has always pushed the boundaries of graphics hardware. The most popular games typically required robust GPU, CPU, and RAM resources on a user’s PC or. Gaming has always pushed the boundaries of graphics hardware. However… Source

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. As a badass product leader, Adam cuts through the noise with no-nonsense insights into what makes games tick and why some crash and burn. Survive till 2025" seems to be the gaming industry's new mantra.

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Game Errors

JULY 3, 2023

Windows 11 is one of the most flexible gaming platforms. Players can upgrade desktop PCs by adding more RAM and better graphics cards. Doing that is one surefire way to improve Windows PC gaming performance. However, players can also enhance PC gaming performance in various ways without upgrading hardware components.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In the report All About Games – European Key Facts 2022 from Videogames Europe and the European Game Developer Federation ( EGDF ), we get a detailed insight into both consumer behaviour and professional activities in -you guessed it- Europe. million people play games in Europe. 46,7% are female, that’s about 59 million.

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Game Errors

JULY 14, 2023

Team Fortress 2 is a first-person shooter video game that’s multiplayer and distributed via Steam. The game experiences constant updates and new releases like maps, items, game modes, and community maps to improve the gaming experience for players. After the process is complete, restart your PC to apply changes.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

After speaking with a broad range of decision-makers, executives, and creatives over the past several months, I’ve identified a partial explanation for the paradox of an immensely successful yet tumultuous video game industry. Each cycle typically lasts about a decade and directly shapes how games are created, distributed, and consumed.

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Game Errors

APRIL 27, 2023

NBA 2K23 is among the essential games for basketball fans, selling over 8 million units. However, not everyone has had a seamless experience with the game. Some gamers experience NBA 2k23 won’t launch or crashes and freezes during the game. Corrupted game files. Restart your PC. Your drivers are outdated.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This article originally appeared on his Substack Game Stuff. Specialist VC firms that fund game development are a relatively new phenomenon. Given these incredible tailwinds, it’s not surprising that mobile game companies have delivered the vast majority of gaming venture returns in recent years.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

There will be no Nintendo Switch version of Evil Dead: The Game and development of new content for the game on other platforms has ended, Saber Interactive announced. The multiplayer game launched on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC last May as an Epic Games exclusive. Initial sales saw the title debut at No.4

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Top image by Freepik In their latest report , Newzoo looks at how different generations engage with gaming. It will come as no surprise that across all age groups people play games, but there are some significant differences between the older and newer generations. With each passing generation, gaming becomes more popular.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

With 95% of game makers developing or maintaining a live service game, live events have become one of the most important elements of finding and maintaining success in not just the mobile market, but PC and console too. You should start thinking of your LiveOps strategy from the moment you start developing your game.

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