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Solo dev Vladyslav Pidiashenko “I hope IHAS will inspire players to better their lives”

PreMortem.Games

Crafting this project largely alone, Pidiashenko (working under the company name The Difference Studios ) navigates both the creative and practical demands of development in a uniquely personal way. At first, I considered getting into esports, but I quickly realized it wasn’t for me. It’s used to both fight enemies and solve puzzles.

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A new era for Africa’s video games industry at Africacomicade’s Gamathon 24

PreMortem.Games

It began with an online workshop by Joey Ansah, on fight choreography for video games. He is an English actor and fight choreographer, known for his expertise in film and video game adaptations. Jide Martin In the evening, we headed to The Carven, where one of Africa’s Esports giants, Gamr , hosted a lively dinner for delegates.

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Checkmate: Discussing the Rise of Chess Games on Mobile

Game Refinery

Chess has also become something of an esports sensation, which started after grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura coached streamer xQc on chess over Twitch and eventually led to the creation of a dedicated group of prolific streamers setting up an amateur chess tournament called Pogchamps on Chess.com.

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She Got Game on cultivating a thriving environment for female game developers

PreMortem.Games

Then someone told me about a game developer in our community who had developed a fighting game based on their comic. Notably, she is an animator on the project Tom the Postgirl at Oopsie Daisies studio. I was working at a tech incubator in Zambia, surrounded by programmers, and it never crossed my mind that we could make our own games.

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Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company

Deconstructor of Fun

It’s Team Fight Tactics for casuals. Clash Royale was reminiscent of some popular Starcraft/Warcraft mods like Nexus Wars or Castle Fight. Furthermore, the acquisition of new studios may also generate additional pressure and competition to achieve. Clasharama), community and esports (. Having a service mindset.

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Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Future of Video Games

Deconstructor of Fun

eSports I think there’s a few of them. That’s eSports. And again, that plays right into eSports. ESports is long term, it’ll be driven by games that involves squad play and team work and so on. So eSports is a big deal. #3. So you have to have some studio capacity. And that’s all going to get really big.

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Indie Gaming’s Last Stand: How Willem Delventhal Is Battling Corporate Dominance!

Game Dev Unchained

Delventhal advocates for a “return to renaissance,” a more decentralized and diverse industry that nurtures smaller studios. Despite the booming success of the gaming industry, game developers are still fighting for recognition and the opportunity to shape the future of their own creations.

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