GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy 14 is being developed for mobile by Lightspeed Studios. Read more

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Bestiario has already surpassed $ 125.000 on its Kickstarter campaign

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This entry was contributed by Joel Roset, Game Director at developer Noname Studios, whose genre-bending 2D adventure platformer, Worldless published by Thunderful and Coatsink is coming to Xbox, PC, Nintendo Switch and PC on November 21. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In Verne: The Shape of Fantasy players take on the role of famous sci-fi writer Jules Verne and venture into a fantastical, parallel world built from his own imagination. At first glance a normal indie game studio, but the co-founders live and work continents apart. The influence of his work on our culture is enormous.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. The open-world of Tower of Fantasy.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2024

This unique ability, previously unseen in Metroidvania games, represents a significant innovation for the genre that the creators at Canadian indie game company Lucid Dreams Studio so love. “In In the team, everyone is a fan of Metroidvania”, says Brand Manager Rayanne Berriche of Lucid Dreams Studio. “So

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

PUBG developer and publisher Krafton has opened its first Canadian studio, GamesIndustry.biz can reveal, with the unveiling of Krafton Montreal. Currently employing 12 staff, the team hopes to grow to 150 people within the next three years, adding another AAA studio to the already competitive Montreal development scene. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Jules Verne Museum in Nantes, his hometown, has recently selected the game Verne: The Shape of Fantasy to be part of their collection. In Verne: The Shape of Fantasy players take on the role of famous sci-fi writer Jules Verne and venture into a fantastical, parallel world built from his own imagination.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Masses of fans have flocked to concerts such as Final Fantasy's Distant Worlds and Final Symphony, Genshin Concert Tour, the Game Music Festival in London featuring performances of Baldur's Gate 3 and The Last of Us , and Stardew Valley's Festival of Seasons. We're in a golden age of video game concerts right now. Read more

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 31, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Super Game Asset Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Super Game Asset Bundle by Leartes Studio. It is organized into the following tiers: 1$ Tier Fantasy […] The post Super Game Asset Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 6, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox IO Interactive has opened a studio in the UK to work on its two big projects: Project Fantasy and Project 007. The new team is based in Brighton and there is already a small group of developers in place.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 9, 2024

And thats precisely what Shalin Shodhan is doing with his studio, Masala Games. While there certainly are games which feature India as a setting, both from Indian studios and international companies, they tend to focus on fantasy or mythical aspects of the nation. ” Our mantra is constraints foster creativity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It is a AAA fantasy shooter created by a 100-person dev team, led by a former Call of Duty creative director and published by EA. And a month after the game was released, developer Ascendant Studio laid off 40 employees. Immortals of Aveum was not made by a small developer. It was not made on a tight budget. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. It’s something different.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 21, 2024

It's now independent, with studios in Malmo, Barcelona, Istanbul, Brighton and Copenhagen, and working on numerous projects, including Hitman, a fantasy game and a James Bond title. Now he's back at IO as the firm's chief technology officer, and he's walked into a very different company. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 12, 2024

The narrative of the game itself is of innocent goblins turning the tables on the adventurers that so frequently invade their home, inverting a typical fantasy trope. The story behind the game, meanwhile, is one of a married couple forming a new studio on the success of their mobile zombie game and moving from the US to the Philippines.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. Madiba humbly shared his studio’s struggles and how he was uncertain of its success. This is his story. She was right.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

NetEase and industry veteran Greg Street have formed a new studio, Fantastic Pixel Castle, and have announced the start of development on its first game. Fantastic Pixel Castle will operate as a fully remote studio and is preparing to begin the hiring process for developing an MMO codenamed Ghost, which is based on a new fantasy IP.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2024

We talk about Take-Two's packed 2025 line-up, the range of updates from Xbox's many studios, and some of the big surprises, such as the new fantasy god game Masters of Albion from veteran designer Peter Molyneux and his team at 22Cans.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 10, 2023

Canadian indie game development studio Excellent Rectangle just launched their debut title Tape to Tape on Steam Early Access. But also games like Final Fantasy VI, Mega Man X, Earthbound, Super Metroid… I’m still playing all of these games today!” He reminisces: “1994 has got to be my favorite NHL.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sumo Group has acquired mobile developer Midoki, the studio behind successful titles such as Plunder Pirates. Midoki will join the Sumo Digital family of studios, the publisher's largest business of operations. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2023

First time game developers Max Nielsen and João Martinez form Grenaa Games , a Sweden based indie game studio. “We But I was missing a really good city builder in a fantasy setting. About the studio name Grenaa Games: “Grenaa is my family name from my mothers side, so it adds a nice personal touch I think!”

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 15, 2024

The studio's debut title — a fantasy mix of life simulation and MMORPG — launched last August with a PC open beta via its own website and launcher, followed by a release on the Epic Games Store in October. The game then launched on Nintendo Switch in December.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Set in a beautiful, Slavic-inspired world, Selfloss by Kazakhstan-based indie studio Goodwin Games is an adventure that explores themes of grief, healing, and resilience. Players use a magic staff to battle the dark Miasma overtaking the world.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Developing and maintaining an MMO of any size is no easy task for any studio. The feat gets more challenging when it's multiplatform. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The average check size for Early-stage VC-backed gaming studios has fluctuated notably between 2020 and 2024. Ex-Riot studios received some of the highest checks, peaking at $15.8m Ex-ATVI studios saw a similar rise, reaching $10.7m 1 tech company: a cloud with a modular architecture, Vital Game Studios.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 1, 2025

The newest Kristala update is officially LIVE MEOW on Steam, bringing a host of major improvements, new content, and impactful gameplay refinements to make your journey across the dark-fantasy world of Ailur more intense, immersive, and rewarding than ever before.And to celebrate this exciting milestone, were launching our biggest discount yet40% off (..)

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 17, 2023

Prytania Media has announced the opening of two new AAA development studios: Fang & Claw and Dawon Entertainment. The latest additions to Prytania Media will join sister studios Possibility Space and Crop Circle Games. This studio will focus on fantasy combat sports.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 15, 2024

French indie studio Seed by Seed appreciates the importance of players’ time. Our studio has a flat hierarchy, nobody is the boss, and we don’t have a creative director. Everybody in the studio is welcome to pitch ideas and we chose the projects we all want to work on, together.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

To name just a few, these include Fortnite (Battle Royale), Top War (4X Strategy), Puzzles & Dragons (Match3), and Tower of Fantasy (MMORPG). Theyve already begun to sprout several direct competitors too, such as Wuthering Waves and Tower of Fantasy, both of which are performing admirably in their own right.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 31, 2024

The indie game that does this especially well is A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio. Coming of age story Mojiken Studio is based in Surabaya, Indonesia and has been around for over ten years. It started as an outsource studio that focused primarily on illustration. ” “In 2015 we did a game jam at Mojiken Studio.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 8, 2024

And that’s precisely what Shalin Shodhan is doing with his studio, Masala Games. While there certainly are games which feature India as a setting, both from Indian studios and international companies, they tend to focus on fantasy or mythical aspects of the nation. ” “Our mantra is ‘constraints foster creativity’.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 1, 2023

” The team sought to break away from traditional sci-fi and fantasy genres, finding inspiration in gaslamp fantasy—a style that blends nineteenth-century history with magical elements. Sense of history Flynn sheds light on the studio’s design philosophy.

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Game Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2023

Art: The art is very good, being done by Studio Nexus. For those who like: Reincarnation, Fantasy, Drama, and Action. Music: The music fits the series, and that’s about it. Not for those who don’t like: Any of the above.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 23, 2024

To release an 8-hour long demo of your upcoming game, like Italian studio Jyamma Games did with their soulslike Enotria: The Last Song , takes guts and confidence. When the studio offered this generous slice of the game for players to try out during the last Steam Next Fest, reactions were very positive.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 19, 2024

To release an 8-hour long demo of your upcoming game, like Italian studio Jyamma Games did with their soulslike Enotria: The Last Song , takes guts and confidence. When the studio offered this generous slice of the game for players to try out during the last Steam Next Fest, reactions were very positive.

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 25, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Unreal and Unity Humble Bundles There are not one but two game development Humble Bundles on right now, the Unreal Apocalypse Essentials Reloaded and the Unity based Fantasy Realms Bundle by Dragonsan Studios.

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