GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 15, 2024

Ubisoft has rebranded its subscription offering and introduced a new service for PC players. This service is the one that features all new releases such as this week's Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (which is available early to subscribers). and is accessible via PC, Xbox and Amazon Luna. It costs $17.99 It costs $17.99

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Disclosure: This article has been written as a part of a paid cooperation with Xsolla Game demos are as important to a successful game marketing strategy as trailers and advertising. A game demo is more than a condensed snapshot of your game. What kind of demo do you need? The most commonly used form is a prologue.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Epic Games Store is launching on mobile today. The Fortnite firm announced it will be bringing its games marketplace to Android worldwide, and to iOS in the European Union thanks to this year's Digital Markets Act requiring Apple to enable third-party stores on its mobile ecosystem. Read more

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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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Indie DB

JULY 12, 2023

of our game, Ghost Mate! This update brings exciting new features, improvements, and expanded platform availability. We are thrilled to announce the release of version 1.2 Previously available only on Android, Ghost Mate is now also accessible to Windows.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Call of Duty WWII redefines the breathtaking experience of World War II for a new gaming experience. The game suffers from some errors and crashes and because of that, it got some pretty bad reviews since the launch. It seems that the most common issues are Call of Duty WW2 crashing on PC or multiple crashes on startup.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In between handing out awards to some of this year's biggest titles such as Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2, The Game Awards 2023 featured a variety of game announcements and world premieres. A teaser trailer showcased increasingly distressing shots of its cast, including Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier. Read more

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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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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Call of Duty Black Ops 3 is an infamous strategy and first-shooter game that many people were excited about since its launch. Like most of the games now, this one comes too with a few errors and issues that are making the game unplayable. How do I fix Black Ops 3 from crashing on startup and mid-game? Get DriverFix 4.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 5, 2024

GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring will lead a panel featuring former PlayStation exec, and current advisor to Tencent, Shawn Layden, veteran games analyst Michael Pachter and author, curator and historian Van Burnham. That's the question we're going to try and answer during a special panel at IGN Live on Sunday. Read more

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Jesper Juul

DECEMBER 6, 2024

On the occasion of my upcoming book Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer , I am writing The History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects , posted weekly from November 1 st , 2024: (C64 Wiki) Object #6: Wizball and other Scrolling Games What even is the 1987 game Wizball (Sensible Software)?

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention). Why implement minigames?

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2024

Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. Today she works at Maliyo Games, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Orina stood out among the participants I featured in the piece. My favorite is Kenya at 50.

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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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Indie DB

JUNE 24, 2024

New FUMES gameplay trailer has been featured on PC Gaming Show 2024. Check it out!

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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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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Mortal Shell, the Dark Souls-like action game from developer Cold Symmetry, has now sold one million units worldwide. And that doesn't include players who have touched the game via subscription services, publisher Playstack says. Mortal Shell has featured on Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus. Read more

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile game developers are constantly looking for new ways to bring in new players and keep existing players engaged with their games. One of the most successful ways of doing this is by introducing meta elements – gameplay elements and mechanics from other game genres – into your game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

Microsoft laid out a slate of five big games for its 2024 software lineup in a Developer Direct video today, capping the event off with the news that MachineGames' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will arrive on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass "later this year."

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

It includes major improvements all across the board in features, performance, and usability. and is intended to run on very old PC hardware as well as most older (still working) mobile phones. Several features were added to Godot Physics since 3.x, is coming out soon. improvements. Additionally, Godot 4.0 reaches stability.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 7, 2024

“We’re excited that it conveys an important conservationist message that we believe is very meaningful,” says Pablo Martínez Carratalá , CEO of Inverge Studios and the game’s director. Creatures of Ava is a project born from the desire to create a game similar to Slime Rancher.

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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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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One of the reasons why hyper-casual games are so popular is due to how quick and easy they are to make. Simple controls, artwork, and game design make it easy for any developer to pick up. There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Because choice is how you can differentiate a book from a game. Let’s dig in.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Fall Guys became an overnight hit shortly after its release in August 2020 on PC and PS4. Kitka Games’ Stumble Guys. Stumble Guys.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Gamers are furious with the EA team due to the FC 24 account restricted from online features problem. Learn how to fix FC 24 crashes on your PC. Why is my EA account restricted from accessing online features? Why is my EA account restricted from accessing online features? for the Preferred DNS server 8.8.4.4

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Unlike the years before, we decided to really leverage our fantastic community of senior games industry folks to present you with trends that will shape our industry during the year. Featuring is a memory from the past. The k-factor, which measures the virality of a game, is at an all-time low.

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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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Starloop Studios

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There’s a reason that games on Unity make up somewhere around half of all games on mobile, PC, and console. Unity game development is user friendly, accessible, highly customisable, and offers a wide range of opportunities for developers to implement into their final gaming experience.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Shadow Warrior 2 is a first-person shooter developed by the indie studio Flying Wild Hog, available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Apparently, the game received a lot of positive reviews on Steam, but a lot of players are complaining about Shadow Warrior 2 issues that are making the game unplayable.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2023

The games industry moves pretty fast, and there's a tendency for all involved to look constantly to what's next without so much worrying about what came before. Steam is great for the retail PC software market. That said, even an industry so entrenched in the now can learn from its past. Read more

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

When game developer and publisher Milestone released a third-person racing game based on Mattel’s Hot Wheels toy line, “Hot Wheels Unleashed,” in September 2021, it quickly gained a dedicated following. The game sold more than one million copies in less than three months, making it Milestone’s fastest-selling title ever.

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Half Geek

AUGUST 3, 2022

It was updated often during the first year, fixing bugs, adding features players requested. Google Android 9 & 10 in particular, broke code back compatibility, the game would crash, a pretty major flaw. As expected, to update the game, I am forced to use an ever newer SDK & API. Save games get wiped, a fresh start.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

And if you’re really hungry for insights, I nvest Game offers exclusive access via Patreon. A couple of months ago, our friends at Invest Game set out to look for the advantages ex-Riot employees have when securing investments. Finally, we concentrated exclusively on the gaming industry. What’s up with the exits?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2024

Absolutely Games recently released Classified: France ’44 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. The game introduces fresh perspectives to the turn-based tactics genre with innovative features. The game introduces fresh perspectives to the turn-based tactics genre with innovative features.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But one thing that hasn’t changed is new hit games entering the market. So to end the year on a high, we rounded up our top 22 games to hit the charts this year. Here are the top games we loved playing this year. If you want some inspiration for games to binge over the holiday period, look no further. Net Fishing!

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Played with Fire

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When it comes to action-packed VR games, having the right gear is essential. So what are the best VR headsets for action games? Meta Quest 3 The Standalone Powerhouse Why its great for action games: The Meta Quest 3 delivers impressive performance without needing a PC or console. Hand tracking for enhanced interactivity.

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