AWS Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In todays competitive gaming landscape, delivering a seamless multiplayer experience is crucial for an optimal game play experience. Game developers face numerous challenges in managing game servers such as scaling servers to meet player demand, managing game deployment pipelines and optimizing server fleets for costs.

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Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2024

Australia's media agency continues to put its money in games and support emerging talents.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

"We are seeing incredible growth in the number of games coming out of Queensland right now."

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Game Developer

MAY 22, 2023

The hub will focus on game development, research, localization, and publishing.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The cash has been handed out to devs working on projects with a budget of less than $500,000.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Under the new Localization Agreement, localization actors for non-U.S. made games have AI protections and larger voice print and session options.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 30, 2024

Plus the local government is also working emphatically to put Manitoba on the map as an ideal location for game companies. The province is renowned for its collaborative video game development community, where established companies lend a helping hand to newcomers.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The localization company has previous when it comes to miscrediting, but claims freelancers will be added to the Warcraft Rumble roll call in an upcoming patch.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2025

But it also comes with challenges: If a game mechanic takes me three days to implement, thats three days where nothing else is happening in the game. To stay creative, he starts weekends at a local bakery, sipping coffee and jotting down ideas while listening to game soundtracks. I genuinely love game development!

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Among Us creator has called on players to likewise donate to relief funds for Palestinian victims and contact their local governments.

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Game Developer

APRIL 28, 2023

A localizer for Respawn's new Star Wars game says individual translators are not included in the credits.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

We sat down with Mohammed Aleman, Ubisoft’s localization and cultural consultant on Mirage, and discussed their process for cultural accuracy and respect

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Game Developer

AUGUST 30, 2023

During a recent chat at Gamescom, Altagram CEO Marie Amigues suggested miscrediting is endemic within the localization industry but believes a tipping point is approaching.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 13, 2019

Board game development is notorious for its trial-and-error approach. Experienced designers and developers will tell you that it’s all about iteration. You may create dozens of versions of the same game until you finally find one you’re satisfied with. Need help on your board game?

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AWS Games

MARCH 11, 2025

platform is addressing these challenges head-on with its comprehensive cloud-native game development environment built on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The technology allows teams to set up their game development environment in the cloud. This feedback-driven development process ultimately led to the launch of Remngu 2.0a

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

If you’re a student and you have an interest in game development as a career, you should absolutely look into these. Internships are a great way to earn some experience in a professional environment and to get mentorship from those of us in the trenches. This is part 2 of this year’s internship roundup. Click here for part 1 ].

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Juego Studio

JANUARY 2, 2023

The post The Importance of Game Localization for Game Developers appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Game Developer

APRIL 25, 2023

How the developers returned to their Norwegian roots and embraced local history to develop a sequel.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We’re currently developing a mini open world local co-op called Bugging Humans. It has a shared asymmetrical UI — where one player doesn’t see the screen but they have the controller, and the other player sees the screen and they have the keyboard. This means best practices, for instance in level design, have to be adapted.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was held last week in San Francisco, boasting 28,000 attendees ! Penny was kind enough to share her experience at GDC and why she believes it's such a valuable event for people looking to break into the games industry. ✌️ Build your community while you build your game dev skills!

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Ignite the local park with your inflammatory Charizard skateboard.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 9, 2023

Update: Larian made a statement to Eurogamer indicating they have "compelled" localization firm Altagram to remedy the situation.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Thats when Hrnjadovic came up with the game Al-Sirah. In the game players can choose between a local Mecca boy or girl aged ten as the protagonist. Founded in 2018 by CEO Senad Hrnjadovic, SenAm Games is an independent game development studio based in Munich, Germany.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 25, 2022

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of an update to Amazon GameLift that expands support to AWS Local Zones, which increases coverage for game developers, while providing seamless, low-latency gameplay experiences for players. However, for games that require ultra-low latency (e.g.,

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AWS Games

JULY 26, 2023

Advancing the art of virtual reality (VR) storytelling is one the primary objectives of Meta’s Oculus Studios, the division that publishes popular multiplayer games, including “Population One,” “Onward VR,” and “Beat Saber.” While this ensures unique player experiences, it can also present game development and hosting complexities.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Starting today, Epic Games will be using AWS Local Zones to support its new NA-Central server region in Fortnite. Epic Games and AWS have worked together for over 10 years and continue to find new ways to leverage the full potential of the cloud,” said Dan Carpenter, Director of the North American Games Segment at AWS.

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Game Global

MAY 21, 2021

We continue our series of articles about essential roles in the video game localization industry with Gérard Barnaud, a Localization Project Manager at Ubisoft , and speaker at our first Game Global Summit in Warsaw. Gérard shares with us the tasks and challenges of a localization PM, as seen from the buyer’s side.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 29, 2023

Innovation and technology According to Riquier there are several ways that gaming has an impact on economic development in the Global South. The games industry itself creates jobs and generates revenues by means of game development, publishing and distribution.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Far Out Games’ journey began as a seven-week student project in a local game development program in Gothenburg, Sweden. “It was definitely a challenge,” Olsson admits, referring to balancing player freedom with cohesive level design. But we wanted the missions to be unique and unpredictable. And that’s certainly the case!”

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In recent years, with the advent of globalization, it has become a norm for game developers to target multiple markets for their games. To get the best results when targeting foreign markets, analyzing the market potential of your game, while also ensuring that your game is appropriate for the target market is essential.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 24, 2024

And that’s where game localization testing comes in. Localizing your game for the international audience makes it easily acceptable to users across different regions. However, developers must implement measures to navigate the challenges associated with game localization.

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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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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 28, 2024

However, with 5G and mobile technology penetration accelerating in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets, Latin America, South-east Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa now generate a considerable number of downloads and active users for mobile games. Considering these market dynamics, localization alone is not enough. Read more

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The test also showcased how Amazon GameLift can add 100,000 players to a game each second and spin up more than 9,000 new compute instances each minute. This offers developers the ability to scale their games far beyond whats been previously possible. The game is built with server SDK version (5.1.2).

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 28, 2024

.” Epic MegaGrant Developing a game in Kazakhstan poses its own set of challenges, as Khoroshavin explains. The indie game development community here in Almaty is almost non-existent,” he says. However, the lack of a local community hasn’t been a significant obstacle. “I

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 14, 2024

Former banker turned game developer, Daniel Macharia , has always been passionate about sharing his knowledge. His journey began with a comprehensive 20-part YouTube tutorial series on developing his debut title, Wana Savana that learners could follow along. I don’t want the game to become political.”

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rendering short jokes from one language in another, especially for translations between languages from different families (for example, English and Korean), can pose a challenge for game developers and their localization teams. Read more.

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