Game Developer

AUGUST 9, 2024

The publisher touts 'steady' growth and sizable net losses, but is biding its time until Rockstar's open-world game provides a big revenue boost next year.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

First-time Swedish developer Far Out Games has meticulously crafted a neon-drenched Americana, complete with pink motels, sun-soaked suburbs and classic diners, all ready to be obliterated by you and your unstoppable delivery truck. We think it brings a certain atmosphere to the game that ties everything together in a nice way.”

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Explore the latest news and expert commentary on Press Release, brought to you by the editors of Game Developer

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Open world survival title with a focus on time travel will be out on October 11th in Early Access. or will it?

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We’re currently developing a mini open world local co-op called Bugging Humans. The game could involve many innovations, unless we stuff it up by avoiding player discomfort. This means best practices, for instance in level design, have to be adapted. It also means blind and low-vision players can play with sighted players.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

Lag, desync, and glitchesthe unholy trio that can kill a multiplayer game faster than a rage-quitting gamer smashing his keyboard! Ever wondered why some multiplayer games feel smooth and lag-free, while others frustrate players with constant glitches? Synchronization: Ensures that game states remain consistent across all clients.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Traditionally set in modern-day Germany, the new game transports players to 13th century Mongolia. Alice Ruppert , a leading authority on equestrian games with her website The Mane Quest and a producer on the game, spent most of 2023 working on its inception and concept, laying the foundation for a game that faithfully portrays horses.

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Simulation Open World Playtesting Animation 104

iXie gaming

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Testing an open-world game can be complex and demanding due to the vast and interconnected nature of the game world. However, it is crucial in ensuring the game’s success as it eliminates possible glitches and bugs, delivering a seamless gaming experience. But what is an open-world game?

Open World 52

Open World Quality Assurance Bug Games 52

Game Wisdom

JANUARY 7, 2023

Opening Up About Open World Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com. For this Perceptive Podcast, I sat down with Konstantinos Dimopoulos for another chat about open-world design and creating meaningful spaces for the player to explore in a game.

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Open World Games 52

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 21, 2024

After 18 years in the games industry, including 14 years at Bethesda, Nate Purkeypile decided it was time for a change. He had been building giant open-world games like Fallout and Skyrim in large teams for years. The Axis Unseen is a heavy-metal open-world horror game that is launching tomorrow.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 29, 2024

Amazon will be publishing Maverick Games' debut title. The unannounced driving game will be open world and narrative-led, and release across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Co-creator of TV show Skins, Jamie Brittain, is on board as the game's lead writer.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 24, 2024

Traditionally set in modern-day Germany, the new game transports players to 13th century Mongolia. Alice Ruppert , a leading authority on equestrian games with her website The Mane Quest and a producer on the game, spent most of 2023 working on its inception and concept, laying the foundation for a game that faithfully portrays horses.

Open World 156

Open World Simulation Games Playtesting 156

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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Fantasy Co-op Open World Feature 130

Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

When youre playing a game and your cognitive load is too light, youre at the risk of feeling a little aimless and bored. Generally, the way to handle this situation as a designer is to work carefully on the games pacing. to account for players learning to play the game better. What is the FANTa project?

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Open World NPC Dev Concepts 52

Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Open World RPG Design With ArdenFall Developer Interview Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this Perceptive Podcast, I’m speaking with Joshua Steinhauer who is the lead designer on the game Ardenfall — an open-world RPG to discuss building the game, RPG design and more.

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Open World Development Build Games 52

Game Development News

MAY 29, 2024

Amazon Games announced today that it has reached an agreement with Maverick Games to publish a new AAA multi-platform title. The unannounced game will be a narrative-led open-world driving game for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 6, 2024

Since MiHoYo released Genshin Impact in 2020, an irreversible shift in perception happened across the gaming industry and among many gamers: free-to-play mobile games can actually be good?! Arguably, Genshin Impact had all the ingredients of a fully-fledged AAA console/PC game.

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Game Wisdom

JULY 18, 2024

Zenless Zone Zero Shows the Limits of Mobile Action Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Zenless Zone Zero is the latest release from miHoYo, who have had hit after hit following the mega-success of Genshin Impact.

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Mobile Mobile Open World Games 104

GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Horizon: Zero Dawn was a dramatic shift for Guerrilla Games. The studio known for the Killzone series dropped its linear levels, guns and space Nazis for a sprawling open world, more primitive weapons, and robot dinosaurs.

Open World 114

Open World Studios Games Development 114

Starloop Studios

JANUARY 5, 2023

Video games have come a long way since their inception. From simple pixel graphics to complex, life-like open worlds, the visuals of modern video games are unparalleled. Animation and VFX are two integral components of game design and development that contribute to [.].

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Animation Animation Pixel Open World 98

iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

Live-service games have transformed the gaming industry, shifting from standalone releases to dynamic, continuously evolving experiences. How do top game studios maintain a constant flow of high-quality assets without bottlenecks? Seasonal events and in-game monetization strategies demand an ever-expanding asset library. (ii).

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 30, 2024

After 18 years in the games industry, including 14 years at Bethesda, Nate Purkeypile decided it was time for a change. He had been building giant open-world games like Fallout and Skyrim in large teams for years. The Axis Unseen is a heavy-metal open-world horror game. It was spot on.

Horror 104

Horror Dev Open World Games 104

Radiator Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Botany Manor is a 3 hour first person puzzle game about growing plants while exploring a big beautiful fancy house that smells like British Bake-Off. The Witness fully commits to hundreds of puzzles at the scope of an open world game. Which means this isn't just a puzzle game. How do we filter the clues?

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Puzzle Games Mechanics Baking 173

GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We all have a pretty intuitive understanding of the anatomy of a trend in game design. Diminishing returns kicks in hard, though, as consumers begin to tire of ideas that no longer seem fresh. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2023

The open world adventure game has now secured six No.1s Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is back at No.1 1 again in the UK physical retail charts. 1s since it released eight weeks ago. It briefly had to accept second place during the weeks that Diablo 4 and Final Fantasy 16 were released.

Retail 145

Retail Fantasy Open World Data 145

PreMortem.Games

JUNE 19, 2023

After 18 years in the games industry, including 14 years at Bethesda, Nate Purkeypile decided it was time for a change. He had been building giant open-world games like Fallout and Skyrim in large teams for years. The Axis Unseen is a heavy-metal open-world horror game. It was spot on.

Horror 104

Horror Dev Open World Games 104

GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I've been low-key worrying about this Game of the Year write-up for months, because I didn't really know what it was going to be about. It's a From Software Souls game, and the open-world is a great match for From's punishing style of design and its myriad reminders that you aren't ready for this boss or that part of the world yet.

Open World 98

Open World Games Writing Software 98

GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 26, 2024

Kakao Games will be shutting down the North American and European servers for ArcheAge on June 27. The open-world MMO developed by XL Games was initially launched back in 2015. In the announcement, Kakao Games attributed the game's sunsetting to its player performance. Read more

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Open World Development Games 102

Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Trailer and information of "Humanoid", the BinaryBrigade's new survival open world game.

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Open World Games 111

GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 6, 2023

First shown off on stage at Apple's September launch event for the iPhone 15, the game offers graphical fidelity that's pretty much indistinguishable, at least to the layman's eye, from the experience of playing on a PlayStation 5. Read more

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

With the annual Game Developer Conference (GDC) just days away, Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games is ramping up to host exciting technology demonstrations and programming focused on evolving industry trends, including generative artificial intelligence (AI). Be sure to RSVP here if you plan to attend.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 4, 2024

The Believer Company has today released its internal development tool Friendshipper as an open-source project. The studio was founded by veterans from Riot Games and is currently working on a next-generation open-world multiplayer game.

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Playtesting Open World Development Bug 83

Half Geek

MAY 5, 2019

I had two game in mind that I wanted to work on moving forward, a fantasy open world with empire building inspired by Heroes of Might & Magic (3), or a new sci-fi space epic focused on large fleets & empire building.

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Indie DB

JULY 20, 2023

A multiplayer, open-world survival crafting game where you can ⚔️battle, ?‍?farm or mysterious collected creatures in a vast world?️! farm with your friends?‍?‍?

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Indie DB

JULY 16, 2023

Hello everyone This is the 4th devlog for Silent Shores a open world horror game for this devlog I will show how music plays in the game in the video below. At the current moment the music plays randomly within the game. I will soon change this to only.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). The traditional way to make games longer since the beginning of times is to divide them in stages. Additionally, Godot 4.0

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