GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 16, 2023

The veterans who left Need for Speed developer Criterion in December last year have reunited to form a new AAA studio: Fuse Games. The new outfit has been founded by studio general manager Matt Webster, head of content Steve Uphill, head of production Pete Lake, head of technology Andrei Shires, and head of operations Alan McDairmant.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Racing games have a separate fan base. Need For Speed, F1 2021, Dirt Rally, and Super Mario Deluxe are some of the much loved racing games by players all over the world.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

(a remarkable +100% QoQ; read a full case study on Supercent’s games); Car Race 3D: Car Racing (+22% QoQ); Race Master 3D – Car Racing (+4% QoQ); Going Balls (+0.1% QoQ); Bridge Race (–4% QoQ); Magic Tiles 3 (–12% QoQ); and Build A Queen (–20% QoQ). Now, let’s turn to the newbies at the top.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

Despite being the smallest category by revenue share on mobile, 2020 was a very good year for Sports & Racing as it breached the billion-dollar mark , with combined revenue of $1.2B Sports saw YoY growth of +29% ($880M) , while Racing registered +23% YoY ($331M). The sports category is divided into two genres: Sports and Racing.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Beyond his role at ADMI, he passionately nurtures ChezaCheza , his game development studio. He fell in love with driving games like C3 Racing, Forza, Turismo, and Project Scars. He chuckles when he recalls his first encounter with C3 Racing, “I remember the controller shook and I was so startled I dropped it.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 23, 2023

The launch of Starfield is the start of a "multi-year relay race of first-party titles," Xbox has told GamesIndustry.biz. This is, in my mind, the doorway, almost like a starting gun, to what I think is going to be a multi-year relay race of first-party titles," West told us. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 11, 2023

As reported by The Verge , the suit calls the studio a "boys club" and details biases of gender and race toward women of color. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox An ex-staffer has filed a lawsuit against Pokémon Go creator Niantic alleging systemic sexism at the company. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 2, 2023

Electronic Arts is taking its first step into blockchain gaming, as the company announced a partnership with Nike Virtual Studios that will see "virtual creations" (NFTs) from the shoe maker's.Swoosh blockchain business featured in EA Sports games. "In

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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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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement? While this match3 title also follows the same basic format, pitting two players against each other who race to use the most boosters over a set period, it twists the formula by incorporating a simple progression reward system.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 4, 2023

Phil Spencer says making great games wouldn't be enough for Xbox to claw out of third place in the console race. In an appearance on the Kinda Funny Xcast published today on YouTube , Spencer laid out the reason for the company's pursuit of subscription services like Game Pass and cloud gaming technology.

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Game Refinery

JULY 27, 2022

Zooba: Zoo Battle Royale Games (Wildlife Studios). Wildlife Studios kicked the month off by announcing “ Faye ,” the first transgender character in Zooba: Zoo Battle Royale Games. According to Wildlife Studios, the character programming was mostly led by a non-binary engineer and voice-acted by a transgender actress.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s the debut game of Turkish studio Gorilla Softworks. “We We consulted two anthropologists while building our technology and culture trees to reflect the prehistoric cultural and technological progress of the human race”, he says.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2024

We're not project leads that pitch entire games, we're [ content creators ] that build the bits of specific content in games - the spells, the monsters, the fights, the classes, the races, the quests, the environments, the stats, the companions, and so on.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

These abilities allow players to gain an advantage in the race to the finish line by grabbing or punching other competitors. Players who opted for the premium version of the Stumble Pass could also unlock cosmetic Outfits based on these characters, alongside several emotes based on the show.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 24, 2023

Through their data, Happy Volcano realized that people were far more likely to drop off if they didn’t play through some of the single-player races before hopping over to multiplayer. “It As a player, it’s frustrating to join a multiplayer race and get absolutely thrashed immediately. You just end up leaving.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This was particularly important to the studio as the Roblox platform is extremely fast-paced. Rage Runner is a game where the player races along a speed course. One of the main reasons that Splitting Point integrated GameAnalytics was because of our bug-tracking capabilities through our error reporting dashboard.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article in our prediction series will cover the Sports & Racing category. It is made up of four sub-genres - Realistic Sports ( such as MADDEN, FIFA, 8 Ball Poll ), Arcade Sports ( such as Golf Clash, Fishing Clash ), Realistic Racing ( such as CSR ), Arcade Racing ( such as Mario Kart ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Sports & Racing Games in 2021. In our Taxonomy found on Sensor Tower, we break down Sports into two genres: Sports and Racing. The racing genre is further broken down into Racing Simulators, Kart Racing, Arcade Racing, and Drag Racing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 16, 2025

However, I predict that the widespread adoption of AI tools will enable studios of all sizes to significantly lower their production costs. Studios and marketers that embrace AI tools will have the agility to outperform their competitors, benefiting from the immense speed, variety, and cost-efficiency that AI-generated content provides.

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Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We’ve reviewed three of GameFam’s top published games: Twilight Daycare by Night Studio, All Star Tower Defense by Top Down Games, and Car Dealership Tycoon by Foxzie. So even if you lose in a race, you still make thousands of in-game currency just by going on a stroll (as well as a cut from the race). So what’s their secret?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. Even if you work on successful studio games that have good profit, you can still find yourself without a job. For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Idle Games have seen renewed growth with IP-driven games like The Office and RuPaul Drag Race, which are both keeping up their revenues despite the decline in downloads. What’s really noticeable in the Merge Mansion’s stride is the investment into the narrative in both game design and the creatives.

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Big Games

JANUARY 22, 2023

The post Slots Of Vegas Online Mobile Casino appeared first on Hashbyte Studio. You can go with a game featuring a cool theme even if real money gamblers have ranked it poorly. You can go with a game featuring a cool theme even if real money gamblers have ranked it poorly. All rights reserved.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. Tap the button and you’re off to the races! You may also come across a game via a sponsored/influenced post on X or Discord.

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AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

For many game studios, this can be challenging as it implies technologies and resources beyond their focus of making the experience fun. We’ll be using a sample game that you might be familiar with if you’ve played around with GameLift earlier: the Mega Frog Race Unity game that was first introduced on this AWS Game Tech blog a while ago.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 15, 2024

However, stories of success like Hutch , the studio responsible for hits on mobile such as Top Drives and F1 Clash featuring official partnerships with Formula One and Forza , demonstrate that it's achievable. These corporate giants command global recognition for their brands, making it challenging to get their attention or strike a deal.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

Fall Guys, a knockout party game by Epic Games’ Mediatonic studio, is following the heels of Fortnite’s blockbuster “Creative Mode” circa 2018 with their own “Creative Construction” mode. Mediatonic must cherry-pick UGC rounds to appear on the main menu, although the team reports working on discoverability throughout 2023.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 4, 2023

Since the game was released, gamers worldwide have been racing to learn as many BG3 facts as possible. Baldur’s Gate 3 company, Larian Studios, presented the possibilities of storytelling in role-playing games, and it will never be the same! Larian Studios is unfathomabley based. This served two primary purposes.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

That’s why, for this year’s Mobile GameDev Awards, we’ve been celebrating the achievements of the mobile market’s live event champions, looking at the most innovative ways leading studios have kept players invested in their pocket-sized interactive worlds.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Between hardware costs, bandwidth costs, cost of studios, distribution, and engineering there is no way. The team also discusses Modern Warfare II topping $800M in sales, Rovio's new Barcelona studio, and Netflix's acquisition of SpryFox. No way by any reasonable measure. TWIG wouldn't be what it is without a public apology.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 25, 2019

Read how SuperScale increased the monetisation of Hill Climb Racing 2 by 50%. Perhaps the best part about the company’s analytics infrastructure is that SuperScale sets it up with all of their partner studios as a managed service. This way every studio SuperScale partners with has a total control of their own data and service stack.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Console Game Development As a leading unreal game development studio, we have delivered robust console titles for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo platforms. From action and arcade to adventure, sports, racing, and strategy genres, we offer tailored solutions across consoles.

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AWS Games

JUNE 6, 2023

As the developer behind popular video game franchise “Super Mega Baseball,” the studio has taken each installment to new heights, growing its own capabilities and talent base in tandem. We’re also looking at the multiplayer experience for our online competitive mode: pennant race. Metalhead knows a thing or two about big swings.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

These genres may include platformers, action-adventure, racing titles, and role-playing games. Affiliate game development studios: The company works with several affiliated game development studios and subsidiaries like Next Level Games and Mario Club.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Smaller updates include the ATVI & MSFT deal, Boom Beach Frontlines’ sunset, a PocketGamer sponsored piece wanting to coin a new genre, Wildlife Studios layoffs and Supercell’s first hire in Austin. Until next week. ? for hack’n’slash Web3 game Swords of Blood ?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Several options will be available based on attendees' interests: platformer shooter, space shooter with enemy AI, drift racing game, and pong with a twist - destructive environment. Krzysztof Jankowski is the prolific coder of FOSS-focused Polish studio P1X , and worked on projects such as Tanks of Freedom , Piradice and BitWars.

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