Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Strange State of the AAA Market Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Last Key to Games cast we spoke about the indie space, for this topic, recent news surrounding major names in the AAA space make us wonder what is exactly happening at the major studios.…

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The GameDev Guru

JANUARY 24, 2023

Curious how I get access to help out in AAA games?

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox At a glance Joseph Staten, a long-serving Halo developer, has joined Netflix to head up a new AAA project. Read more

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 12, 2024

I've seen plenty of programmers who had experience working at smaller or mobile studios move to AAA games and many go in reverse. When we hire engineers for game dev, be it AAA or indie, we look for candidates who can work with a team and have a knack for solving problems with performant, legible, and elegant code.

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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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Starloop Studios

AUGUST 17, 2023

AAA game development is a complex process that requires well-oiled teamwork from an experienced team. The AAA game development process is an intersection of art, technical skills, writing, and many more disciplines.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 20, 2023

PlayStation has agreed to acquire Firewalk Studios, the AAA multiplayer developer that is working on a live service game for PS5 and PC. Firewalk was set-up in 2018 as part of ProbablyMonsters (a collective of AAA game developers).

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2023

Some of the leaders behind the Forza Horizon series have formed a new AAA games studio in Leamington Spa called Maverick Games. The team is led by studio head and creative director Mike Brown, who was previously the creative director on the Forza Horizon franchise.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Eiji Aonuma recently revealed that Nintendo currently has no plans to release additional content for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This decision marks a notable departure for both a blockbuster game and a major first-party Nintendo release.

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Starloop Studios

AUGUST 29, 2023

With AAA console game developers focusing on ensuring their games are more immersive than ever, intersecting gameplay and narrative has never been more crucial. Though the vast majority of games have a story, very few of them allow for meaningful gameplay and story integration.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 27, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new AAA development studio has opened doors in the UK hub of Leamington Spa, helmed by the former studio head and co-founder of Forza Horizon creator Playground Games.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 9, 2024

"If you find yourself a bit bored while playing the next AAA title, thinking something like “I’ve seen this so many times before”, open a search engine of your choice, type “indie games” and press enter."

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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.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. Now, when you think about high-end games, you think about AAA. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

AAA games like Assassin's Creed Mirage and the remake of Resident Evil 4 will soon be available to play on iPhone 15 Pro. Announced during Apple's Wonderlust Event , a new A17 Pro chip has enabled support for games previously only available on console and PC.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 27, 2023

Diablo 4’s Beta Shows the Horror of Modern AAA Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com It’s been a rough couple of years for Blizzard Entertainment, going from one of the premier studios in the world to one mired in controversy, scandals, lawsuits, and destroying years’ worth of goodwill with their fans.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 11, 2023

Chris Charla, strategic director of Microsoft's indie programme ID@Xbox, says the need to separate indie titles from AAA is diminishing in many regards.

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Tiny Hydra

JUNE 17, 2021

Then came the rise of the AAA game. Suddenly a game either was or was not AAA. The post Game Classification: Defining AAA, AA, and III Games appeared first on Tiny Hydra. Inevitably, other classifications followed. In this article, we try to dig into what those are and what they mean.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 12, 2024

The move to $70 price points for AAA games has made consumers very conscious of how many self-styled AAA games are actually just AA-tier games tottering around in heavy make-up and their older sister's high heels. The gap this has left in the market, however, has been thrown into even sharper relief by a handful of recent events.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2024

It’s no secret that game development has seen a massive expansion in scope in recent years. What would have once taken a development team three or four years to make now requires much more people, and four to six years to ship.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 9, 2024

New AAA game developer Deviation Games is closing, the studio announced. By 2021 it had over 100 employees, and the studio signed a deal with PlayStation to create an original AAA IP for the company. It was formed in 2020 by Jason Blundell and Dave Anthony, two development veterans best known for the Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For example, I think fighting games that aren't Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat have little chance of AAA success nowadays. Basically, AAA budgets can't exist if enough people aren't actively interested in the type of game and willing to keep playing it for a long time. UFC/MMA, PGA golf, WWE wrestling, skateboarding, etc.).

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Tiny Hydra

JULY 8, 2021

AAA games make up the minority of games released each year, but receive the vast majority of news coverage, consumer hype, and cultural mindshare. Because of that, you’d assume that anyone would be able to definitively say which games are and are not AAA, right? Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So… for a moment, let’s put aside the fact that the purpose of a publicly traded company like most AAA game publishers (Nintendo, Ubisoft, Take Two, EA, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, etc.) Marketing AAA games is expensive. You’re totally into this new AAA game, so you pick up a brand new copy for $60 at your favorite local game store.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Weirdly enough, I was playing Fable 2 on Tuesday night, using my phone and Xbox Cloud Gaming. I've barely used the service since it went into beta – in fact, I don't regularly play any games on my phone – but I thought I'd give it a go and see how well it ran.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Players' gaming backlogs are bigger than ever, and with an abundance of AAA games constantly entering the market – not to mention over 75,000 listed titles on the Steam marketplace – it's no wonder we're all being more selective with what we play. But even then, indie games have a much harder time cutting through the noise.

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Cocos

APRIL 14, 2024

From now on, web games can also be made with graphics as good as AAA-level games! This post was from Nine Bows, a developer of Cocos Creator in the Chinese forums. Cocos Creator 3.8…is The global glow is beautiful! First, look at my test to do the effect of the picture: 1. As a skilled parameter tuner, the experience of the current 3.8

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Cocos

APRIL 14, 2024

From now on, web games can also be made with graphics as good as AAA-level games! This post was from Nine Bows, a developer of Cocos Creator in the Chinese forums. Cocos Creator 3.8…is The global glow is beautiful! First, look at my test to do the effect of the picture: 1. As a skilled parameter tuner, the experience of the current 3.8

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 27, 2024

Today, he is head of BulletFarm, a new AAA studio within NetEase — but that wasn't his original plan. Honestly, leaving to start a studio wasn't really a consideration at all," Vonderhaar tells GamesIndustry.biz.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 15, 2024

Founded in 2015, Beyond-FX is a co-development studio that provides VFX for AAA games, having worked on titles such as Mortal Kombat 1, Valorant, and God of War. Virtuos has acquired the Los Angeles-based VFX studio Beyond-FX for an undisclosed sum.

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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. If you're a small developer making a game on a tight budget, 469th position could be perfectly profitable. Immortals of Aveum was not made by a small developer. It was not made on a tight budget.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A team of game developers who have worked on various AAA titles such as Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Doom Eternal have unveiled Fun Dog Studios. The studio is a minority-led and completely employee-owned game developer. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2024

He is not only another character from a little-known background, but he's also one of the few Oceania characters in AAA title. However, Blizzard Entertainment added to that list with Mauga, Overwatch 2's 39th hero.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Leaked Microsoft documents have revealed the estimated costs of putting third-party games on Xbox Game Pass.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 4, 2024

This week, Chris Dring and James Batchelor are joined by Remedy communications director Thomas Puha, who talks to us about the studio reclaiming the publishing rights of Control, the success of Alan Wake 2, and the challenges of AAA development in general. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

As reported by Polygon , which found the company's Great Place to Work profile , the studio is set to make AAA titles, employing 100 developers. Rocksteady co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker have created a new London-based studio, called Hundred Star Games.

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