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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

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Since then, the mod makers have remade it into a UE4 standalone time loop first person RPG called. The individual assets seem nice, but together they sort of clash -- a random junk prop will have the 4k photogrammetry HDR treatment, overwhelming the nearby gameplay pickup that you're actually supposed to notice.

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2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games

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This is perhaps because successful assets are very expensive and it is cheaper for an existing 4X publisher to launch and scale new titles rather than to acquire and operate existing games that have already scaled. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games.

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How Call of Duty Mobile left $100M on the Table

Deconstructor of Fun

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Many of the reviews of these earlier games took issue with a lack of content and frustrating first-person controls. This analysis is written by Adam Telfer , Om Tandon and Nate Ross. Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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