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Call of Duty: Online is dead. Long live Call of Duty: Online!

Deconstructor of Fun

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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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. QQ Speed was followed up by an MMORPG (The Legend of Dragon) in 2011 and an FPS (Assault Fire) in 2012. Both titles featured PUBG’s signature battle royale gameplay and mechanics ported to the mobile format, though the two studios had different approaches.

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. no mind control) only 5 powers (+1 PvP only power). Limited regen (e.g. No hoarding / shopping trips.