Starloop Studios

MAY 4, 2023

With every new console generation comes the anticipation of next-gen games and the experiences they can bring to players. The arrival of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S was met with similar excitement and curiosity as to what the new console generation would bring. At Magic Media, we are well-versed in [.]

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Game Development News

APRIL 21, 2023

PlayStation Studios has acquired AAA multiplayer game developer Firewalk Studios

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 30, 2023

The impact the game had on the people who played it, the emotional reaction that game created to almost console people who had lost love ones… By playing the game, you can reflect on the people you loved, their life and death." It wasn't just best indie game, but the best game of the year. Read more

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Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The game development pipeline is a lengthy process. In our experience working on everything from AAA titles to smaller-scale projects, a common thread are the stages of game development.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Although it’s difficult to find a trustworthy game art outsourcing studio with a solid industry background and portfolio, I’ll show you 10 reliable art outsourcing companies in this blog. . Below are 10 reliable outsourcing studios that you’ll find extremely helpful: 1. It specializes in game development. .

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Supercell announced over a year ago that they will be opening a studio in North America. Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. In Today’s Email ? Subscribe here!

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Starloop Studios

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Game UI design for multiplatform projects is a significant challenge for game developers. PC, console, mobile, and any other platforms imaginable have much in common regarding their needs from game UI design, but they [.]

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

By understanding these complexities, we can gain valuable insights into the dynamics shaping the contemporary gaming landscape and explore potential pathways for future growth and development. source: Newzoo reports Despite the unprecedented slate of blockbuster titles, console games grew at a slower pace than inflation.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We are happy to announce that Heroic Labs is now supporting Godot's development as Platinum sponsor! At Heroic Labs , we see games development in a similar way. The rich variety of tooling available to games developers has delivered an explosion of creativity over the past decade. Democratising game development.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 24, 2023

The Invincible is the debut game of Starward Industries , a new studio based in Kraków, Poland. ” Starward Industries may be a new studio, it’s definitely not short on experience. .” ” Starward Industries may be a new studio, it’s definitely not short on experience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

In this blog post, I delve into these trends, dissecting their implications and exploring the broader implications for stakeholders—from seasoned developers to aspiring entrepreneurs. But what is truly alarming for anyone developing new games is how little time players spend playing new games versus enjoying the incumbent franchises.

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Cocos

MAY 7, 2023

Not yet, we hope more devs can try on Nintendo Switch publish pstrejczek: Are there any plans to support other major console brands (xbox ,playstation) ? Currently not yet, we are still a mobile first game engine, we are not trying to attract AAA studios from using in-house, Unreal, Unity engines.

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Starloop Studios

AUGUST 3, 2023

Nintendo Switch development is a unique process in the field of game development. One of the main features of the console is the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con. Not as powerful as its Sony and Microsoft counterparts, it relies on interesting input methods and features to help devise novel gameplay experiences.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. The game development industry is booming, and it’s impossible not to notice how quickly it’s expanding. The immersive worlds game developers craft will get players hooked and keep them coming back for more. What is Unreal?

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 11, 2023

Without having to track down working versions of development software and hardware, things become much more simple. Now… if you were asking about making a game at or around the same visual fidelity level of the PS2, that would be a lot easier. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Just like in the years prior, the blog post travels at lightspeed across the mobile gaming industry, achieving two distinctive outcomes: EXCITEMENT: Ilkka’s annual blog posts excite game developers everywhere. Ilkka’s words often portray Supercell’s game development model as straightforward and simple to carry out.

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Starloop Studios

JULY 6, 2023

Though platform-exclusive games still exist and occupy a major part of console manufacturers’ success, players have never [.] Game porting is a common practice in the gaming industry, as it has been for decades, but in more recently, despite the complexity of game porting, game ports are released faster and with more efficiency than ever.

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Game Designing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As a child, he gained a deep appreciation for film and developed a refined taste in the medium that would inspire his work for years to come. Kojima always had a knack for creating and worked on film and writing projects before deciding to enter the video game industry in the mid-1980s after securing a job at game developer Konami.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Army Commander by Lion Studios. But Army Commander by Lion Studios seemed to nail this on the head. Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile. Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

12 years ago, while working for the Chief Creative Director at Electronic Arts, I was part of an effort to evangelize microtransactions, in-game purchases, DLC, and other forms of incremental revenue across the EA game studios. GTA5 has spanned 3 console generations thanks in large part to GTA Online. And the results were disastrous.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

Budgets for AAA console games could be more like $20M-$50M (notwithstanding Activision’s $200M+ budgets for Call of Duty although also including marketing and distribution). For mobile, the greater synergy for Activision was actually through the launch of Call of Duty Mobile with external partner Tencent and their famous TiMi Studio.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Yet this year it’s the console segment that is the biggest revenue growth driver, with an impressive +7.4% Moving into work-from-home setups, especially for the console’s many massive AAA titles, further hamstrung the majority of the studios. Console publishers rely on blockbuster franchises.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. The Call of Duty series began with the original Call of Duty on PC and console in 2003 and has released one title every year since. The power of PC/console brands can not be underestimated on mobile. Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

But when you think about the AAA catalogs offered by Xbox Game Pass and Playstation Now, this just seems like a nearly impossible battle to take on for a streaming media company with little game development experience, no matter how flush with cash they are. Editor’s Two Cents: This is the ‘all-in’ option.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

History Most people in the western hemisphere may not be familiar with Call of Duty: Online (CoDO), a project kicked off in 2010 and announced in 2012 as a partnership between Activision and Tencent, with Activision in charge of development and Tencent as the Chinese publisher of record.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This strategy is supported by the structure of a 4X studio where the live service team is often separated from the core tech and the publishing team. Scopely’s Star Trek Fleet Command is the only 4X game from a Western developer with a spot in the top 10.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Making the right choices at project greenlight can be the difference between a successful future vs. a destabilising force to your studios and portfolio health. How do studios of all sizes invest in new products prudently in today’s games market? A lot of developers in F2P mobile placed big bets on IP over the past 5 years.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 26, 2023

This blog details the service launches, customer sessions, and partner announcements most relevant to game developers. Service Launches Across more than 100 service launches from Amazon Web Services (AWS) at re:Invent, these are the top services for developers to build, run, and grow their games. Watch the re:Invent breakout session.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nevertheless, now that the hype faded out and people are more focused on actually making games, the trade-off between decentralization and mass market reach should sway developers to forget about buzzwords. Where that first sentence worries most of the developers is secondary sales, i.e., sales happening between players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

Report: PC and console global gaming dipped to $92.3bn in 2022 Netflix Games unveils Mighty: Quest Rogue Palace and teases upcoming game from Super Evil Megacorp FTC seeks further details Microsoft's Nintendo, Nvidia agreements Unity and Croquet partner to make multiuser games “automatically” Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down CCP raises $40m for AAA (..)

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