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Former Criterion leaders set-up new AAA games studio Fuse Games

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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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Blockbuster Games Failed to Grow the Market - What Next?

Deconstructor of Fun

On the bright side, the lack of investments in new content will lead to an unanswered demand in a couple of years when the market turns around once again. Think of it this way: The more subscribers a service has, the cheaper the content becomes to produce because you’re dividing the cost of content by the subscribers.

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Flavored by Authenticity: How Personal Experiences Amplify Narrative

Game Design Aspect

Now she sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes science fiction about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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Upcoming CIMFest Keynote: Flavored by Authenticity

Game Design Aspect

Now she sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes science fiction about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

QQ Speed An arcade racer implementing TCG mechanics The first game on our list is QQ Speed , an arcade racing game with a manga-inspired art style that’s been very successful in the Chinese market. These mechanics are unconventional for a racing game but aren’t surprising.

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

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Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Created by Epic Games in 1988, Unreal has won worldwide recognition for high-end graphics and photorealistic quality and has taken the mantle as the AAA game engine. Unreal, on the other hand, is considered to be the main player in the AAA industry.

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Reflecting Upon the Last year in Blockchain Games

Deconstructor of Fun

You can check out one of our past newsletter articles (read: A race to the bottom on creator royalties? Although most of them come from the F2P mobile sector, the industry has observed professionals transitioning from the PC/console space to focus on developing AAA-quality blockchain games. discussing it in more detail.

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