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The Porting Blueprint: Unlocking Success in Cross-Platform Development

Starloop Studios

In the quickly evolving world of the gaming industry, the ability to reach different audiences using different platforms through cross-platform game development can be crucial to your game’s success. Though related to game porting, cross-platform game development differs in some key ways.

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Newzoo’s latest report: Almost 9 in 10 gamers spend money on in-game items

PreMortem.Games

More than one platform Almost half of all gamers actively play on more than one platform. A particularly appealing segment is the tri-platform players, who have played games across all three platforms within the past six months. And this trend will likely grow in the coming years.

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Video Game Development Trends That You Should Know

Moonmana

Cross-platform Video Game Development Trends. Cross-platform video game development (in other words multi-platform) is an inevitable advantage that any game development company should leverage nowadays. This makes cross-platform game development even more in demand. AAA video game development trends.

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A podcast recently talked about how some games, like Contra Operation Galuga are struggling to run on Nintendo Switch, because they developed it for higher end systems(PS5, Xbox series, PC) first then port it to Nintendo Switch. They suggested it should have been done the other way around, so every platform has a version of the game that runs perfectly(barring AAA high quality titles like God of War and Spider-Man). How true is this?

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It's true that developing with the Switch as the primary platform would make it work well on the Switch and perform well on other platforms. However, the tradeoff is that the game would look like an upscaled version of a Switch game on the higher-end platforms. There are always tradeoffs when making decisions like this.

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AWS for Games debuts Guide to Generative AI for Game Developers, and more at GDC 2024

AWS Games

The Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: Building Safe and Prosocial Game Platforms : Join Netflix Games Head of Trust & Safety Christina Camilleri, Roblox Sr. Explore how platforms, when equipped with features intentionally designed to prevent abuse, can help in enhancing player satisfaction and boosting player retention and engagement.

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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. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world.

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The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

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Also, apart from its art outsourcing services, it offers cross-platform porting, AI, and web development. AAA Game Art Studio. AAA Game Art Studio is willing to take on all difficulties as long as they are connected to outsourcing game art. Nuare Studio is known to have produced artwork for Gameloft and Capcom.

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