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Playground Games leaders form new AAA studio Maverick Games

GamesIndustry.biz

Some of the leaders behind the Forza Horizon series have formed a new AAA games studio in Leamington Spa called Maverick Games. The team is led by studio head and creative director Mike Brown, who was previously the creative director on the Forza Horizon franchise. Running the studio itself is COO Harinder Sangha.

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The 7 Stages of Game Development

Starloop Studios

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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The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

iXie gaming

A solid game outsourcing partnership is reason enough to see your project as 50% complete. In a competitive game, players’ initial focus is on the visual component. Working with an established game art outsourcing firm with a solid track record alleviates any worry about deadlines or allocating internal resources.

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Flavored by Authenticity: How Personal Experiences Amplify Narrative

Game Design Aspect

Matthew Farber, Juliana Loh, Kimberly Unger, and I headlined the Georgia Game Developers Association CIMFest last year with this powerful panel exploring how personal experiences empower narrative writing. is an assistant professor at the University of Northern Colorado, where he founded the Gaming SEL Lab. GamingSEL).

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Upcoming CIMFest Keynote: Flavored by Authenticity

Game Design Aspect

, this Saturday June 12, 2021, we are headlining the Georgia Game Developers Association CIMFest and I also will be moderating IGDA GDSIG's skipped (due to the cancellation of GDC last year) roundtable, Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities. Watch it for free on www.youtube.com/GeorgiaGameDevs Here's the deets!

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What REALLY Happened with Apex Legends Mobile

Deconstructor of Fun

It also canned Battlefield Mobile and closed its developer Industrial Toys—a studio it acquired in 2018 but hasn’t released any titles since. Star Rating on iOS and was elected Game of the Year on both the App Store and Google Play. Apex was one of the largest games in the company’s steeply declining mobile portfolio.

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The 7 Steps to Successfully Greenlight a Game with an IP

Deconstructor of Fun

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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