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Former EA devs' Simply Sweet Games aims to "raise the bar for the entire industry"

GamesIndustry.biz

Headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, Simply Sweet Games is a fully remote studio that is currently developing its inaugural mobile title – the roguelike word puzzle Criss Cross Castles. Merry and Kom have over thirty years of experience in AAA, mobile, and indie game development.

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What are AAA Games and Mobile Games?

iXie gaming

With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. According to reports, the game cost more than a quarter-billion dollars to develop and market.

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

Game Refinery

In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. In many respects, this change isn’t particularly surprising.

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Mini compendium of indie games

Played with Fire

As game fans, we can choose from both big AAA productions and less known (but not always) indie productions. If you look at the development of computer games, you’ll find that indie games have always existed, only now they have a much better channel of distribution. The video game market is an endless treasure trove.

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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. Farlight Games has put a lot of effort into bringing these heroes to life with AAA-quality 3D animation and voiceover work.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review

Keith Burgun

I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible. Other pros and cons PRO : The combat is extremely developed and really fun and cool. But there’s a ton of them, I think I actually missed a few of them entirely, but even just the ones I saw were mostly surprisingly well developed.

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Midnight Girl by indie studio Italic is a cool cat – Cat burglar that is

PreMortem.Games

Our last game was a kids puzzle game, our current game is a point-and-click adventure and our next game might be something completely different.” Ryder: “Making and releasing a game in general is extremely taxing, whether you’re making a small indie title or releasing a AAA-game on PS5.

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