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The Three Game Industry Trends to Watch in 2024

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Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. The bull case : AI will supercharge indie developers allowing them to challenge large AAA by removing production constraints. Fighting against the AI revolution is not the answer. Source: Newzoo When before gaming offered unrivaled entertainment value that is not so today.

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Transgender Visibility Within The Games Industry

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We all remember the times where the focus of most AAA game studios seemed to be to fulfil the fantasies of cis men. People want to be seen and accepted as they are and the way to do it is to make sure that they are represented in all different forms of media and entertainment – including games.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

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But for this game, they layered in choice – fight enemies to make your character stronger, and avoid ones that are too tough. Torchlight Infinite by XD Entertainment. Torchlight Inifinite is an ARPG (action roleplaying game), and the fourth title in the series made by XD Entertainment. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

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The Hybridcasual Gamble

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In terms of the share between ad revenue and IAPs, he states that Homa’s less-well performing hybridcasual titles generate 15% of their revenue from IAPs, while its top performers like Fight For America can bring in as much as 40%. the surprise announcement of Counterstrike 2, CCP's massive raise for a AAA Web3 game and more.

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

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unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. I think the intention is to make you scrounge around for ammo during a fight and/or swap weapons more often.

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Web3 Gaming Consolidates to Survive

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So, instead of fighting against the odds on their own, they are coming together to provide a very well rounded service. This insider look at what Andrei has learned from 12 years contributing to some of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world is one for the history books. Gaming Roundup ???????

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Part 1: How Netflix could become the 'Netflix of Gaming'

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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. I think the “smaller Apple Arcade” concept is a bit of a red herring. Marketing Play?