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Michael Blaker’s Video Game Tuesday: Most Anticipated 2023 Video Games

Game Industry News

Hey all, I’m back for the first Video Game Tuesday of the year with a look ahead. It’s my Most Anticipated 2023 Video Games. It’s a game that I’m really, really looking forward to. I really hope this game is not delayed yet again, but as of this writing it’s set to release on January 24th.

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Ten Player Motives #10 Discussing the narrative motive, we came up against an essential problem of using games as a storytelling medium: the player expects to have influence within the game world. Not between stories and games, as the line is typically drawn, but between agency and narrative.

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game.

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2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games

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An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets. The money you save on platform fees will go directly into further improving and growing your games.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

I've written previously about murder in Skyrim , epic Skyrim fan game Enderal , and a very bushy Skyrim mod called The Forgotten City. From a game dev perspective, it's been fascinating to play. The game plays with this a little: there's a treasure door that opens only during the fail state. The Forgotten City (2021).

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