GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 3, 2023

It's been a bit of an unusual year for the AAA games industry. And those have come alongside other big IP, such as Resident Evil 4, Dead Island 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Final Fantasy 16, and Street Fighter 6. New IP has fared less well, with Forspoken and Redfall missing in terms of quality and popularity. Read more

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 5, 2023

As I said in my last GoWR piece (which got quite a lot of reads), it's kind of futile to critique big AAA games. On one end: Video games tend to work best as a power fantasy , a source of emotional pleasure and fulfillment for the player. This game needs to be wish-fulfillment power fantasy. This is a Power Fantasy.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Games like God of War: Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions broke new ground. Games like God of War: Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions are all examples of the power of the PSP 3.

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iHobo

JULY 12, 2023

Although these lines are increasingly blurred today (as AAA cRPGs will tend to draw heavily from both traditions), there is a clear historical period after the Ultima - Wizardry split that dominates more than two decades of cRPG design.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Our tiny company has been earning (well, "earning") a good living making indie computer games for 27 years now. I'm not a great fantasy writer. A really solid story in an indie game. Thus, you'll mainly get it in indie games. We sell words. We’re in the word-selling business. Now let's be clear.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Thanks to groundbreaking technology advancements, developers can now take advantage of cutting-edge software and game engines which enable them to create fantasy worlds in video games. Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. But is there an ultimate winner?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That makes them the closest thing in games to a rock supergroup: Maya Kylmamaa (Game Lead, Engineer) , was CEO of the now defunct Reforged Studios (a Helsinki studio focused on AAA strategy games). The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games. What can we expect from this team?

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