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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. These games offer different gaming experiences, target different audiences, and have unique testing requirements for game QA. Games with expensive advertising campaigns.

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

Game Refinery

MMORPG: Diablo Immortal Historically, role-playing games have been the home of complex narrative design in video games, and that’s still the case on mobile. Call of Dragons features high-quality animated cutscenes that bring its fantasy world and characters to life. Storyline in Diablo Immortal.

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There was a popular video a few years back (What games are like for someone who doesn’t play games). It struck me as a gamer because of how much unwritten “gamer intuition” that we just learned over time and tutorials sometimes seem to take this for granted (ie Day9’s criticism of Tears of the Kingdom). What do gamedevs keep in mind when crafting a tutorial for gamers but also for newcomers to gaming or the genre of the game?

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If we're building a big budget AAA first person shooter, we can expect that our representative player recognizes and likes first person shooters and is likely already familiar with the basics of how to play them. It is unlikely we will need to teach them the very basics like how to move about the map and aim or what strafing is.

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The Golden Age of Handheld Gaming

iXie gaming

PSP was home to some of the most technically advanced game development on a handheld in its time. 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. What were some of the most popular games on the PSP?

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

The game development industry is booming, and it’s impossible not to notice how quickly it’s expanding. 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. But is there an ultimate winner?

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Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Deconstructor of Fun

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). billion downloads weekly - how healthy is the mobile games market? billion revenue and 1.1

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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. A lot of lapsed players look forward to new collaborations as it’s an opportunity for them to re-engage with the game.

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