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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review

Keith Burgun

I played Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Where Final Fantasy XVI kind of feels like “a bunch of white men growling at each other”, FF7 Rebirth is a very diverse world of colorful characters, almost all of which (Cloud being the exception) wear their heart and their personality on their sleeve. In general, I liked it. PRO : Barret.

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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. Now, when you think about high-end games, you think about AAA. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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

Game Refinery

To put you on the right track, we’ve taken a deep dive into four games that have delivered innovative storytelling in four subgenres: Merge Puzzle from the Casual category, and MMORPG, Action RPG, and 4X Strategy from the Mid-core category. Storyline in Diablo Immortal.

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Six Truths About Video Game Stories

The Bottom Feeder

I'm not a great fantasy writer. Portal and Portal 2 were adequate, competent puzzle games elevated into hit classics by good writing. When you're working on a AAA game with a $300000000 budget, all executive decisions will be aimed toward one goal: Sand down any odd edges or quirky details. Now let's be clear.

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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). She previously was Technical Lead at League of Legends and a Software Engineer at several expansions of World of Warcraft , among others.

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Secrets in Videogames

Keith Burgun

As I’ve gone through the Final Fantasy series recently , it’s notable that the games used to have secrets, and now, they pretty much don’t anymore. This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. This article actually has secrets, such as this text.

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

Game Refinery

There aren’t really any other games like it on PC/console, although Fall Guys does have to compete for players’ attention whenever there’s a major AAA release on console/PC. If you enjoyed reading this post, here are a few more you should definitely check out: Tower of Fantasy – Is the Game Really a Genshin Impact With a Social Twist?

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