GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2023

Some of the leaders behind the Forza Horizon series have formed a new AAA games studio in Leamington Spa called Maverick Games. The team is led by studio head and creative director Mike Brown, who was previously the creative director on the Forza Horizon franchise. Running the studio itself is COO Harinder Sangha.

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Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The game development pipeline is a lengthy process. In our experience working on everything from AAA titles to smaller-scale projects, a common thread are the stages of game development.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

It specializes in game development. . iXie initially focused solely on game QA and specialized QA but recently the studio broadened its area of expertise to include game localization, art production, and 3D services. . Notable gaming companies Viking Corporation has collaborated with are Ubisoft, Sega, and Nintendo.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Matthew Farber, Juliana Loh, Kimberly Unger, and I headlined the Georgia Game Developers Association CIMFest last year with this powerful panel exploring how personal experiences empower narrative writing. His latest book is Gaming SEL: Games as Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning (bit.ly/GamingSEL).

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

this Saturday June 12, 2021, we are headlining the Georgia Game Developers Association CIMFest and I also will be moderating IGDA GDSIG's skipped (due to the cancellation of GDC last year) roundtable, Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities. His latest book is Gaming SEL: Games as Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning (bit.ly/GamingSEL).

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

I Need a Process (sung to the tune of “I Need a Hero” ) As is the case with every facet of product development and live ops, running the right process is key. This is almost impossible to make game about unless it was a AAA console action game in the vein of Uncharted.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

4X games can’t scale by exclusively poaching users from other games -- they need to be able to recruit new audiences to achieve long-term unit economics viability. Successful 4X games developers are constantly bringing new gameplay mechanics to stand out in the market as seen in the examples below. 4 High entry barrier.

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