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Making Assassin's Creed Mirage culturally and linguistically relevant

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Mirage is one of the few AAA video games to feature Arabic audio and text. Read more

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Artisan Studios to open new studio in Saudi Arabia

GamesIndustry.biz

The Canadian-based company plans to employ over 200 developers in its new offices, collaborating with local artists across the MENA region to develop new IPs. The developer will expand into publishing its titles, in addition to developing what it says will be "the first AAA titles in the GCC region." Read more

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Hello. I have a question regarding the “maths” of AAA game budgets. You’ve offered very interesting insight from the “other side” of the DLC/Microtransactions debate in the past. However, consider this simple example : $60m cost to make a AAA game. $60 per copy. That comes to 1m copies to break even. 2m copies for 100% return. Given that AAA games sell around 5m copies, are the likes of Jim Sterling, Angry Joe to TotalBiscuit really in the wrong for railing against “AAA greed”?

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So… for a moment, let’s put aside the fact that the purpose of a publicly traded company like most AAA game publishers (Nintendo, Ubisoft, Take Two, EA, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, etc.) Marketing AAA games is expensive. You’re totally into this new AAA game, so you pick up a brand new copy for $60 at your favorite local game store.

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QXR Studios accelerates game testing and development with Amazon GameLift Anywhere

AWS Games

Having collaborated on previous projects across a wide range of industries – from comics, AAA games, television, music videos, visual effects, literature, theater, virtual and augmented reality, hardware, software, and R&D – the group contemplated how to create a meaningful, community-driven game on their own terms.

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Mini compendium of indie games

Played with Fire

As game fans, we can choose from both big AAA productions and less known (but not always) indie productions. Although they are often devoid of loud releases from the AAA sector, they still gain unflagging popularity. Many players are already bored with the secondary nature of AAA games and the lack of innovative ideas.

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The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

iXie gaming

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. . Art Services, Engineering, Audio Services, Functionality QA, Localization, Localization QA, and Player Support. AAA Game Art Studio.

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Smith Camp Error MW2: Fix It Quickly

Game Errors

Even in the era of modern and realistic AAA titles, the problem still occurs. Select the Local Files tab, and click on Verify integrity of the game files. Delete cache files Modern Warfare 2 stores cache files locally to run smoothly like any other game and program on your PC. Luckily, there is a quick way to fix it!

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