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Playground Games leaders form new AAA studio Maverick Games

GamesIndustry.biz

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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The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

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Although it’s difficult to find a trustworthy game art outsourcing studio with a solid industry background and portfolio, I’ll show you 10 reliable art outsourcing companies in this blog. . Below are 10 reliable outsourcing studios that you’ll find extremely helpful: 1. Bosi Art Studio. Nuare Studio.

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The 7 Stages of Game Development

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In our experience working on everything from AAA titles to smaller-scale projects, a common thread are the stages of game development. The game development pipeline is a lengthy process. Though we’ve seen on some productions that there can be extra layers of complexity to it, the stages of game development remain the same [.].

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What REALLY Happened with Apex Legends Mobile

Deconstructor of Fun

It also canned Battlefield Mobile and closed its developer Industrial Toys—a studio it acquired in 2018 but hasn’t released any titles since. The acquisitions of Glu ($2.4b) and Golf Clash studio Playdemic ($1.4b) have clearly not gone according to plan. How else can we interpret this other than as a jab at the partner studio?

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The 7 Steps to Successfully Greenlight a Game with an IP

Deconstructor of Fun

Making the right choices at project greenlight can be the difference between a successful future vs. a destabilising force to your studios and portfolio health. How do studios of all sizes invest in new products prudently in today’s games market? The cracks and cuts will eventually take their toll on product performance.

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2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games

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An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This strategy is supported by the structure of a 4X studio where the live service team is often separated from the core tech and the publishing team. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. Access all previous predictions here.