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Do you have any insight as to why annual sports titles have not gone the Live Service model yet given the fact each year it is mostly minor tweaks and roster changes anyway?

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That means that, besides roster updates and minor tweaks, this year we're committing to change our animation system, these eight specific stadiums/arenas, these three game modes, update the commentary system, and rework the stat simulation. Switching over to an ongoing service would come at tremendous cost.

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How mastering three diverse skills has shaped Steve Mwangi’s success

PreMortem.Games

He’s not just an indie game developer; he’s a music producer and a 3D animator. His impeccable animation skills shine in the teaser videos he meticulously moulded for his debut title Kanairo 101. After discovering the world of frame-by-frame animation he turned his school books into flipbooks.

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SEGA has released a brand new Sonic Superstars animated short film called Trio of Trouble

Game Development News

SEGA has released a new animated short film as part of the advertising for Sonic Superstars - MCV/DEVELOP

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Party Animals has left early access, and has launched on both Steam and Xbox

Game Development News

Party Animals has officially launched on PC and Xbox consoles as of today - MCV/DEVELOP

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In a video by a former Blizzard employee, he claims that a single WoW mount generated more revenue than Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty. How likely does this seem to you, and how common is for a single skin to generate more revenue than entire games?

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The cost of development for the Celestial Steed was practically nil because all of the tech had already been built and all but the skin itself had been created already - the animations, the sound effects, and so on. Starcraft 2 needed an enormous marketing campaign as well, easily at least that much again.

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Why companies don’t record “Making Of” for games anymore?

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Producing behind-the-scenes "making of" video requires getting a film crew, recording developer interviews, and setting up + filming B-roll footage of the developers doing things (most commonly animators moving wireframes around). One possibility would be making these videos a Collector's Edition pack-in bonus for a retail game.

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Bandai Namco to open another store in London

GamesIndustry.biz

John McKenzie, Bandai Namco Amusement Europe MD, said: "As Japanese culture becomes more loved in the UK market with food, anime, gaming, and collectables, we continue to embrace this, listen to our fans, and deliver rich products as we expand into further parts of the UK." Read more

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