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From Buckles to Games: The Journey of Rex Bowden and Africa Games Week

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In a church filled with diverse races, I was exposed to lots of different people even when it wasn’t allowed in South Africa.” Castle of Good Hope Bowden is grateful for the overwhelming support AGW received from both global giants like Ubisoft and Google and local entities like the City of Cape Town and South African Tourism.

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Practical Advice for Growing Games in Diverse Markets

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How much should you localize versus culturalize? Nancy is the Head of User Acquisition and Growth Strategy at East Side Games , a publisher known for IP-driven hit games such as “The Office,” “Trailer Park Boys,” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” So it’s all about finding a balance between these high costs and high ROAS.

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8 Key Factors to Ensure Flawless Nintendo Testing

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Also, they provide crucial feedback on game balance, user interface (UI), and gameplay. Understand Nintendo’s Localization Process Nintendo games are often played globally. Therefore, understanding Nintendo’s localization process is essential, as it helps you effectively test the games in different languages.

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Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming

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The Idle Games have seen renewed growth with IP-driven games like The Office and RuPaul Drag Race, which are both keeping up their revenues despite the decline in downloads. So it's a fine balance between these high costs and also a higher return on ad spend. MID-CORE GAMES Mid-Core games are a very diverse category.

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Building a multiplayer game with Amazon GameSparks and Amazon GameLift

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We’ll be using a sample game that you might be familiar with if you’ve played around with GameLift earlier: the Mega Frog Race Unity game that was first introduced on this AWS Game Tech blog a while ago. Another important part of session-based multiplayer games like Mega Frog Race is matchmaking. Game client – Unity.

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The Invincible Won’t Launch: Working Fixes and Solutions

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Select Properties , then navigate to the Local Files tab. It’s a bit of a balancing act, finding that sweet spot between visuals and playability, and it could potentially fix the won’t launch issue in The Invincible. It just performs better in the race for graphics processing. Press Win + X and select Device Manager.

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EA’s Metalhead launches ‘Super Mega Baseball 4’ with cross-play for six platforms using Amazon GameLift

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We’re also looking at the multiplayer experience for our online competitive mode: pennant race. We want to make certain the game is making quality, balanced matches, and pairing players of similar abilities to create exciting outcomes.”