GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

RuneScape maker Jagex has acquired Gamepires, the Croatian studio best known for open world survival game Scum. Building game communities is the lifeblood of what we do at Jagex, and this shared passion is why we're delighted to welcome Gamepires into the fold," said Jagex CEO Phil Mansell.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 19, 2023

He had been building giant open-world games like Fallout and Skyrim in large teams for years. So, as a first time solo developer in order to keep things simple he decided to make his first project a… giant open world game. The Axis Unseen is a heavy-metal open-world horror game. “If

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 9, 2023

Reusing assets is a great time-saver in order to afford the dev team more time to build new stuff within a limited budget, but the loudest players will complain a lot about such things. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

Building the ecosystem Bukola discovered her passion for marketing after reading a Times Magazine article. She shares, “I can’t remember the name of the building but one of the four sides of that building was used as a digital board. So from my second year in university, I knew I was going to go into advertising for sure.”

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

AWS will be joined by game studios and technology partners for panel discussions on generative AI, cloud game development, and building game development backends. AWS for Games GDC 2024 session highlights Wednesday, March 20 10:30-11:00am: Building and scaling MONOPOLY GO!, Be sure to RSVP here if you plan to attend.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 1, 2023

“What interested us as game makers is the idea of building worlds that have depth and substance to them. Transdimensional portals Nightingale is a first-person, PVE, open-world survival crafting game played solo or cooperatively online. Sense of history Flynn sheds light on the studio’s design philosophy.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Likewise, construction elements have become intertwined with the core mechanics of many titles, such as the Japanese-hit Slime Isekai Memories , where narrative progression is tied into its base building despite its focus as a turn-based RPG. Merge Vikings Combining merge2 mechanics with progressive character and building vectors.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

The Titan Image Demo showcased advanced techniques that can be used to solve real-world image asset creation tasks using generative AI and Amazon Bedrock. The Dynamic NPC Dialog Demo highlighted Ada, an example for building an in-game non-player character (NPC) as a generative AI application, using Unreal Engine MetaHuman by Epic Games.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 11, 2024

Combining the looks of a Ghibli movie with the condensed open world of that game, gave birth to the idea of an apprentice witch delivering packages. And all the relationships and life lessons you’ll build and learn by talking to the townspeople of Orilla Town.”

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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

This strategy game offers a captivating journey through different eras, challenging you to build, trade, and conquer. With its intricate gameplay and stunning graphics, Rise of Cultures is a must-try for fans of city-building and strategy genres. Genshin Impact Genshin Impact has set new standards for open-world RPGs on mobile.

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Half Geek

MAY 5, 2019

I had two game in mind that I wanted to work on moving forward, a fantasy open world with empire building inspired by Heroes of Might & Magic (3), or a new sci-fi space epic focused on large fleets & empire building.

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iHobo

JUNE 28, 2023

Later Elder Scrolls games cleaved to the now over-familiar formula of the Grand Theft Auto open world, shaping the world through chains of waypoints. For the open world game to truly satisfy the curiosity motive, the landscape has to be crafted in order to raise questions.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 10, 2024

The creator of the ‘open world lovecraftian spacefighter RPG’ Underspace calls it a ‘vast freaky universe,’ and even that might be an understatement. This sci-fi world is not only rooted in science but goes full-on supernatural. Operating out of Wisconsin, USA he spent the last ten years building his passion project.

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Game Daily

JULY 19, 2023

It also helps that depopulated worlds – or at least those populated by easily replicated baddies – are much cheaper and easier to produce than well-ordered, sophisticated societies. Gershenfeld recalled his days working on open world games at Activision. “Open worlds are complex, expensive.

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iHobo

JUNE 8, 2022

Suzuki-san and his colleagues often try to paint this series of games as a precursor to the open world genre. Indeed, in the Kickstarter for Shenmue III , the text expressly tries to make this claim: Shenmue defied all convention and created the genre that later came to be known as "open world." But so what?

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Developing a rich and immersive game world is a complicated and multi-disciplinary process. To build a truly immersive gaming environment, a team of designers, developers, artists and programmers employ a combination of psychology, art and technology into video games that challenge and capture players, resulting in satisfying gameplay.

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Game Errors

MAY 10, 2023

The objective of Rust the game is pretty straightforward: you are alone in an open world of wilderness, and you have to survive for as long as possible. Since it is an open world, you can do a lot of things in Rust that are not possible in many other survival games. That’s it.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

External validation rarely comes your way, especially while seeking attention on social media – which is absolutely required to build a community and get to be known by players. I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. An open-world social simulation of a whole human civilization on Mars.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 1, 2023

In this article, we'll explore some key building blocks of game design fundamentals. Good level design is crucial for creating engaging and challenging gameplay, as well as for keeping players immersed in the game world. Art and Sound Design Finally, art and sound design are critical components of game design that often go overlooked.

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Nvidia

MAY 26, 2021

UE5 represents a generational leap in both workflows and visual fidelity, extending the engine’s support for DirectX Raytracing, NVIDIA DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex, and adding new features such as Nanite and Lumen that make it faster and easier for games to implement photorealistic visuals, large open worlds and advanced animation and physics.

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Game Daily

JULY 3, 2023

So we keep building, keep improving these games and keep trying to attract Web2 audiences. We try to not to be too linked to the crypto world. We are really focused on building for players, which means building games. Our second game is coming in next year, and it will be an open world where you can use your NFTs.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The game allows you to jump in and enjoy short gameplay experience, or you can deepen your immersion in the game by joining groups and building up your space empire. So if you’re looking for a big open world space game like EVE Online (but with a lot less complexity), then Vendetta Online would be a great game to check out.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Dark Arisen is a huge open-world game in which players start an epic adventure with three AI companions called Pawns. As we said, there are a few issues with the game that makes it hard to play due to errors such as fatal error failed to open the file on Dragon’s Dogma.

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Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It's really just a series of supply fetch quests and "find yet another character whose name rhymes with 'son' (in this big huge open world)" but it feels like you are helping establish an entire new town in the wilderness - leaves you with a genuine "I helped people" feeling. Quests that do world building.

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Nvidia

MARCH 24, 2022

With GeForce NOW Cloud Playtest, players and observers can be anywhere in the world. Game developers can upload a build to the cloud, and schedule a playtest for players and observers to manage on their calendar. Game developers have been building virtual worlds for more than a decade (Minecraft pictured), courtesy of The Vokselians.

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DameDev.tv

JANUARY 22, 2024

This sequel expands on the eerie, mysterious world of Bright Falls and promises an unforgettable journey into the unknown. Building on the success of its predecessor, this sequel offers an expansive open world, enhanced web-slinging mechanics, and a gripping storyline. Alan Wake 2 4.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

supports advanced global illumination techniques such as lightmapping (including SH lightmapping), Voxel GI (which is fully real-time) and SDFGI (which is a single click, open world GI solution). Streaming is the most important feature missing for managing large scenes or open worlds. Additionally, Godot 4.0

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Real Programming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Whereas previous generations played pinball at the arcade, or side-scrolling Nintendo games , the video games our teachers played as kids resemble the open-world sandbox games popular today, like Minecraft. RP4K begins at the start, diving into real math and coding concepts to build a custom video game that even young kids can manage.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Many fixes have been made in the master branch since then, so it's time for a new build with Godot 3.2 The Mono build for beta 2 did not run properly on Windows, and we are still hard at work trying to solve that together with upstream. For changes since the last beta build, see the list of commits. development build.

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iHobo

JULY 5, 2023

Sure, the climax of Animal Crossing - let's say, paying off your final mortgage - is not so much a surprise as a distant goal, but we are still engaging with a fictional world with characters and events that build to a satisfying conclusion. And that's narrative.

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Moonmana

APRIL 24, 2023

Metaverse worlds These are immersive virtual spaces constructed from user-generated content and containing gamification elements to encourage users’ collaboration and socialization. The Sandbox is a buzzing open-world platform where players can buy land and build games. What is Web3 in crypto?

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Unlike its namesake, this game is not a turn-based RPG, but rather a action-adventure title that is looking to incorporate certain open-world elements to it. Rise of the Ronin takes inspiration from Nioh and takes the gameplay into a much more open-world. It traces its way back to the end of the samurai period of Japan.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 16, 2024

This game is based on the popular trend, open world, and focuses on experimentation and exploration. Hi-Fi Rush At its best, Hi-Fi Rush’s combat builds a unique and harmonious flow, where music guides you through every step of the way. However, Tears of the Kingdom still improves on perfection and manages the impossible.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics. Things like color palettes, textures, and lighting all help to build a mood, as well as animation and how things in your world move and interact. Is your world stormy and moody, or bright and sunny?

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As you’ll see, world building can be done quickly if you leave a bit of time for play and experimentation. We’re in production for a currently untitled game that we plan on building entirely using no-code development tools like Bolt. So I build in play and experimentation into my production schedule.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Players step into the boots of Arthur Morgan, a Van der Linde gang member, as they navigate a world on the brink of modernization. With stunning graphics, a vast open world, and a rich storyline, the game offers a blend of action, exploration, and moral choices.

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