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2021 Predictions #5 Sports Games Race into a Billion Dollar Club

Deconstructor of Fun

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. Sports saw YoY growth of +29% ($880M) , while Racing registered +23% YoY ($331M). compared to $827M in 2019.

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Happy Volcano: why a growing studio picked Player Warehouse

Game Analytics

A central location to come home to After launching You Suck At Parking, Happy Volcano wanted a central home for their analytics data. David Prinsmel, Happy Volcano’s game director, and their data engineer, Rahul Jani, found that Player Warehouse let them be more flexible around storing and processing their data.

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Autonomous AI Outraces Gran Turismo World Champs

Nvidia

The autonomous AI racing agent, known as Gran Turismo Sophy (GT Sophy), recently beat the world’s best drivers in GT Sport. Racing AI, however, poses more complicated inference needs with innumerable variables from different cars, tracks, drivers, weather, and opponents. the developers behind GT Sport.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

Data Protection An important factor to consider when looking for a game development company is data protection. Look for one that cares about your data security and intellectual property. From action and arcade to adventure, sports, racing, and strategy genres, we offer tailored solutions across consoles.

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Little Racer – General and Development

The Knights of Unity

Toys for which you had to build a track yourself and then simply put them on it, and race with your friends just by pressing a button! We decided to release our game on Nintendo Switch, as joy-cons and console itself suit the game perfectly. That’s what Little Racer is all about, to bring joy from our childhood times for everyone!

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Building a multiplayer game with Amazon GameSparks and Amazon GameLift

AWS Games

You need a game backend that provides management of player identity and storage of player data, and a way to communicate with the game backend from your game. One of the most important things that we need is a service to keep track of players and their data, and allow them to initiate matchmaking requests.

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Blockbuster Games Failed to Grow the Market - What Next?

Deconstructor of Fun

source: Newzoo reports Despite the unprecedented slate of blockbuster titles, console games grew at a slower pace than inflation. Diablos, EAFC, Madden, Hogwarts Legacy, Baldurs Gate 3, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom… 2023 seemed like the year for consoles with all those blockbusters launching back-to-back. Yet this did not materialize.

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