PreMortem.Games

MARCH 16, 2023

Top image by Lalesh Aldarwis – Pexels.com 2022 was a rough year for gaming. It turned out that the games market faced its first downturn in over a decade. So, how (relatively) bad did the PC and console market do in 2022? In the first ever PC & Console Gaming Report Newzoo dives into this section of the market.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2023

Traditionally, the console and PC gaming markets have operated very differently to mobile. But that’s changing as technological advancements are allowing mobile developers to bring their games to console, and vice versa.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2023

A new report by Niko Partners has revealed that consoles are the most popular platform for young gamers in Japan. Console is the most popular format among Japanese gamers, used by 72.3% of the group, followed by mobile gaming at 63.5%.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Chris Dring and James Batchelor take a look at the biggest stories from the business of video games in the last week.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Video games have become one of the grossing entertainment industries in recent years. The advancement in technology has given rise to many gaming platforms. Consoles and mobiles are two of them. Both platforms have their advantages and disadvantages.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 4, 2023

Top image by Freepik The games industry has been one of the most resilient and profitable sectors in the entertainment industry. According to Newzoo’s PC & Console Gaming Report , the PC and console market still outperformed previous forecasts despite a slight decline of revenue (-2,2% year over year) in 2022.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2024

The gaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery has been historically focused on AAA console games, but the company's CEO and president of global streaming and games JB Perrette wants to change that. Read more

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Steampunk-Metroidvania action adventure game "STEAM TRIGGER" on PC platforms and each consoles in 2024. x-climb Inc. Headquarters: Ginza, Tokyo; CEO Atsushi Iburi) will release a new 2.5D

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As the world goes digital, the diversity in platforms and devices that users interact with has significantly increased. But what does that mean to the game development fraternity? Well, it implies that cross-platform compatibility testing is more critical than ever.  What is Cross-Platform Compatibility Testing?

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Starloop Studios

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Game UI design for multiplatform projects is a significant challenge for game developers. Video game UI requires certain elements regardless of platform, but the platforms can have wildly different requirements from game UI design.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Testing console games is crucial in ensuring your game functions as intended before releasing it to the audience. While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach for testing your console game, several best practices can help you test your console game thoroughly. But why is console game testing important?

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Code with Mike

APRIL 13, 2023

Mobile gaming has historically gotten a bad rap with the wider gaming industry. When the App Store launched alongside the iPhone 3G in 2008, console and PC gaming was finally beginning to stake its claim to being a valid 21st […] The post Cost Effective Platforms for Mobile Gaming appeared first on CodeWithMike.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 7, 2024

This week, we discuss the reported troubles at Take-Two with claims that indie-focused label Private Division, Rollerdrome developer Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2 studio Intercept Games were all affected (and, in some cases, closed) by the planned 580 layoffs.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

Game lovers can agree that the quality of a gaming application is the most exciting thing about a game setup. Game QA is an integral part of game development which ensures that the end products of console games are safeguarded against glitches.

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iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

Exciting as well as essential, game testing throughout the development process is a step that must be taken to deliver a high-quality experience to the user. The exhaustive testing process is the secret to the success of an incredible number of video games now available. Let’s dive in.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 3, 2023

Games are increasingly cross-platform and online, and game developers need to develop secure and scalable backend features to support these online elements of their games. Customers share with us that setting up a game backend service requires a fair amount of undifferentiated heavy lifting.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The majority of Xbox Game Pass subscribers pay full price and use the service on console. That's according to a heavily redacted Microsoft slide deck , spotted by Tweaktown , which was among the latest wave of court documents to be released from the platform holder's legal battle against the Federal Trade Commission.

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Gamesbrief

MAY 27, 2022

Sony’s recent corporate presentation was heavily focused on F2P and live-service games. That chart shows that more a quarter of PS4 revenue is now from F2P games: live service games from third party publishers that are keeping the platform thriving. You don’t need to have a Sony platform to play them.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 11, 2024

Fan demakes are a popular genre on platforms like itch.io. They distil the essence of a beloved IP and marry it to the limitations of older platforms to create something entirely new.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 10, 2024

Since Sony entered the console market thirty years ago, it has devoted an immense amount of time, money, and focus to building up a studio system to deliver a steady flow of high-quality exclusive games for PlayStation platforms. Read more

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

The subject of running Godot games on consoles pops up very often. In this article you will find information about the following topics: How console development works. The challenges that Godot faces for supporting those platforms. Which alternatives exist to publish your Godot games for consoles.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Welcome to another game platform, 47.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 15, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox It's almost twenty years since Steam evolved from being an automatic patching system for Valve's games into being a digital storefront for third parties, heralding the true arrival of the digital distribution era that had been forecast for years prior. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Image: pikisuperstar on Freepik Newzoo’s Global Gamer Study 2023 is a true treasure trove of interesting facts about the people out there that hopefully end up with your game in their hands. Did you know that more than half of all people with an internet connection play games? Or that 87% of players spend money on in-game items?

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 13, 2024

This week, we take a quick dive in Xbox's closure of four Bethesda-owned studios , as well as what this means for Microsoft's wider gaming strategy, the future of the smaller studios it still owns, and its reputation with the rest of the industry and gamers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 27, 2024

Xbox head Phil Spencer has said that he wants to see more digital retailers on the console, such as the Epic Games Store and Itch.io. When asked by Polygon if he could see these storefronts on the platform at some point in the future, Spencer said he believed console players would benefit from more options. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Top image by Freepik In their latest report , Newzoo looks at how different generations engage with gaming. It will come as no surprise that across all age groups people play games, but there are some significant differences between the older and newer generations. With each passing generation, gaming becomes more popular.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2024

Since then, the historical real-time strategy series has had multiple releases on platforms such as home consoles and mobile devices. It is currently co-developed by TiMi Studio in partnership with World's Edge, and Xbox Game Studios serves as its publisher. Age of Empires was originally launched for PC in 1997. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The games industry's current troubles have been well documented by this point and, looking at the release slate for the rest of the year, you'd be forgiven for thinking there's not much cause for optimism on the horizon.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A console dev kit is a lot like a networked computer fused with a game console. It has beefier hardware than the retail console (because it needs to be able to hold and run debug builds of the game). Game consoles today typically have plugins for Microsoft Visual studio to handle the remote debugging process.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2024

Microsoft has also entered an agreement with the games firm to bring NetEase titles to Xbox consoles and other platforms. Blizzard Entertainment has renewed its publishing agreement with NetEase, which is set to begin this summer.

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Unity Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Our updated optimization guides include the latest updates from Unity 2022 LTS and provide you with useful tips and tactics to optimize your projects.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Is it well-defined?

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Epic Games Store is taking another approach to combating Steam, as Epic today announced a new opt-in First Run Program that will trade the company's share of revenues for the first six months of release in exchange for exclusivity.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For months now we hear the heart wrenching tales of thousands of games industry professionals losing their jobs. Well, according to Newzoo , the games industry is bouncing back from the decline in 2022. In their latest free report , Newzoo is optimistic about the total market outlook for PC and console. billion).

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The advent of handheld gaming consoles marked a significant era in the gaming industry. This bubble of time, between the early 2000s and mid-2010s, witnessed the rise of several iconic handheld consoles, including the Sony PSP, and various iterations of Nintendo’s DS line, such as the Nintendo DS, 3DS, and 2DS.

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Game Development News

JUNE 9, 2023

Hi-Rez Studios subsidiary RallyHere will provide cross-platform services for Prophecy Games’ upcoming shooter release - MCV/DEVELOP

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