GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 30, 2023

of players would be "motivated" to pay for environmental content in games if it adds to the experience. When asked whether they would like to see environmental content in the games they play, the respondents replied "Yes, definitely" at 35.4%, and "Maybe, if it fits the game's universe/narrative" at 46%. That left 13.5%

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Game Developer

JANUARY 12, 2024

It's time for the game industry to fully embrace this new era, recognizing that it not only leads to better content for players but also fosters deeper engagement for game studios.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2023

White Star Studio, a small and ambitious game development studio based in Shenzen, China, has captured the essence of ancient China in their game Thriving City. We were so excited to base our content around ancient China. The team of White Star Studios closely monitored the results of early playtest sessions.

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Game Development News

APRIL 22, 2024

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Starlight Games, a new and pioneering video game studio based in Liverpool, UK lead by Gary Nichols and well-known industry experienced developers, has been set up to develop new IP that focuses on innovative gameplay experiences that are visually stunning.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We usually try to schedule performance capture sessions as early as we can because they involve aligning many separate schedules - the capture studio, the actors, and the developers who need to oversee all of the action. They can modify, update, and change the list up until the deadline, but it's pencils down once the session begins.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2023

Some of the leaders behind the Forza Horizon series have formed a new AAA games studio in Leamington Spa called Maverick Games. The team is led by studio head and creative director Mike Brown, who was previously the creative director on the Forza Horizon franchise. Running the studio itself is COO Harinder Sangha. Read more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

Fall Guys, a knockout party game by Epic Games’ Mediatonic studio, is following the heels of Fortnite’s blockbuster “Creative Mode” circa 2018 with their own “Creative Construction” mode. How did Fall Guys add User Generated Content mid-flight?

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 16, 2023

The veterans who left Need for Speed developer Criterion in December last year have reunited to form a new AAA studio: Fuse Games. The new outfit has been founded by studio general manager Matt Webster, head of content Steve Uphill, head of production Pete Lake, head of technology Andrei Shires, and head of operations Alan McDairmant.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Metacore, the developer of Merge Mansion, has unveiled a new studio in Germany. As reported by MobileGamer.biz , Metacore Berlin will work on developing content for Meger Mansion and possibly new titles in the future. Read more

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Embracer-owned studio won't be developing new content for the horror title and has also scrapped a planned Switch release.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

Wikkl Works , a Netherlands-based game studio, is working hard on the climbing game New Heights. The 5 person studio, founded by Guido Boogaard and Finn van der Heide, created a climbing system that mirrors the intricacies of real-life climbing. . There would be an almost infinite amount of awesome content.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 3, 2024

There's no shortage of success stories surrounding Baldur's Gate 3, and Larian Studios creative content manager Ben Maltz-Jones added to the stack in a Game Developers Conference session titled "Roll Play: The Strategy Behind Baldur's Gate 3 on TikTok." million likes spread across more than 100 TikToks uploaded to the site.

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AWS Games

JULY 26, 2023

Advancing the art of virtual reality (VR) storytelling is one the primary objectives of Meta’s Oculus Studios, the division that publishes popular multiplayer games, including “Population One,” “Onward VR,” and “Beat Saber.” Advancing how each studio manages support, expansion, and maintenance across titles was also part of this vision.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 20, 2023

Screen Australia has announced the latest beneficiaries of its funds, amounting to AU$3 million (over $2 million) in funding for 23 studios. The body's First Nations Games Studio fund awarded AU$600,000 (over $400,000) to two studios. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 18, 2024

Toxicity is a serious issue that players expect studios of online games to address. New legal regulations are also demanding studios do more to protect their players or face hefty fines. ” Read more

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Game Developer

MAY 30, 2023

PinCool will strive to create "entertainment content" for a global audience.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 3, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Voldex, a user-generated content games(UGC) studio, has acquired the Roblox title Ultimate Football. The acquisition figure was not provided but is described as a multi-million dollar deal. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

Torabi, an experienced voice actor, operates his own sound studio amusingly named 'Persian Dub Group,' which produces diverse content, including voice acting and music for Iranian digital games. Sepehr Torabi was shocked when he found out he was hired to provide the voices of multiple characters in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Although it’s difficult to find a trustworthy game art outsourcing studio with a solid industry background and portfolio, I’ll show you 10 reliable art outsourcing companies in this blog. . Below are 10 reliable outsourcing studios that you’ll find extremely helpful: 1. Bosi Art Studio.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 28, 2024

Don't Nod has announced a new studio organisation structured around its three genres of predilection: RPG, narrative adventure, and action adventure. In 2023, we witnessed an exceptional year of content, featuring a multitude of high quality games, encompassing both small and large-scale innovative titles. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

TB of content from Insomniac Games following a breach last week. As Cyber Daily reports, the Rhysida ransomware group stole data from the PlayStation studio on December 12. A ransomware group has published 1.67 It put the data on auction for 50 bitcoins (roughly $2 million) with a week's deadline before releasing 1.67

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This is why game art studios have emerged over the past decade. Instead of working on the next big blockbuster title alone, game art studios help companies create their titles with minimal financial investment. This article will explain about Game Art Studios and what it means for the future of gaming! What is a Game Art Studio?

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Over the past twenty years, the scope, budget and audience expectations of games have inflated, and smaller studios are left seemingly locked in a cycle of diminishing returns on increasingly ambitious productions. Savvy studios seeking more immediate return on their investments might seek other, more cost-effective approaches to game design.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

A mage, a hacker, and a barbarian walk into a bar… What sounds like the start of a joke is the ultimate vision for cyberpunk, blockchain collectible card game “Metropolis Origins”, created by game industry veterans at QXR Studios. It’s easy to deploy and scale, and connects well with Unreal. We could go in at any time and look at logs.

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Game Errors

MARCH 10, 2023

The error failed to load settings with 502 Roblox Studio can prevent you completely from creating anything on this platform. The Roblox Studio is a building tool that you can use to create things according to your own preferences. What is error 502 on Roblox Studio? How can I fix failed to load settings with 502 Roblox Studio?

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The UK Games Fund has received £5 million in additional investment to establish the UKGF Content Fund. As of today, studios and developers can apply for the new funding, which will be available over the next 18 months, to support games in development and ready them for market. million into studios between 2022 and 2025.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Generally, this means we need a certain number of sales + a certain percentage of those players to pay for additional content in order to pay for any continued game development. If we don't get enough sales, we most likely won't ever have enough paying players to financially justify continued game development.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 17, 2024

Build A Rocket Boy today announced that it has closed a $110 million Series D funding round to help the studio launch a trio of "flagship" products. Those three projects are the open-world experience Everywhere, the story-driven action adventure MindsEye, and Arcadia, a set of user-generated content tools.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

It was crafted to provide studios with essential background and guidance on practical generative AI capabilities, examine the technology stack, discover game developer use cases, and more. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

The Netherlands may be a small country, but there are many talented studios making amazing games. Like Sony Worldwide Studio Guerrilla Games that recently delivered the critically acclaimed PSVR2 title Horizon: Call of the Mountain. Dutch Indies Like Paladin Studios. It’s a fully animated social game for mobile and desktop.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

When Hugh Behroozy started building Blinkmoon Games , a new independent studio based in Vancouver, Canada, he wanted to bring together the best talent from across the visual effects (VFX) and games industry to create the next generation of interactive experiences. said Laura Teodosio, CEO of Arch Platform Technologies.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The legal battle between members of Studio ZA/UM entered a new stage last week when a newly-filed lawsuit accused CEO Ilmar Kompus and former executive producer Tõnis Haavel of misappropriating company funds. Now, a new dispute has emerged centering on the ownership of the Disco Elysium IP and of content related to its sequel.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 18, 2024

There are certain things that studios and companies can ask us not to do but have a real hard time preventing, especially if the company is going through a death spiral process. If the company or studio is going under, almost everyone is losing their jobs and the motivation to maintain operational security is very low.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

Another demonstration will allow lounge visitors to play video games streamed from Amazon Luna while learning about the studios and services involved in the development process. AWS will be joined by game studios and technology partners for panel discussions on generative AI, cloud game development, and building game development backends.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Typically highlighting a game’s mechanics in their raw form, even before content and visuals receive their final polish. Aim to show off a vertical slice that is about 80% mechanics-focused and 20% content-focused. Publisher demos are tailored for pitch meetings and potential partnerships.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 29, 2023

New studios formed, passions projects dusted off and worked on again and other yet unforeseen initiatives popping up. We look towards 2024 with a mixture of hope and fear, but also with a strong belief in the ability of people to bounce back. All this incredible creative talent on the loose must result in something beautiful right?

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AWS Games

MAY 9, 2024

Engineering Manager for Epic Games, Nicolas Tittley, CTO/Co-Founder at Sprocket Games, and Brent Lamb, Technical Producer at Cryptic Studios, discussed the benefits of leveraging the AWS cloud to enhance and accelerate the performance of Perforce Helix Core (version control), Team City (build pipelines), and Incredibuild (build acceleration).

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