Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In your “simple example”, we spent $60 million on development. At $60 per game, that’s just 1 million units that need to be sold, right? MORE]] Consider… how does the game-buying public learn about the game’s existence? Every game developed and distributed through their services pays them for it.

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Game Development News

JUNE 28, 2023

Bandai Namco has announced it is opening a new ‘interactive retail experience’ store in July 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Development News

APRIL 16, 2024

After carefully considering the many hundreds of nominations, we have a shortlist! Voting on the winners will begin soon, ahead of the awards ceremony on June 20th

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Brand Game Development

MAY 29, 2017

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Game developers are emotionally involved with their projects, but you have to put that aside sometimes to see what other people see. They value your game by the profit they’ll make off of it.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

In today’s ever-evolving digital landscape, the gaming industry is undergoing remarkable growth, driven by the soaring popularity of online and mobile gaming. Traditionally, game development necessitated the use of intricate and platform-specific software.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Kenyan indie developer cherishes that early morning spark. He’s not just an indie game developer; he’s a music producer and a 3D animator. After university, Mwangi landed a job at Tunu, a Kenyan startup that merges gamification and retail. They hired him to create animations for an augmented reality game.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It has beefier hardware than the retail console (because it needs to be able to hold and run debug builds of the game). Instead, we’re usually limited to in-game debug menus, tools, and displays built by the programmers to verify our changes. Neither of these can play retail games, they only play development builds.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This digital transformation wave affected several industries, from retail to healthcare, from hospitality to financial services. Gaming companies, both developers and publishers, have also aimed to capitalize on the vast amount of data and intellectual capital they have, in order to reinvent themselves and branch out into different ventures.

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Game Development News

MAY 12, 2023

After weeks of deliberation and thousands of votes, 500 of the UK game industry's brightest and best came together to honour the winners of the 25th anniversary MCV/DEVELOP Awards

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Game Development News

JANUARY 17, 2024

UK retailer GAME is going to stop selling pre-owned video game software soon

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iXie gaming

APRIL 4, 2024

From a business perspective, selling physical copies allows game developers and publishers to establish partnerships with retail stores and expand distribution channels. Digital storefronts allow game development companies to reach a global audience without the need for physical distribution channels.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 28, 2017

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Creating board games can be an expensive affair. In fact, minimizing costs is one of the most compelling reasons to create a game and send it to a publisher instead of self-publishing.

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Game Development News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Ruth Dickens, programmer at Red Kite Games, explains how she went from being a science student at university to working on a retail release starring the gremlin Ninja of the Nth Dimension thanks to the Sumo Digital Academy

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 21, 2019

It’s been over a year in the making, and we’ve finally arrived: this is the last article in the Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game series. You’ve learned how to design and develop a game, build an audience, and market your game. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 9, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Things are starting to get hectic around the Pangea Games office / my home office. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 10, 2019

Hardcore gamers pride themselves on mastering games with unique gameplay and complex rules. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Much of the draw of board gaming comes from the physical experience, and so much of that comes from the components.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Board game publishers have to sort good from bad. Companies have limited resources and can only spend their time developing the best of the best. They could be manufacturers, retailers, designers, or playtesters.

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Game Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

Tim Sweeney’s stage presence isn’t likely to attract the attention of the Oscars or Grammys live show organizers, but in yesterday’s State of Unreal presentation at Game Developer Conference, he fairly electrified his audience. The Epic Games boss lacks the flash and manufactured charisma of many tech execs.

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Game Development News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Liverpool's Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that he intends to develop a new generation of video game creators in the region - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

Flying Sheep was founded by German friends in 2014, with a specific goal of making html5 browser games. Initially, the company struggled to compete in a hyper-competitive global market, and in a development sector that lacks sophisticated off the shelf game engines. ” Flying Sheep was acquired by iCandy June 2022.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Need help on your board game? Learn how to use Reddit.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

If you’re an avid gamer who loves computers, you may be thinking about pursuing a career as a game developer. Game development is a specialized, comparatively small, and lucrative industry. Retail gaming in the United States is estimated to be worth $4.19 billion in 2023. It usually takes four years to earn.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? There’s more where this came from.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For example, the DIY home improvement retail market was valued at $848.20B in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.73% from 2022 to 2030. String pull DIY Pop It Apparently, Pop It was created ages ago by a company that is known for its board games: Theora Design.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lesson 5: Game Manager  Summary In this video, we’re getting to know the role of a game manager, the person steering the ship in the game development process. Join us to learn about the pivotal role managers play in bringing a game to life! So that’s what a manager is in a games company.

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Game Daily

MARCH 5, 2023

.” Layoffs and losses Just last week , Reuters reported how gaming giant Tencent is reversing a plan – initiated less than a year ago – to invest heavily in metaverse and VR development. Infamously, Meta’s metaverse-focused division Reality Labs lost $13.7 billion in the past year.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

Some of this goes back to the process of creating your game, getting it manufactured, and raising funds. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Namely, backers have become more price-sensitive because of the sheer variety of available board games.

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 8, 2023

It is an umbrella term for all immersive technologies including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR), and those yet to be developed. AI has the potential to transform a wide range of industries, from healthcare and transportation to finance and retail. Image Source: McKinsey.

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Game Development News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Jingle Jam has announced the charity partnerships for its 2023 fundraising event, which is set to take place over two weeks in December - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

Valentine’s Day skins in the shop) + UI changes Of course, giving your UI a refresh isn’t going to do much when it comes to bringing in revenue, which is why most developers give their cosmetic items, such as skins, a seasonal makeover too. Zombie Frontier 3’s Christmas content Event-related offers (e.g., Merge Go! (幻兽爱合成)

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Game Development News

JUNE 12, 2023

Dan Ahern, QA lead at Radical Forge talks about social mobility in the games industry - MCV/DEVELOP

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 5, 2018

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. By being so demanding of ourselves, we have innovated services and developed software that has become the benchmark of the industry. There is no retail middleman. Let me be frank.

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Game Development News

JULY 11, 2023

Harry Lang, VP of Marketing at Kwalee on why games are bigger than a new religion - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Development News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Vince Pavey met with Trevor Williams, CMO at RallyHere, to discuss the Hi-Rez backed platform and what its tools can do for live service games - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Development News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Vince Pavey checks in with Wayne Meazza, executive vice president for Behaviour Interactive, to ask about group as it expands into the UK - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Development News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Manchester edition of the Games Growth Summit North is taking place in November - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Development News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The great and the good of the games sector were celebrated at the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023 on November 16, 2023 at the iconic Troxy London - MCV/DEVELOP

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