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Beyond Sunset - Game? Retro. AI? Modernized

Indie DB

Beyond Sunset is a retro game but it can’t play like a retro game ? Today, simplified AI behavior just wouldn’t fly. Enemies can’t stumble around half-randomly. So what did we do? Read more in the post ?

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Do sales really necessarily effect the decisions of post-release content adding support? Like for those types of games, do high sales guarantee more support, and do lower sales risk less-to-no more support? For a couple games I know that do this for several years after initial release, forum discussions use sale numbers to imply or get ideas for the future of post-launch content adding for those games. But I haven’t seen any proof of that being the case for past games. So is the rumor true?

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Implementing Path Tracing in ‘Justice’: An Interview with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase

Nvidia

We sat down with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase to discuss his team's implementation of path tracing in the popular martial arts game, Justice Online. We sat down with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase to discuss his team’s implementation of path tracing in the popular martial arts game, Justice Online. What is your.

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The Inevitable Blockchain Revolution

Deconstructor of Fun

Written by Ethan Levy , Executive producer at N3TWORK, who is building his first blockchain game. Ethan is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further.

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GTA VI Looks Great, but Online It’s the Real Topic (Opinion)

Deconstructor of Fun

To give some context on the magnitude of GTA V, as of today: In the last 30 days GTA V was the biggest game on Twitch by average viewer count and total hours watched, and the 2nd in terms of channels (source: Twitchmetrics ). And during that same period it has been in the Top 5 Steam games with most concurrent players (source: SteamDB ).

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