GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 12, 2023

The studio known for the Killzone series dropped its linear levels, guns and space Nazis for a sprawling open world, more primitive weapons, and robot dinosaurs. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Horizon: Zero Dawn was a dramatic shift for Guerrilla Games.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

It’s an open-world survival craft game where you tame monsters and put them to work. The studio denies this, even if its various creatures’ similarities with Pokémon are hard to miss. Both feature large open worlds and show the same exact environmental indicators (e.g., Not bad for a $7.6

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

At most studios, we work in milestones. Independent studios that have contracts with a publisher usually get paid for each successful milestone - the funding is given when the project reaches the goals set for the milestone. A milestone is a longer period of time where we have a set of targets to deliver.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 11, 2024

Indie developer Chibig started in 2017 as a one-dev studio in Valencia, Spain. The name Chibig is a reflection of the cute Chibi art style which is used in all the games of the studio. Combining the looks of a Ghibli movie with the condensed open world of that game, gave birth to the idea of an apprentice witch delivering packages.

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Starloop Studios

JANUARY 5, 2023

From simple pixel graphics to complex, life-like open worlds, the visuals of modern video games are unparalleled. Video games have come a long way since their inception. Of course, this advancement wouldn’t be possible without animation and VFX (visual effects).

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Sense of history Flynn sheds light on the studio’s design philosophy. “What interested us as game makers is the idea of building worlds that have depth and substance to them. Transdimensional portals Nightingale is a first-person, PVE, open-world survival crafting game played solo or cooperatively online.

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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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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. The open-world of Tower of Fantasy. The differences between the open-world in Genshin Impact and Tower of Fantasy. However, the revenue spikes have been continuously smaller.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

Her Nigerian-based studio aims to use the power of video games to engage and get future generations ready to pursue careers in gaming. Let’s see how her children sparked the idea to establish one of the most impactful studios in Nigeria today. Bukola explains, “During those Covid years, we brought forward our studio capabilities.”

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 10, 2024

The creator of the ‘open world lovecraftian spacefighter RPG’ Underspace calls it a ‘vast freaky universe,’ and even that might be an understatement. This sci-fi world is not only rooted in science but goes full-on supernatural. I find something that doesn’t belong in space normally, and then I put it in space.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

By and large, critics praised the open-world design that was tested in Pokémon Legends: Arceus , a spinoff game that was released in January of this year. Reviews for Scarlet and Violet have painted an interesting picture of a franchise in its 26th year. “ Pokémon could now follow this model, too.”

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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

Genshin Impact Genshin Impact has set new standards for open-world RPGs on mobile. With breathtaking visuals, a vast open world to explore, and a diverse cast of characters, Genshin Impact delivers an immersive gaming experience.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The Starfield is another masterpiece from the Bethesda Game Studios, creator of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This new open-world space RPG action game has many things to offer. Don’t go mad if it keeps happening. In this article, you will find your most expected solution. Why is Starfield crashing?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

supports advanced global illumination techniques such as lightmapping (including SH lightmapping), Voxel GI (which is fully real-time) and SDFGI (which is a single click, open world GI solution). Streaming is the most important feature missing for managing large scenes or open worlds. Additionally, Godot 4.0

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Game Daily

JULY 19, 2023

It also helps that depopulated worlds – or at least those populated by easily replicated baddies – are much cheaper and easier to produce than well-ordered, sophisticated societies. Gershenfeld recalled his days working on open world games at Activision. “Open worlds are complex, expensive.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Sovereign Moon Studios is dedicated to helping game enthusiasts bring their creative visions to life by teaching them how to make a video game from scratch without having to know how to code or draw. . The game world is huge and you can pretty much do whatever you want. Read the Full Tutorial ? Endless Sky. Astro Empires. Learn More

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

The Witness fully commits to hundreds of puzzles at the scope of an open world game. Consider some background: lead developer / studio founder Laure De Mey is a programmer and tech artist who worked on second wave ustwo puzzle games like Assemble With Care -- elegant minimalist jigsaws with minimal confusion and friction.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 16, 2024

Baldur’s Gate 3 Larian Studios is known for having one of the best team of game developers for decades now. This game is based on the popular trend, open world, and focuses on experimentation and exploration. Alan Wake 2 The initial Alan Wake was a fruit of love built in starts and fits by Remedy Studio.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 19, 2022

James Marr has been a Technical Director at studios including DeNA, Zynga and N3TWORK Studios. INVESTING / M&A Metaverse company Infinite Reality will go public through $1.85B SPAC Keywords acquires PR firm LabCom Jagex acquires Gamepires, studio behind Scum Turkish studio Pink Games has $1.2

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

An open-world social simulation of a whole human civilization on Mars. Even if you work on successful studio games that have good profit, you can still find yourself without a job. How did you come up with the idea for Repunk? What has been shown of Repunk publicly is very much the epilogue of the game I wanted to make at first.

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Game Errors

APRIL 26, 2023

The length of the main story in Far Cry 6 can vary depending on how much time you spend exploring the open world and completing side missions. The developers are working closely with AMD, which new gaming technologies are very pleased with the studio from Toronto. How many hours is Far Cry 6 main story? Why is Far Cry 6 so fun?

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Nvidia

MARCH 24, 2022

This extended infrastructure provides a developer platform for studios and publishers to perform their game development virtually, starting with playtesting. With GeForce NOW Cloud Playtest, players and observers can be anywhere in the world. Developers can get a headstart in UE5 with dynamic lighting in their open worlds.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Players step into the boots of Arthur Morgan, a Van der Linde gang member, as they navigate a world on the brink of modernization. With stunning graphics, a vast open world, and a rich storyline, the game offers a blend of action, exploration, and moral choices.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

This game is developed from the studio that created Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Unlike its namesake, this game is not a turn-based RPG, but rather a action-adventure title that is looking to incorporate certain open-world elements to it. Rise of the Ronin takes inspiration from Nioh and takes the gameplay into a much more open-world.

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Game Daily

JULY 3, 2023

We’re at a very early stage overall but what’s really exciting is to see gaming studios like EA Sports partnering with the likes of Nike and looking at interoperability. Our second game is coming in next year, and it will be an open world where you can use your NFTs. The technology services the user experience.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Army Commander by Lion Studios. But Army Commander by Lion Studios seemed to nail this on the head. Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game.

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Moonmana

APRIL 24, 2023

Metaverse worlds These are immersive virtual spaces constructed from user-generated content and containing gamification elements to encourage users’ collaboration and socialization. The Sandbox is a buzzing open-world platform where players can buy land and build games. Blockchain games ? Moonmana is right there with them!

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SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In this tutorial I’ll walk you through my environmental design process for a game we plan on launching out of our studio soon. . Sovereign Moon Studios is dedicated to helping game enthusiasts bring their creative visions to life by teaching them how to make a video game from scratch without having to know how to code or draw. .

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Video games have come a long way since they were first conceptualized in the 1950s, with expansive open worlds that can fit right in your pocket, but you don’t need to go back 70 years to see what games looked like back then.

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Game Errors

JULY 6, 2023

An open-world action RPG set in the far future, CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 saw a rather bumpy release, with gamers worldwide bringing tons of bugs and lags into focus. While the development studio has been busy rolling out patches, many still see the error code surfacing mid-game moments after playing.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. “Open World Games" have the potential for countless hours of exploration and fun through their huge game worlds.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. The most significant growth in revenue was seen in the following sub-genres: Open World Adventure is a newborn sub-genre that grew by 622% this year. The treadmill that only the largest studios in the world can sustain. Access all previous predictions here.

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