Longtime Blizzard art director Sam Didier departs studio
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
During his time at Blizzard, Didier drew art for nearly all of the studio's games, and famously created the Pandaren race for World of Warcraft.
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#Drive Rally by Pixel Perfect Dude is a love letter to the golden age of rally games
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 29, 2024
The low-poly racing game, developed by Polish indie developer Pixel Perfect Dude , feels like a love letter to the PlayStation 1 era of rally games, where you could actually name the top drivers and the cars they drove. So, what sets our game apart is its blend of authentic ’90s rally racing experience with modern gaming mechanics. “We
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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Are Driving Player Engagement With Race Events
Game Refinery
JUNE 15, 2023
This trend is now spinning out into race events – where players compete to see who can reach a designated objective first – resulting in a variety of new race event types emerging. These race events are mostly encountered in casual titles, although they work well for any games that function on level-based progression mechanics.
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Supercell acquires majority stake in Ultimate Studio
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Supercell is ready to move beyond mobile, as the company today confirmed that it has acquired a majority stake in Melbourne-based Ultimate Studio "to explore Supercell's ambitions to expand to other platforms." Supercell has been a backer of Ultimate since it was founded by ex-Firemonkeys executives in 2018.
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The road to Bridge Race becoming the world's most downloaded hyper-casual game with Supersonic
Unity Blog
APRIL 21, 2023
Istanbul studio Garawell Games shares the journey to publishing its hit hyper-casual game, Bridge Race , with Supersonic.
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EA reshuffles studio leadership after Samantha Ryan departs
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 31, 2023
Ryan led the EA studios that were not making sports, racing or shooting games. EA's Motive, Cliffhanger and BioWare studios will now report directly to Laura Miele, who is the president of EA Entertainment. EA group general Manager Samantha Ryan has left the company. Read more
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Zordix launches Maximum Entertainment and restructures its studio organisation
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
It has united all its studios (including Dimfrost, Invictus Games, Mane6, Modus Brazil and Zordix Racing) into one division called Modus Studios, which will be led by global studio director Bruce Hayes.
Former Criterion leaders set-up new AAA games studio Fuse Games
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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2021 Predictions #5 Sports Games Race into a Billion Dollar Club
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 25, 2021
Despite being the smallest category by revenue share on mobile, 2020 was a very good year for Sports & Racing as it breached the billion-dollar mark , with combined revenue of $1.2B Sports saw YoY growth of +29% ($880M) , while Racing registered +23% YoY ($331M). The sports category is divided into two genres: Sports and Racing.
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Daniel Macharia’s bold leap from banking to video games
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Beyond his role at ADMI, he passionately nurtures ChezaCheza , his game development studio. He fell in love with driving games like C3 Racing, Forza, Turismo, and Project Scars. He chuckles when he recalls his first encounter with C3 Racing, “I remember the controller shook and I was so startled I dropped it.
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Starfield is the "starting gun" for first-party Xbox games
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 23, 2023
The launch of Starfield is the start of a "multi-year relay race of first-party titles," Xbox has told GamesIndustry.biz. This is, in my mind, the doorway, almost like a starting gun, to what I think is going to be a multi-year relay race of first-party titles," West told us. Read more
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Lawsuit accuses Pokémon Go maker of allegedly being a "boys club"
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 11, 2023
As reported by The Verge , the suit calls the studio a "boys club" and details biases of gender and race toward women of color. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox An ex-staffer has filed a lawsuit against Pokémon Go creator Niantic alleging systemic sexism at the company. Read more
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EA Sports partners with Nike to put NFTs in upcoming titles
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 2, 2023
Electronic Arts is taking its first step into blockchain gaming, as the company announced a partnership with Nike Virtual Studios that will see "virtual creations" (NFTs) from the shoe maker's.Swoosh blockchain business featured in EA Sports games. "In
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Triband finds the absurd in mundane things “You never expect a car to have legs”
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Triband is a studio that creates comedy games. is a racing game featuring a car on legs. So, when a studio makes games that turn everyday, mundane activities into grotesque acts of cartoon foolery, can you really expect an everyday, mundane interview with the co-founder/creative director? “We Their latest title What the Car?
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Gorilla Softworks’ debut game The Ancients aims for prehistoric realism
PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 16, 2023
It’s the debut game of Turkish studio Gorilla Softworks. “We We consulted two anthropologists while building our technology and culture trees to reflect the prehistoric cultural and technological progress of the human race”, he says.
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Phil Spencer: "We're not in the business of out-consoling Sony or out-consoling Nintendo"
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 4, 2023
Phil Spencer says making great games wouldn't be enough for Xbox to claw out of third place in the console race. In an appearance on the Kinda Funny Xcast published today on YouTube , Spencer laid out the reason for the company's pursuit of subscription services like Game Pass and cloud gaming technology.
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Tales of Kenzera: Zau artfully portrays Abubakar Salim’s journey of grief
PreMortem.Games
MAY 1, 2024
Abubakar Salim is an accomplished British actor of Kenyan descent and the founder of UK-based Surgent Studios. In 2023, Abubakar rebranded his company from Silver Rain Games to Surgent Studios to expand Tales of Kenzera into various mediums beyond games. But, behind the spotlight lies a profound story of personal loss and resilience.
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From Buckles to Games: The Journey of Rex Bowden and Africa Games Week
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 6, 2024
In a church filled with diverse races, I was exposed to lots of different people even when it wasn’t allowed in South Africa.” However, he celebrated investor interest, notably from Bright Gambit, acknowledging the importance of supporting game studios despite risks. Bowden grew up in Durban.
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Best High Graphics Games for From Casual to Hardcore Gamers
Big Games
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Developed by Bethesda Game Studios, it was initially met with mixed reviews during its early access phase but later garnered attention and commercial success. Grid Autosport This is a 2014 racing video game by Codemasters, representing the third installment in the Grid series.
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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events
Game Refinery
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement? While this match3 title also follows the same basic format, pitting two players against each other who race to use the most boosters over a set period, it twists the formula by incorporating a simple progression reward system.
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The Audit of Our 2023 Predictions
Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Verdict: CORRECT (1 Point) #3 Paid UA Becomes a Break-Even Game Advertising is a commodity and in a race to the bottom. They’ve built a big publishing team, acquired studios, and set records on how much game industry professionals can expect to be paid. It’s not how you start the race but how you finish it.
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How Splitting Point caught 80% more bugs with real-time data
Game Analytics
DECEMBER 9, 2022
This was particularly important to the studio as the Roblox platform is extremely fast-paced. Rage Runner is a game where the player races along a speed course. One of the main reasons that Splitting Point integrated GameAnalytics was because of our bug-tracking capabilities through our error reporting dashboard.
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Slots Of Vegas Online Mobile Casino
Big Games
JANUARY 22, 2023
The post Slots Of Vegas Online Mobile Casino appeared first on Hashbyte Studio. You can go with a game featuring a cool theme even if real money gamblers have ranked it poorly. You can go with a game featuring a cool theme even if real money gamblers have ranked it poorly. All rights reserved.
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Publishing Like a Pro: GameFam Spotlight
Game Analytics
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
We’ve reviewed three of GameFam’s top published games: Twilight Daycare by Night Studio, All Star Tower Defense by Top Down Games, and Car Dealership Tycoon by Foxzie. So even if you lose in a race, you still make thousands of in-game currency just by going on a stroll (as well as a cut from the race). So what’s their secret?
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BG3: 10 Surprising Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
Game Errors
AUGUST 4, 2023
Since the game was released, gamers worldwide have been racing to learn as many BG3 facts as possible. Baldur’s Gate 3 company, Larian Studios, presented the possibilities of storytelling in role-playing games, and it will never be the same! Larian Studios is unfathomabley based. This served two primary purposes.
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8 Key Factors to Ensure Flawless Nintendo Testing
iXie gaming
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
These genres may include platformers, action-adventure, racing titles, and role-playing games. Affiliate game development studios: The company works with several affiliated game development studios and subsidiaries like Next Level Games and Mario Club.
How Pride Was Celebrated on Mobile in 2022
Game Refinery
JULY 27, 2022
Zooba: Zoo Battle Royale Games (Wildlife Studios). Wildlife Studios kicked the month off by announcing “ Faye ,” the first transgender character in Zooba: Zoo Battle Royale Games. According to Wildlife Studios, the character programming was mostly led by a non-binary engineer and voice-acted by a transgender actress.
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The Hunger Games for User Generated Content: Case Fall Guys
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. Mediatonic must cherry-pick UGC rounds to appear on the main menu, although the team reports working on discoverability throughout 2023.
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Calling on Xbox Game Pass Profitability
Deconstructor of Fun
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Between hardware costs, bandwidth costs, cost of studios, distribution, and engineering there is no way. The team also discusses Modern Warfare II topping $800M in sales, Rovio's new Barcelona studio, and Netflix's acquisition of SpryFox. No way by any reasonable measure. TWIG wouldn't be what it is without a public apology.
Building a multiplayer game with Amazon GameSparks and Amazon GameLift
AWS Games
JULY 26, 2022
For many game studios, this can be challenging as it implies technologies and resources beyond their focus of making the experience fun. We’ll be using a sample game that you might be familiar with if you’ve played around with GameLift earlier: the Mega Frog Race Unity game that was first introduced on this AWS Game Tech blog a while ago.
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How Mobile Games Can Buck the Recession
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Smaller updates include the ATVI & MSFT deal, Boom Beach Frontlines’ sunset, a PocketGamer sponsored piece wanting to coin a new genre, Wildlife Studios layoffs and Supercell’s first hire in Austin. Until next week. ? for hack’n’slash Web3 game Swords of Blood ?
Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The Idle Games have seen renewed growth with IP-driven games like The Office and RuPaul Drag Race, which are both keeping up their revenues despite the decline in downloads. What’s really noticeable in the Merge Mansion’s stride is the investment into the narrative in both game design and the creatives.
Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024
Logic Simplified
APRIL 1, 2024
Console Game Development As a leading unreal game development studio, we have delivered robust console titles for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo platforms. From action and arcade to adventure, sports, racing, and strategy genres, we offer tailored solutions across consoles.
Blockbuster Games Failed to Grow the Market - What Next?
Deconstructor of Fun
MARCH 11, 2024
The subscription model, and Game Pass in particular, lowers consumer price expectations and drives the devaluation of gaming content in a cannibalistic race to the bottom. Transitioning to remote negatively impacted the productivity of most game studios causing delays.
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Mobile Publishing #4: Super Scale With No Strings Attached
Deconstructor of Fun
AUGUST 25, 2019
Read how SuperScale increased the monetisation of Hill Climb Racing 2 by 50%. Perhaps the best part about the company’s analytics infrastructure is that SuperScale sets it up with all of their partner studios as a managed service. This way every studio SuperScale partners with has a total control of their own data and service stack.
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2022 Predictions #1 The King is back, Merge overheats and Hypercasuals falter
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 24, 2022
What we believe separates our market analysis from other great ones you have read is that the predictions are written by professionals working in gaming studios around the World and strengthened by feedback from our nearly thousand people-strong community of game industry veterans. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios.
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How Star Wars changed the cinematography
Filmustage
MAY 4, 2022
It is with such introductions Lucas began to pitch Star Wars , but most studios rejected Lucas's concept, because the idea of a massive space opera seemed very unprofitable, and expensive to produce. Nevertheless, the director found a studio - 20th Century Fox - that put the project into production. Did he succeed in it?
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The Real Danger of the Microsoft's Activision Deal
Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
It lowers consumer price expectations and drives the devaluation of gaming content in a cannibalistic race to the bottom. Not to mention, tech giants have a shaky history with managing first-party studios, including Microsoft itself with Bungie, Rare, Lionhead, and 343 Industries.
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The RPG Report, and the worst things in RPGs
Keith Burgun
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
Anything with “evil race has come to the land” Demons, orcs, whatever, is all bad, because these are all stand in for “people” There is a way you can do it where it comes off as more of a “force of nature”, almost like a huge storm or something, which is an improvement. Let’s get into the list.
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Creator autonomy takes center stage at GDC
Game Daily
MARCH 21, 2023
A former senior executive at Activision Blizzard, last week she announced the formation of a new studio, called Magic Soup, that plans to make “genuinely uplifting and inclusive” triple-A games. Oneal is particularly interesting. ” This kind of change is a long and hard road.
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Diving into the past with Robert Zemeckis
Filmustage
DECEMBER 14, 2022
They try to race against time to get the coveted tickets before the show begins. And for the labor-intensive work in "Contact" (1997), Robert Zemeckis attracted 8 computer graphics studios, thanks to which the audience at the time watched with amazement travel through the wormhole.
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Schedule for GodotCon 2018 in Pozna?
Mircosoft Game Dev
OCTOBER 7, 2018
Several options will be available based on attendees' interests: platformer shooter, space shooter with enemy AI, drift racing game, and pong with a twist - destructive environment. Krzysztof Jankowski is the prolific coder of FOSS-focused Polish studio P1X , and worked on projects such as Tanks of Freedom , Piradice and BitWars.
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Climate change in moviemaking. Streaming madness and sterile Oscar
Filmustage
MAY 3, 2021
Of course, Netflix broke different records even before the pandemic, but the difficult 2020 has dramatically changed the priorities of many studios. And the unity is also depicted by the diversity of races and genders. Therefore, one by one, they rushed to release their own services, where films and series will be distributed.
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