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What does the future of external development look like?

External development is shifting from simple headcount relief to a deeper, more strategic role in game production. Studio leaders expect more co-development, feature ownership, and specialist outsourcing as budgets tighten, projects get riskier, and AI raises expectations rather than lowering them.

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