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Payne Robinson argues that AI is lowering the barrier to making games, but not the bar for making games people care about. The practical edge for indie teams, he says, …
Tim Ruswick says AI is turning game development into a new gold rush, with faster production and lower barriers across design, art, and porting. The practical takeaway for teams is …
Game Developer reports that Bit Reactor has brought back over half of the staff it furloughed ahead of Star Wars Zero Company’s launch. The tactical Star Wars project appears to …
GamesIndustry.biz reports Sega is drawing a hard line between AI-assisted production and creative authorship, saying it will not entrust game creativity to generative tools. The company is still using AI …
Freya Holmér says AI-generated voiceovers in games are still a rough fit for production, especially when performances need nuance, direction, and consistency. The discussion lands on a familiar tradeoff for …
Tim Ruswick argues that “good” is the wrong question for game developers, because quality only matters in the context of a specific audience and goal. The practical takeaway is to …
GamesIndustry.biz says Code Wizards Group has named Catherine Bygrave head of commercial, bringing in a veteran with experience at Activision, Sumo, Gfinity, and Humble Games. The October jobs roundup also …
GamesIndustry.biz argues indie studios need resilience, not just a hit, as layoffs, rising costs, and tougher funding make single-project models fragile. The piece points to multi-project planning, early prototyping, collaboration, …
Game Developer reports that Arc Raiders' breakout success has left Embark struggling to keep pace without burning out its team. Aleksander Grøndal says the studio kept overshooting capacity as millions …
GDC Festival of Gaming shares a new GDC Side Quest clip with Sam Carlisle of XDS Spark, focusing on the practical line between outsourcing and co-development. For studios planning external …
GamesIndustry.biz reports that Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer has walked back comments that sounded pro-crunch, saying he is “pro hard work” instead. He argues overtime should be rewarded, but says planned …
Game Developer says XDS Spark co-founder Sam Carlisle and GDC Festival of Gaming content marketing manager Beth Elderkin are digging into how co-development is changing. The focus is on how …
GDC Festival of Gaming spotlights co-development as a trust-and-process problem, with Beth Elderkin speaking to XDS Spark co-founder Sam Carlisle on GDC Side Quest. The discussion is aimed at studios …
Tim Ruswick argues that “make small games” is bad shorthand: tiny projects still carry most of the same production overhead as larger ones. He says the real challenge is depth …
Tim Ruswick walks through a decade of abandoned prototypes and the mistakes that kept them from becoming shippable games. The recurring pattern is familiar to experienced devs: chasing novelty, overbuilding …
GamesIndustry.biz argues that AAA budgets are now shaping design as much as production, pushing studios toward safer, more heavily tested games. The concern is that endless focus-group loops and “distracted …
Bungie is reworking Marathon beyond its original extraction-shooter pitch after player feedback pushed the team to rethink both the game and its delivery. The studio says the overhaul will affect …
GamesIndustry.biz reports that Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino apologized after confirming generative AI was used in a recent digital showcase. The studio says the games themselves are still human-made, but it …
GamesIndustry.biz reports Sega has shelved its Super Game push after deciding the live-service effort was too risky at this stage. The company had pitched the 2021 initiative as an online …
Most of Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC was built in just three or four months, with the team reportedly pushing 60 to 80 hour weeks to ship it. That kind …
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