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Bungie vet says OG Halo beats Campaign Evolved and its "modern, AAA, fancy Unreal graphics" because "the constraints actually make it a stronger game"
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It’s tough to compete with one of the most beloved, influential first-person shooters of all time, but if there’s one…
Lord of the Rings, Tomb Raider, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more now overseen by new company from Embracer that'll make at least 2 "outstanding AAA products" a year
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Upcoming games set in Middle-earth and involving one Lara Croft have a new parent company, alongside a wealth of other…
Releasing PlayStation games day one on PC isn't "a good strategy" for its AAA titles, former Sony head says, but he hasn't seen proof its abandoning the platform altogether
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Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says he doesn’t see any proof Sony is abandoning PC releases, but says day-one PC…
AAA developers are getting forced into "dangerous" siloes, says Guilty Gear creator: "Even if you quit your job, your chances of finding another one will be slim"
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These days, AAA publishers seem to be eager to burn it all down, closing studios almost as fast as they’re…
Arc Raiders boss promoted to Nexon chief backs AI push for "redesigning game development" after building a hit "at a fraction of the cost you'd expect for a AAA game"
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A newly released capital markets briefing from publisher Nexon features extensive comments from Patrick Söderlund, CEO of Arc Raiders developer…
"As one guy at Ubisoft, I had no impact": Assassin's Creed dev turned indie says he was "miserable" as "one cog" in the massive AAA machine
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Darenn Keller is, in some ways, the modern games industry personified. As a young French game designer, he landed a…
Fallout London devs had "moments of uncertainty" whether Bethesda would let the mod live, but they know AAA studios "increasingly rely on user-generated content"
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Fan developers behind the gargantuan Fallout: London expansion used to fear IP holder Bethesda’s wrath, though project manager Dean Carter…
PlayStation reportedly closes another first-party studio weeks after Bluepoint, killing Black Ops vet’s AAA project and laying off 50 devs
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PlayStation has reportedly closed Dark Outlaw Games, a first-party studio led by Call of Duty: Black Ops veteran Jason Blundell.…
Palworld publishing boss thinks "we're a few years away" from a AAA survival crafting game, and he was "super excited" for the one Blizzard canceled
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Palworld’s head of publishing and communications, John Buckley, otherwise known as Bucky online, thinks AAA companies will probably borrow more…
Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami has been working on a new AAA action RPG for at least 1 year after Microsoft closed his last studio, and no one noticed
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Resident Evil co-creator and original director Shinji Mikami has apparently been gradually building a secret project at new studio Unbound,…