"There were often the ideas of just one or two people getting put into every game"
Read More »My.Games launches new investment initiative to develop triple-A shooter
"Winning studio" will "retain legal and creative independence"
Read More »Are devs suffering from triple-A fatigue?
There’s a rise in new studios set up by industry veterans and former triple-A developers. We investigate why top talent is jumping ship for a life as indies
Read More »Bethesda is working on a ‘bleeding-edge triple-A freemium game’
The terms ‘triple-A’ and ‘freemium’ still don’t often go hand-in-hand, but it looks like that’s a route Bethesda is intent on exploring. IGN reports that a job listing for Bethesda’s Montreal studio is advertising for a game performance manager… to join the team that is pushing the bleeding-edge AAA freemium …
Read More »Starbreeze veterans form VR studio First Contact Entertainment
‘Virtual reality’s next wave will be defined by native gameplay driven by immersive story and inventive mechanics, with photo-realistic visuals’
Read More »Lionhead, Evolution and FreeStyle were ‘casualties of triple-A’
Team17 MD Debbie Bestwick says recent closures and redundancies do not indicate problems with British development
Read More »‘Triple-A development is stagnant’, Warren Spector says
On the eve of hisreturnto full-time development, Warren Spector has issued a manifesto of sorts about the shape of triple-A game development. The Deus Ex, Epic Mickey and System Shock creator toldGamasutrathat coming up with more realistic character behaviours and allowing players to form their own narrative through emergent storytelling …
Read More »Warren Spector: ‘Triple-A development is stagnant – thank god for indies’
Deus Ex creator highlights character AI and emergent storytelling as the trends that will push game creation forwards
Read More »Hitman dev IO: ‘Episodic model opens up audience for triple-A games’
‘Releasing Hitman as episodes means we have more opportunities than ever before,’ says studio head Hans Seifert
Read More »Amazon launches free triple-A game engine Lumberyard
PC and console tool features support for Twitch and Amazon Web Services, with Oculus SDK compatibility on the way
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