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The only bombshell at Summer Game Fest 2024 was the Indie revolution. For me, this was the worst Summer Game Fest for triple-A titles I’ve ever watched. We’ve reached a point where small games were more captivating than the big-budget releases. The only major highlight was the announcement of the new Civilization game, which genuinely excited me, even though I’ve never played the series. It’s clear that big studios are still trying to capture the mid-covid audience, focusing on expansive gaming services that are now nearing the end of their development cycle and running out of fresh ideas. Indies, on the other hand, have evolved remarkably. They now capture as much attention as triple A and it’s amazing! This is a crucial moment where Indies are no longer overshadowed by big titles, publishers, or a system that undervalues them. So, let’s support Indies! Whether it's through wishlisting their games or recommending them to friends, every bit helps. Indies are the future of gaming. Let’s make it happen! #indiegames #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev

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No matter how big or small, we think building a game studio that can handle multiplayer games is a rebellious quest. At Game Developers Conference 2024, we’ve identified a crew building multiplayer games and we want to highlight how awesome they all this week! If you haven’t seen these studios or want to know what’s coming for gaming in the future, give these folks a follow and track down the #MultiplayerRebels 🚚 (yes, truck) patrolling SF during Game Developers Conference. Whether it’s expanding a game genre in a new direction, building an amazing community early, or attacking multiplayer design from a new angle; these studios all embody what we hope to see more of! Any photos of it are appreciated :). Congrats to this year’s #rebels - bash.gg (Kyle Zappitell) - Frost Giant Studios, Inc. (Tim Morten) - Internet Game (Jordan Lejuwaan) - Lightforge Games (Matt Schembari 🔜 GDC) - Qloud Games (Michael Su) - Mountaintop Studios (Nate Mitchell) - Omni Creator Products (Mike Atamas) - Pahdo Labs (Daniel Zou) - Sprocket Games (Josiah Kiehl) - Talofa (Jenny Xu) - Unleashed Games (Irena Pereira) - The Wildcard Alliance (Katy Drake Bettner) Read more about the Rebels here: https://lnkd.in/eR_ueXTg #gamedev #infrastructure #videogames

🎮🌙 From Epic Story to Nightmarket Games, the rebrand game is strong! Dive into a satirical take on their ‘epic’ transformation and discover how they’re flipping the script on gaming. Spoiler: It’s not just the name that’s changed. #GamingNews #NightmarketGames #RebrandingRevolution

Only a handful of games go on to achieve global scale, and the ones that do need to make sure they’re fully prepared for it 🌎 Let's have a look at some of the games that saw meteoric growth, and what we can we learn from their successes. Get swiping to learn about the key tech takeaways from the top of the game charts 👇 #gamedevelopment #liveops #backend

early web3 gaming narrative of 2024 is casual/hcasual studios experimenting with crypto integrations for user acquisition and retention direct integrations into games like collectibles and tokens don't make sense since these studios churn through games on a weekly basis, but it's a huge value add if they can keep players engaged in their ecosystem and funnel them from one game to another some of the studios building in this niche is Army of Fortune, Play Ember, Grapes and TallyUp it's going to be interesting how they can leverage web3 to compete with other studios

Arrowhead Game Studios has won Gaming in 2024, with Hell Divers 2, it seems to hit reset to the overall market. ✨ They are a small studio in comparison to big box, creating one of my all time favorites, the Gaunlet series. Their Moto: 1. Games should challenge the creativity of the individuals who play them. 2. We want our games to help forge friendships between players all over the world. 3. Because a game for everyone is a game for no one. A game that requires you to collectively problem solve and work together to have the best chance at surviving. One you talk about with your friends after, and make new ones along the way, reminiscing of your few conquests and many failures. It has created a great community surrounding it, the studio has a real life Game Master (Joel), has embraced hackers at times, leaned into hysteria, and held true to their Core Values against pressure. Oh by the way… 😜 They did it all on an Outdated System, at $40 a 43% discount to other games, and no requirement for microtransactions to unlock all of the content or have a premium experience. ⚠️Capcom That’s not just marketing either, only requires moderate playtime. What are the big box companies doing 🤷🏽♂️ Big Props to Arrowhead Game Studios , just keep being you with all the successes 🙏🏾 They are still a private studio! Just have a passion to make great games. #smallmediumbusiness #consumerproducts #gaming #market #values #community

So, coop games. Some of you maybe don't remember this but there was a time where coop games where a thing. Just you and your friends against the world (Halo series, Gears Of War Horde, L4D, Payday, BO Zombies, etc.); That was a lot of fun, we'd stay up the whole night trying to fight back the covenant on legendary difficulty or whatever. But that all slowly went away around 2017/2018 with the introduction of battle royale - which are extremely fun and addictive don't get me wrong. In the blink of an eye, that genre disappeared for a while and almost everything became PVP/BR oriented. For a while we were flooded with BR games and it felt like almost every studio wanted to leave their mark (even Tetris has a BR game spinoff). But now Arrowhead Game Studios released their new instalment of Helldivers 2 which has actually showed the market "need" of that same coop gaming experience we had all those years ago, and those majestic "us against the world" vibes in gaming. The point is, now we have learned that there's a huuge appetite for these games - and they are mega fun + companies can still implement Battle-pass systems in order to profit. To be honest, i was expecting to see a game like this from 343 Industries and Microsoft, but i guess smaller studios do listen to their audience and market a bit more. And maybe in the future we'll see Helldivers on Xbox as well? It'll be pretty cool to see HellDivers and HellJumpers cooperating in order to save the galaxy 🤔 #gamingindustry #gamingcommunity #gamingnews #Helldivers2 #Halo