Development (Page 4)

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A Broforce to be reckoned with

Playtopia, jams, workshops, meetups, funding: we chat to Dominique Gawlowski about Free Lives' success and how it's enabled it to take South African developers under its wings

March 8, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Former EA devs' Simply Sweet Games aims to "raise the bar for the entire industry"

Tina Merry and Carina Kom tell us the new studio will create "polished, deep, and ad-free" mobile experiences

March 7, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Why Bandai Namco is betting big on Unknown 9's transmedia universe

Reflector Entertainment CEO and Bandai Namco exec Hervé Hoerdt offers insight into telling a story across games, novels, comics, podcasts and more

March 7, 2024 James Batchelor

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Sea Monster: "Play with a purpose can change the world"

CEO Glenn Gillis discusses Games for Change, what South Africa has to offer to the world of games, and how the industry across the continent has matured

March 7, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Rocket Science launches Atomic Theory

The new co-developer will be based in Cardiff and overseen by Sav Fileccia

March 6, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Eggnut ceases operations

The studio will continue supporting its launched titles Tails Noir: Prologue and Tails Noir

March 6, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Mattel begins self-publishing mobile games

Global head of digital gaming says "We'll still continue to do most of our projects through licensing and we can't do everything ourselves"

March 6, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Xbox's Partner Preview reveals slate of new games launching in 2024

The showcase introduced titles such as Sleight of Hand, Creatures of Ava, and The Alters

March 6, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Spearhead Games lays off majority of staff

Development on RPG sandbox Unforetold: Witchstone will end indefinitely as of March 8

March 6, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

Thunderful's Brjann Sigurgeirsson on stage at Hamburg Games Conference

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SteamWorld's Brjánn Sigurgeirsson: "We were terrified of making the same game over and over"

Thunderful and Image & Form co-founder explains why the franchise changes genre with every release

March 6, 2024 James Batchelor

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Studio Bolland and the highs and lows of entering the South African game dev scene

Richard Bolland shares the studio's experience of its first year trying to make its foray into games, and why South Africa is such a "fertile ground"

March 6, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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24 Bit Games' journey to joining Annapurna Interactive

We talk to Pieter Koornhof and Tarryn van der Byl about being acquired by the indie darling, and how it will "make a difference" to South Africa's dev scene

March 6, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Temtem to drop microtransactions in June

Developer acknowledges the game's monetisation system "was deemed out of place" by players

March 5, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Nyamakop: "There's demand for African-created content outside of the continent"

Ben Myres and Sithe Ncube on making African-inspired titles, and the multifaceted challenges of funding games in South Africa

March 5, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Unlocking South Africa's talent through co-development

Six Peaks' Jason Ried and Luan Joubert talk about bringing big budget game development to South Africa and "resilient, independent community building"

March 5, 2024 Marie Dealessandri