By JohnTheKraken An Overview The video game industry, over the decades, has birthed a vast array of genres, each catering to various play styles and tastes. However, few genres have captured the hearts and minds of players as passionately as the ‘Open World Survival Craft’ (OWSC) genre. This style of…
By JohnTheKraken The Dawn of ARPGs: Birth of ARPGs 1970s — 1980s In the storied tapestry of gaming history, the late 1970s to the late 1980s stand out as a pivotal era that defined the genres we cherish today. One such genre, the Action Role-Playing Game (ARPG), began its journey…
By Karthik Balasubramanian The video game market is bigger than the movie and music industries combined, and this has led to a plethora of games across multiple platforms such as mobile, PC, console and even the cloud. But for many gamers, finding the right game for their tastes remains a challenge,…
By Kaavya Karthikeyan One of the most popular types of video games is the FPS or first-person shooter. According to a global gamer survey held in 2020, the second most popular genre was shooter games, with 50.5 percent of respondents stating they’d played shooter games in the past year. The market for…
It’s not just the RPG genre that delivers excellent storytelling. BY BEN JESSEY The greatest first-person shooters are typically praised because of their core gameplay. Their narratives, on the other hand, aren’t usually discussed. For instance, titles like GoldenEye and Battlefield didn’t revolutionize the genre through storytelling. In fact, many…
From Doom in 1993 to today, a lot has changed when it comes to shooting people in video games. Let’s slog through almost 30 years of blood and guts. By K. Thor Jensen If there’s a single genre that defines the video game, it might be the first-person shooter. Think about it.…
By LadiesGamers At this year’s GamesCom we had the chance to sit down with Cameron Bajus, designer of Wildmender. Published by Kwalee, Wildmender is a desert survival gardening game. In it, you start from a tiny desert spring and cultivate your oasis amongst the desert sands. Collect plants to grow whilst exploring the world,…
Standalone expansions have seen a surprise resurgence in recent years, and their return is more meaningful than most might assume. BYMAXIMILIAN PADILLA-RODRIGUEZ SUMMARY Standalone expansions provide triple-A developers with a low-risk, cost-effective means of exploring new ideas and testing the waters for the future direction of their franchises. While standalone…
by Pablo Cuello Maguite is a 2D platform adventure game where you control a mage trying to get her magic back and return to the forest from a world conquered by machines. The game is actually just an experiment for me to learn game development. It’s really short, a sort of…
Bryant Francis @Game Developer It’s been a bad year for game developers, and studios making live service games have taken some vicious body blows. The ongoing saga of layoffs and studio closures in 2023 has been bad for developers of all shapes and sizes. But one notable surprise has been…
