Games that survived the “production hell” 2. The story of long-term construction

At the time of writing the first part of this article, Beyond Good and Evil 2 has been in development for nine years. In 2017, Ubisoft unexpectedly showed the game at E3, but two and a half years later, we still don’t even know a rough release date for the title. Nevertheless, from time to …

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“Crunch” in the gaming industry. The problem of development in a short time

While for many players, developing video games is an exciting and exciting adventure, in the games industry, like in any other, there are problems that can knock out all the romance from the development process and turn people away from the world of games forever. One such problem is “crunch”. It is generally accepted …

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History of the main publisher of indie games Devolver Digital

June 2019 marks the tenth anniversary of Devolver Digital, one of the most famous indie game publishers with hits like Hotline Miami, The Talos Principle, The Messenger, Mother Russia Bleeds and many more. Devolver is one of the few that is guided by the principle that the developer comes first, not the publisher, leaving its …

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History of the Wolfenstein game series

At the last E3 exhibition, Bethesda presented Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, a new portion of the adventures of the brave soldier William “BJ” Blazkowicz, who constantly fights against the Nazis in a completely different, sometimes even fantastic, form. The 1992 title, Wolfenstein 3D, developed by the legendary id Software studio, is considered to be …

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Outstanding failures of the gaming industry

The biggest failure in the gaming industry is, of course, the crisis of 1983, closely related to Atari’s desire to make money on the release of Pac-Man and ET The Extra Terrestrial. However, this was not the end of the matter, and over the next thirty-odd years, developers have repeatedly smashed the expectations of naive …

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