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In this interview, we spoke with Homa’s co-founder, Olivier Le Bas, and Gnarly Game Studio co-founder Mehmet Gurdal on surpassing 100m downloads across its Agent Hunt and Frontline Heroes titles. We also discuss the journey of their partnership, success strategies, and insights into Türkiye’s expanding games market. https://lnkd.in/eh2fhUCR

Creative Europe Media 2024 Funding: €7.7M Euros for European Video Games 41 games benefit from €7.7 million Creative Europe Media Video Games funding in 2024, six games/projects from Germany (€1.3 million) and one from Austria. CINE-LITTE Productions, Reynard Films, Designmatic, Nurogames GmbH, Gamesfoundation, Dully&Dax, Creative Europe Desk Deutschland - MEDIA and NowHere Media https://lnkd.in/eYUH6YCT

The Commonwealth Games Federation has officially launched the new collaborative host selection process for the centenary 2030 Commonwealth Games and future editions. As preparations for Glasgow 2026 continue to build momentum, the CGF is inviting its 74 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) to submit formal Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for hosting this historic milestone in 2030 and beyond. Read more about it here | https://bit.ly/40wEJU0

Of the 60+ games he's playing and analyzing this year, which would Julian Maroda suggest everyone check out? As Daryl Ogden 🔜 GamesBeat Next notes, it's one that reflects the mission of Norsfell to bring people together. To hear the full interview: https://lnkd.in/e-PGXEB5 To download our report "Winning Game Studio Culture in the Post-Pandemic Era": https://lnkd.in/gqTViFhS #gameindustry #videogames

Biggest problem open world games tend to have is the empty set dressing issue: giant cities and land without much to do: empty spectacle. Just tells you that a small town open world game is waiting to be done but one that is dense with things to do.

workshop project in progress ⚠️⚠️⚠️ -based on the Alien film in particular the Alien isolation games -interior decorations of an abandoned spaceship made on a blender

Good news for game studios in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) (Central German Media Funding) has launched its first dedicated funding guideline for games, which has been approved by the European Commission and will take effect at the start of the new year. This was announced by MDM managing director André Naumann at the annual accounts reception in Leipzig. ttps://https://lnkd.in/drj8wKjZ

Last week, Swedish games firm Enad Global 7 (EG7) initiated the "wind down" of Toadman Interactive and laid off 38 employees from Piranha Games https://lnkd.in/eMSqNWED

UE 5.5 and Metahuman 4.0 made some BIG changes adding the new Optimized Quality options (first seen in UEFN). These new Metahumans are the ones designed to be used in games vs. prerendered cinematics. They have new optimized materials and take up 1/10 of the space.

A new report sheds some light on the live service market, with one-third of AAA game studios already working on a live service game.