• Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game. It is a multidisciplinary practice, involving programming...
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    A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A...
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    A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard...
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    An indie video game or indie game, short for independent video game, is a video game created by individuals or smaller development teams without the financial...
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  • video game developer. They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer (the publisher calls this external development) and...
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    In the video game industry, AAA (Triple-A) is a buzzword used to classify video games produced or distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, which...
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    Bethesda Game Studios is an American video game developer and a studio of ZeniMax Media based in Rockville, Maryland. It is best known for its action role-playing...
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  • The video game industry is the tertiary and quaternary sectors of the entertainment industry that specialize in the development, marketing, distribution...
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  • In the video game industry, crunch (or crunch culture) is compulsory overtime during the development of a game. Crunch is common in the industry and can...
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  • puzzles. Throughout the game, the player must evade the antagonistic Zurks and Sentinels, which attempt to kill them. Development began in 2015, led by...
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  • This is a confirmed list of video games in development, but are scheduled for release beyond 2025 or currently carry no announced, reported, or confirmed...
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  • largest video game publishers by revenue List of indie game developers Video game developer Video game publisher Game development Video game industry...
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  • (stylized as xXx) is a 2002 action video game developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Activision for the Game Boy Advance. Based on the film of the...
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  • December 2010. Jonathan Blow designed the game as a personal critique of contemporary trends in video game development. He self-funded the three-year project...
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    Game development kits (GDK) are specialized hardware and software used to create commercial video games for game consoles. They may be partnered with game...
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  • A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games which generally includes relevant libraries and support programs...
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  • game was in development for around eight years, though Firewalk later stated that the game only entered full production in 2022. According to video game...
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  • A video game producer is the top person in charge of overseeing development of a video game. The earliest documented use of the term producer in games...
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  • mass layoffs in the video game industry from 2023 onwards have led to concerns about the future sustainability of game development, as this led to the...
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  • Video game design is the process of designing the rules and content of video games in the pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment...
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  • The video game industry experienced mass layoffs in the mid 2020s, peaking in January 2024. Over 10,500 jobs were lost in 2023, and an additional 14,600...
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    triple-A video game production became more costly and risk-averse, opportunities for more experimental and innovative independent game development grew over...
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  • Game programming, a subset of game development, is the software development of video games. Game programming requires substantial skill in software engineering...
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    A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller...
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  • Game art design is a subset of game development involving the process of creating the artistic aspects of video games. Video game art design begins in...
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  • intelligence has been an integral part of video games since their inception in 1948, first seen in the game Nim. AI in video games is a distinct subfield and differs...
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  • Paradox Development Studio (PDS) is a Swedish video game developer founded in 1995. It is closely associated with its parent company and video game publisher...
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    preservation efforts include archiving development source code and art assets, digital copies of video games, emulation of video game hardware, maintenance and preservation...
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    a video game development company with the same name. One of Game Freak's first games was the Nintendo Entertainment System action and puzzle game Quinty...
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    division of Nintendo, and is its oldest development team. Its creation coincided with Nintendo's entry into the video game industry, and the original R&D1 was...
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