„The AAA industry is at its end.” Former CEO of Nexon warns of looming disaster
The former head of Nexon talked about the state of AAA games. He believes that CEOs' unwillingness to take risks and bet only on proven solutions is a huge issue.
video games
Martin Bukowski
December 4, 2025
Are big budgets killing games? Baldur's Gate 3 publisher has a surprising theory
Michael Douse doesn't think big game budgets are the issue. Unlike the lack of vision and „institutional stupidity” of AAA game developers.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 26, 2025
„The expectations are super high.” Blizzard legend talks about why it's so hard to work on games like Diablo 4
The father of the Diablo series believes that developing big AAA games these days is extremely risky. Developers face the difficult task of meeting players' expectations.
video games
Martin Bukowski
October 2, 2025
„Making a good game is no longer enough.” Jason Schreier highlights the major industry problem facing all developers
The year 2025 is full of great releases, but according to Jason Schreier, the game industry has reached a tipping point. The Bloomberg journalist points out that even the best titles can be lost in the crowd today, because there are simply too many games.
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Kamil Kleszyk
September 29, 2025
Is the age of huge games over? Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 success is „a harbinger of change” and „a title that 100% knows what it is”
According to the developer of Baldur's Gate 3, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a game that knows exactly what it wants to be. The title's success could help change the market and draw the attention of big publishers to projects with smaller budgets.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
August 18, 2025
Arkane founder appeals to people concerned about game industry crash: „The market is correcting, we need to adapt”
Raphael Colantonio believes that with the „correcting” of the game industry, the market needs games created with more passion.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 12, 2025
AAA Games Don't Always Take Years to Develop. Former Bioware Employee Explains Why We Wait So Long for Big Hits
Mark Darrah (formerly of the BioWare studio) listed the reasons for the long development of high-budget games, but also pointed out that they are often not as many years in development as one would think.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 27, 2024
Former Assassin's Creed Producer Believes AI is to Stay in Gamdev Whether we Like It or Not
According to veterans of games such as Assassin's Creed and EverQuest 2, the use of AI is too profitable for AAA developers to afford to ignore the technology.
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Adrian Werner
October 19, 2023
Ubisoft Plans Fewer Games; Has One More Surprise for This Year
According to Ubisoft's latest financial report, the company is not doing as badly as it may have looked. What's more, the French reportedly have an ace up their sleeve in the form of a hitherto unannounced AAA game. Its release is expected within the year.
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Hubert Sledziewski
February 17, 2023
Quo Vadis, Gaming? Serious Reflections on Progress, FOMO, and Direction of Gaming
„Those were the days!” – this, deeply philosophical call, seems to reflect an inner restlessness and unspoken longing. But is there truth in it? And does it apply to the gaming biz? Let's find out!
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Rafal Sankowski
November 18, 2022
I May Not Live to See Elder Scrolls 7; It's the Twilight of AAA Games
The „triple-play” segment will never die, but every year there seem to be fewer and fewer of them, especially the most high-profile ones. This is because studios need more and more capacity to „prove” a given title, and this in turn consumes time.
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Kristian Smoszna
July 7, 2022
"'PS5 Exclusive Game Budgets Will be $200 Million,' Predicts Sony Veteran
The former head of Sony Worldwide Studios predicts that budgets for PlayStation 5 exclusives will be in the order of $200 million for the biggest games.
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Adrian Werner
September 6, 2021
Ubisoft Will Publish Fewer AAA Games
Ubisoft has announced that it will not be releasing as many AAA games next fiscal year as it has been doing so far. Their place will be taken by smaller titles and F2P games.
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Adrian Piotrowski
February 10, 2021
Former PlayStation Exec: AAA Game Development Cost is Unsustainable
Shawn Layden, former president of SIE Worldwide Studios, who worked for Sony for 25 years, says the cost of creating games is becoming too high and something has to change in the industry. In his opinion, the solution could be to focus on shorter, more condensed games.
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Bart Swiatek
June 25, 2020
Hideo Kojima: Death Stranding's Success Funded Next Game
In a recently published interview for Livedoor, Hideo Kojima confirmed the success of Death Stranding. He also mentioned ongoing work on the next production and presented his vision of the future of the industry. In his opinion, traditional AAA titles will be replaced by cheaper live-service games.
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Damian Gacek
May 30, 2020
Bloober Team Will Bet on Big TPP Games, Action and Cinematic Style
Polish studio Bloober Team has revealed its plans for the future. The team will focus on productions with a higher budget, which will offer more action than the developer's previous projects. FPP will be abandoned in favour of third-preson perspective, but the devs still intend to specialize in psychological thrillers.
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Adrian Werner
February 6, 2020
Ubisoft Won't Go Back to Making Smaller Games Like... AC Unity
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, said in an interview that the company no longer intends to develop games with stories lasting only for a dozen or so hours. Instead, it wants to focus on creating titles that enable for the experience of many such adventures in one game.
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Paul Wozniak
September 11, 2019
Humankind - Title of Sega's New Game Revealed?
Yesterday, a new website was launched on the web, which most likely heralds the upcoming game of the Japanese publisher Sega. It's quite possible that by the way, we also got to know its title.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 17, 2019
Ubisoft will Release Three New AAA Games in Q1 2020
In its latest financial statement, Ubisoft has revealed that in the first three months of next year, the company intends to release as many as three unannounced high-budget titles.
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Jakub Mirowski
May 16, 2019