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
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 proves that less is more. The game's limited budget helped it achieve great success
The limited budget was one of the elements that helped make Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 a huge hit. The game's Creative Director also revealed the importance of proper estimation of gameplay time.
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Maciej Gaffke
October 9, 2025
„We always want it to be 3% smaller than is the kind of minimum to do it.” Ghost of Yotei devs have a unique work philosophy, and the key issue is budget
Ghost of Yotei didn't follow in the footsteps of other Sony hits. The developers managed to make a sequel that wasn't much more expensive for Sucker Punch than the first game.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 23, 2025
„Has anyone heard the budget for Grand Theft Auto 6?” Invincible creator explains why new game in the universe won't be a sandbox
Robert Kirkman answered a fan why the Invincible screen adaptation will be a fighting game and not an open-world title. It all comes down to the cost of making sandboxes like GTA 6.
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Adrian Werner
July 31, 2025
GTA 7 will be cheaper to make than GTA 6. Rockstar Games veteran has no doubts and gives the reason why
According to a former Rockstar employee, GTA VI will be the most expensive game ever and nothing in the future will top it, not even GTA VII. The reason is the growing importance of artificial intelligence.
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Martin Bukowski
July 4, 2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's budget was almost half that of The Witcher 3, Daniel Vavra provided exact numbers
We learned the exact budget of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. It was not high for a game of this size.
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Adrian Werner
February 10, 2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was five times cheaper than Death Stranding. New leads help estimate amount
The developer of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 provided a clue, based on which the game's budget can be estimated.
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Martin Bukowski
February 6, 2025
Game budgets are growing at insane rate. Graphic from State of the Industry report shows it perfectly
A report by the Epyllion Group showed how insanely production costs for popular game series have been rising over the past several years.
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Adrian Werner
January 24, 2025
Absurd budgets and sales of Call of Duty series. Activision spent $700 million to develop Black Ops: Cold War
Game budgets have put the movie industry to shame for years. Not even the most recent Call of Duty before the industry crisis cost Activision more than $700 million, and that's without marketing.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 7, 2025
How much money did Star Citizen get in 2024? There's little drop, but amount remains huge
Fans remain eager to support Star Citizen, resulting in a near-record 2024, with more than $116 million contributed to the game over the past 12 months.
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Martin Bukowski
January 2, 2025
Concord's Failure Was Expected to Cost Sony Fortune
Sony quickly buried any chance of resurrecting Concord. Apparently, if recent rumors are to be believed, the Firewalk studio's game was costing the publisher too much anyway.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 30, 2024
Layoffs Loom Over Developers of Concord. Employees Express Pessimism About Game's Return
Concord's director moved to a lower, supportive position, and the Firewalk Studio team has concerns about the future of both the project and the team.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 20, 2024
Tekken Dev Comments on Criticism of Microtransactions. “If We Simply Do Nothing, the Game Will Simply Stop Running in a Few Months.”
The announcement of the addition of microtransactions to Tekken 8 infuriated players, but in turn these complaints annoyed Katsuhiro Harada. The father of the series hinted at how much game production costs have risen.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 29, 2024
Cult Crazy Taxi Is Coming Back As AAA Game Thanks to SEGA
Crazy Taxi returns along with many of SEGA's other old series. And it may be developed as a high-budget title.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 20, 2024
Palworld Development Cost Revealed -- It Supposed to Last Only a Year
Takuro Mizobe, one of the developers of Palworld and CEO of Pocket Pair studio, revealed how much money has been spent so far on the game's production. He also conveyed that the title is „far from complete.”.
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Maciej Gaffke
January 23, 2024
Star Citizen Received $650M From Players; $28M in November Alone
Fundraising for Star Citizen has already surpassed $650 million. However, the end of work is still nowhere in sight.
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Hubert Sledziewski
December 4, 2023
How Much Did CD Projekt Spend to Save Cyberpunk 2077? A Lot
The abysmal condition of Cyberpunk 2077 at launch meant that CD Projekt had to dig deep into its wallet to regain the trust of fans.
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Kamil Kleszyk
October 6, 2023
Which Had a Bigger Budget, Last of Us 2 or Horizon Forbidden West? Sony Spilled the Beans
The budgets for The Last of Us: Part 2 and Horizon Forbidden West were not supposed to come out, but Sony did not make an effort with the redaction of court documents.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 29, 2023
GTA 6 Most Expensive Game Ever? Latest Rumors Claim Insane Amount
Interesting rumors have surfaced online, suggesting the insane amount of money that the development of GTA 6 will consume.
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Adrian Werner
May 11, 2023
Forspoken Hailed as Expensive Failure; Ton of Money Sunk Into the Game
Information about the horrendous budget of the criticized Forspoken has hit the web. The gaming community reacted with surprise to the news of the huge development costs.
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Adam Celarek
March 16, 2023