development hell
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Amy Hennig Talks More About Struggling With EA’s Frostbite Engine
Ever since the Frostbite engine expanded outside of DICE and became a way of life for studios under the banner of EA, developers around the world have spent precious days, weeks, months and even years beefing up the engine to make it feature-appropriate for games that aren’t shooters. Dealing with that lack of functionality has…
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The Story Behind Mass Effect: Andromeda’s Troubled Five-Year Development
In 2012, as work on Mass Effect 3 came to a close, a small group of top BioWare employees huddled to talk about the next entry in their epic sci-fi franchise. Their goal, they decided, was to make a game about exploration — one that would dig into the untapped potential of the first three…
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Crytek Closes Five Studios After Rough Year
After a year of financial hardship, Crytek is closing its studios in Budapest, Bulgaria, South Korea, China, and Turkey, the developer said today. Crytek says they plan to “refocus on its core strengths of developing innovative games and game-development technology.”
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Sources: Game Studio Red 5 Misses Payroll On Christmas
Video game development studio Red 5, best known as the company behind the online game Firefall, missed payroll last week and could not pay its staff on Christmas day, according to several people familiar with goings-on there.