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Concord's Failure Was Expected to Cost Sony Fortune
Jacob Blazewicz, 30 October 2024, 23:58
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.
Layoffs Loom Over Developers of Concord. Employees Express Pessimism About Game's Return
Jacob Blazewicz, 20 September 2024, 03:18
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.
Tekken Dev Comments on Criticism of Microtransactions. “If We Simply Do Nothing, the Game Will Simply Stop Running in a Few Months.”
Jacob Blazewicz, 29 February 2024, 06:31
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.
Cult Crazy Taxi Is Coming Back As AAA Game Thanks to SEGA
Jacob Blazewicz, 20 February 2024, 01:16
Crazy Taxi returns along with many of SEGA's other old series. And it may be developed as a high-budget title.
Palworld Development Cost Revealed -- It Supposed to Last Only a Year
Maciej Gaffke, 23 January 2024, 04:20
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.”.
Star Citizen Received $650M From Players; $28M in November Alone
Hubert Sledziewski, 04 December 2023, 03:41
Fundraising for Star Citizen has already surpassed $650 million. However, the end of work is still nowhere in sight.
How Much Did CD Projekt Spend to Save Cyberpunk 2077? A Lot
Kamil Kleszyk, 06 October 2023, 12:35
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.
Which Had a Bigger Budget, Last of Us 2 or Horizon Forbidden West? Sony Spilled the Beans
Jacob Blazewicz, 29 June 2023, 13:03
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.
GTA 6 Most Expensive Game Ever? Latest Rumors Claim Insane Amount
Adrian Werner, 11 May 2023, 13:56
Interesting rumors have surfaced online, suggesting the insane amount of money that the development of GTA 6 will consume.
Forspoken Hailed as Expensive Failure; Ton of Money Sunk Into the Game
Adam Celarek, 16 March 2023, 22:46
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.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is Biggest DLC in CD Projekt's History [UPDATE]
Adrian Werner, 21 January 2023, 12:30
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty promises to be a major production. It is expected to be the largest expansion in the history of CD Projekt RED.
"'PS5 Exclusive Game Budgets Will be $200 Million,' Predicts Sony Veteran
Adrian Werner, 06 September 2021, 15:30
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.
Genshin Impact Shows the Development Costs of a Live-service Game
Paul Musiolik, 24 February 2021, 14:43
The head of MiHoYo revealed how much it cost to create Genshin Impact. The Chinese studio spent 100 million dollars so far, and wants to invest twice this amount every subsequent year of the game's development.
Former PlayStation Exec: AAA Game Development Cost is Unsustainable
Bart Swiatek, 25 June 2020, 16:06
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.
Star Citizen is One of the Most Expensive Games in History; $300 Million Raised
Paul Wozniak, 14 June 2020, 22:47
Over $300 million has already been raised for the space simulator Star Citizen. This makes the game one of the most expensive titles in the history of video games.
Remedy are Extremely Proud of Control
Adrian Werner, 05 December 2019, 12:25
The CEO of Remedy Entertainment revealed that the development of Control cost less than 30 million Euros. The team is satisfied with the sales results so far and expects the game to perform well for a long time to come.
Single player campaigns take up to 75% of the overall budget - says Cliff Bleszinski
Adrian Werner, 01 February 2016, 14:38
PC Gamer had a chance to interview Cliff Bleszinski during PAX South and talk about his upcoming game LawBreakers. Apart from that, Bleszinski mentioned that single player campaigns cost a lot of money and that's why new shooters steer cleer of it.