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GI Sprint | The unsustainability of AAA video games

GI Sprint | The unsustainability of AAA video games

Update: 2024-06-18

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GI Sprint is our new editorial series all around making video games cheaper, faster and better. To kick things off, games veteran Shawn Layden speaks with GamesIndustry.biz about the spiralling costs of AAA game development, and why it needs entirely rethinking

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GI Sprint | The unsustainability of AAA video games

GI Sprint | The unsustainability of AAA video games

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