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AAA

45 articles accelerating

AAA has appeared in 45 articles since 2017-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q3 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Microsoft, Apple, PlayStation, Sony.

Articles
45
mentions
Velocity
+200.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+2.000
velocity change
Sources
23
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-10-31
Bloomberg 4 related

Many long-time game workers are ditching large productions in favor of smaller teams, enabled by growing accessibility of Unreal Engine and other powerful tools

Thanks Jason Schreier for putting my game as the image for the article as well! … Del Walker : A great article, however, let's expand on the longterm effects:  —  People might wonder how a 90-person s...

2024-10-22
Game File 36 related

Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up

The SoCal studio boasted senior veterans from Halo, God of War and Overwatch  —  One of Netflix's most intriguing video game studios is no more.

2024-09-04
The Verge 29 related

Amid poor sales, Sony halts sales and offers refunds for its FPS game Concord, which launched as a $40 PS5 and PC title on August 23 after years of development

8yrs in game development.  2 weeks of availability.  Priced at $40, this AAA title made only $30,000 on PC sales & never reached 700 users online.  —  And with that, Sony Playstation is refunding the ...

2024-05-16
Windows Central 3 related

Microsoft's decisions, like seemingly rowing back on Surface, Start Menu ads, closing studios, and porting AAA games to PS5, show a short-term financial focus

Microsoft has made a range of baffling decisions and awful mis-steps recently.  You can trace everything back to insatiable desire for money.

2024-02-28
The Verge 31 related

Sony plans to lay off around 900 employees, or 8% of its global workforce, at its PlayStation division, and will close PlayStation's London Studio

read the full email employees received about it Willa Rowe / Kotaku : PlayStation Cancels Multiple Games Amid Massive Job Cuts Tom Gerken / BBC : PlayStation to axe 900 jobs and close London Studio Al...

2023-04-21
GamesIndustry.biz 12 related

Sony acquires Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service PS5 and PC game and now the 20th developer to join PlayStation Studios

https://www.firewalkstudios.com/ Tweets: @playstation : Great news: @FirewalkStudios is joining the PlayStation Studios family! Learn more about this talented team and their plan to connect players in...

2022-01-23
Bloomberg 17 related

A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status

Mission Statement Game Workers Alliance is a movement formed and maintained … Kari Paul / The Guardian : Activision Blizzard employees form first of its kind Game Workers Alliance Union Theo Salaun / ...

2019-08-26
The Bottom Feeder

Founder of Spiderweb, which has been making indie games for 25+ years, explains the business and design reasons for still making games with a retro, quirky look

We spent years working on this game.  We're betting our family's future on it.  So.  Why does it look so bad? Tweets: @carnage4life , @dgbaumgart , and @moomanibe Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life...

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TEXXR tracks 24 Techmeme articles mentioning AAA, dating back to May 2017. The biggest stories include Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed... and Xbox Series X review: good performance and impressive backward compatibility, 120Hz mode.... Frequently covered alongside Sony, Amazon, PlayStation, Xbox Series X, and Xbox.

Key Moments

2024Q3enterprise -25pts; developer -25pts; consumer -25pts
2025Q4funding +50pts; competition -100pts

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