It's time for my annual investigation into the accessibility of the year's biggest games. From Cyberpunk to Demon's Souls, and from Miles Morales to Valhalla, let's look at how these games do in terms of controller remapping, subtitles, colourblind settings, and more.

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Call of Duty: Cold War, Crash Bandicoot 4, Demon’s Souls, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Immortals Fenyx Rising, The Last of Us Part II, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, and Watch_Dogs Legion game codes provided by the relevant publishers. Xbox Series X console provided by Microsoft. I was a game design consultant on Sackboy: A Big Adventure. I'm friends with a voice actor on Paradise Killer.

Sources

[1] PS5's Lack of PS4 Controller Support Is a Problem | LauraKBuzz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_6dRU3j9dg

[2] David Tisserand | Twitter
https://twitter.com/TisserandDavid/stat…

Horizon Zero Dawn has been an amazing success ever since its launch, but publisher Sony actually had its doubts about the game.

С чего стоит начать гейм-дизайн гиперказуалок: с core-механики или мета игры? Каким должен быть подход к продвижению гиперказуальных тайтлов? Об этом и не только рассказал Кристиан Кальдерон (Christian Calderon) — бывший главный маркетолог PlayDots и нынешний генеральный директор Gamejam.

A hands-on guide to how you predict and control the player’s meaning-making by differentiating between cognitive and behavioral goals in sequencing a motivating game space.

Эта статья познакомит вас с различными подходами к созданию гоночной механики, а также обсудит, как эти стратегии реализации либо дополняют, либо вступают в конфликт с основным дизайном игры.

Here's a bunch of tips for doing game PR from someone who has heard these pitches for 18 years.

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In this 2018 GDC talk, Ubisoft's Etienne Carrier explains how Ubisoft developed a set of procedural tools to generate biomes, texture the terrain, setup freshwater networks, generate cliff rocks and more for Far Cry 5.

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// This video focuses on one of Ellie's levels in the chapter "Seattle: Day 1", and does not contain any major story spoilers //

In this episode of Game Maker's Toolkit, I chat to The Last of Us Part II designer Evan Hill about the creation of the game's best level.

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Note: This video is not sponsored by Sony. Evan no longer works for Naughty Dog, so was not acting on behalf of the developer. I did receive a free copy of the game, but also purchased my own.

Sources

Florent Lebrun's concept art
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8eeZXG

Rado Markovic's concept art
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/D55eye

David Baldwin's models
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0nnYBV

Huan Tran's unlit Ellie
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/v21l0D

As Naughty Dog Crunches On The Last Of Us II, Developers Wonder How Much Longer This Approach Can Last | Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/as-naughty-dog-crunches-on-the-last-of-us-ii-developer-1842289962…