Gaming industry in March

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Welcome back to the next one of our monthly Gameletters dedicated to only the most important and interesting gaming?news!

Article of the Month

Outsourcing - Dos and Dont's .

Outsourcing is not always clear. There is a big question of what to outsource and what to keep in-house. Our article discusses precisely that - outsourcing assets the client has a clear picture of??Big yes. Concept art with no clear vision? Not so much.?

TOP Five March News

• CD Projekt Red has officially announced?a new Witcher game?which will run on Unreal Engine 5. Kiciński, CEO of CDPR, said that the game will not be The Witcher 4, as the first three games were a trilogy, but that the word “Witcher” will probably not be left out of the final name. Moreover, in January, the company’s stocks dropped to its long-time low, but ever since this announcement, they have been steadily growing.
• Sony is revamping?PlayStation Plus, it gets two new tiers – Extra and Premium, and is merging with PlayStation Now. For $14.99, extra tier will include up to 400 PS4 and PS5 games while the Premium tier, prices at $17.99, will offer PS3 games via cloud and a catalog of PS1, PS2 and PSP classics. The revamped PS+ will be available in June.
• Microsoft has announced that?ID@Xbox?has been of great benefit to Indie developers, generating over $2.5 billion in revenue. Moreover, the American company is further extending the Indie developers support with the ID@Azure program that will allow the developers to use cloud for their development.
• The AMD’s frame boosting software?FSR 2.0 will be available for Xbox series?consoles. Fidelity FX Super Resolution, as this technology is called, is a direct competitor to Nvidia’s DLSS technology, and is capable of bringing faster frame rates and clearer images. However, AMD’s software, unlike Nvidia’s, does not need any machine-learning hardware in GPUs, so it is possible to implement to non-Nvidia hardware – such as Xbox Series consoles. The release date is yet to be announced.
• Housemarque has announced that their latest rogue-lite title Returnal is getting a free?DLC called Ascension. This DLC brings a new endless mode as well as a coop to the base game and the Ascension itself, meaning that you can enjoy the game with your friend. The Finnish studio, after being acquired by Sony, has also announced that they are working on a brand-new project. However, as of now, that is the only information we have.

Statistics of the Month

Leading?iPad gaming apps?in the Apple App Store in the US in February 2022, by revenue

Chart of the Month

Revenue and download shares?of IP vs non-IP mobile gaming apps?in the United States in 2020

Quote of the Month

"Wow. Elden Ring hitting Call of Duty numbers."?????????????????

Jason Schreier?on the success of Elden Ring which sold over 12 million units in 2 weeks.

Number of the Month

Over?1 million copies?of Sifu sold after the first month of its release.

Photo of the Month

Released on March 20th,?The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion?has became a commercial success with the score of 94 on Metacritic. It came out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and it takes you to fictional province called Cyrodill. The story centres around the player’s efforts to destroy the fanatical cult Mythic Dawn which has a plan to open portals for a demonic realm known as Oblivion.

What’s Going on in Fanatic Games

March was our most successful month so far. We?increased the number of artists in several of our long-term projects and at the same time we started communication and test processing with two new clients. Among other things, we are currently completing three major projects related to the processing of cars, custom room creation, and processing of stylized outfits for characters.

We are the pioneers of outsourced graphics for the gaming industry. We offer only high-quality work for a reasonable and fair price. Fanatic Games believes that every client has their very own specific needs and that there is no substitute for quality art, which then has a major effect on the player. We have illustrious worldwide references. We honour quality, speed, reliability, and efficiency. We manage all projects in a flexible and transparent way amd we use multilevel quality control. Our clients get an outstanding value for money. We are not just outsourcers, we are your partners. We save your capacity and time.