self-publishing – Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt https://gamingbolt.com Get a Bolt of Gaming Now! Sat, 04 May 2019 13:50:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 PS4 Has High End GPU Similar To Those Found On PC Market, Will Only Get Better With Tools: Frozenbyte https://gamingbolt.com/ps4-has-high-end-gpu-similar-to-those-found-on-pc-market-will-only-get-better-with-tools-frozenbyte https://gamingbolt.com/ps4-has-high-end-gpu-similar-to-those-found-on-pc-market-will-only-get-better-with-tools-frozenbyte#comments Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:37:05 +0000 http://gamingbolt.com/?p=178593 ps4 amd
The PS4 is nearly upon us – in North America at least – and reviews are already out about the potential that the device’s hardware holds. Just where does it rank in today’s market, especially compared with high-end PC graphics cards? Frozenbyte is bringing Trine 2: Complete Story to the PS4 and we spoke to marketing manager Kai Tuovinen about just how different the PS4’s GPU is from PC GPUs in terms of customization and tools optimization.

“It’s a great GPU. From what I’ve picked up from conversations with the programmers, it’s a high-end GPU similar to those found on the PC market. That’s really where my expertise ends though, so I can’t really provide any juicy details or proper tech speak.

“Tools is an area that always improves drastically over the years following the launch of a new console, and we’re confident that will be true for PS4 as well. What we have now is good and it will only get better!

Since Trine 2: Complete Story is the second game that Frozenbyte will self-publish, Tuovinen also spoke about what’s different in self-publishing for the PS4.

“Both Nintendo and Sony have been very good at dealing with independent developers as of late, so there were no major differences in self-publishing for the PS4 as compared to the Wii U. Some guidelines for developers may have been a bit out-of-date or hard to interpret, but other than that self-publishing has been pretty smooth on the PS4.

“For the PS4 release, we had to work a bit faster to be able to make the launch (which we hopefully will), so we have been a bit busier with both the development as well as PR and marketing side. Unfortunately we didn’t make the biggest gaming conventions earlier this Fall such as Gamescom or PAX because at the time we didn’t have anything playable. So we might have missed some publicity and marketing opportunities there, but we’ll see how the launch goes.”

Trine 2: Complete Story launches tomorrow for the PS4 in North America and will release in Q4 2013 for Europe.

]]> https://gamingbolt.com/ps4-has-high-end-gpu-similar-to-those-found-on-pc-market-will-only-get-better-with-tools-frozenbyte/feed 6 178593 Microsoft Reveals ID@Xbox for Indie Devs, “All Games Are Equal” https://gamingbolt.com/microsoft-reveals-idxbox-for-indie-devs-all-games-are-equal https://gamingbolt.com/microsoft-reveals-idxbox-for-indie-devs-all-games-are-equal#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:19:44 +0000 http://gamingbolt.com/?p=169353 xbox_one_kinect
Microsoft finally revealed the programme for indie developers at Gamescom. Dubbed ID@Xbox, the Xbox One plan will allow just about any one to apply for developing for the console.

Applications are free and open in order to “enable qualified game developers to build, publish and make their games available digitally on Xbox One.” Any one can apply for a license with no fees for certification and access to all features out of the box including Kinect, SmartGlass and much more. Also, since the Xbox One itself can be converted into a dev kit, there can now be an unparalleled level of participation from the indie community.

Speaking to VG247, corporate VP Phil Harrison stated that, “I think we’ve proven over our history a very strong commitment to this type of developer. But this programme definitely moves it forward, and definitely moves it forward in a very exciting way, based on the feedback that we got from the community and developers, what they were looking for in a platform.

“We’ve worked hard to level the playing field: all games are equal. We’ve built into the platform some very advanced discoverability functions which allow games to connect with gamers in the fastest way with the least friction. All of which, I think, is going to help developers build strong communities around their products. That’s what people wanted. That’s what they told us they wanted to do.”

ID@Xbox will also allow for developers to be noticed much faster and more often with Trending and Spotlight. Of course, as announced earlier in a reversal of previous policies, indie developers will now be able to self-publish their titles on Xbox Live for the Xbox One.

]]> https://gamingbolt.com/microsoft-reveals-idxbox-for-indie-devs-all-games-are-equal/feed 0 169353 Fez Creator on Xbox One Indie Self-Publishing Change: “Everything About it Feels Disingenuous” https://gamingbolt.com/fez-creator-on-xbox-one-indie-self-publishing-change-everything-about-it-feels-disingenuous https://gamingbolt.com/fez-creator-on-xbox-one-indie-self-publishing-change-everything-about-it-feels-disingenuous#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:17:52 +0000 http://gamingbolt.com/?p=166609 FezScreen_04
Microsoft recently revealed that it was reversing its stance regarding indie developers bringing their games to the Xbox One. Earlier, the console manufacturer revealed that indie developers would not be able to self-publish their titles on Xbox Live and would have to do so through either Microsoft or a third party publisher.

As expected, many indie developers include Just Add Water (Oddworld: New ‘N’ Tasty) and Polytron (Fez) straight out condemned Microsoft for this action, choosing to bring their games to the PS4 instead. Now, with this about-turn, things would be cool between them and Microsoft, right?

Not quite. Fez creator Phil Fish, who has had his share of problems with the certification process on Xbox Live for the Xbox 360, tweeted his thoughts on the whole, calling it “disingenuous”.

So we would guess that we wouldn’t be seeing his next game on the Xbox One, even though Microsoft plans to overhaul their certification process to be more like iTunes.

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