Академия интерактивных искусств и наук объявила номинантов 26-й ежегодной премии DICE Awards. Лидирует God of War Ragnarök от Santa Monica Studios, представленная в 12 категориях. На звание «Игры года» претендуют Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray и Vampire Survivors.
Vampire Survivors' developer didn't intend to make the mobile version of the game itself, but had to after it couldn't find a studio that wouldn't embrace "non-predatory" monetisation.
Mobile games can often be a mixed bag, as there's plenty with incredible stories, but while normally free-to-play, they're often walled with countless microtransactions. That made the reveal that Vampire Survivors' mobile version would be completely free, no strings attached, quite unusual. In an interview with PCGamer, developer Poncle explained why it did so, and the difficulties that have come with the decision.
According to Poncle, the studio spent "months" looking for a mobile developer to handle the project, but none were prepared to opt for a "non-predatory" business model. But due to the huge number of clones racking up on mobile stores (which were "actual 1:1 copies with stolen code, assets, data, [and] progression) Poncle had to work on it itself.
Vampire Survivors, the breakout Steam roguelike hit combining horror aesthetics with survival game mechanics, is apparently due for "something big and weird" in the coming months, as developer Luca 'Poncle' Galante discusses new DLC, upcoming patches, and the possibility of the first actual vampire.
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Vampire Survivors was one of 2022 biggest hits, sinking its teeth into me and countless other victims. The RPS Treehouse even named the bullet hell beast the best game of 2022 In a Steam community blog, developer Poncle celebrated the mega-successful year they just had, highlighting their accolades and the fact they were the most played game on Steam Deck over the last six months - half of that playtime probably came from me in my bed; you’re welcome, Poncle. But, despite their Vampire-y success, the devs have already begun to tease something "not exclusively related" to their big hit.