Community The Game-Changing Role of AI in Competitive Esports In this blog, we’ve covered the many contributions that AI has brought to the gaming industry, from generative narrative to our own AI anti-cheat solution, there are many ways that AI has helped shape a more technologically advanced gaming industry. In this piece, we will examine how AI
Community Cheats on Mobile Games: new (old) cheats and how to beat them The world of gaming being in constant evolution generates advances in all areas. Every day, the mobile games environment gains traction with more gamers joining this platform. Being the most common and easiest-to-reach platform, it is only natural that games on mobile phones are so popular nowadays. Let’
Community Breaking Barriers #3 — Games Accessibility Hub It is time for the third instalment of the Breaking Barriers series on Anybrain’s blog, a series of blog posts where we discuss the important topic of accessibility in video games. We’ve interviewed Victor Dima, a blind gamer who told us about his job as a consultant to
Community White Hat Hackers and What They Do In Gaming Who is the figure characterised by a person in a hoodie with the face covered in front of a PC? You guessed it. It’s a hacker. But are all hackers bad? The term hacker has a certain negative connotation attached to it because the work we often associate with
Community The Danger of Bots in MMOs Oh, the nice times when one can go around a huge map on their quests, evolving one’s character while battling their way through incredible boss battles, ensuring, this way, some good and relaxing hours of gaming! Oh, how nice it would be if other players didn’t focus their
Community Developer’s Guide to Game Release Success In the last days before your video game launch, a list of “must-haves” for game developers could include attention to detail, resilience, and strength. However, apart from this, there are also concrete things to think about. In this blog post, I share some of the most important considerations before
Community Why Cheaters Cheat: The Psychological Factors Behind Cheating in Online Games Cheating in online games is a prevalent issue that undermines the gaming experience for everyone. To tackle this problem effectively, we need to understand the motivations behind it. This article explores the psychology behind cheating in online games. We offer insights into why players cheat to help developers address these
Community How to Develop and Grow a Community Around Your Video Game Building a successful video game today requires more than just game development; you also need to create an online community to bring players together around your game. Creating spaces where players can learn, share, and connect with others enriches their experience and makes your game a meaningful part of their
Community 2024 Gaming Trends As we venture into 2024, the gaming industry continues to evolve rapidly, bringing new opportunities and challenges. In this article, we share our predictions for the top three gaming trends for the year, along with three additional trends getting attention right now. The gaming world is dynamic and often unpredictable,
Community Get to Know Your Indie #4 - Soul of Ankiril by Tambù Welcome to number 4 of our “Get to Know Your Indie” series, where we present an awesome indie studio and its latest creation. Today, we bring you a studio from Milan, Italy called Tambù, and the game that we will be talking about is Soul of Ankiril, a “strategic card
Community Game Modding: A Comprehensive Analysis When I think about game modding, the first thing that comes to mind is always the memes, like Shrek shooting webs in New York City as Spider-Man, Left 4 Dead Teletubbies 2, and Fallout 4: Immersive Facial Animation Mod. But joking aside, modding is so much more than that.
Community The Role of Gamers in Combating Cheating: A Community-Driven Approach In one of our last articles, we talked about the hidden costs of cheating in online games. It’s apparent that cheating hurts everyone in gaming. But what can we do about it? Of course, advanced anti-cheat technology is one of the most important ways to prevent cheating. However,
Community Breaking Barriers #2: Accessibility in Gaming with Anthony DeVergillo Video games are the fastest-growing entertainment industry. However, in 2023, accessibility in gaming is still a challenge. Gamers with disabilities want to play every type of video game and aren’t able to do so — often because accessibility is not considered from day one when the video game is
Community The Hidden Costs of Cheating in Online Games Cheating in online games comes with a price. In an earlier article, we talked about how cheating impacts game developers. Now, let’s switch gears and explore how it hurts gamers and affects the gaming community. 5 Costs of Cheating in Online Games Cheating disrupts gameplay and creates a ripple
Community The Impact of Web3 on Gaming Security and Anti-Cheat Measures In recent years, Web3, blockchain, and decentralization have become buzzwords in the tech world and the gaming community. As gaming evolves beyond traditional platforms and centralized systems, there’s an urgent need to understand how Web3 will impact gaming security. Today, we’ll explore the opportunities and challenges that Web3
Community How Cheating in Video Games Impacts Game Developers As a game developer, you pour passion, time, and creativity into building immersive gaming worlds. Every character, every storyline, and every gameplay mechanic is meticulously designed to give players a memorable experience. However, all your efforts can come crashing down if cheating becomes an issue in your game. In this
Community The Use of AI in Storytelling for Videogames Since the first video games I played, I was amazed by the stories of the characters I was playing with. I always felt astonished by the ability of video game writers to build amazing main stories, side stories, and, most of all, the dialogues between my character and the NPCs
Community Get to Know Your Indie #3: We The People by Small Indie Company Welcome to the third installment of the Get to Know Your Indie series! Today we present a first-person tactical survival shooter called We the People, a creation from the studio Small Indie Company. I talked with Drew, Founder, Creative Director, and Developer at Small Indie Company, about all things
Community The Rise of Cross-Platform Gaming, Security Issues and Its Transformative Effects Let’s talk cross-platform gaming! Cross-platform gaming consists of those video games that you can play on more than one platform (PC, console or mobile), let’s call it one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in the gaming industry. For long, gamers have had different preferences on which
Community Breaking Barriers: The Journey towards Inclusive Gaming — An Interview with Victor Dima In the vast and ever-evolving landscape of video games, there’s a growing realization that true enjoyment knows no boundaries. Gaming was once an activity with no power to get to all kinds of people but now it is embracing a new paradigm of accessibility, one that transcends physical
Community Driving Positivity in Video Games This blog article is a follow-up to a webinar by Anybrain and Bodyguard.ai presented within the Fair Play Alliance. The entire webinar can be found here. The topic of the webinar was “Driving Positivity in Video Games” and with this blog post, we hope to develop a little
Community Get to know your indie #2 — KEO by Redcatpig Get to know your indie #2 — KEO by Redcatpig Welcome to number two of our “Get to know your indie” series, a series of blog posts where we present an awesome indie studio and its latest creation. Today we bring you an indie studio from the Azores, Portugal called Redcatpig
Community Monetization around cheaters It is common knowledge that the world of video games and especially online video games are full of cheaters, but do these cheaters create cheats just for the simple pleasure of being better than other players, as was the custom at the beginning of this practice? Of course not, with
Community We have identified the cheat, now what? It is a fact that there is a chronic problem in video games, there are always people who try to cheat by using programs to make the gameplay easier or to get an advantage over others, these are called cheaters. Studios and game developers have been dealing with this problem
Community The view of video game pros on the cheaters problem in our industry Video games… a universe full of possibilities for creation, construction, writing, art, and fun but also frustration. Frustration is often caused by the realization that there will always be those aiming to be better at a certain video game through unfair vantages, or cheats. How many times did we fall