Xavier Nelson Jr. is a writer and game developer, famous for his work on games like Hypnospace Outlaw. He recently asked devs and fans on Twitter to share different ways games have reused assets.

RGG Studio releases games annually since 2005, staying prolific in the industry. RGG Studio reuses assets to save time, but ensures new games feel fresh. Pirate Yakuza demonstrates success in ...

Released between 2016 and 2021, the newest Hitman trilogy was a critical success, although all three games follow the ...

Dragon Age vet says the "fidelity death cult" and a "fear of backlash" over reused assets is making AAA games take way longer, but that creates room for Dark Souls-style surprise hits.

Asset reuse is an effective way of developing games. In fact, just last year we talked to Sniper Elite developer Rebellion about the very same topic.Additionally, games like SEGA’s Yakuza series ...

FromSoftware is the champion of asset reuse, and one modder believes its reign started a long time ago - since the entirety of Dark Souls' Blighttown is apparently made of just ten pieces of wood ...

EA Vancouver's upcoming new open-world Star Wars game might feature a lot of unused assets from Amy Hennig's cancelled Star Wars project. "We have three terabytes of Star Wars artwork, which is ...

The reused animations will get patched out soon. Despite buying in good faith, an Archangel Studios rep told Kotaku that the team reached out to Epic Games to get to the bottom of the reused assets.

The Sniper Elite team at Rebellion have defended reusing assets in video games, saying it’s a ‘smart’ move to avoid drastically increasing budgets and development crunch. Sniper Elite ...