Tag: game-development

1998’s Unreal was a big deal, but its free editing tool was the true game changer—and the origin of countless careers

1998’s Unreal was a…

Recruitment into game development is a many-tentacled thing in 2024. You might decide to study a degree in one…
‘You name it, we made it faster’—The State of Unreal keynote didn’t just show off Unreal Engine 5

‘You name it, we…

Epic has delivered its annual keynote at this years GDC 2024, the “State of Unreal” address, and while there…
The new ‘backward compatible’ Xbox games on PC run on an OG Xbox emulator inside an Xbox 360 emulator, and people have already used it to run other Xbox 360 games

The new ‘backward compatible’…

First reported by Tom’s Hardware, it’s come to light that, not only are the four “Backward Compatibility on PC”…
The best game design schools, ranked by the Princeton Review 2024

The best game design…

Whether you’re taking your first steps or refining your skills, there’s a game design program for anyone. Check out…
AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia are getting cosy at GDC 2024 to tell us all about the new DirectSR upscaler

AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia…

PC gaming's (un)holy trinity of hardware and software vendors will be taking the stage at this year's Game Developers…
‘I sometimes lie in bed thinking about it’: Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser explains why open world spy game Agent never worked out

‘I sometimes lie in…

Remember Agent? After first mentioning it in 2007, Rockstar formally announced it in 2009—an espionage game in an open…
Anime-based therapy is being trialed in Japan

Anime-based therapy is being…

Have you ever been sitting there, watching an anime, and gone: Man, I wish I could get drawn into…
A game developer compared Godot and Unity by making the same game in both engines, and he’s found a clear winner

A game developer compared…

For well over a decade, Unity has been one of, if not the primary engine for indie game development,…
Mass Effect & Dragon Age’s cast members on how BioWare builds dynamics

Mass Effect & Dragon…

“Dragon Age was basically one of my favourite video games, even before I got cast,” Allegra Clark, the voice…
Ken Levine says Steam Machine shows we’re hitting ‘diminishing returns’ with bleeding-edge graphics tech—just look at BioShock to see why art is more important

Ken Levine says Steam…

These days, I’m firmly on the System Shock side of the System Shock/BioShock division that exists almost exclusively in…