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Latest version of Unity launches today
Read More »Unity spotlights lighting workflows amongst 400 improvements in 2020.2 release today
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Nintendo closes “100 per cent off” eShop charts loophole
Nintendo has closed a loophole on the Switch's eShop, which allowed titles to appear on top of the s…
21 hours ago
Sperasoft partners with CCP Games on a new title
Keywords Studio Sperasoft, who specialises in co-development, has announced a partnership with Eve O…
21 hours ago
Ubisoft reveals scholarship for Black UK students to support their path into the games industry
Ubisoft has announced an initiative to encourage and promote the inclusion of more people of colour …
22 hours ago
“We wanted to take the core pillars of Watch Dogs: Legion and explore the raw emotional aspects of them” – Behind the trailers for Watch Dogs: Legion
"Our TV ad for Watch Dogs: Legion is not just a trailer for a cool game where you shoot people and d…
2 days ago
Adult Swim’s Big Pixel Studios – creator of Pocket Mortys – to shut down
40 staff set to lose jobs …
For the good of the industry – can Sony and Xbox please clarify their Cyberpunk 2077 returns policy
Send out the Trauma Team now! Sony and Microsoft must stand with CDPR for this mess, as they both passed the game through their TRCs
Read More »Does Nintendo, Sony and Xbox’s ‘Shared Commitment to Safer Gaming’ go far enough?
Platform holders can do more and be more transparent, although it must also be remembered that online discourse will always be tricky to police – just ask Facebook or Twitter
Read More »Steam breaks its record for concurrent users, at nearly 25m
Steam has once again broken its own record for the highest number of concurrent users ever recorded on the platform
Read More »CD Projekt Red offers refunds on Cyberpunk 2077, apologises for not showing last-gen gameplay footage
"We should have paid more attention to making it play better on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One."
Read More »EA to acquire Codemasters for $1.2 billion
“We believe there is a deeply compelling opportunity in bringing together Codemasters and Electronic Arts to create amazing and innovative new racing games for fans"
Read More »[ICYMI] Codemasters: a formula for multi-platform success
We look back at our in-depth interview with CEO Frank Sagnier and SVP of product development Clive Moody to understand Codemasters' long-term strategy
Read More »The UK games industry contributed a record £2.91bn to the national economy in 2019
“These new figures underline how successfully, and quickly, the UK industry is growing"
Read More »The Nintendo Switch outsold the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in their launch month in the US
Despite seeing the launch of The Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, the best selling console of November 2020 was actually the Nintendo Switch in the United States
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved to get an animated TV series
ARK: Survival Evolved is being adapted into an animated TV series, titled Ark: The Animated Series.
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“We wanted to take the core pillars of Watch Dogs: Legion and explore the raw emotional aspects of them” – Behind the trailers for Watch Dogs: Legion
"Our TV ad for Watch Dogs: Legion is not just a trailer for a cool game where you shoot people and drive around, but rather as a statement of identity."
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“For a game this big, it’s never going to be plug-and-play when it comes to production.” – SIDE talks about their work on Cyberpunk 2077
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Can Amazon’s Luna eclipse its rivals?
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“We want to engage with people that are serious about VR” – What Koch’s acquisition of Vertigo Games means for the VR space
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“Stadia has certainly changed a lot in the way that we develop the game” – Making a Splash on Stadia with Outcasters
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“The games industry is always evolving, providing players with more realistic, larger and more advanced games to play” – Creative Assembly’s Yasmin Curren
Yasmin Curren, associate tech designer at Creative Assembly talks about her start in the industry, her ambition to tell important stories and the importance of asking questions
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Heading off-road and into the next-gen with DIRT 5 and Dolby Atmos
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“Previous clients come back to us again and again, which I think is the ultimate telling point” – Aardvark Swift Studio Spotlight: Tag Games
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“We never wanted to force our beliefs and our stories on you. Make your own one up! There’s so much more power in the imagination” – Behind the development of Paradise Killer
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“If you love doing a whole load of arty things, being a generalist is a wonderful and very useful job” – Sophie Knowles, Playdeo
