Rock Paper Shotgun

"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling

Firewatch was meant to spark a subgenre but its influence didn't spread. A decade on, we ask why Roblox and Minecraft are more ...
autoevolution

Samson, the Bite-Sized GTA-Like Unreal Engine 5 Game, Is Almost Here

After enough teasers and gameplay trailers, we finally know that Samson: A Tyndalston Story is coming out on April 8 only on PC for just $25. The most exciting part about it is that it’s only one of ...
GameSpot

The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Use An Upgraded Version Of Starfield And Skyrim's Game Engine

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Bethesda's Todd Howard has reaffirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 will use Creation Engine 3, the latest version of the game engine that has powered most ...
PC Gamer

Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'

AI Hasbro CEO still has 'so much AI-based' grist in his own D&D games 'it would floor you', but he's not putting it in MTG cards or D&D books because people 'just don't want it' AI Brendan Greene says ...
AOL

Unity's CEO Just Explained Why Google's AI Can't Replace Game Engines (And He's Right)

Shares of video game engine developer Unity Software (NYSE: U) have been sent through the wringer over the past two weeks. In late January, the stock crashed after Alphabet unveiled Project Genie, an ...
TechNode

Tencent hiring posts reveal new Unreal Engine 5 single-player game similar to Uncharted and Tomb Raider

Tencent has disclosed a new AAA game project, internally codenamed Project T, through listings on its recruitment platform. The title is described as a single-player action-adventure game built on ...
Polygon

Nioh 3's tutorial is the hardest part of the game

Nioh 3 is the first game in the series to adopt an open-world approach, where you can explore pretty much wherever you like. There are some constraints to that, as each subregion within the game's ...
techtimes

Inside Open-World Game Development: How the Game Design Process Creates Immersive Maps and NPC Systems

Discover how open-world game development works, from the complete game design process for creating vast maps to building advanced NPC systems that bring worlds alive. Horizon Forbidden West - Steam ...
The Verge

Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal

A judge is questioning whether Epic Games and Google are settling their long-running antitrust fight partly because of a previously unannounced partnership involving the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and ...
IGN

"I should know," says VFX supervisor who worked on Gore Verbinski's trilogy.

Fortnite maker Epic Games has hit back at a claim by Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski that the company's Unreal Engine toolset should be blamed for modern movie CGI looking bad — via a ...
techtimes

Unreal Engine vs Unity: Game Engine Performance and Visual Quality Explained

Explore how game engine performance shapes graphics, with an objective Unreal Engine vs Unity game engine comparison to help developers balance visual quality, optimization, and platforms. Pixabay ...
Polygon

Sony patented AI-generated video game tutorials this year, and it sounds like a nightmare

Tutorials might well be the bane of the video game industry's existence. Teaching a player how to do something is surprisingly difficult to do. Even if a developer crafts an educational and ...