Game development news

Team Cherry’s co-directors Ari Gibson and William Pellen explain how going for a hand-drawn, insect-themed title was a way to avoid some challenges and reveal their inspirations for Hollow Knight – and, no, Dark Souls is not one of them

The UK studio is hiring an all-star team for its secretive new title

Crate expectations

Surviving Mars and the long-running Cities Skylines are both selling faster than a new-build semi in the southeast, so is the city-building genre having a renaissance?

Andy Parton recently joined Sega Amusements as lead developer, developing arcade machines for Sega themselves. We chat to him about the new role.  Congratulations on the amazing new job! What inspired you about Sega Amusements to come and join them? It’s every game programmer’s dream, at least from my generation, …

Game director Paul ‘Rushy’ Rustchynsky reportedly among the casualties

Every month in Fresh Meat we check in with a new and upcoming developer. This month we chat to Hangar 13’s Brighton studio head, Nick Baynes, and VP of development, Andy Wilson

Mobile growth backed by 'battle-tested' improvements to engine

Brains Eden 2018 saw 175 students from 8 countries taking part in a game jam on the theme ‘Unreliable’

German publisher looks to reboot franchise with original developer Pyro onboard