Game development news

Cyberpunk 2077’s producer Richard Borzymowski talks to MCV@gamescom about CD Projekt Red’s approach to dealing with players’ anticipation and how developers should remain wary of promising too much

Final Fantasy XV and Street Fighter V talent come together on Sold Out’s next big title, while it remains open to talking to developers at gamescom about its Unreal-specific retail proposition

No deal means that this year’s biggest-ever UK industry gamescom stand, with 84 companies, is more important than ever, Dr Jo Twist of Ukie tells MCV@gamescom

The Settlers will return to PC in 2020 after a decade hiatus. MCV@gamescom talks to MD Benedikt Grindel about how Ubisoft Blue Byte wants to duplicate Anno’s success with the franchise thanks to the opportunities presented by Asian markets

Updated: Gamescom will move back in a week for 2020 – 25th to the 29th of August

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We take a look behind the scenes at the development of Baba is You. Developer Arvi ‘Hempuli’ Teikari talks about how he built layers upon layers of complexities – and thought it better to leave it unexplained to the player

For our third regional spotlight, we take you to Germany. Destination: Hamburg. Following a successful transition from free-to-play browser games to much much more, the ‘epicenter of gaming in Germany’ has a lot to offer, from an excellent quality of life to the support of an incomparable cluster of games talent

Every month Jagex’s developers visit us from Runescape’s Gielinor to talk about their latest adventures. This month Nicholas Beliaeff, SVP game development, provides an overarching way to think about making games