Game development news

UK developer Sumo Digital has announced the arrival of five new members to its studio management team as it prepares to expand into new offices in Sheffield and Nottingham.  David Wilton joins the board as group CFO and will report directly to Sumo Group CEO Carl Cavers, while Gary Dunn …

This week’s news that EA has chosen to shutdown Visceral Games and its unnamed, narrative-driven Star Wars title is the talk of the games industry. Pretty much everyone, myself included, is in agreement that the game didn’t fit with EA’s strategy of capitalising on games-as-a-service titles (GaaS) which retain player interest for …

The studio and Develop Award winner joins the ever increasing portfolio of Keywords development services

Dream Reality Interactive has unveiled its first AR game for iOS. Developed using Apple’s newly-announced ARKit, Orbu will arrive on iPhones and iPad in early November. In the game, players must control its titular creature to navigate a 3D, Japanese-themed garden. Here, they’ll be tasked with interacting with the real …

The new Series D investment brings the total financing of the company up to $2bn with a product yet to launch

Announced on Twitter and picked up by Videogamer, Milham leaves to join former colleagues but leaves on good terms

The patent, which was reported by Glixel and IGN, is for a workflow system that 'drives microtransactions in multiplayer video games' and is apparently not in use

The studio was working on a new Star Wars title but closure rumours that surfaced earlier on Kotaku were later confirmed by EA

The new label which is focused on publishing indie games in Japan will also release games on Nintendo Switch

The newest version of SpatialOS will allow developer to achieve high-fidelity graphics using the Unreal integration