Game development news

Software demo to tour UK in March

With gamers and specialist press putting more emphasis on stories in games, itâ??s now the norm to work with a writer during the development process. We picked five of the UKâ??s top games writers to talk about where weâ??ve come, and how far we still have to goâ?¦

London developer goes into administration and is immediately bought by new outfit

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Demonstrating the increasing convergence between the concepts and technology of game development and the commercial demands of training, simulation and serious gaming markets comes Worldweaverâ??s DX Studio.

Branch integration previews and rollback feature head improvement charge

Microsoft’s group product manager for Xbox 360 Aaron Greenberg has stated that the strong sales enjoyed by his firm’s console over the Christmas period has been mirrored by some equally impressive growth of the company’s Xbox Live digital platform. We saw year-over-year online consumer spending on Live grow 84 per …

Patent application reveals â??Kind Codeâ?? hand-holding system

David Lau-Kee, the new chairman of Unity, is best-known for his long-running stint at Criterion Software, which he founded and led until its eventual sale to Electronic Arts in 2004. What does this games technology veteran make of the state-of-play today, and where does Unity fit in?

Former Renderware chief becomes chairman of firm responsible for low-cost dev tools