Game development news

Today's software developers need to design infrastructures that will support a challenging, volatile future, says Dave Robertson, director of European operations at Perforce Softwareâ?¦

Turns out the workforce is strong with this studio, rebuffing previous reports

Warwick-based event to feature talks from Microsoft, Bioware and SCEE

Mobile games publisher issues open invitation to mobile and handheld developer communities

The Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008 will take place between August 10th and 12th this year at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre – and registration is now open for those who would like to attend . The festival will feature a two-day conference program, networking events and an expanded EIF Games …

After last week laying off 100 staff at its San Francisco HQ, fresh reports say LucasArts will fire its remaining 100 staff as the company prepares to withdraw from internal development completely. Shacknews says a ‘reliable source’ has told the site that George Lucas’ games development studio will move towards …

Russian games publisher 1C has announced its first games developed for multiple platforms – and revealed it is targeting global growth with the two games. Internally-made Captain Blood is a Xbox 360 and PC Caribbean-themed game inspired by the novels by Rafael Sabatini. "1C is using cutting-edge technology, including the …

Event returns in August, having moved to cityâ??s International Conference Centre

Russian firm powers up - internally-made game using Unreal Engine 3, PhysX and DX10

Supervising animator Andrew Gordon on staging, posing, hands and facial animation