Game development news

‘We want them to be able to take those risks now while the market is still new,’ explains Rift headset maker

Hertzian talks us through its new review aggregation and analysis tool

Planning to enter the scary world of crowdfunding? We collect the best advice from Playtonic’s Andy Robinson, ICO Partners’ Thomas Bideaux and Revolution’s Charles Cecil – whose projects have collectively raised more than £6m on Kickstarter – at this year’s Interface on positioning your campaign for success

As the studio prepares to launch upcoming RPG The Dwarves, owner and creative director Jan Theysen reflects on how German developer King Art has evolved its technical prowess

Preview gives devs early access to 9-splice spirts, 2D tile map, sprite masks and more

Rejigged surface relighting, cubemap suppot and custom shaders will help devs get their games running on lower-end mobiles

Asked about PC inevitably outpacing the new console hardware, Xbox chief highlights value of ‘having these consumer points where we know there’s volume’

Second major iteration of headset backed by hardware maker Razer unveiled

As cringeworthy dialogue undermines impressive gameplay, developers must spend more time with their scripts

Smart device giant wants to “revolutionise the way people learn to code”