Game development news

James Batchelor asks Rovio's EVP of games Wilhelm Taht how the Angry Birds firm is recovering from multiple layoffs, returning to its entrepreneurial roots and adapting to the free-to-play world

Former PlayStation studio boss warns against over-excitement surrounding VR during MCV & Develop Podcast

Jason Graves, composer for Tomb Raider, Until Dawn and Dead Space, reveals his ‘blood and sweat’ approach to scoring Far Cry Primal, explores why studios aren’t satisfied with ripping off Star Wars and argues why budget shouldn’t stop indies having a killer soundtrack

Id Software co-founder, Doom lead coder and Oculus tech chief will be honoured at British Academy Games Awards on April 7th

Two-thirds of users make a single purchase, with more than half of buyers going on to spend again

Trendy Entertainment alleges that former creative director has been secretly helping with Ark: Survival Evolved development

Developer to work on ‘full-fledged’ titles based on existing PlayStation IP

Telltale has said that Minecraft: Story Mode will live on beyond its initial five episodes. The narrative-based romp, which blends Telltale’s trademark gameplay with Microsoft’s popular brick-building crafting game, had initially been due to end after the release of the fifth episode – for which a release date of March …

Rise of the Tomb Raider scribe Rhianna Pratchett explains why the whole development team should be working with games writers

Jumo unveils new toys/games hybrid Infinite Arms, due this summer