Game development news

Division director Barnard joins Hitman dev IO

Ryan Barnard, the game director of Ubisoft’s most recent smash hit The Division, has departed the company and moved to the makers of Hitman, IO Interactive. Barnard is taking on the newly-created role of gameplay director, and according to publisher Square Enix will be heading up three of IO’s core …

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The Art and Soul of Visual Design

Campo Santo’s Jane Ng, Phosfiend Systems’ Richard Flanagan and Necrophone Games’ Luis Hernandez reveal why original art assets and a defining aesthetic style can count for more than polycounts and texture fidelity

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