Game development news

Alex Pass, senior designer at Outplay Entertainment, explains why working outside of your remit and widening your understanding of what’s involved in the entire games development process can help you bring more to your studio

But recruiter Aardvark Swift warns that there is ‘no quick fix’ for dearth of dev talent, as nearly three quarters of games firms prepare to look for new staff this year

Developer believes Merged could surpass the success of previous hit 1010

Amazon has released its very own engine, Lumberyard, which is completely free of subscription and royalty fees. Lumberyard is based upon the foundation of Crytek’s CryEngine, and can be used to create triple-A titles for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Amazon has licensed official tools for the latter consoles from …

RPG Exiles of Embermark will be first release from side project of Tim Harris and Halo co-creator Alex Seropian

PC and console tool features support for Twitch and Amazon Web Services, with Oculus SDK compatibility on the way

The Division features a number of graphical options on console to favour performance over visuals

In the second edition of our monthly feature, Amiqus' mobile specialist Alan Dixon discusses the continuing rise of the casual gamer and their impact on the industry

Humble Originals will only be offered to subscribers of monthly game package service, which now has over 70,000 users

Refined hardware said to be a rival to Samsung’s Gear VR