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All the major engines are built and improved based on community feedback, but what do devs of the world really demand from their tools? James Batchelor asked them

Xsens product manager Hein Beute discusses the relationship between the two mediums and their uses of motion capture

Tete joins MCM Central, VideoGamer lands junior content editor,Crossley joins Creative England andKonami’s Edwards moves to Sony. New COO for Comic Con organiser Board member Gital Tete has been appointed as COO of MCM Central, the firm behind London’s Comic Con, amongst other pop culture events. She will take from …

YouTube sensation will offer “creative input” on multiple mobile and PC titles

Generation Media digital media executive Sam Clutterbuck discusses how ad strategies have evolved alongside the boom in mobile gaming. The growth of mobile gaming in the past few years is hardly uncharted territory, but even to the most mobile savvy among us, the numbers are staggering. In 2013, eight per …

After five titles under the British banner of Evolution Studios, and five more instalments under the Italian wing of Milestone, the WRC franchise is now being developed by French studio Kylotonn for the second time. 2015’s WRC 5 was Kylotonn’s first foray into rally games and the critical reception was …

2K Games is in the midst of what might be one of its busiest ever periods. The team is currently in the throws of launching seven games in six weeks, which began earlier in the month with the chart-topping BioShock: The Collection and will conclude at the end of October …

Update is “most significant assets boost” since tool launched, also improves physics engine

Data firm Nesta and trade body UKIE have partnered to create a UK industry interactive map, and are now encouraging games firms to contribute to its development. The UK Games Map launched last Thursday and lists companies working in games across the country, based on the 2014 Nesta-UKIE report A …

Epic Games funds the efforts of six users helping to make UE4 even more accessible