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No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has announced a new program designed to help fund and support indie projects from other studios. VentureBeat reports that Hello Labs will focus on procedurally generated titles – a method it employed to create the huge galaxy that featured in No Man’s Sky. For …
Read More »Co-president Balestra is leaving Naughty Dog
Christophe Balestra has announced that he is leaving Uncharted developer Naughty Dog at the start of next month. The studio’s co-president has been with the company for 15 years, having joined when it was in the midst of the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter era. Fellow long-term co-president Evan …
Read More »Nintendo has "mastered" the Unreal Engine, says Miyamoto
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has said the company’s internal development teams have "mastered" the Unreal Engine, according to VentureBeat. Speaking at a Q&A session with investors in Kyoto, Miyamoto reportedly spoke at length about how the team had been experimenting with the popular game engine and how the Switch had been …
Read More »Bandai Namco gives Richmond students crash course in game development
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced it’s been working with The Falcons School in Richmond, Surrey, to help its pupils learn about games development, games publishing, careers across the industry and how Bandai Namco’s distribution business works across its games, arcades and toys businesses. Over 40 Year 7 and 8 students …
Read More »More Reasons to be Cheerful
In addition to his words in this month's Develop magazine, Sean Cleaver expands on why 2017 can be a great year
Read More »‘We built a team that just won’t die’ – The story of Dreamloop
After legal threats, a government policy change, a failed Kickstarter and a merger, Dreamloop's indie journey has been a difficult one. But now the Finnish studio is finally making the game it has always wanted
Read More »Rumours of further trouble at Crytek are circulating
Crytek appears to be in financial trouble once again. The rumour mill kicked into gear following a post on Reddit from what appeared to be a worried employee claiming they hadn’t been paid for six months. Said the poster: This has happened in the past a few times, but never …
Read More »Microsoft and Creative England put £250,000 in to UK Indie Development Fund
We speak to Creative England's Rob Crossley about the Greenshoots indie development project
Read More »Why live with friction?
Nelson Rodriguez, senior industry marketing manager for Games at Akamai, explores the good and bad of friction in games
Read More »Annapurna Pictures branches out into games
The company behind hit films Her and Zero Dark Thirty has announced the formation of a new games division. Annapurna Interactive will, according to the company, focus on developing personal, emotional, and original games that push the boundaries of interactive content and encourage artists to bring new visions to the …
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