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Yoan ranise quitting triple-A development for indie projects
Read More »BBC: Micro Bit ‘a defining moment’ for digital creativity
Director general Tony Hall says prototype device was designed to 'channel the spirit of the BBC Micro'
Read More »CryTek predicts big things for CryEngine in VR
Crytek is currently experimenting with virtual reality and how its CryEngine technology can power such an experience. The company’s managing director Faruk Yerli said Crytek has big plans for the VR space, claiming that his team had "already found solutions" to dealing with motion sickness – an inherent problem with …
Read More »Crytek ‘exploring VR right now’
MD Faruk Yerli says only CryEngine can create "true virtual reality experience"
Read More »Kickstarted Pillars of Eternity saved Obsidian from closure
Obsidian Entertainment was on the brink of closure before its crowdfunded RPG Pillars of Eternity gave the studio new hope. The revelation was made in the first entry in a new video documentary series, Road to Eternity, with the studio even admitting that a date for closure had been penned …
Read More »Pillars of Eternity prevented Obsidian closure
RPG studio even had a potential date for shut down before Kickstarter success
Read More »Curve Digital co-owner forms new studio
Jonathan Biddle leaves indie publishing for independent development
Read More »Virtual reality gets its own ‘smellovision’ system
Virtual reality has been a major headline-grabber for the past week, but one company at GDC is taking it in a rather unexpected direction: right up your nostrils. Tech company Feelreal has invented a form of ‘smellovision’ for virtual reality users in the form of a mask that emits scents …
Read More »Boss Key chooses Unreal Engine 4 for Project Bluestreak
Cliff Bleszinski reunited with Epic Games team for upcoming free-to-play shooter
Read More »Creative Assembly making another ‘triple-A console blockbuster’
Following the success of Alien: Isolation, UK studio Creative Assembly is already at work on another triple-A title for PS4, Xbox One and PC – and it’s hiring. The developer is best known for PC-based strategy series Total War, but last year upped the ante for its console team with …
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