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Co-producer of Street Fighter V, Star Citizen, Paragon and BioShock Infinite is now home to over 160 staff
Read More »Epic hands out fresh $80,000 in grants to Unreal devs
VR tutorial resource, Unreal dev channel and VR sculpting tools join ‘conventional’ games in recipients of funding
Read More »Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival makes expo space free for UK devs
August event in Assembly Rooms to include heavy focus on VR, workshops and talks
Read More »Newly-formed VR Venture Capital Alliance to invest $10bn in VR/AR devs
Collaboration between 30 major players in space, including HTC and Unity, will accept pitches six times a year
Read More »Australian Greens party calls for Producer Tax Offset for devs as part of $158m games investment
Political party also proposes revival of short-lived Australian Interactive Games Fund and $5m funding for creative working spaces
Read More »Fast Travel Games is the new VR studio from ex-Rovio, DICE and EA devs
Rovio Stockholm founder Oskar Burman, senior development director of Frostbite Labs Kristoffer Benjaminsson and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst design director Erik Odeldahl behind venture
Read More »Game Creators release GameGuru tailored to students
Education Pack includes core software, plus all add-on content and a guide for tutors
Read More »Amazon Lumberyard adds HDR support, plus native support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
Other additions include a new depth of field technique, height mapped ambient occlusion and iOS performance improved by 15 per cent
Read More »Founders of closed Microsoft studio Press Play form Lightbulb
Danish indie shuttered alongside Lionhead working on PC construction title Pioneers
Read More »Firewatch artwork unwittingly stolen by car dealer for Ford promotion
Asset from Campo Santo’s indie hit was reportedly discovered on ‘DMCA compliant’ wallpaper website
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