The Witcher 3 takes top honors at GDC Awards while Her Story racks up other wins
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt from developer CD Projekt Red beat out rivals such as Fallout 4 (which won at the recent DICE Awards)...
Sam Barlow’s Her Story wins grand prize at Independent Games Festival
Her Story, an interactive mystery by game developer Sam Barlow, won the top honor — the Seumas McNally grand prize — at the Independent...
Razer’s laptop graphics card add-on ships in April for $500
Razer is shipping a new $500 Razor Core 3D graphics add-on device in April which will enable gamers to turn laptops into PCs with desktop-level performance....
Disney and Hipster Whale team up to create Disney Crossy Road mobile game
Disney and Hipster Whale have teamed up to create a Disney Crossy Road mobile game. The new game was announced at a panel at...
Sony draws praise for PlayStation VR’s low price and game focus from industry watchers
Sony announced yesterday that its PlayStation VR headset costs $399 when it launches in October. And that move has gone over well with industry analysts, who expect this to...
Epic Games demos amazing real-time motion capture for Ninja Theory’s Hellblade
Ninja Theory is making a highly realistic viking psychological thriller called Hellblade. At the center of it is a woman warrior, Senua, who is...
Epic Games says Unreal Engine added 1.5 million users in past year
Epic Games has gathered momentum in the past year as it made its Unreal Engine for game development available for free, said Tim Sweeney,...
Gaming veterans start $50M virtual reality and augmented reality fund
Two industry veterans have started a $50 million venture capital fund to invest in early-stage virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality startups. Marco...
Game dev group targets ‘crunch time’ practices at blockbuster game publishers
The International Game Developers Association is measuring the “crunch time” practices, or mandatory uncompensated overtime required to finish games, at major game companies. The...
Oculus takes multiplayer VR to the Wild West with Dead & Buried’s saloon gunfight
Oculus VR has a fun game on its hands with Dead & Buried, a wild west game where you engage in a saloon gunfight...