Categories Posted inin Development Ryse developer offers its powerful CryEngine for $10 a month — half the price of Epic’s tech Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 20, 2014 2 min Developers have plenty of options when deciding what engine to use to build their game.
Categories Posted inin Business About 15 percent of PS4 owners bought the console’s camera peripheral Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 19, 2014 2 min Sony knows the device is supply-constrained, and it plans to send more out to retailers soon.
Categories Posted inin Business Hackers compromise EA website, use it to steal Apple IDs (report) Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 2 min An EA games server has been hacked and is being used to host a phishing site that steals Apple IDs, according to a report from security firm Netcraft.
Categories Posted inin Business How soccer and theater helped Irrational create BioShock Infinite’s Elizabeth Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 2 min These are some of the many tricks that Irrational Games used to make Elizabeth seem more real to players.
Categories Posted inin Technology We’re looking to hire a Director of Content Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 1 min The Director of Content will be responsible for overseeing the recruitment, research, and procurement of speakers for VentureBeat's portfolio events
Categories Posted inin Business Sony continues its courtship of indies with deal to bring GameMaker Studio to the PlayStation 4 Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 19, 2014 2 min The game-development kit also offers native exporting for PS4, PS3, and Vita.
Categories Posted inin Business Infamous: Second Son launches Friday, but its lead designer has already left its studio Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 1 min Jaime Griesemer has left Sucker Punch Productions after three years.
Categories Posted inin Development Epic Games breaks triple-A secrecy and gives access to Unreal Engine’s source code Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 2 min As of today, anyone will be able to get access to Unreal Engine 4 for a $19 per month subscription fee and a revenue sharing agreement that grants Epic Games 5 percent of all revenues.
Categories Posted inin Business Sony will soon fulfill its promise to make gameplay sharing easier on PlayStation 4 Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 2 min Among other useful features, the PS4 will be getting an HDCP off feature to enable more video sharing options.
Categories Posted inin Business Empathy game Thralled explores slavery through love and motherhood, not violence Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 4 min The Ouya exclusive is an accessible look at a time in human history that is hard to imagine living through.