Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney to receive lifetime achievement award at GDC
As CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney has been a graphics wizard and a leader of the game industry since the 1990s. And he...
Gears of War 4 gets 2 classic maps from the franchise’s past
Would you like some nostalgia with your chainsaws and shotguns? Microsoft announced today that Gears of War 4 is getting two maps from the...
Paragon’s newest hero fights with the light and darkness
Epic Games revealed a new hero today, Serath, for its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). New characters can give current players a reason to stick around with a free-to-play game. Paragon is in an open beta (meaning anyone can download and play it) for PlayStation 4 and PC.
Oculus’ funding of Robo Recall nearly match what Epic Games spent on Gears of War
Oculus is one of the most prolific stimulators of virtual reality content in the industry today. The Facebook-owned company has been funding VR games...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Be patient. The Metaverse will come. And it will be open.
I hear a lot of speeches. But Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games and a longtime graphics guru, stitched together the best vision...
Why Qualcomm believes that the future of VR and AR is mobile
Qualcomm Technologies is bullish on virtual reality and augmented reality, but it isn’t satisfied with the technology yet. The company is crafting its latest...
The DeanBeat: Epic graphics guru Tim Sweeney foretells how we can create the open Metaverse
Tim Sweeney stitched together an interesting vision of the future in a talk this week at the VRX virtual reality conference in San Francisco....
Paragon’s Monolith update speeds up the PlayStation 4 and PC MOBA
Developer Epic Games today released the Monolith update for its free-to-play MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena), which is in an open beta on PlayStation 4 and PC. The Monolith update brings changes to the whole experience, speeding up characters in an attempt to make the gameplay more action-oriented.
Is traditional game outsourcing on its death bed?
Streamline Studios has worked on big games such as Street Fighter V, BioShock Infinite, Killer Instinct, Final Fantasy XV, and Pillars of Eternity. But...
Oculus will pay royalty fees for Rift games using Epic’s Unreal Engine
Epic Games and Oculus VR are giving developers a reason to make Rift content with the Unreal Engine toolset. Today, Oculus VP of product...