The renaissance and evolution of indie games
Some mistakenly think of indie games as being frozen in a perpetual world of platformers. But advancements in visual and computational power have helped...
Improbable promises long-term support for Unity
Unity has backed down in its battle with Improbable over the cloud platfrom SpatialOS. And now Improbable is promising to move forward with Unity...
Game engine CEOs talk past each other when it comes to statistics
Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. And so when you ask which...
HoloLens comes to Unity game engine in 5.5 update
The Unity game engine is a versatile tool that developers use to build video games. This year alone it provided a slew of games...
AMD ships three Polaris-based Radeon Pro chips for game and VR developers
Advanced Micro Devices is announcing that its Radeon Pro workstation chips are shipping as early as this week to customers who build high-end graphics...
Unity makes it easier to release games for Facebook
One of the most popular tools for creating games is making it simple to release on Facebook. Unity announced a new partnership with Facebook...
The DeanBeat: GDC 2016’s blockbuster moments, VR demos, and indie victories
I spent the past week fully immersed in the 30th annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Along with at least 26,000 attendees, I...
Inside Amazon’s decision to make a video game engine
Amazon launched its Lumberyard video game engine this week, showing its intentions to become a much bigger platform company in the games business. To date,...
Game engine startup MaxPlay scores its first customer: Finger Food Studios
Getting a first customer is always a big deal for a startup. So game engine maker MaxPlay, which is pushing its software as a...
Bee7 cross-promotion tool now available for Cocos2D-X mobile game engine
Bee7's cross promotional tool available now on Cocos2D-X, iOS, and Android