Unity emphasizes quality over quantity in latest game engine improvements
Unity CEO John Riccitiello said at a developer event that the company reaches billions of players through its game engine customers, who generate billions...
The Sims creator Will Wright is working on a Unity mobile game called Proxi
Will Wright, creator of memorable games like SimCity and The Sims, is coming back to games. He announced in a video today that he...
NBC Universal, Unity, Intel, and Microsoft kick off big indie game contest
Some big companies are getting together to create an indie game developers contest that will enable them to make prototype games based on some...
Indie game trends on Steam: Know your market, and have some style
Despite breakout indie success stories like ConcernedApe’s Stardew Valley or Studio MDHR’s Cuphead, most studios face a crowded marketplace and a host of challenges...
Ataribox is now Atari VCS, preorder date revealed soon
Atari has renamed its upcoming Ataribox console as the Atari VCS, which is a retro-inspired entertainment platform based on PC technology. The iconic video...
Google Play Instant lets you try Android games immediately, no installation required
At the Game Developers Conference 2018 in San Francisco today, Google introduced Google Play Instant, the new name for Android apps and games that...
Games are getting the same realistic lighting as blockbuster movies
Multiple gaming technologies are coming together to enable real-time ray tracing. This is a technology that enables processors to replicate the physics of light,...
Magic Leap shows off AR glasses creator portal and SDK to game developers
Magic Leap announced that it will give developers a technical preview of its creator portal and software development kit (SDK) at the Game Developers...
Amazon powers cloud servers for 90% of large game companies
More than 90 percent of the world’s largest game companies use Amazon Web Services, which offloads online gaming infrastructure tasks to Amazon’s giant cloud...
Otoy’s Octane 4 blends cinematic video and games using AI
You may not know it, but Otoy’s OctaneRender is an image renderer behind some cool film visuals like the opening of HBO’s Westworld, along with...