Game developers weigh in on the openness of Microsoft’s Windows 10 platform
Tim Sweeney is one of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games. He kicked...
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,...
Microsoft plans to show critics how Windows is an open platform at Build
Microsoft is fending off criticisms of its plan to unify its products and to raise the profile of its Windows Store, and the company...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Here’s how to keep Windows an open platform
Last week, I wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian expressing concern that Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs comprised a first step...
Why Epic’s Tim Sweeney blasted Microsoft in bid to keep Windows 10 open
About once a decade, Tim Sweeney, the graphics guru and CEO of Epic Games, stirs the hornet’s nest. He did so on Friday by...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney questions Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform
Tim Sweeney is of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games, and he stirred...
Unreal Engine’s latest innovation is about building games while inside virtual reality
Epic Games is unveiling a new virtual reality edition of its Unreal Engine game-development tool today that enables you to create a video game from within...
Why does Magic Leap need another $827M?
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap is reportedly raising $827 million in a third round of funding, according to Forbes. If it succeeds, it will be...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes virtual reality will evolve more like console games than mobile
It seems like we just can’t get enough of Tim Sweeney, chief executive of Epic Games. Sweeney has been a video game graphics guru...
The DeanBeat: In the VR industry, a thousand startups will bloom. Most won’t make it
We’re all trying to get a handle on virtual reality, and its cousin, augmented reality. Will it be a bust? Or will the two...