Latest articles by Ian Dean
Nintendo has worked its magic on a 28-year-old classic.
Blizzard’s artists and engineers explain how volumetric fog, moonlit forests and flowing rivers will make the original Azeroth feel as players remember it.
The one-of-a-kind Xbox Series X-Bite is a custom animatronic gator with a real console in its belly.
The retro board-game-and-video-game hybrid just got a major price drop.
Our expert reviewers compare the best drawing tablets, including pen tablets, pen displays and pen computers.
I've spent time drawing on both Wacom's premium Android tablet and XPPen's new challenger, and the difference might surprise you.
The art team behind Order of the Sinking Star shares how Disney and Ghibli influenced the visuals and why a good-looking puzzle game must be clear first.
Concept artist Christian Forsgren explains how Arrowhead takes hardware from Blender blockout to in-engine testing.
Just in time for Halloween, John Kenn Mortensen talks dark fantasy, drawing by hand and bringing his distinctive illustrations to FLASK.
The most entertaining bit of game marketing I've seen in a long time.
The need to take creative risks – make it so.
The on-device toolkit aims to change how games are played, not replace the people who make them.
A colourful reminder of how hard 3D platformers used to be, and the brilliant Croc2pedia museum makes this more than a nostalgia trip.
A potential new tool for Cinema 4D is raising more questions about the direction of creative software.
These three SNES platformers show there's fun in evolution; I just wish we could see more of it.
XPPen’s Magic Pro 13 is an Android art tablet that also works as a desktop pen display, making it genuinely hard to choose between XPPen and Wacom.
It’s $899, it has a 3K 120Hz screen, and it’s gunning for Wacom’s MovinkPad Pro 14.
Developers will be able to sell GMRT games on desktop, mobile, web and GX Games without a Professional licence.
From PS1-inspired space horror to anime pixel horror, these upcoming indie games are doing something a little different with their visuals.
Here’s how to make your 3D-printed design a winner in the Let's Make It: MakerWorld × Nothing Headphone Accessory Design Challenge.
Why getting it wrong is part of being creative.
AdHoc Studio’s anniversary update adds Commentary Mode and a Storyboard Mode that plays the whole game as its original rough animatics.
The series goes behind the scenes to show the tools that made Warner's new animated movie possible.
