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Images from three of the best Unreal Engine 5 games: a woman with a sword from Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, the lantern from The Midnight Walk and a character from Black Myth: Wukong

The best Unreal Engine 5 games out now and coming soon

By Joe Foley published

13 games that showcase how UE5 is allowing devs to unleash their imaginations.

Video Game Design

How the creative team behind Netflix's Arcane pushed the animation even further for the second season

By Dom Carter published

The animation studio Fortiche reveals its winning formula for adapting game characters and worlds to the screen.

2D Animation

Please, Watch The Artwork transforms the paintings of Edward Hopper into a casual psychological horror

By Alan Wen published

Solo dev Thomas Waterzooi on making games from paintings and why everyone should try to make horror.

Video Game Design
Our three picks of the best PCs for video editing.

Video editors! Forget about laptops – these are the best desktop PCs money can buy

By Matt Hanson last updated

Get work done faster with the best video editing computer.

Desktops
Super Mario asleep in the middle of the game

8 of the most iconic video game hero animations

By Vic Hood published

Sponsored by Reallusion

From death scenes and entrances to idle animations and over-the-top gameplay, here are the 8 best hero animations in video games.

Video Game Design
Art from the Netflix anime Sakamoto Days

How we made the character designs for Netflix's Sakamoto Days

By Trevor Hogg published

Yo Moriyama reveals how the classic manga was adapted for the screen.

2D Animation

What is Unreal Engine 5? Everything you need to know

By Paul Hatton last updated

Discover why Unreal Engine 5 is the real-time creation platform that does it all for game development, 3D visualisation and VFX.

Video Game Design
Death on the Nile; screens of a game set in the 1970s

How Death on the Nile embraces "the fearless colour, interiors, and fashion of the 1970s" to gamify nostalgia

By Ian Dean published

David Chomard, Head of Microids Studio Lyon, explains how it's being made.

3D

The best iPads for drawing tested and reviewed by a digital artist

By Ian Dean last updated

I've chosen the best iPad for every type of artist.

Phones & Tablets
Unreal Engine 5 plugins; a woodland scene rendered in Unreal Engine 5

The best Unreal Engine 5 plugins

By Paul Hatton last updated

The essential Unreal Engine 5 plugins will take your video games to a whole new level.

Video Game Design
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