Houdini: everything you need to know By Paul Hatton published 30 November 23 Houdini is the industry-standard VFX package that uses procedural nodes to generate incredible graphics.
2023 BAFTA Breakthrough winners: "It gives the games industry a level footing, culturally, with other industries" By Ian Dean published 29 November 23 BAFTA Breakthrough champions the must-watch creatives working today.
The best indie games in 2023 (so far) By Lewis Packwood published 8 November 23 Inventive and beautiful, the best indie games impress.
Making Wayfinder: Airship Syndicate's art team interviewed By James Clarke published 3 November 23 Wayfinder's creative director, Joe Madureira, and his team reveal the secrets in their concept art for the upcoming RPG.
Blender: everything you need to know By Paul Hatton published 18 October 23 Our CG expert explains what Blender does and how to get started in the most advanced free and open-source 3D creation suite.
Lords of the Fallen dev experimented with generative AI during development By Ian Dean published 17 October 23 Hexworks' is open about using AI for game development, but there's a limit.
Unity: everything you need to know By Paul Hatton published 16 October 23 Get started in Unity and create real-time 3D games and apps for entertainment, film, architecture, and more.
Ghostrunner 2's world 'changes the more Jack discovers' By Ian Dean published 9 October 23 Lead level artist Dariusz Kułak reveals the tricks used to bring Ghostrunner 2's world to life.
Lords of the Fallen: Unreal Engine 5 makes a difference By Ian Dean published 10 August 23 Why Lords of the Fallen and Unreal Engine 5 are a match made in Hell.
It's happening, actual games are being made in Fortnite By Ian Dean published 1 August 23 Moontopia was made with Unreal Fortnite Editor.
MetaHuman Animator (plus an iPhone) could transform content creation By Ian Dean published 15 June 23 Smile, you're in the game.
PlayStation Showcase 2023 live blog: the biggest PS5 game design news By Ian Dean published 24 May 23 All the latest news as it happens.
Unreal Editor for Fortnite is a gateway to a new creator economy By Ian Dean published 5 May 23 Why Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and Unreal Engine 5, are now a creative playground that could pay out for artists.
Unreal Engine 5 makes Layers of Fear terrifyingly real, and I love it By Ian Dean published 28 April 23 Is this PS5's best-looking game yet?
Photoreal game Unrecord is actually an optical illusion By Ian Dean last updated 23 April 23 It's almost too real.
I thought PSVR 2 would solve motion sickness… I was wrong By Ian Dean published 5 March 23 How I beat PSVR 2 nausea.
Can anything stop God Of War Ragnarök at the BAFTA Games Awards 2023? By Ian Dean last updated 3 March 23 Oh boy… this could be messy.
13 essential Adobe XD plugins By Andy Vitale last updated 10 March 21 The best Adobe XD plugins to improve your workflow.
50 awesome new tools for developers in 2019 By Louis Lazaris last updated 16 December 20 A fresh batch of tools you’ll want to consider for your projects.