Creative Bloq on MSN

This technique for making 2D pixel art look 3D is blowing people's minds

Think pixel art is only for simple 2D games? Not necessarily. Modern hardware and a bit of technical wizardry allows today's ...
MUO on MSN

I switched to a command-line task manager and I’m finally productive

That’s why I looked into something simple and came across a command-line task manager. It strips productivity down to the essentials—using the command-line to get things done through text-based ...
Variety

Xbox Game Studios Boss on Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Call of Duty’ Movie, Launching ‘South of Midnight’ for PS5 and Switch 2, and Big Plans for Dev Direct in January (EXCLUSIVE)

Microsoft’s Xbox is heading into The Game Awards Thursday with 10 nominations and major promotional plans for the second season of its “Fallout” TV series on Amazon. The company also had some big news ...
PC Gamer

Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert isn't interested in returning to making 2D adventure games: 'When we're all dead, it probably won't be the kind of thing that survives'

RPG 'A good idea, infinite drive, and lots of Diet Pepsi': How YouTube essayist Majuular's life changed course telling the story of Ultima across 2 years and more than 20 hours of documentaries Puzzle ...
GamesIndustry

Indie dev Chequered Ink puts together $10 10,000 game assets pack so developers "don't feel the need to turn to AI"

Chequered Ink, a UK company producing fonts, game assets, and indie games, has released a pack of 10,000 game assets "to give budding developers an alternative to AI." Containing over 9000 graphics ...
The Verge

Valve is making microSD cards the next game cartridges

With just a microSD card, you’ll be able to easily bring your games across the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame. With just a microSD card, you’ll be able to easily bring your games across ...
Polygon

As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'BS'

Arc Raiders' use of AI tools continues to create divides in gaming. The CEO of its developer's parent company, Nexon, recently claimed that generative artificial intelligence tools are everywhere in ...
Fox Business

Elon Musk’s xAI hiring video game developers

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is expanding into video game development, seeking candidates with game design experience. On Thursday morning, Musk shared a post on X from the account @techdevnotes that ...
GamesRadar+

Dev says Steam bug ruined "more than 10 years" of work and tanked their game's 1.0 launch, Valve says oops and offers a Daily Deal slot "to help make up for lost visibility"

The developers of an indie space sandbox game say a rare Steam bug butchered their long-awaited 1.0 launch out of early access, leading to startlingly poor sales that a make-good from Valve has ...
collider

'High Potential' Would Be Making a Mistake by Abandoning the Game Maker for Season 2

Erin Konrad's love for everything entertainment dates back to elementary school when she became obsessed with classic Hollywood musicals. When she's not catching up on all her favorite television ...
IGN

The Making of Kaiju No. 8 The Game

Most of the time, a game based on a successful manga is made after the anime adaptation has been airing for some time, but that wasn’t the case with Kaiju No. 8 The Game. (You can read our hands-on ...
automaton-media

Japanese no-code RPG engine Bakin makes developing HD-2D style games easy. “Just start making your game and stop overthinking”

RPG Developer Bakin (hereafter Bakin) is a PC game development engine coming from Japan that lets you create RPGs using intuitive controls, even if you’re not well-versed in programming. Its event ...