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Russia Considers Funding a New State-Backed Home-Grown Game Engine!
Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine earlier this year, Russia has certainly started to feel the metaphorical pinch as tech companies around the world have (mostly) united to remove support for their various products as a sign of protest against the invasion. One such aspect of this is game…
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Unreal Engine 4.23 Released – Better Ray Tracing, Physics and More!
Epic Games may get stick for their gaming store. However, we can’t knock their game engine. It’s been a staple of the gaming development community for many years now. Now, updated to version 4.23, what improvements can we expect to see? Unreal Engine 4.23 The update brights their updated Chaos…
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Unity Engine Adds Vulkan API Support
Unity has released the latest version of its game engine, which supports the Vulkan API for improved graphical performance. Unity 5.6 Beta also includes a new video player and support for Google’s DayDream VR headset and Facebook Gameroom platform. “Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides…
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Crytek’s CryEngine Is Now Open Source
Crytek has been facing some troubles over the last few years, but the company’s impressive CryEngine is still being used for a number of very important projects, including Star Citizen and The Climb. However, perhaps some of the most iconic games that used this engine are those belonging to the Crysis…
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AMD Announces DX12 Game Engine Partnerships
One of the biggest changes DX12 brings to the table is the increased reliance on developers to properly optimize their code for GPUs. Unlike DX11, there will have fewer levers to tweak in the GPU driver, with more work being needed in the game engine and the game itself. To…
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Fancy Making Your Own Game? Cryengine Bundle Could Help
Ever feel like making your own game? Well with the news that the Cryengine is now free to use, you could start doing just that and Humble bundle are looking to help you by giving you a bunch of assets for cheap with proceeds going to charity. As with most…
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Frostbite’s Senior Graphic Programmer Leaves DICE to Join Unity
Unity has been steadily gaining in popularity with developers, as it’s very easy to work with and from my own experiences pretty easy to learn too. It’s quite VR friendly, meaning a lot of new and existing developers have been tempted by what it offers, especially those toying around with…
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Japanese Company Wants to Build a Stunning 3D Holographic Display
We’ve been talking about holograms like something out of sci-fi movies, but with today’s technology, it really is possible to make a holographic display. We’ve previously seen this as a DIY project, where a guy showed you how to build your own pyramid-shaped display and use it with your smarphone.…
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CryEngine Gets Support for Linux and SteamOS
It seems that the recent shift in the game engine market strategy is now forcing everyone licensing their own engines to comply with the times. CryTek is known for its CryEngine development platform and we all know the Crysis titles. However, the CryEngine is also licensed to other developers who…
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Valve Improves Dota 2 Reborn and You Can Play the Beta Now
The long wait for Valve’s latest Dota 2 title, Dota 2 Reborn, is now over. Despite the many bugs and features which are not fully functional just yet, fans and curious gamers can now play the beta version alongside Dota 2 on Steam. Dota 2 Reborn brings a lot of…
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Unity 5.1 adds Native Oculus Rift Support
Unity is one of the largest game engines around. The platform already supports a wide range of target technology, Windows and Linux PC’s, Macs, Android phones and tablets and iOS devices. Virtual reality will never get off the ground without the availability of tools to make things with. Unity realised…
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Better Visuals and Modding Tools Promised in Latest Wasteland 2 Engine Update
Unity’s latest release, Unity 5, is nearly here and since more and more games are being developed with its Game Engine, a lot of developers will receive new and improved tools to tweak their games. The release promises more flexibility and power, as well as a more simplified process of…
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Incredible Unreal Engine 4 Engine Tech Demos Now Available For Download
Remember the truly incredible Unreal Engine 4 technology demo which launched last year? Well know you can download it, as well as several other impressive graphics technology demos to try out for yourself. Not only are the demos technically impressive, but they also offer us gamers a first hand look…
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