The GOTY Of 2026 Could Be A Fishing Game

The Arctic Eggs creators’ About Fishing is an ambitious and alluring mystery, bound to reel in even the most uncurious ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

The sequel to Garry's Mod releases this month, and Valve will let you publish your creations as standalone Steam games, like dafty Finn sim My Summer Cottage

The sequel to legendary game creation sandbox Garry's Mod launches in April, and Facepunch have struck a deal with Valve to ...
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ZX Spectrum with 48KB RAM pulls off a Kerbal moon landing

YouTuber and orbital mechanics expert Scott Manley has successfully landed a virtual Kerbal astronaut on the Mun, the in-game moon of Kerbal Space Program, using a ZX Spectrum home computer equipped ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

Sustainable Games Alliance rolls out energy-saving tools across major engines

Idle detection allows games to cut energy use without affecting gameplay. The tools dynamically lower frame rates and rendering during inactivity. Battery life on handheld devices could improve by up ...
Polygon

Slay the Spire 2's game engine is a surprisingly big deal

These days, most high-profile games are impossible to play without purchasing. But Slay the Spire 2's developers haven't just bucked that anti-piracy trend: they've punt it into the stratosphere. And ...
IGN

Types of Board Games

Just like video games, there are dozens of different ways to play tabletop and board games. Trading card games are a bit of their own beast, with expansions and competitive play setting them apart ...
GameSpot

The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Use An Upgraded Version Of Starfield And Skyrim's Game Engine

Bethesda's Todd Howard has reaffirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 will use Creation Engine 3, the latest version of the game engine that has powered most of the studio's previous games. This reveal came ...
Kotaku

Indie Game Engine Manager Says Getting Bombarded With AI Slop Is ‘Increasingly Draining And Demoralizing’

According to Rémi Verschelde, project manager of Godot Engine and co-founder of the platform’s financial backer W4 Games, the never-ending wave of “AI slop” pull requests on Godot’s GitHub is becoming ...
TechNode

Tencent hiring posts reveal new Unreal Engine 5 single-player game similar to Uncharted and Tomb Raider

Tencent has disclosed a new AAA game project, internally codenamed Project T, through listings on its recruitment platform. The title is described as a single-player action-adventure game built on ...
Gizmochina

Japanese car maker Toyota announces its game engine “Flourite”

In interesting news, Toyota is building its own game engine for the screens inside your car. Toyota Connected North America, the subsidiary responsible for in-vehicle connectivity, has announced a new ...
Business Wire

The World Model Revolution: How Yoroll.ai is Building the First Engine-less Game Platform

For decades, game development has been a game of simulation. Developers use heavyweight engines like Unity or Unreal to calculate 3D geometry, light bounce, and collision physics. It is a high-cost, ...