October 28, 2024
10 scary video games and 20 amazing horror flicks to watch after playing them
I love a good tale. The scarier, the better. And it seems I’m not alone. Horror—whether in video games, movies,…
Category: Epic Games
August 8, 2024
Borderlands’ messy in-between: How a crazy pitch became a video game megahit and movie
It’s been a dozen years in the making and gone through nearly as many writers. Production survived a global pandemic…
April 24, 2024
Solo dev makes sophisticated sim Manor Lords using Unreal Engine
Inspired by a swathe of classic strategy games like Stronghold: Crusader, Knights & Merchants, and Age of Empires, and fueled by a love…
December 4, 2023
33 Immortals’ creative director discusses Heaven, Hell, and roguelikes
A 14th century Italian poem underlies an ambitious attempt to transform a popular video game genre into something completely unique.…
October 18, 2023
Inside Croteam’s transition from in-house tech to UE5 for The Talos Principle 2
Croatian developers Croteam have been creating over-the-top Serious Sam first-person shooters for more than two decades and they’ve been building them on their in-house…
September 7, 2023
Fort Solis uses Unreal Engine 5.2 to deliver an immersive martian experience
Fort Solis tells the story of one night in a desolate Martian mining camp. Initially tasked with discovering what happened at…
September 6, 2023
Stray Gods is a musical murder mystery RPG from a Bioware veteran
Stray Gods was born out of deep knowledge of how role-playing games work, and a desire to build a dream studio…
August 30, 2023
Two high school friends used Unreal Engine 5.1 to create atmospheric retro shooter Kvark
Retro shooters seem to be making a comeback as of late, but even amid the influx of pixelated graphics and…
August 23, 2023
The Plucky Squire blends 2D and 3D visuals in aesthetically pleasing and mechanically interesting ways
After spending time working on original Nintendo games for different developers, Jonathan Biddle and James Turner decided it was time…
August 2, 2023
Unreal Engine powers stylish stellar mystery The Invincible
Trauma-inducing survival horror game Alien: Isolation and charming narrative adventure game Firewatch hardly seem like they could both be inspirations for the same new…