So, what's new in CryEngine 3?
As with all engines, CryEngine gets updated all the time. We met up with Crytek at GDC to see what shiny new bells and whistles they've added to their engine.
READ MORE >Unreal Engine 4 shown off in Infiltrator trailer
Epic Games showed off all the bells and whistles of its Unreal Engine 4 at GDC this week, giving developers an up close look at the ease of use of the tools and just how realistic the technology can make game look.
READ MORE >"What the heck is a game play camera, and how do you get "in" it?"
see all 14 comments'Rebuilding' the future in Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt's has an interesting task in front of it for the development of Cyberpunk 2077, its new game based on the Cyberpunk 2020 role-playing game. How do you change a creative vision of a pen & paper series that had visions of a future that is now only seven years away?
READ MORE >MechWarrior Online to launch in 'late summer'
Developer Piranha Games has been releasing regular updates for MechWarrior Online since the game went into open beta in late October. But now, Shacknews has learned of three new features that will be rolling out leading up to the game's official release late this summer.
READ MORE >"Again, the revelation that you were a sailor, was not revelatory."
see all 12 commentsHawken dev details the challenges of virtual reality
After it was revealed that Doom 3: BFG would not be shipping with the Oculus Rift, another game had to step forward to be the pack in for the VR goggles once they shipped to retail. Adhesive Games' Hawken accepted the challenge.
READ MORE >DmC Dante started out looking a lot like original Devil May Cry character
When Ninja Theory revealed the reimagined Dante to the world, fans didn't take kindly. Oddly, the entire controversy could have been avoided if Capcom had accepted Ninja Theory's first attempts at making the character.
READ MORE >"Id say he started out looking like jason statham. The left pic at the top of the article looks ..."
see all 4 commentsDiablo 3's auction houses 'really hurt the game,' former game director says
Diablo 3's game director Jay Wilson admitted today that both the real money and gold-based auction houses have "really hurt the game," but Blizzard hopes to fix the problems it has caused in minimizing item values instead of shutting them down completely.
READ MORE >"I said that (and thousands of others) like a year ago. Same goes for playing Diablo with a ..."
see all 88 commentsNintendo's Miiverse coming to smartphones in May
The Miiverse app for smartphones is coming in April or May, Nintendo said at GDC. The company also promised an impending 3DS version, but didn't give a release window for it.
READ MORE >Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes are two different games
"Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain are two separate games. Ground Zeroes will actually be a prologue to The Phantom Pain."
READ MORE >"I still say that Ground Zeroes is a PSVita (and maybe other portables) game and The Phantom Pain ..."
see all 5 commentsN++ announced
It's been over four years since Metanet Software released their last game, N+. At GDC this year, the studio president announced a sequel, N++.
READ MORE >Battlefield 4 won't have co-op due to 'focus' on single and multiplayer
Battlefield 4 won't have a cooperative mode, according to a translated interview with DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson.
READ MORE >"Regenerating Health Regenerating vehicle armor...wtf? Unlimited ammo in vehicles 3D spotting ..."
see all 79 commentsBreaking down Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
We break down the reveal trailer of The Phantom Pain to see where the Metal Gear Solid franchise is going in its next numbered game.
READ MORE >"Perhaps you should travel back in memory lane to the end of MGS 4. You might be surprised at ..."
see all 16 commentsFiraxis 'cannot live by Civ alone,' as dev moves to mobile
Firaxis game has always been traditionally a PC house. So why is it making a mobile free-to-play game?
READ MORE >"I'm getting a Plants vs Zombies vibe off of this new game, which is a good thing. I am worried ..."
see all 3 commentsSimCity dev pokes fun at game's troubles
Maxis and Electronic Arts have rightly endured their share of slings and arrows for its botched launch of SimCity, but one developer giving a talk about the game at GDC is trying to make the best of a bad situation.
READ MORE >"Click on the bulldozer icon, it will tell you how many abandoned buildings and rubble sites ..."
see all 18 commentsJourney wins big at Game Developers Choice Awards 2013
Spoiler alert: Journey wins pretty much everything
READ MORE >"really looking forward to getting PC back up and running to play some Mark of the Ninja"
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"Agree. Lens flare has never been an attractive or logical effect. I don't get lens flare in my eyes."
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