We talk to industry attendees of latest event for an update on industry-to-academia relationships
Read More »Heaven’s Vault – how Inkle wrote its own herstory
Heaven’s Vault is out today, having recently won the Ukie UK Game of the Show at GDC. Seth Barton catches up with developer Inkle’s co-founders to talk about their passion for language, in all its many forms
Read More »Stadia: is cloud gaming finally ready for take off?
The death of consoles! The next billion gamers! The Netflix of games! Cloud-based gaming has all the hype. With Google finally showing (most) of its hand at GDC, we talk to critics, supporters, analysts and those working in the still-fledgling sector about its potential
Read More »When We Made… Baldur’s Gate
We take a look behind the scenes at the development of 1998 classic Baldur’s Gate with Trent Oster, who discusses working in a team who hadn’t shipped a game before, being outsmarted by AI and building the game’s incredible cast – and yes, that includes talking Minsc and Boo’s dynamic
Read More »MCV’s 30 Under 30 2019
MCV’s ultimate list of the UK games industry's brightest young minds - congratulations to you all!
Read More »PlayGiga: Why 5G plus cloud gaming is the next big opportunity
"According to Steam, 53 per cent of users don’t have PCs with the local processing power to run many of the latest games.”
Read More »When We Made… Two Point Hospital
We take a look behind the scenes at the development of Two Point Hospital, from its roots in Theme Hospital to how Lionhead’s difficulties sped up its creation to how you should never underestimate UI
Read More »How IGN’s ‘Prepare to Try’ trio became an instant Patreon success as RKG
New YouTube channel RKG is an instant hit, with its three creators pivoting away from IGN while sticking to the formula their fans love. We catch up with the trio to understand their appeal and take stock of the sector as a whole
Read More »Northern Stars – There’s life in the UK games industry outside London
Director Kathryn Penny talks about how the Yorkshire Games Festival contributes to highlight the UK games industry outside of London – and why you should be paying attention to the north too
Read More »GDC 2019: Shackled to the booth
Indie developer William Barr of Billygoat Entertainment shares his thoughts on demoing your game solo, as he prepares for this year's stint at GDC 2019
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