Rock Paper Shotgun

"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling

Firewatch was meant to spark a subgenre but its influence didn't spread. A decade on, we ask why Roblox and Minecraft are more ...
GameSpot

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

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. 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 ...
PC Gamer

Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'

AI Hasbro CEO still has 'so much AI-based' grist in his own D&D games 'it would floor you', but he's not putting it in MTG cards or D&D books because people 'just don't want it' AI Brendan Greene says ...
The Motley Fool

Unity's CEO Just Explained Why Google's AI Can't Replace Game Engines (And He's Right)

Unity stock has tumbled twice recently, first after Google's Project Genie Reveal, and then after a disappointing earnings report. Project Genie is impressive, but it won't replace video game engines.
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 ...
HotHardware

Toyota Built It's Own Game Engine For Cars Claiming Console-Grade Graphics

In an unexpected bit of news, Toyota has unveiled a proprietary game engine called Fluorite. Nope, this doesn't mean the company is entering the game development any time soon, but rather, is ...
The Verge

Toyota made a game engine

Fluorite is a ‘console-grade’ graphics engine that can perform well on embedded hardware like the chips in your car. Fluorite is a ‘console-grade’ graphics engine that can perform well on embedded ...
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 ...
PC Gamer

Skyrim's lead designer thinks Bethesda should stick to its in-house engine: 'The benefits that you get from switching to Unreal Engine are probably not going to materialise ...

According to Bruce Nesmith, the huge disruption of such a switch would outweigh any potential upsides. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
24/7 Wall St

Is Genie 3 a Game Engine Killer? Why Unity’s 24% Plunge Could Be a Massive Opportunity

Unity (U) stock plunged 24% to $29.10 after Google DeepMind unveiled Genie 3 AI that generates interactive worlds from text. Unity CEO calls world model AI a powerful accelerator. Unity powers 70% of ...
Reuters

Videogame stocks slide on Google's AI model that turns prompts into playable worlds

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Shares of videogame companies fell sharply in afternoon trading on Friday after Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab rolled out its artificial intelligence model capable of ...