This is the reality of Xbox’s “Quick Resume” feature, and while it seems like a simple convenience for players, it’s quietly ...

Game development is, in some ways, more accessible than ever. Between the ease-of-use of engines like RPG Maker to the release of titles like Game Builder Garage that gamify the act of development ...

No code game engines and tools are becoming increasingly popular, enabling artists and anyone with a good idea to create ...

Monica is a writer, artist, musician, and indie game developer, loving all things related to video games. She’s a woman with a bit of adoration for every game genre. From her first experience with ...

There have been an abundance of game engines throughout the years, with the DOOM Engine and Unreal being some of the most recognizable ones out there. More recently, user-friendly game engines such as ...

The use of game engines has made the process of game development so much more approachable, and led to some amazing innovations and developments. Whether you prefer popular engines (and you’re wrapped ...

In video game development, particularly in AAA (Triple A) studios, game engine selection is a game maker or breaker. AAA refers to a studio’s capability to develop games with high budgets and complex ...

Since its launch, Epic's Unreal Engine 5 has indeed produced some visually striking games with hyperrealistic graphics, like Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 and Still Wakes the Deep. However, most triple-A ...

Engine building is an amorphous genre of board games in which you acquire resources that you spend on things that will net you more resources. At some point, you’ll start to convert resources into ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

Project visualization is as old as the profession itself. Physical models and renderings—long made by hand or, more recently, computers—have brought plans and drawings to life to support the design ...

Videogames are a complex medium with rich narrative potential across traditional and emergent storytelling forms. They exist in a dynamic industry with interoperable teams. Narrative design sits at ...