Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director admits Sandfall "tried" AI during the J'RPG's development, but "didn't like it" and "everything in the game is human made"

After a bumper year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is ending on a bit of a sour note as we learned Sandfall Entertainment used ...

I make my children pay for their own Christmas presents

Some may think I’m taking the magic out of Christmas – but I think it teaches them a valuable lesson about money.
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The YouTube Playables Builder lets creators build games with Gemini 3

YouTube announced Playables in 2023 as lightweight games that could be accessed on the platform. The new Gemini 3-powered YouTube Playables Builder lets anyone build a game without any coding ...
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YouTube's AI-powered Playables Builder will let creators make games

YouTube has launched a closed beta test for a new AI-powered tool it calls Playables Builder. Using Gemini 3, the tool will ...
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National Film and Television School expands games offering with new animation and indie development courses

The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is expanding its video games offering to include two new courses, an MA in ...

Roguelite city builder Super Fantasy Kingdom has been a big success, and now its developer can afford a luxury he's always dreamed of: 'A real winter jacket'

Solo dev Feryas Beer is a little bit more grounded after the success of Super Fantasy Kingdom, the Hooded Horse-published ...

This dystopian free-running sim set in a brutalist megacity is being codeveloped by one of the designers of last year's best FPS

While Straftat is the easier reference here, Vholume arguably has more in common with Babbdi, which shares the brutalist aesthetic of both Straftat and Vholume. But was a moody single-player ...
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007: First Light Knows The Key Ingredient To A Great James Bond Adventure

IO Interactive's narrative directors talks character development, working with Lenny Kravitz and Gemma Chan, and more.