It appears Ubisoft have been listening to the community in regards to the Assassin’s Creed franchise, which now consists of 20 games spanning across 14 different platforms. Nine of these games are fully fledged instalments, with the latest being Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate in October 2015. In a post on the…

The original Freedom Planet was released back in 2013 after a highly successful Kickstarter campaign helped bring it to life. Combining fast paced action platforming with a distinct 16 bit motif, it proved to be a hit on both PC and Wii U. After a countdown event that ended on…

Some Kickstarter projects take a while to get off the ground, but when it comes to reliving the golden days of one of the most successful genres in gaming history, it is clear that Yooka-Laylee will most definitely be launched into full blown development. With a current total of over four thousand backers…

In an impromptu video event streamed through YouTube, John Riccitiello, the new CEO of the company has revealed that the latest stable version the Unity engine is now available to download. The new features in this engine include 21 platforms to export your projects to, a built in audio mixer…

Point and click adventure games were, in the 1990s, one of the most popular genres in the market. However, as the industry evolved they slowly became less relevant, with 3D focused titles taking the helm. The genre has since seen a resurgence over the last few years, with companies such…

A few months after the release of Unity, the fifth game in the Assassin's Creed main timeline, Ubisoft have released the first DLC which was originally intended to be part of the Season Pass. Dead Kings is now available on all platforms, and takes the protagonist Arno Dorian far from…

Anyone who has developed in Unity will know of the difficulties that ensue when you try to create a user interface for your projects. The developers of the world famous game engine have listened to our prayers, and offered a fully functional GUI creation tool as standard in the latest…

Originally released in 2011, Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams is the third entry in the series that has been around since the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Although they had a bit of a rocky start, Twisted Dreams has gone from strength to strength, featured in many list of favourite…

The Chinese Room, developers of Dear Esther, are remaking the game a second time. This is due to technical issues that arose during the development of a Mac and Linux version, as well as other problems with the Source engine. Developer Robert Briscoe, discussing the troubles of development on his…

The development tool Unity is now officially provided upon the PlayStation Vita. From today Unity developers who tote a licensed developer agreement from Sony Computer Entertainment are able to create games for the Sony handheld. Unity developers will have the ability to make use of the PS Vita's unique input features, such…

Unity Technologies Japan has revealed their new engine mascot, Unity-chan. Her assets (calm down lads) will be released in an engine update coming Spring 2014 and is available for free to dev's who are also allowed to use her model in any game made in the Unity Engine. Unity-chan also…

At Unity's developer conference in Vancouver, Facebook announced a new SDK that can help game developers using the Unity engine bring their game to Facebook. Usually, Facebook is seen as the home of casual browser games such as Farmville or Candy Crush Saga, but the new developments have allowed developers…

Pioneers in 3D character animation, Mixamo, have announced a new facial capture technology compatible with Unity. Face Plus is a technology that uses a simple webcam and the Unity editor to animate a characters face using their own. This new advancement in technology allows indie developers to make use of…

Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, is pushing the democratization of game development further than ever before by making its basic mobile tools completely free to independent developers and small studios. Starting today, Unity’s gigantic indie developer community can publish their games and apps to…

The Tutorial Modules that are available on Unity's website are a set of linear Projects in where you are given a step by step guide in creating an example game in the Unity engine. These are divided into a set of Modules which are further divided by difficulty and topic. Unity are…

It doesn't seem too long ago since Slender: The Eight Pages was released and players were terrifying themselves with pure, unadulterated fear. Now Slender is back in the official continuation of the series: Slender: The Arrival.  Created by the original creator, Mark Hadley, and Blue Isle Studios, The Arrival features a…

BlackBerry and Unity Technologies today announced that they are working together to create a Unity deployment add-on product for BlackBerry 10 smartphones, empowering Unity’s over 1.5 million strong developer community to publish their games on these powerful platforms. The deployment tools will also be available for BlackBerry PlayBook tablets when…

Released for Windows, Mac and iPhone/iPad Hairy Tales at first appeared to be another simple puzzle game. However, after playing it turned out that it was not only fun but also provided what I haven't found in puzzle games for quite a while: challenge. Praised for its creativity and multiple solutions…