Studio head behind Fable reboot and Forza Horizon says "there are lots of commonalities" between making an open-world racing game and an open-world action-RPG

Ralph Fulton, studio head at Playground Games, the developer behind the Forza Horizon series and the upcoming Fable reboot, discusses how the studio has been able to pivot seamlessly from racing games ...
COGconnected

Code Vein 2 Review – The Elden Ring Successor?

After roughly 60 hours for a thorough playthrough, Code Vein II left me with a clear impression: it is, in many ways, a less ...
The Outerhaven

Code Vein II Review: A Beautiful but Flawed Evolution of the Anime Soulslike

Code Vein II delivers stylish combat, deep customization, and bold ideas, but performance issues and uneven design keep it ...

Code Vein II Review, Gameplay Impressions, Videos and Top Features

Code Vein II from developer Bandai Namco Studios represents something of a fresh start for the ascending series.
MMORPG.com

Interview: Highguard's Developers Break Down How They Are Putting Rewarding Competition First

During last week's Highguard preview event, we sat down with creative and design director Jason McCord and lead designer ...
Pure Xbox

Playground Games Explains Fable's Open World & How It Compares To The Forza Horizon Series

With this year's Fable reboot, the series is going truly open world with the backing of Forza Horizon specialists Playground ...
The Escapist

Scrabdackle interview: “For me, the most rewarding part of making this game is sharing it.”

Developing a video game is never easy; regardless of whether you’re a small independent studio or a AAA publisher, the process is arduous, though also rewarding. But imagine being a solo developer ...
The Verge

In 2025, AI became a lightning rod for gamers and developers

Gen-AI showed up in the year’s biggest releases including game of the year. Gen-AI showed up in the year’s biggest releases including game of the year. is a reporter who covers the business, culture, ...
PC Gamer

Three shining examples of brilliant PC game development in 2025

What's been your favourite new game this year? You can read all about our choices right here, with our full Game of the Year Awards 2025 list, but I've got one more for you. Importantly, this one ...
NBC Los Angeles

Vince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty,' killed in Ferrari crash

Video game developer Vince Zampella, whose studios have created several of the world's best-selling games, was killed Sunday afternoon in a Ferrari crash on Southern California's Angeles Crest Highway ...
Forbes

Leading With Vision: How To Inspire Creativity In Game Development Teams

Vladimir Markov is the CEO of Cyprus-based studio Top App Games, a visionary leader with 20+ years of experience in gaming and technology. Most game studios don’t fail because of technology or talent; ...
GamesRadar+

Peak devs admit to committing a "cardinal sin of game development," but their excuse is the viral co-op climbing game was just supposed to be a game jam project

Co-op Games Valve sends annual chocolates to Steam devs who earn roughly $800,000, and the Peak devs are happy to finally get theirs RPGs Maelle's most infamous attack in Clair Obscur sucked during ...