Top industry engineering talent spanning decades of experience with companies such as Firaxis and Microsoft have formed a new independent company, Oxide Games. In addition to making cutting-edge games, Oxide is dedicated to making the definitive 3D engine for next-generation strategy games for console and PC. The engine, Nitrous, is a native 64-bit multicore game engine designed specificall... more.

Silicon Studio, a high-end middleware provider and game developer announced today a partnership with Otoy, the California-based cloud rendering company whose software has been utilized in many leading film franchises including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Avatar, The Social Network, and The Avengers. This partnership bridges the gap between computer generated effects in films and video gam... more.

Silicon Studio, a high-end middleware provider and game developer announced today a partnership with Otoy, the California-based cloud rendering company whose software has been utilized in many leading film franchises including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Avatar, The Social Network, and The Avengers. This partnership bridges the gap between computer generated effects in films and video gam... more.

Silicon Studio, a high-end middleware provider and game developer announced today that the post-processing middleware solution, Yebis 2, is officially incorporated into Sony’s Devnet developer service and Microsoft’s Game Developer Network Portal for development teams working with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Yebis 2 is now available to download as a free trial, and any developers lo... more.

Silicon Studio, a high-end middleware provider and game developer, announced today that its next-gen post-rendering middleware solution, Yebis 2, is now available on Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. Yebis 2 is middleware with the power to create stunning visual effects for current and next-gen development, offering developers an easy way to deliver ... more.

The weekend of August 31-September 2, 2012 should be marked in red on the calendar for all fans of the action MMORPG, Otherland. On these days a chosen few players will get the first chance to test the beta version of the game. Florian Hörpel, Product Manager for Otherland.: "A small, manageable group of accounts will be given access to the servers for the first closed-beta weekend. This is ... more.

World of Mercenaries has been keeping it a little quiet, but we've got big news today with the kickoff of Open Beta. If you're wondering "But what is World of Mercenaries?", it's an MMOFPS from the guys at City Interactive built around teamwork and customization with Unreal tech providing the visuals. Your readers can go to the website to sign up for beta and you can grab renders, logos, and ... more.

During the European press event "next-g", publisher gamigo and developer RealU released the first gameplay trailer for the MMORPG Otherland, which is currently being developed in Singapore. The trailer is made entirely of scenes from the game in top-notch graphics displayed by the Unreal Engine 3 that are sure to raise the bar in the free-to-play genre. Otherland features lush landscapes... more.

After months of radio silence, Bohemia Interactive has revealed some of its plans for Arma 3 in 2012. Project Lead Dan Musil announced the studio's presence at E3/Gamescom, reported plans for a Community Alpha and ordered in six brand new screenshots. Arma 3 will be exhibited at E3 (June 5-7) and Gamescom Cologne (August 16-19). For many this will be the first opportunity to experience what... more.