Overwatch wins GDC Game of the Year
Color me shocked. That game deserved GOTY. Check out the official details below. SAN FRANCISCO – March 1, 2017 – Blizzard Entertainment’s popular and stylish multiplayer shooter, Overwatch, was honored with the prize for Game of the Year at tonight’s 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony during the 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Ov...[Read More]
Epic Games, The Mill and Chevrolet create ‘The Human Race’
That’s pretty cool. Check out the details below. San Francisco—(March 1, 2017)—Epic Games, The Mill and Chevrolet have joined forces to revolutionize the conventions of digital filmmaking with “The Human Race,” a short film and augmented reality (AR) presentation debuting today at the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Calif, as part of Epic Games Founder and CEO Tim Sweeney...[Read More]
Game Developers Choice Awards to honor Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner (and a few others)
Lots of honoring happening at GDC 2017 this year. Check out the details below. SAN FRANCISCO – January 30, 2017 – The 17th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers, will award this year’s Pioneer Award, which honors breakthrough tech and game design milestones, to Jordan Mechner, the acclaimed vide...[Read More]
Unreal Engine 4.15 Preview 1 now available (and a bevy of other things Epic Games related)
The first preview of Unreal Engine 4.15 is now available and introduces loads of useful new features and improvements for developers! Read on to find out more and to get information on today’s UE4 Twitch Livestream featuring a look at the 4.15 preview, details on Epic and Wellcome’s $500,000 game development competition, information on Tim Sweeney’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Game Deve...[Read More]
Online voting for Audience Awards for Game Developers Choice Awards now open!
C’mon, vote, people! Online voting for the Audience Awards for both the 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) and the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGF Awards), is now open through January 31 at 11:59pm PT. Please help spread the word to your readers and followers. Their votes will help determine the winners, which will be announced live during the ceremonies on Wednesday, March 1st...[Read More]
Tim Sweeney to be honored with Lifetime Achievement at 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards
SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 20, 2017 – Organizers of the 17th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers, will recognize Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of ZZT, Unreal and Unreal Engine, with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Sweeney will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards ...[Read More]