We kicked off GDC 2019 in the best way possible – with a keynote filled with major announcements, jaw-dropping demos, and appearances from some of the industry’s most storied franchises. Read on to get the highlights. A full overview of all of our GDC activities can be found on our Unity at GDC page. Technology to create The HereticNext-generation graphicsLightweight Render PipelineReal-time ray tracingData-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS)Burst CompilerMegacityPhysics for DOTS projectsGame FoundationAR Foundation Services to Operate VivoxMultiplayAdaptive Performance Platform to Monetize Unity Distribution Portal Delivering for developers today Disney’s Sorcerer ArenaCall of Duty: MobileSystem Shock 3Oddworld: Soulstorm Whether you’re a developer opening the Unity Editor for the first time, or an artist reshaping the world with the power of real-time rendering, you inspire us to keep making Unity a better, more performant, and empowering platform. We believe … [Read more...] about The Heretic, Megacity release, real-time ray tracing, and more news from GDC 2019 – Unity Blog
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What TechRaptor Was Playing In January
Along with our return of asking staff about a topic each Month (February’s is coming soon, January’s is viewable here), I thought it’d be a great time to have the staff share what they are playing, not for review or other things here so much—just for fun.Don Parsons I’ve been playing a lot of Pathfinder: Kingmaker lately – as a fan of Tabletop RPGs and of the isometric RPGs it’s definitely one I’m enjoying. They made some good tweaks to the Kingmaker adventure path storywise, though some of their adaptation choices in rules look a bit odd, and I clearly have different views on some alignment things than some of their writers. Before that, I was romping around a ton in Moonlighter which I finally got around to playing and think is absolutely great. I’ve also visited back with old friends in Ironcast and Renowned Explorers: International Society, the former as a nice light puzzle game and the latter as a title I … [Read more...] about What TechRaptor Was Playing In January
The 20 best management games on PC
Base-building is de rigueur these days, what with all those survival games, Minecraft, Fallout 4 and now Fortnite, but before all that we had tiny top-down or isometric worlds in which we diligently built cities and dungeons and theme parks and rail networks. The central appeal of management games was and is that they give us an idealised sense of what it is like to create a game – to weave new worlds upon our screens, guided only by our imaginations, ingenuity and the limitations of the in-game taxation system. Magic, right there: the birth of your own universe. For a while there, it looked as though the management flame was fading, choked by the low-grade tycoon games that littered supermarkets’ dusty games shelves. But this is The New Age Of PC Games, which means every near-abandoned idea of yesteryear has been revisited in thoughtful and ambitious new ways. Town sims and theme sims are now healthier and more vibrant than they’ve ever been, expanding. This round-up … [Read more...] about The 20 best management games on PC
Every 2018 San Diego Comic-Con panel you want to watch out for
San Diego Comic-Con 2018 is nearly upon us, and the oncoming onslaught of debuts, reveals, and media morsels can feel almost as overwhelming as being on the convention floor itself. While last year’s convention schedule was jam-packed (Infinity War! Black Panther! Westworld!), SDCC 2018’s programming slate feels considerably more fan-friendly. With no major Marvel Studios panel scheduled this year (and thus no new Captain Marvel or Avengers 4 information), no giant Game of Thrones surprises planned, and a number of obvious suspects sitting out the proceedings, SDCC 2018 feels a bit lighter than usual. Which isn’t to say that this year’s convention won’t be equal parts exhilaration and exhaustion — we still have four days full of announcements and trailers that’ll have people talking. Polygon will be covering all things Comic-Con over the next four days, but to keep up with everything, here are our picks for panels most likely to produce the … [Read more...] about Every 2018 San Diego Comic-Con panel you want to watch out for
Eurogamer Q&A: Gaming’s Greatest Monsters
'Monster' is a flexible term. It can of course be used literally, to mean some sort of hideous otherworldly creature - the kind which appears often in video games. Every so often though, the term can be stretched out and draped over another human being, someone so decidedly evil that no other word will fit. We see a lot of those types of monsters in games too - Bioshock's Andrew Ryan is a great example; driven by greed and corruption, he built walls between himself and the people he saw as "parasites" profiting from the work of the elite. Games and villains, then, go together hand in hand. It makes sense - the conceit of beating the bad guy and saving the world is video games' most attractive proposition. But which games do it best? I asked my colleagues here at EG:Wesley Yin-Poole, Deputy Editor M Bison M. Bison - or Dictator if you're big into your fighting games and want to sound all clever and stuff - is my favourite video game villain. My first experience of the overpowered leader … [Read more...] about Eurogamer Q&A: Gaming’s Greatest Monsters