Everyone has a fighting chance
Epic has announced that the Unreal Engine will now be available free to all developers. Previously, use of the Unreal Engine cost developers $19.00 per month and a 5% royalty above $3000 per month. Epic is still asking developers to contribute 5%, though the engine itself remains free.
Tactical Simulations Interactive (TSI) has announced its new cross-RPG initiative called "Gateway" that will allow players to transfer characters between supported games. The team is rolling out Gateway with its first RPG called Seven Dragon Saga. As other game developers join the Gateway initiative, players will be allowed to move their favorite characters between games to "continue their relationships" with them.
This week we get a peek at what may be Hearthstone’s next PVE adventure and take a look at World of Warcraft Patch 6.1 now that it’s been in the wild for a bit.
Kickstarter is a massive driving force in game development today. Anyone with an idea and the skills to make it a reality can get their game funded and in the hands of gamers across the world. It’s an incredible time for game development. On the other hand, if a major studio with veterans at the helm want to create their dream project without the constraints that AAA development often entail, they can use crowdfunding to circumvent all of that as well.
This March 6-8, Boston will once again open its arms to PAX East, and this year PC system integrator MAINGEAR will be on hand to showcase its most drool-worthy PC gaming setups.
This week, UK publisher Bundle Stars set out to get hopeful game devs on the path to Indie greatness by offering up to 86% off RPG Maker software, as well as 12 commercial games made with RPG Maker and more than 60 DLCs.
This week MOBA card game Heroes Charge announced its plans to reveal a range of new content at next week’s Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. Within the content drop will be a new mage, tank, and support hero as well as a new dungeon and game mode.
Spacetime Studios knows how to make hit mobile games and now they’re hoping their expertise helps them raise new MOBA, Call of Champions, to the same level of success.
The fast-growing MOBA genre is becoming increasingly competitive, and that means MOBA makers have to keep the changes coming fast and furious. Here’s a smattering of this week’s MOBA updates.
OtherSide Entertainment has announced that it has successfully completed its initial round of crowd-source funding for Underworld Ascendant. The KickStarter initiative sought to raise $600,000 which was surpassed earlier today.