The week of GDC 2015 came and went, and perhaps the biggest news outside of new developments on the virtual reality front, was related to game engines. Epic Games, Unity, and Valve released a triple ...

Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5, two of the dominant game development engines in the industry, are now both available for free to anyone interested in trying their hand. Unreal developer Epic Games ...

If Google’s Daydream VR platform wants to really make a sizable dent in the market and shake Cardboard’s “wild west of VR” reputation, there’s a few things it is going to have to do to get there. One ...

Bottom line: Real-time ray tracing is the new holy grail in the world of video game graphics, and for good reason. When executed properly, the tech can significantly boost a game's visuals, improving ...

Unity issues a warning to game developers that a vulnerability in the game engine must be patched as quickly as possible.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent ...

Video game graphics have been one of the main battlegrounds for both games and hardware producers since the industry began. The graphical jump from the 8-bit era to the 16-bit era, and then again in ...

VR developers looking to get started on readying content for Google’s new Daydream VR platform can get started today thanks to an Unreal Engine preview version (4.1.2) that adds support for the Google ...