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Epic Games released their OpenRigLogic under an MIT license so Poly Hammer refactored their Character DNA addon to natively bundle it for seamless installtion and, it's completely free. To celeberate the MetaHuman ecosystem updates, Poly Hammer have released a completely free version of the...

With Microsoft's recently annouced plans to cut thousands of jobs one studio, Compulsion which was aquired in 2018 and affected by the reset is now looking for partners to work with. Compulsion succssfully negotiated a deal to leave and become and independant studio again maintaining the IP...

Mortal Shell 2 has a release date! Like many others who are trying to get ahead of the Novmeber release of Grand Theft Auto 6 Cold Symmetry is lauching Mortal Shell 2 at the end of August. However, it does mean that it will be going up against the likes of Star Wars: Zero Company, Gears of War...

Following the survey of players in May the latest ARC Raiders patch 1.36.0 brings updates to Matchmaking. If you're playing Solo, as part of a duo, or trio your playstyle is now tracked and match accordingly. This means that if you're a friendly solo player who happens to play with squadmates...

Following on from news that GTA6 will just be a code in a box and that Sony is planning to end the production of physical games, players have been voicing their concerns that the rest of the industry would follow. Thankfully! Halo Studios has confirmed that they will have a "tangible...

From the early days with Rayman right through to the latest Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft has a long 40 year history worth celebrating. To do that Ubisoft has planned a summer of content that will let you relive some of its past. Some of the annouced plans include: Passion Meets Craft – see two...

The writing is on the wall for 3200 people as Microsoft starts its most significant Xbox restructing in its history. The 4 studios in question are Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs with a fifth Arkane Lyon in talks for being removed too. Its important to note with...

In March Epic Games filed suit alleging that AdiraFN, a leaker who had revealed numerous Fortnite collaborations before they were annouced was in fact a former contractor Hayden Cohen. Cohen had signed an NDA as required by the terms of his contract but then broke it. Epic alleged Hayden had...

Following on from Sjoerd De Jong another high-level employee of Epic Games has left as Nicholas Penwarden annoenced his exit after 15 years. The annoucement was made by Nicholas on LinkedIn. I’m proud of the part I was able to play in Unreal Engine’s evolution from UE3 to where it stands...

IGN caught up with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney after the State of Unreal keynote to talk about everything new with Unreal Engine. After annoucing Unreal Engine 6 will be in early access at the end of 2027 with a full year or so before its full launch IGN explored those new features with Tim and...

The latest patch for Marvel Rivals is coming and with it is some all-new content for your games. Along with the usual list of fixes is the all new Uplifting Welcome emote as part of the Rivals Summer Festival 2026. You'll also find Daredevil and Black Widow budles in the store and some Twitch...

Another victim of the hype around Grand Theft Auto 6 has succumb to the expected November release. This time its Lords of the Fallen II which has had its release moved in to earl 2027 to avoid the highly competitive holiday period. CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski posted on X what appears to be a...

Sjoerd De Jong (aka Hourences for those that remember) has left Epic Games after 12 years being on staff. Sjoerd started out as a modder in the early 2000s and help run and operate community stables such as Nalicity and created The Ball using Unreal Engine 3 before joining Epic Games in 2014...

State of Unreal returned this week with Epic Games offering a look at what comes next for both Unreal Engine and the games being built with it. The headline announcement was the release of Unreal Engine 5.8, the latest version of Epic's flagship engine. The update introduces new world-building...

Guild Wars 3 Officially Announced: Everything We Know So Far ArenaNet has finally unveiled Guild Wars 3, bringing the long-running MMORPG franchise back with a new setting, new gameplay systems, and a move to Unreal Engine 5. After years of rumours and speculation, ArenaNet has officially...