Hangar 13 on Brighton’s development legacy and the studio’s triple-A future
Every month in Fresh Meat we check in with a new and upcoming developer. This month we chat to Hangar 13’s Brighton studio head, Nick Baynes, and VP of development, Andy Wilson
Ubisoft Q1: Strong results as Switch appears to pin back PS4 sales
Publisher exceeds Q1 targets with bookings of €381.5m
Here are the winners from the biggest ever Brains Eden
Brains Eden 2018 saw 175 students from 8 countries taking part in a game jam on the theme ‘Unreliable’
Unreal Engine 4.20 targets mobile and Switch among wide-ranging improvements
Mobile growth backed by 'battle-tested' improvements to engine
Japan H1 data: Switch sells 1.12m units, Nintendo dominates Top 10, Monster Hunter nears 2m units
Also PlayStation 4 outsells Pro sibling by 3.2-to-1
Codemasters' Harry Semple: 'You’ll learn more in three months in the studio than in a year of university tuition'
Cherry picked advice to help you reach the next level in your career
Frontier, Shuhei Yoshida and Curve Digital headline our Develop:Brighton issue
Also featuring Paradox Interactive, Colossal Order, Haemimont Games, TeacherGaming, Aadvark Swift, Square Enix Montreal, Digital Extremes, Strauss Zelnick, Gareth Coker and much more
Creative Assembly’s Jodie Azhar on how technical artists influence every part of a game's visuals and how to become one
Cherry picked advice to help you reach the next level in your career
Curve Digital on growing up, day-and-date Xbox Game Pass releases and bringing multiplayer to Human Fall Flat
We talk to Stuart Dinsey, Simon Byron and Rosemary Buahin about Curve Digital’s transformation, its partnerships with Sumo Digital on Human Fall Flat and with Microsoft on Game Pass, and how its prepping for its future as a grown-up publisher
PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida: Triple-A titles ‘feel too big to fail’
Yoshida on the state of triple-A development and his studios’ incredible critical success in recent years
Are devs suffering from triple-A fatigue?
There’s a rise in new studios set up by industry veterans and former triple-A developers. We investigate why top talent is jumping ship for a life as indies
EGX 2018
EGX is coming back to Birmingham's NEC at the end of the September.
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
The V&A's Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition celebrates and explores groundbreaking design in video games since the mid-2000s
Gamescom 2018
Gamescom is returning to Koelnmesse this August, with trade visitors welcome from Tuesday 21st and the event then opening to all visitors from the 22nd to the 25th.
