Hackaday

Making A Retro(ish) Game Console From Scratch

As easy as it is to make a late 1980s-style game console using a modern microcontroller, there’s arguably more fun in doing ...
Shacknews

Microsoft's dumb enough to make a new Quake game in Unreal Engine

Microsoft announced mass layoffs today impacting its Xbox gaming division. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma sent out an email to all employees about a company-wide reset stating "Xbox has many of the most beloved ...
AppleInsider

Apple's Reality Composer Pro 3 uses code from a dead game engine

A code leak in a beta for Reality Composer Pro 3 reveals Apple has used elements of a mysteriously cancelled game engine project known as "The Machinery" to make its 3D content tool. Developing new ...
TweakTown

Epic Games pulls back the curtain on Unreal Engine 6, revealing exactly what everyone expected

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Epic Games has recently wrapped up its State of Unreal 2026 livestream, where it pulled back the curtain on the upcoming Unreal Engine 6. Unreal Engine 6 ...
Digital Trends

Epic Games just took a big step toward AI-built games with Unreal Engine 5.8

Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.8, the last planned major release in the UE5 line. The update ships with an experimental plugin that brings large language model (LLM) support directly into the ...
GamesIndustry

Everything you need to know from State of Unreal 2026: Unreal Engine 6, Unreal Engine 5.8, and $1bn paid to UEFN devs

Epic said the next generation of its game development engine will take the AAA game development capabilities from UE5 and "expand them with a next-generation game development pipeline" it has been ...
Engadget

Epic Games details how it's embracing generative AI in Unreal Engine

During The State of Unreal keynote at Unreal Fest on Wednesday, Epic Games revealed just how it's embracing generative AI in Unreal Engine (UE). Along with offering the first details on Unreal Engine ...
The Verge

Epic wants to let you bring your Fortnite skins to other games

Unreal Engine 6 could finally make Epic’s metaverse vision a reality — maybe. Unreal Engine 6 could finally make Epic’s metaverse vision a reality — maybe. is a senior reporter covering technology, ...
Reuters

EU rules out mandate to keep video games playable, seeks voluntary code

BRUSSELS, June 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it cannot require video games to remain playable after they are withdrawn from sale, but ‌will work with industry and consumer ...
PCGamesN

League of Legends won't follow TFT to Unreal Engine, but it is changing its client

League of Legends will not be moving to Unreal Engine, despite its sister game Teamfight Tactics making the jump. Andrei 'Meddler' van Roon, the Head of League Studio, has clarified what the future ...
PCGamesN

Riot Games confirms TFT is moving to Unreal Engine, and it's getting its own client at long last

June 12, 2026, 2:25pm PST: Riot has confirmed that, not only is TFT moving to Unreal Engine, but it's getting a dedicated client. This story has been updated to reflect the announcement. League Next ...
techtimes

Xcode 27 On-Device AI Code Completion Uses Neural Engine, Skips Cloud Entirely

Apple seeded the first Xcode 27 beta — build 27A5194q — to registered developers on June 8, 2026, immediately after the WWDC keynote, and the headline feature is one that competing tools cannot yet ...