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As game development becomes an ever broader church, it’s fitting that this year’s Develop, taking place July 14–16 in its traditional home, should encompass an extraordinary diversity of experience, its lineup designed to cater to all who make the pilgrimage to Brighton. Take, for example, the ever-popular business track. This …

The first Battlefront was a revelation. Instead of creating yet another Force-obsessed Jedi romp, developer Pandemic focused on the expendable grunts and foot soldiers stationed on the frontlines of the Star Wars universe. You could steal a Jedi Interceptor and battle it out in the skies, or jump into the …

Andrew Richardson and Chris Knowles are programme leaders for, respectively, BA (Hons) Game and App Design and BSc (Hons) Games Software Development. Both have varied CVs, Richardson having created and exhibited interactive artwork internationally, while Knowles is an experienced software developer. Here, they explain the broad reach of Sunderland’s offering. …

H aving served as a director at Zenimax Online, Riot Studios and Io-Interactive, senior lecturer in Digital Games Rich Barham’s CV features a dazzling list of credits that includes World Of Warcraft, League Of Legends, The Elder Scrolls Online and Hitman. He continues to be active in the industry he …

Before you reach for your blaster so you can shoot first, hear me out. Yes, the original Star Wars trilogy is stunning. Three basically perfect films (even Return of the Jedi) that are everything the prequels aren’t – clever, cool, and full of charismatic creatures. And I’m definitely not making …

No tea tables were upended – as a Nintendo euphemism for radical changes towards the end of a game’s development goes – during the making of Super Mario 3D World. Since 2005’s Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Nintendo EAD Tokyo has blossomed into one of the publisher’s finest assets, and it …

Think of sci-fi’s most memorable onscreen couples and chances are Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor are somewhere near the top of your list. The Terminator made stars of Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton, and their battle-scarred future-war veteran and big-haired damsel in distress lent James Cameron’s robot-assassin thriller some much-needed …

There was a trailer at E3 that had me scrambling for the sickbag. A trailer so sick and subversive that it made my stomach churn a little bit. Nope, not Doom; I’m talking about the campaign reveal of Halo 5: Guardians. Coming in to E3, there were already concerns amongst …

With some trepidation, I approach Anniversary the second time around. There’s a double dose of nostalgia lying in wait here, first for the console-defining original Tomb Raider and second for Crystal Dynamics’ outstanding remake, which, through my rose-tinted bifocals (available at selected opticians), is the series’ finest hour. Not to …

You don’t need to be wired into the Skynet mainframe to know that Terminator fever is upon us again. Not only is Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the iconic role of the T-800 in Terminator Genisys – out 2 July – but James Cameron’s classic original Terminator is back on the …