Recently, the word “narrative” has become increasingly common. Especially in the gaming sphere. Screenwriters and “narrative designers” are very much expected here. Who are they, — says the HSE lecturer and co-founder JustForward.co Konstantin Sakhnov.

Sony continues to actively develop ideas that, in theory, can facilitate the passage of even the most complex and demanding games. The corresponding patents of the company speak about the movement in this direction. Among them is an expert assistance system, difficulty adjustment based on machine learning, as well as an AI assistant for passing certain sections of the game.Demon’s Souls (2020)

The Polish company People Can Fly, which developed Painkiller, Bulletstorm and Outriders, has announced a new purchase. The studio Phosphor Games from Chicago passed into her hands. It is not known how much the deal cost.

The developers of the open source Godot engine presented version 3.3. Work on it was carried out for seven months. Among the main innovations are the web version of the editor, a new API for iOS plugins, support for M1 chips, as well as improved rendering tools, multithreading and working with HTML5.Web Editor in Godot 3.3

The new law on education will take control of master classes and educational videos on the Internet. This became clear from the resolution published last week. We tell you what happened.

The cooperative action platformer It Takes Two, even though it lost the lead in the Steam chart, shows good sales dynamics. The total circulation of the game exceeded 1 million copies — it took her a little less than a month.Hazelight Studios announced this on Twitter.

Developers are beginning to actively use the Playtest function on Steam. Chinese studio 24 Entertainment has launched an open beta of its debut game Naraka: Bladepoint using it. The Battle Royale with elements of Parkour has already been included in the list of the most popular Steam games, and its peak online exceeded 140 thousand people.24 Entertainment announced the launch of the Naraka: Bladepoint beta on April 23.