A programmer has built a complete software rendering engine in roughly 500 lines of C++ code, and the project is picking up steam online as a teaching tool that strips 3D graphics down to its bones.

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Artificial intelligence and heavy fabrication collide as one creator machines a functional Square Four engine from scrap metal using purely digital blueprints. A viral YouTube video completely ...

In 2024, Fenris Creations – then called CCP Games – said that it was planning to make its Carbon game engine open source. Now, some two years later, the tech behind the long-running sci-fi MMO Eve ...

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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 ...

Polygon Nintendo Direct Game reveals, trailers, and what’s next from the house that Mario built. Get more news→ 2D sprites moving in a 3D plane has been the hot new trend for Japanese roleplaying ...

Nidhogg developer Messhof has announced Blood Dungeon, a 2D platforming survival game due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in the late summer. A demo is available now for PC. “I ...

Resident Evil Requiem is only a few months old, but Capcom is already lifting the veil on its next game–the long-rumored Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake, now titled as simply Resident Evil ...

The viral 82-0 NBA game challenges players to build a perfect season by drafting one star from random teams and eras per spin. The game’s algorithm ranks players solely on peak decade stats like ...