Part IV – Source Engine Hello, gamers. In case the massive logo hasn’t tipped you off, we are exploring the marvellous Engine that is the Source gaming Engine. Whilst not as wide-spread as Unreal and not as technologically impressive as CryEngine, Bellevue-based Valve Corporation‘s Engine has its own strengths within the video game world, strengths that has seen Source Engine used in ... Read more...

Part III – CryEngine Good day, readers. Here we have something special. In 2001, deep within Frankfurt, Germany, a relatively newly created Crytek was developing a technology demo for the graphics card manufacturer Nvidea. It was dubbed CryEngine. Imaginatively named it was not, but it made such a splash that it was turned into a game. Three years later, Far Cry was released. A first-person shooter that, ... Read more...

Part II – Unreal Engine Unreal   Ah, Unreal. One of the most common video game Engines around. Used in a variety of different genres, from primarily first-person shooters to third-person shooters, RPGs, MMORPGs, stealth, you name it. After it was developed by Epic Games in 1998, it was used in their game Unreal. After that, it became their mainly used proprietary Engine that ... Read more...

Despite being a gamer for most of my life, it was only in the last couple of years that Engines have come to the forefront of what makes a game what it is and for me, this has resulted in an interest in what they bring to a game and the gaming experience. This is the first in a series of ... Read more...

by Calum Macfarlane   The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 has wrapped for another year. One of the biggest entertainment expositions in the video game industry, it is an extraordinary showcase of new technology, new video games and the unveiling of future plans for each of the big mega-corporations behind each of the major consoles. Microsoft showed off a new innovative way to interact ... Read more...

How far has storytelling in video games actually come since their inception?  Storytelling mediums are everywhere. From their origins of simple word-of-mouth, to novels, to films, to blogs, to Youtube videos, everything has a story to tell. Everyone has a story they’re desperate to share with the world. It might be just a story of one’s struggle with alcoholism or drugs, or ... Read more...