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Blizzard's Odyssey MMO killed due to ongoing engine woes

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Technical issues within Odyssey's engine forced Blizzard to cancel the MMO despite it getting positive internal reception.

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Real reasons (not) to build custom game engines in 2024

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Drawing from Highfleet's experience, this article explains why building your own engine may be a bad idea and when it might be worth considering.

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Unity wants fewer developers to park on older versions of the engine

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Unity's move to "generational" updates is meant to help devs access engine improvements more often.

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Godot Engine launches funding initiative to fuel long-term growth

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The engine maker hopes its new development fund will give it more financial freedom and ensure it keeps up with the growing scale of its project.

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Unreal Engine 5.2 offers faster world creation, "more creative power"

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Did you know Tears of the Kingdom has 'a physics engine for sound'?

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Lead sound engineer Junya Osada says making a procedural sound system allowed Nintendo's sound team to work more closely with other departments.

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Arrowhead CEO confirms Helldivers 2 was built on a dead engine

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The hit shooter leverages a game engine that was officially laid to rest back in 2018.

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