There’s a lot that goes into making a video game. Each video game combines multiple artistic mediums, from music to art to animation — programming is even an art form in its own way. All of these art ...

Wondering how to get started in game design? With endless possibilities, it's one of the most exciting creative fields right now, but getting started can be daunting, not least because of the ...

Dhara Singh is one of CNET's summer interns and a student at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She loves digging deep into the social issues that arise from everyday technology. Aside from ...

Several years ago, Aleksander Caban, the co-founder of Carbon Studio, a Polish VR game developer, observed a major problem in modern game design. He had to create rocks, hills, paths and other basic ...

Traditional game development requires manual asset creation, coding and testing, taking at least 3-12 months. With generative AI (GenAI) you can build games with simple text prompts, slashing ...

In this first part of our deeper look at 3D game rendering, we'll be focusing entirely on the vertex stage of the process. This means dragging out our math textbooks, brushing up on a spot of linear ...