Users are being offered access to source code and limited support until maintenance contracts end. Stingray game engine offers equivalent capabilities in a streamlined workflow. Autodesk has given the axe to four game development products as part of its continuing company-wide product line consolidation. While the specific products are at end-of-life, the technologies are … [Read more...] about Autodesk kills game middleware line
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HP partners with ALT to build game developer workstations
Game developers prefer to use the video cards their customers use, but can benefit from the horsepower in engineering workstations. In an age of fragmenting platforms, the winners are the companies who understand their customers, can find them, and can sell them what they want. This is true even in the world of workstations, which might seem to be fairly standardized. Game … [Read more...] about HP partners with ALT to build game developer workstations
Autodesk announces Scaleform for Unity Engine
New versions of the game development middleware application extend Autodesk’s reach to many more game developers. Autodesk has announced new versions of Autodesk Scaleform user interface (UI) middleware for mobile game development, including a version for the increasingly popular Unity Engine. Autodesk says the new versions of Scaleform were created to address “growing … [Read more...] about Autodesk announces Scaleform for Unity Engine
Autodesk debuts its Gameware group
Autodesk products have been used to create more than 1,000 games. As the market matures and changes, Autodesk is assembling a team and a product group to cover more of the game-building process. By Kathleen Maher It’s no secret that Autodesk has been gathering middleware game development technology for several years now, but at the recent Game Developers Conference in San … [Read more...] about Autodesk debuts its Gameware group
Autodesk to acquire game UI company Scaleform
Autodesk will add Scaleform to its catalog of middleware programs for game developers as the company looks for opportunities to fill out the development pipeline. The spotlight is on the Mobile World Congress and Autodesk has just announced its intentions to get into the game, seriously. Autodesk has made an offer for Scaleform, a company specializing in game interfaces, for … [Read more...] about Autodesk to acquire game UI company Scaleform