Godot 4.0 has finally been released after four years in the making. Here are all the key features and improvements of the new version of this open source game engine.

Juan Linietsky and a group of other Godot veterans have started a new company called W4 Games. Its goal is to strengthen the engine’s ecosystem and help the games industry to embrace the open source model.

Development of The Machinery game engine has been ceased. The announcement, however, came with a shady notice, with its creators requiring users to delete the source code and binaries.

There are now over 50,000 games on Steam. The new tool, developed by Level Up Labs co-founder Lars Doucet in collaboration with SteamDB, allows you to track engines and technologies used in all of these titles.

Some devs might wonder what the most popular game engines are that are used in Steam’s best games? Here are some interesting stats that will answer the question.

YoYo Games has introduced a new free version of its engine GameMaker Studio 2. It means that developers will be able to use it for as long as they want in contrast to the previously available 30-day trial version, although the new license has a few limitations.

Developers from PardCode are known for their video tutorials about game development. Now the team has launched a new series to show the process of creating a game engine from scratch. And the first episode is already here.