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At General Arcade, every game we work on goes through rigorous testing, refinement, and improvement. One of the minds leading this critical process is Elle, our QA Engineer, and a gamer girl. Her keen …

It’s 2025, and we’re thrilled to continue our series of interviews with the incredible minds behind General Arcade. Meet Andrei B., our Production Director with a career spanning over two decades in …

Putra’s foray into the technology sector began with a distinguished academic background in Information Technology, earned with Honors from the University of Technology Mara in Shah Alam. Inspired by …

Our dedicated professionals at General Arcade are always looking to expand their skills while sharing their insights with others. Dmitrii S., one of our exceptionally skilled software engineers, …

Sacchin’s journey into the tech world started with his dad’s nudge, who also studied in the US. Following his dad’s lead, he chose the cool DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Washington. …

Our team of experts are committed to continuous learning and knowledge sharing. One of our Software Engineers, Denis, has a unique approach to programming that focuses on simplicity and strategic …

In the ever-evolving world of gaming, the allure of classic games remains strong. For Sergey, this allure became a mission to enhance and modernize beloved old titles. Through his project, …

Some great programming books recommended by our former team member Aleksandr Novikov which are perfect for those short on inspiration and time. Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Y. Bhargava This was one …

The General Arcade library has hundreds of different books about video games and game development. Each month we cover the best of them, which will be useful for developers and/or inquisitive readers. …

Games surround our company every day. It is impossible to develop games without playing in your free time. There are many experienced gamers in our team who will tell you what they are playing right …

The General Arcade library has hundreds of different books about video games and game development. Each month we cover the best of them, which will be useful for developers and/or inquisitive readers. …

Up until May 5, 1992 the shooter genre had very little to offer. Sure, there were games with shooting episodes, there were even first-person shooter games, but it was Wolfenstein 3D that brought some …

As the next book that will be really useful for developers, we’d like to recommend Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition. This is a collective work, and each of those who contributed to writing a hand …

Serious Sam is one of the series that got its love from the players absolutely worthily. Whether it’s posh The First Encounter, crazy The Second Encounter, controversial Serious Sam 2 or “adult” …

Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D is the first book by Fabien Sanglard, he wrote it a year before Game Engine Black Book: DOOM, which we already talked about. And just like in book about DOOM, in …

Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2022 is in full swing until February 3rd, giving everyone the opportunity to purchase a variety of games at incredible discounts! Many games that were ported and optimized by …

“In early 1993, id Software was on top of gaming industry. Wolfenstein 3D launched the first-person shooter genre, and sales of its sequel, Spear of Destiny, skyrocketed”. That’s the words that …

Choosing the topic of video games that stand out for some specific feature (in our case, geography!) opens an endless world and unlimited springboard for content! Likewise with our series of articles …

What is porting and what steps does it involve? What are the common pitfalls? What is quality adaptation? Is it possible to make the port on your own or do you need to involve the help of a …

We are very glad that the articles on our website don’t go missing, and the fact that we get feedback from our readers is always a pleasure. This is the fifth time that we look at the most notable …

Nowadays, almost everyone, to one degree or another, plays video games. And it goes without saying that many are waiting for some releases – well, or dream of some series to continue. And of course, …

The video game industry in the countries of the former Soviet Union looks quite strong, and we’d like to continue talking about those games that got the titles of world wide hits as well as those that …

For 2021, the current (but clearly not the last!) stage of the Console Wars can be considered the confrontation between the PlayStation 5 from Sony and the tandem of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S …

Once again, the third wave of the console war started in unusual way, but this time it was not about the release date. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 appeared on the market at about the same time (in the …

The beginning of the second stage of the confrontation between Sony and Microsoft on the game consoles market can be roughly called 2005, when Xbox 360 was presented on MTV. And if the previous …

A long awaited and critically acclaimed Resident Evil Village is finally here. Set a few years after the horrifying events in the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7 biohazard, the all-new storyline …

When guys from 3D Realms contacted us back in 2019 and offered to work with Ion Fury, it didn’t take much time from us to agree. The game is really great, so we got extremely excited after their …

Nowadays, the “war” between game consoles from Sony and Microsoft became common thing for everyone, and fans of this or that company are eagerly awaiting what exclusives will be announced in new …